Review of Spectre Full Movie: Daniel Craigs fourth Bond movie is probably my third favourite of his but it's by no means a bad movie, It's amazing but we thought nothing would top Casino Royale then Skyfall came along and was on par with it so Spectre would have to be winning oscars to compete with them so being the third best Craig Bond film isn't bad as I happen to think all 4 Craig Bond films are the best of the lot, The film itself ties up loose ends from the previous three and we learn as you can guess that Spectre is the organisation behind it all.
The plot isn't as complicated if you watch the first three just before, There were some great action scenes just not enough and they were spread too far apart, There are a lot of little nods to previous Bond films and some cases of deja vu in others which were a nice touch, Daniel Craig was great again but he seems to have lost his mean streak even though he's still pretty ruthless, Dave Bautista was good but underused.
Christoph Waltz played a good part but again was under used and wasn't given enough screen time to really get into his role, It was nice to see there's still no silly gadgets or stupid scenes that kill the movie (Just like the entire Roger Moore era) It's a great Bond film, Some great action scenes just over long and more down times than we wanted, It did have a good twist that will please old Bond fans, I think the movie itself was one great action sequence away from being brilliant and unfortunately the ending wasn't as great as I hoped, It's still one of the best films of 2015 and one of the best Bond films ever.
Daniel Craigs fourth Bond movie is probably my third favourite of his but it's by no means a bad movie, It's amazing but we thought nothing would top Casino Royale then Skyfall came along and was on par with it so Spectre would have to be winning oscars to compete with them so being the third best Craig Bond film isn't bad as I happen to think all 4 Craig Bond films are the best of the lot, The film itself ties up loose ends from the previous three and we learn as you can guess that Spectre is the organisation behind it all, The plot isn't as complicated if you watch the first three just before, There were some great action scenes just not enough and they were spread too far apart.
There are allot of little nods to previous Bond films and some cases of deja vu in others which were a nice touch, Daniel Craig was great again but he seems to have lost his mean streak even though he's still pretty ruthless, Dave Bautista was good but under used, Christoph Waltz played a good part but again was under used and wasn't given enough screen time to really get into his role, It was nice to see there's still no silly gadgets or stupid scenes that kill the movie (Just like the entire Roger Moore era) It's a great Bond film, Some great action scenes just over long and more down times than we wanted, It did have a good twist that will please old Bond fans, I think the movie itself was one great action sequence away from being brilliant and unfortunately the ending wasn't as great as I hoped, It's still one of the best films of 2015 and one of the best Bond films ever.
If you like old-school Bond, you will like this movie; new-school Bond, maybe not so much. It adheres to the formula that has worked for so long and with so many movies in this franchise, complete with the over-the-top stunts and circumstances that don't even try to make sense. It just doesn't have the finesse that previous Daniel Craig Bond films have had. It starts out with a bang, with a spectacular tracking shot and a dizzying helicopter scene, and it's totally awesome... but nothing measures up after that. There are serious pacing problems here; though there is plenty of action, there was not enough plot to keep me interested for the entire 2 1/2 hour duration, and I zoned out in parts.
The villain isn't even introduced until over halfway through! (The pseudo-villain for the first half is basically a bearded and less effective Odd Job). Because the finale amps it up a notch, the bookends of this film are the best part, it's just too soft in the middle. This is supposedly the last time Craig will play Bond, and this film attempts to tie together his previous three films into one overarching plot, in a sort of "quadrilogy". However, while it is a sequel of the previous Craig/Bond films, it's also a prequel of the classic Bonds, which totally screws the timeline set up in Skyfall. In Skyfall, Bond is at the end of his career and is basically washed up, but this follow-up is essentially the origin story of a classic Bond villain that appears earlier in Bond's career.
Seems like Sam Mendes is taking a page from JJ Abrams' book and revamping the entire Bond cannon like Abrams did with Star Trek. Whatever the reason, I don't like it... though I suppose it's an exercise in futility to pick apart something that doesn't make sense in a Bond movie. The film looks great, of course, especially the aforementioned opening sequence, but nowhere near as dazzling as Skyfall. In any way. It's fun for the standard Bond fare, but predictably, it does not live up to its predecessor. Well for starters we are given a killer opening scene in Mexico City where we see stupendously choreographed stunt work involving a fight scene on a helicopter, in which the helicopter spins out of control over a crowd of people celebrating Día de Los Muertos with Bond, the opening villain, and the pilot using hand to hand combat whilst on the helicopter. Bond then sends the villain plummeting to his death and kills the pilot and flies back to England and we cut to the Classic Artsy Bond Opening.
