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Last night, the Wife and I headed to the cineplex with kids in tow to see J.J. Abram's MI3. We, of course, got in free since Lawrence Jr. works at that theater. I was looking forward to seeing it. To be frank, I did not see the first two movies in the theater. MI:1 I saw on my sisters laserdisk machine. We rented MI:2. (Although I am huge John Woo fan, I could not get myself to theater to see it.) This one I really wanted to see. Not cause of Tom Cruise, but cause of J. J. Abrams.

The Wife and I have been big fans of the Abrams. We're devoted fans of Felicity, and will sometimes keep the re-runs on if they show up on a remote scan. And who would of thought a character we hated, (Hannah) would morph into Sydney Bristow? We are both sad that Alias is leaving the air. I really don't think I need to add anymore wood to the Lost acclaim fire. Heck, we even like Armageddon. (And The Wife likes Regarding Henry)

So my expectations to MI3 were pretty high. I was not disappointed. MI3 is fun, action packed film. It was a cool movie. It played like a big-budget verions of Alias. (Sadly without a Jack Bristow.) I also had fun playing spot the J.J. Abrams touches.

This is what I noticed.

1.) The movie starts with a whimper and becomes a flashblack. (Just like many an Alias episode.)

2.) A party scene with the main characters showing domesticy, with wine glasses all around. (Added bonus for appearance of Greg Grunberg, Abrams lucky charm)

3.) Keri Russell playing no wimp.

4.) The friendship/team moments of the IMF force that Ethan Hunt works with.

5.) The Benjy character is the British Marshall Flenkman

6.) The quiet moments had the Michael Giacchino score play simple piano keys

6.5.) At least one slow motion scene of people walking, but it did not have a song playing by Sarah McLachlan, so it half counts.

7.) There is a lot of running.

I am sure that there are plenty of other Abrams touches, so I will have to go and watch again.

Notes: I did read that in the end credits, J.J. Abrams gives a special shout-out to The Hanso Foundation. Nice.