Mission: Impossible

Alright, this week fulfills one of my primary purposes for Mt. Everest Movie night: to show films that are/were popular when they came out but we might not have seen because our age when they debuted therefore they'll be new and awesome to many people attending.

When Mission: Impossible (PG-13, 1996) first came out I was all of 7 years old and in second grade. My movie viewing of the year included 101 Dalmations, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and Space Jam and although those movies mostly hold a special place in my heart there were also these blockbuster movies (Jerry Maguire, Independence Day, and Mission: Impossible among others) that were entertaining, quotable, and in some cases spawned sequels that all flew over my head as a 7 year old.

So to sum things up the entire reason we're watching Mission: Impossible is a selfish one. I never saw it as a child and wonder now what it was all about, especially with M:I 3 having come out only a few years ago, being the self-centered person I am I also assume that other people might have a similar problem, and even if they have already seen it, who would give up the chance to see a pre-scientology Tom Cruise and be reminded of all the reasons we loved him? Or as Tommy would remind you, explosions are fun to watch.

See you at the top of Mt. Everest.

-Caitlin

P.S. I would like to make a note here about who selects movies for Mt. Everest movie night. Whereas he hosts it in his room Tommy has final say over what movies are shown. This means there may be a few weeks where-in a movie will be shown that I won't attend because I'm actually not fond of/opposed to the movie personally. It also means that movie selection usually goes a little like this:

-Caitlin gathers movie suggestions from people, old box office charts, books, podcasts, and teh interwebs.
-Caitlin researches movies that she hasn't seen herself on IMDB as well as asking her secondary movie selection base their opinions of the movies (if they've seen them)
-Caitlin determines where a legal copy of this movie will be obtained for viewing (thank goodness Evans lets us check them out now so we don't have to get NetFlix)
-Caitlin uses said research to create a list of potential movies and reads/presents it to Tommy
-Tommy vetos any movies he doesn't like/want to show as well as asking questions about movies he hasn't heard of or seen

So basically Tommy has the final say, no questions asked, on the movie we see. Caitlin has a small amount of wheedling power, but this is mainly with movies she loves and neither Tommy nor Brandon (Tommy's roomate - his presence has greatly diminished Caitlin's selection power... At least Tommy still needs her feminine influence on movie selection and her sweet promotion powers) has seen, i.e. North by Northwest.