Entertaining, but the spark was missing..

Rating: 6/10 (19 December 2011)

Went for this movie yesterday with not much expectation. Was an enjoyable flick and a good time pass. But, there were too many down sides..
I'll talk about the good part first: (1) The beginning of the movie was very catchy to keep you hooked on for the next 133 minutes.. (2) Simon Pegg was very hilarious with his British accent in an American movie. His facial expressions were too funny!.. (3) The scenes inside Kremlin and the explosion were very well made.. (4) Every moment of the Burj Khalifa scene was WOW!
Now for the down side: (1) The sand storm in Dubai was a bit hard to believe and the CGI looked fake.. (2) The chase scene after Burj Khalifa showed a different Dubai with people living inside mud houses. It looked very fake.. (3) The classic mask was almost missing in this movie!! We would've preferred to see Tom Cruise wear it rather than the villain.. (4) Almost all scenes in India seemed as a set or made up.. I would definitely like to see a parking place like that in Mumbai!.. (5) Tom Cruise looked aged in the movie.. (6) They could've chosen someone better looking than Paula Patton! Reminded me of Thandie Newton in MI2.. (7) I wish the main villain was Léa Seydoux.. She definitely would've made a better villain than Michael Nyqvist.. (8) Anil Kapoor was good.. But towards the end, his reactions seemed weird!?
What worked: Stunt scenes, Tom Cruise, Simon Pegg What didn't work: Lengthy dialogues, weak villain Would I watch it again: Probably on bluray for the Burj Khalifa scene.
Overall: A good movie to wind up the year, but there were better. I would still rate MI3 the best of the lot.