Oh my lord. What happened to good old James Bond? 007 was the Gold Standard in the spy action genre, but this Spectre is nothing but one long snoozer, peppered with a few typical chase scenes and "nothing new" action. It's 2 1/2 hours long, and could be reduced to about 55 minutes and still have the same effect.
Lame "tie in" story line from the previous Casino Bond flick, and there really isn't a villain, until about the last 30 minutes. After watching for 2 hours I kept asking myself, why am I watching this? Where is the villain? All this meat and no potatoes. Then, finally a villain appears. He was the only interesting person in the film, but he's only in the movie about 10 or 15 minutes.
I thought seeing how this was Craig's last run at being Bond, something special or amazing would appear in this film. If anything, the writers, the editor and the actor all pooped out before the film even started.
Horrible pacing. The movie would pick up the pace then drag you back down into a dreary and somewhat boring drama. Over and over again. Quite torturous to sit thru it at times.
The only thing amazing was the snazzy camera work. Visually appealing. If they only put that effort into a script and a storyline, the film might've been a last great one for Craig. But, unlike Kobe, Craig goes down with a sinking last film.
And don't look for any hot and sexy Bond girls in it either. Just one "old" ex hotty from the Matrix, (they used her to balance out Craig's aging looks) and then one blonde in her 20's..too young for Bond and she looks like she was bagging groceries at Vons before winning this role. No eye candy at all in regards to Bond girls. What a shame.
007 is dead. Long live 007.
Fingers crossed for the next new Bond.
