Mission: Impossible III (2006)

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Wikidata Q288173, film, IMDb tt0317919, TMDB 956: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only film by that title; 4 more episodes agree.

Also said as Mission: Impossible 3: the same Wikidata item, so listed here.

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Who talked about it

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Came from

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No line says it drew on another film or person.

Led to

What the speakers say drew on it, marked the same way.

No line says another film or person drew on it.

Connected to

Philip Seymour Hoffman: 2 lines career ×1 people ×1

  1. people (auteur credit): Mission: Impossible III → Philip Seymour Hoffman. MI3 belongs to Hoffman more than to Cruise.
    “But it's Philip Seymour Hoffman's movie.”
    The Big Picture · The Tom Cruise Hall of Fame · 1:16:52 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

Vanilla Sky: 2 lines career ×1 verdict ×1

  1. career (career): Vanilla Sky → Mission: Impossible III. Even in Mission Impossible 3 he's the hero but dark and crying a lot.
    “even something like Mission Impossible 3, where he's the hero, his character is dark and like crying a lot”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Vanilla Sky with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 0:55:39 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Edge of Tomorrow: 1 line craft ×1

  1. craft (craft): Edge of Tomorrow → Mission: Impossible III. Casting Brendan Gleeson parallels Philip Seymour Hoffman in MI3: the best foil for Cruise comes from a different acting discipline.
    “like casting Philip Seymour Hoffman in Mission Impossible 3”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Edge of Tomorrow · 1:12:38 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)

Iron Man 3: 1 line contrast ×1

  1. contrast (contrast): Iron Man 3 → Mission: Impossible III. Misdirect villains usually deflate (Hoffman as the front for Crudup in MI3), but Kingsley's reveal enriches the themes.
    “Like, the classic example is like, Mission Impossible 3, when you realize that Philip Seymour Hoffman is just the front for Billy Kredup, you're like, I can't just rather watch the Philip Seymour Hoffman.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 3 · 1:33:42 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Joe Carnahan: 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (replacement): Joe Carnahan → Mission: Impossible III. Carnahan replaced Fincher on MI3, then Abrams started from scratch.
    “I say Carnahan is his replacement.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Zodiac with Leslye Headland (Ad-Free) · 0:40:19 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

Mission: Impossible: 1 line verdict ×1

  1. verdict (ranking): Mission: Impossible III → Mission: Impossible. MI3 is called the fourth best Mission Impossible movie.
    “It's like the 4th best Mission Impossible movie.”
    The Big Picture · The Tom Cruise Hall of Fame · 1:16:54 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)

The Bourne Identity: 1 line industry ×1

  1. industry (franchise rival): Mission: Impossible III → The Bourne Identity. The Bourne films made MI feel dated and less real, delaying the franchise's recovery.
    “Bourne wipes out Mission Impossible because everybody is like, not only is Bourne like an exciting movie.”
    The Rewatchables · 'Mission: Impossible' With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Jason Concepcion · 0:18:06 · Jason Concepcion (0.40 sure it was them)

Where it came up

What was said about it, by kind

career (2)

  1. career (career): Philip Seymour Hoffman → Mission: Impossible III. Hoffman elevated any material, playing the Mission: Impossible III villain like he was in The Master and scaring Tom Cruise.
    “no matter what the material was, he elevated it.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Twister’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:25:42 · Van Lathan (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. career (career): Vanilla Sky → Mission: Impossible III. Even in Mission Impossible 3 he's the hero but dark and crying a lot.
    “even something like Mission Impossible 3, where he's the hero, his character is dark and like crying a lot”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Vanilla Sky with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 0:55:39 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

contrast (1)

  1. contrast (contrast): Iron Man 3 → Mission: Impossible III. Misdirect villains usually deflate (Hoffman as the front for Crudup in MI3), but Kingsley's reveal enriches the themes.
    “Like, the classic example is like, Mission Impossible 3, when you realize that Philip Seymour Hoffman is just the front for Billy Kredup, you're like, I can't just rather watch the Philip Seymour Hoffman.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 3 · 1:33:42 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

craft (1)

  1. craft (craft): Edge of Tomorrow → Mission: Impossible III. Casting Brendan Gleeson parallels Philip Seymour Hoffman in MI3: the best foil for Cruise comes from a different acting discipline.
    “like casting Philip Seymour Hoffman in Mission Impossible 3”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Edge of Tomorrow · 1:12:38 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)

industry (1)

  1. industry (franchise rival): Mission: Impossible III → The Bourne Identity. The Bourne films made MI feel dated and less real, delaying the franchise's recovery.
    “Bourne wipes out Mission Impossible because everybody is like, not only is Bourne like an exciting movie.”
    The Rewatchables · 'Mission: Impossible' With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Jason Concepcion · 0:18:06 · Jason Concepcion (0.40 sure it was them)

people (1)

  1. people (auteur credit): Mission: Impossible III → Philip Seymour Hoffman. MI3 belongs to Hoffman more than to Cruise.
    “But it's Philip Seymour Hoffman's movie.”
    The Big Picture · The Tom Cruise Hall of Fame · 1:16:52 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

unmapped (1)

  1. unmapped (replacement): Joe Carnahan → Mission: Impossible III. Carnahan replaced Fincher on MI3, then Abrams started from scratch.
    “I say Carnahan is his replacement.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Zodiac with Leslye Headland (Ad-Free) · 0:40:19 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

verdict (2)

  1. verdict (ranking): Mission: Impossible III → Mission: Impossible. MI3 is called the fourth best Mission Impossible movie.
    “It's like the 4th best Mission Impossible movie.”
    The Big Picture · The Tom Cruise Hall of Fame · 1:16:54 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. verdict (verdict): Vanilla Sky → Mission: Impossible III. This is the ultimate Cruise performance: first the charm cashed in, then the thing underneath.
    “I agree that this movie's kind of like the ultimate Tom Cruise performance.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Vanilla Sky with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 1:17:40 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Fun items about it

  1. fun, about Mission: Impossible III: Watch the scene where Philip Seymour Hoffman counts down with a gun to Keri Russell's head while Cruise says tell me what you need.
    “Watch the scene where Philip Seymour Hoffman counts down while putting having a gun to carry Russell's head.”
    The Big Picture · The Tom Cruise Hall of Fame · 1:17:17 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)

Who the speakers said made it

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