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Post by NFinite on May 3, 2006 9:34:10 GMT -5
Extremely small SPOILER (ALERT) for the movie below; it doesn't give anything significant away, unless you were hoping to catch the Lost reference on your own.
I went and saw MI:III last night. Although looking for the reference to Lost most of the time, it actually slipped right past me and I didn't realize it until near the end of the movie.
While in a plane going down, Ving Rhames' character makes the comment, "I hope the Losties are keeping the hatch warm for us!"
Okay, that would have been way over the top.
Actually, while Cruise's character goes by Ethan Hunt in his 'normal' life, at the IMF office, and while out on assignment, there is one small part in the movie in which he receives mail under a pseudonym. His cover name? Mr. Kelvin. (That one's no joke; that truly is the reference made in the movie)
So if you've ever wondered about Kelvin, add this to your repertoire of knowledge: he can't HANDLE the truth (the Scientology jokes were too numerous to pick just one, so I stayed away from them).
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Post by officialben on May 3, 2006 9:53:39 GMT -5
Oh dude I can't wait! My school is having a screening of the movie tomorrow night (big perk of being a film student in Hollywood). Our theater is gonna be PACKED for MI3! Wanna know more about my school? Go here: The Los Angeles Film School(I know, lame plug, but if you're interested then you'd be appreciative) |
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Post by Shinra on May 3, 2006 10:46:46 GMT -5
Ha you're worse than somebody on leno ben. :-P
Thanks for posting, im gunna see MI3 this weekend and now i don't have to look for a backwards-whispering walt in the background
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Post by officialben on May 3, 2006 10:52:29 GMT -5
I was hoping for a bigger Lost refference than the name, though. I'm so bummed! But still pumped! Phillip Seymore Hoffman is the main reason I'm excited, he's an awesome bad guy!
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Post by nfinite on May 3, 2006 11:00:21 GMT -5
PSH is good - but there is not enough of him getting to be bad in the movie.
Regarding the Mr. Kelvin reference, I was actually thinking during the movie that it would be a good/funny reference if Cruise's character went by Mr. Rom; or if reference had been made to his cousin, Ethan Rom (since the guy that played Ethan Rom is Tom Cruise's cousin - I explain all this like people on this board don't already know that. I just like to hear myself talk type.
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Post by wesh on May 3, 2006 16:26:30 GMT -5
ah that's the reference? not a biggie indeed. i hope silently that you actually missed the bigger reference. I might go and see the movie tomorrow.
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Post by officialben on May 4, 2006 4:34:34 GMT -5
I actually changed plans. I'm seeing it at the Chinese Theater. Tom Cruise will be there. That loon.
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Post by wesh on May 4, 2006 7:03:21 GMT -5
^lol make sure to get a sig! (if that is allowed by his belief. I hear they (scientologists) can't strive to be admired.)
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Post by officialben on May 4, 2006 17:26:26 GMT -5
Wow then that guy is screwed. I would be too scared to get close enough to him to get a signature.
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Post by ilea02/Maggie on May 5, 2006 2:13:10 GMT -5
Okay, maybe I have too much Lost on the brain but here is what I found in Mi3
1 - Greg Grunberg, the pilot, has a cameo in the beginning. He seems to be in everything JJ does. Pretty cool huh?
2 - I won't get into the whole story but Tom Cruise's heart is stopped and his girl starts giving him CPR. It is not working so I am thinking she needs to pound on his chest a la Dr. Jack. She does and he comes back. Oh darn! Made me laugh that I knew what she was going to do.
3 - At the end of the credits, under special thanks it says The Hanso Foundation for the very last one.
I forgot about the Kelvin.
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Post by officialben on May 5, 2006 5:42:32 GMT -5
Yep, I caught all of those. Did you also catch the music? Michael Giaccino (sp?) was the composer for MI3, and durring the stopped heart scene, he had music much to the style of the Lost theme (the single chords on the piano). The wide helicopter shot of the bridge (before all the chaos went dow) had an actual Lost tune over it... I smiled in my seat.
But yeah, I was excited to see Grunberg, as well. The stopped heart scene was so predictable. I whispered to my friend next to me "She's gonna slam her fist on his chest. Just watch." I was also super excited to see Hanso as the final special thanks on the list, too.
Overall, a very entertaining movie. It did it's job.
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Post by wesh on May 6, 2006 7:50:04 GMT -5
Can't wait to watch it then. Heard quite some bad comments about it, so it's nice to hear something.. nice  I'll just get in there with no expectations and go with the amazing flow. |
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Post by LTSmash on May 6, 2006 14:05:21 GMT -5
When the Brassel asked Musgrave why he sent a team to China, the name Musgrave said I think had Sayid in it as the middle name. I'm not 100% sure about it though.
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Post by officialben on May 6, 2006 20:12:24 GMT -5
After thinking about the film more today, I've realized that I'm a little disapointed with it... Oh well, it was free, I can't complain.
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Post by Mix Master Mike on May 6, 2006 23:02:18 GMT -5
oh gosh i have to see the movie now! oh also jj Abrams i going to direct the latest star trek! i wonder if he is going to have a lost reference in it?
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