My 14 year old mind is still alive--still want villains to win

Rating: 6/10 (14 October 2013)

My fourteen year old mind is still alive somewhere (am 60) as I overall enjoyed the movie.
I don't have any problem with Cruise as some reviewers do...all stars are egoists. The one thing I noticed is he is short 5ft 7. Not as short as Robert Redford 5ft 5...(had to put that in).
I agree with another reviewer the most frightening villain by far was the woman assassin Lea Seydoux as Sabine Moreau.
They could have chopped all the chicification parts...especially the last 3 minutes where Cruise's exwife appears. Melodrama doesn't mix with killer thrillers in fact it ruins them.
The story: A crazy Swede wants to start WWIII and IMF wants to stop him...I thought the initial prison scenes were the best and most funny. These movies are supposed to activate your black humor---also I found the guy killed by being distracted by his iphone funny--although it was not supposed to be. As always I want the villain to succeed but that never happens--I bet I am not the only one!
The technical stuff was fun and inventive---I wonder how long it will take for these to look old anachronistic?? When I was 14 high tech was shown as a room full spinning reels on refrigerator sized computers. Think how antiquated CRT (tube) monitors look already. But then cars haven't changed that much recently in fact the late fifties cars are far more interesting looking everything now looks like a combination of a wedge and jelly bean. Maybe fins etc...will make a come back that would be fun.
It would have been an 8 but I took off 2 stars for the chicification and PC stuff--it is a losing battle I know.
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