Movie Review
Review Spectre
SPECTRE is a very good, but not great James Bond Film. All the elements are there - thrilling action, good villain, Daniel Craig as James Bond - but at 2 hours and 40 minutes it's about 20 minutes too long and the ending was not all that satisfying.
James Bond (Daniel Craig) finds himself in trouble fairly soon after the events of Skyfall when the former and deceased head of MI6 sends him a message to kill a man and find out what his connections are to a secret organization. Bond once again has to go AWOL (this Bond does that a lot) in order to find out more about the mysterious organization called Spectre. It turns out the head of this organization (Christoph Waltz) has been acting behind the scenes during the last few films and Bond is ready to end this game once and for all. While this is going on, M (Ralph Fiennes) is having trouble back home because of a merger between MI6 and the other intelligence agencies. It turns out there's also a sinister explanation behind this as well.
Ralph Fiennes does a spectacular job as M; it also makes for an interesting watch to see a more hands on M, one who is also capable of being out in the field. Q, played by Ben Whishaw, delivered some cracking moments between him and Bknd that had the audience in fits of laughter. Also, I must mention Christoph Waltz and Dave Bautista, both of whom bring the perfect measures of danger and thrill to the movie. Monica Bellucci, should had gotten more screen time. As the tops she got as the oldest Bond woman was at least five minutes. Really wasted. Finally, Daniel Craig. People might say that he's getting too old for the part but if you ask me he's at his prime. He plays 007 so well, to the point where you don't realise he's playing him, you just assume that Daniel Craig is James Bond.
The chemistry between Bond and his main love-interest, Dr. Madeleine Swann (Léa Seydoux) is questionable at best, due to the age different. I really found, their love-affair, kinda forced. There was a lot of grief over Sam Smith's new Bond song: Writing on the Wall, but it sounded grand and a fitting Bond song over the credits. It's not amazing, but sure it's better than a lot of other recent efforts like Madonna.
Spectre is not perfect. Much of what happens narratively is predictable, and a few lines of dialogue don't go over too well, but that's just being nitpicky. What you want in a James Bond movie is over-the-top action surrounding the world's greatest spy who's up against unbeatable odds thanks to a brilliant charismatic villain, and this is precisely what Spectre delivers in spades. Daniel Craig may or may not return as Bond, and if he doesn't, this movie would serve as a perfect send-off. But as the series constantly reminds us, "James Bond will return...," and Spectre is just another chapter in the immense story of everybody's favorite super spy.
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