Secondly, take a look at the cast, we have the dashing Daniel Craig reprising his role as Bond, we have the impeccable Ralph Fiennes, Naomie Harris, and Ben Whishaw reprising their roles as M, Miss Moneypenny, and Q. Then we have the great Christoph Waltz as The main villain Franz Oberhauser, who turns out to be the notorious Ernst Stavro Blofeld (the head of the Specter Organization) and last but not least we have the beautiful French actress, Léa Seydoux as the lead Bond girl. Now aside from the cast, I also enjoyed that we actually got to see the character M out in the field instead of in his office like all the other Bond films, I thought that was a nice breath of fresh air added to the series and really fleshed out the new M's Character. I also enjoyed the teamwork between Bond and the leading bond girl, Madeleine Swann, as well as the chemistry between Blofeld and Bond.
So we got the good stuff covered, but what were the movie's faults? Well for starters a lot of the scenes were dragged on way too long, which after a while got rather old. I was also disappointed by how little screen time the villain actually got. However then again Blofeld was never in the movies for very long as was pretty much just the guy lurking in the shadows, also this is possibly his first appearance and could possibly return in the next film. However, the fact that this character's appearance was built up so much and then is only given a little over 3 scenes is kind of a disappointment. Although it has faults, Specter is overall a great Bond Film and I recommend you give it a watch. 4/5 stars.
If you like old-school Bond, you will like this movie; new-school Bond, maybe not so much. It adheres to the formula that has worked for so long and with so many movies in this franchise, complete with the over-the-top stunts and circumstances that don't even try to make sense. It just doesn't have the finesse that previous Daniel Craig Bond films have had. It starts out with a bang, with a spectacular tracking shot and a dizzying helicopter scene, and it's totally awesome... but nothing measures up after that. There are serious pacing problems here; though there is plenty of action, there was not enough plot to keep me interested for the entire 2 1/2 hour duration, and I zoned out in parts.
The villain isn't even introduced until over halfway through! (The pseudo-villain for the first half is basically a bearded and less effective Odd Job). Because the finale amps it up a notch, the bookends of this film are the best part, it's just too soft in the middle. This is supposedly the last time Craig will play Bond, and this film attempts to tie together his previous three films into one overarching plot, in a sort of "quadrilogy". However, while it is a sequel of the previous Craig/Bond films, it's also a prequel of the classic Bonds, which totally screws the timeline set up in Skyfall. In Skyfall, Bond is at the end of his career and is basically washed up, but this follow-up is essentially the origin story of a classic Bond villain that appears earlier in Bond's career.
Seems like Sam Mendes is taking a page from JJ Abrams' book and revamping the entire Bond cannon like Abrams did with Star Trek. Whatever the reason, I don't like it... though I suppose it's an exercise in futility to pick apart something that doesn't make sense in a Bond movie. The film looks great, of course, especially the aforementioned opening sequence, but nowhere near as dazzling as Skyfall. In any way. It's fun for the standard Bond fare, but predictably, it does not live up to its predecessor. Well for starters we are given a killer opening scene in Mexico City where we see stupendously choreographed stunt work involving a fight scene on a helicopter, in which the helicopter spins out of control over a crowd of people celebrating Día de Los Muertos with Bond, the opening villain, and the pilot using hand to hand combat whilst on the helicopter. Bond then sends the villain plummeting to his death and kills the pilot and flies back to England and we cut to the Classic Artsy Bond Opening.
Secondly, take a look at the cast, we have the dashing Daniel Craig reprising his role as Bond, we have the impeccable Ralph Fiennes, Naomie Harris, and Ben Whishaw reprising their roles as M, Miss Moneypenny, and Q. Then we have the great Christoph Waltz as The main villain Franz Oberhauser, who turns out to be the notorious Ernst Stavro Blofeld (the head of the Specter Organization) and last but not least we have the beautiful French actress, Léa Seydoux as the lead Bond girl. Now aside from the cast, I also enjoyed that we actually got to see the character M out in the field instead of in his office like all the other Bond films, I thought that was a nice breath of fresh air added to the series and really fleshed out the new M's Character. I also enjoyed the teamwork between Bond and the leading bond girl, Madeleine Swann, as well as the chemistry between Blofeld and Bond.
So we got the good stuff covered, but what were the movie's faults? Well for starters a lot of the scenes were dragged on way too long, which after a while got rather old. I was also disappointed by how little screen time the villain actually got. However then again Blofeld was never in the movies for very long as was pretty much just the guy lurking in the shadows, also this is possibly his first appearance and could possibly return in the next film. However, the fact that this character's appearance was built up so much and then is only given a little over 3 scenes is kind of a disappointment. Although it has faults, Specter is overall a great Bond Film and I recommend you give it a watch. 4/5 stars.
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