RE: 'Spectre': Thumbs down for me.

Posted by RGA (R) on November 13, 2015 at 00:44:04

In Reply to: 'Spectre': Weird vibes all around . . . . posted by Billy Wonka on November 6, 2015 at 17:02:54:

I am tired of remakes and Bond is remaking older Blowfeld Bonds? And badly. I don't get it. You have a juicy bad guy like this played by the great Christopher Waltz and he's barely in the film. They scratch the surface and then poof - it's over.

There is no other memorable villain - yes a big muscle head baboon but not memorable. None of the women in this film are memorable - where is the "ooh James" moments.

I like Craig and Casino Royale - that was arguably one of if not the finest Bond film of the lot. Spectre seemed flat. The movie felt tired and even Craig seemed to be phoning it in for the paycheck. It's not terrible I suppose but it was line after line of repetition - even Ralph Fiennes as M - warning 007 that he's blowing up stuff and will have to shut down the 007 program - I felt I was watching Mission Impossible - shutting down that program too - oh darn - so 007 goes rogue - just like Tom Cruise.

This is better than Quantum of Solace (one of the worst Bond films) but behind Casino Royale and Skyfall - IMO.

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Topic - 'Spectre': Weird vibes all around . . . . - Billy Wonka 17:02:54 11/06/15 (20)

RE: 'Spectre': Thumbs down for me. - RGA 00:44:04 11/13/15 (0)

Interesting review... - mkuller 14:40:25 11/11/15 (0)

RE: good action movie - user510 16:51:15 11/09/15 (0)

I liked it... - mkuller 18:40:04 11/08/15 (9)

Redux and spoilage . . . - Billy Wonka 15:18:08 11/09/15 (8)

Craig... - mkuller 16:05:14 11/09/15 (7)

"Sean Connery had quite a film career after he quit Bond" - Chris from Lafayette 14:45:00 11/12/15 (6)

Well, it wasn't... - mkuller 12:12:29 11/13/15 (0)

I didn't realize he was in Citizen Kane... - mkuller 15:13:30 11/12/15 (4)

Yup - that's Zardoz [nt] ;-) - Chris from Lafayette 15:20:22 11/12/15 (3)

RE: Yup - that's Zardoz [nt] ;-) - mkuller 16:01:39 11/12/15 (2)

Sorry - neither one - I'll watch for them [nt] - Chris from Lafayette 19:40:50 11/12/15 (1)

RE: Sorry - neither one - I'll watch for them [nt] - mkuller 21:01:21 11/12/15 (0)

the best D. Craig bond film, a bit more traditional & less high tech, Monica Belluci's part was too short tho - PhilJ 13:24:21 11/07/15 (0)

But...did you like it? (nt) - mkuller 09:48:00 11/07/15 (0)

RE: thanks for that review... - user510 19:30:23 11/06/15 (0)

Craig's last Bond? Hope not. Previous films had him just getting started. - free.ranger 18:43:33 11/06/15 (0)

RE: 'Spectre': Weird vibes all around . . . . - mbnx01 18:29:41 11/06/15 (2)

I just can't stop laughing - Victor Khomenko 06:42:20 11/07/15 (1)

rough high school!!! - PhilJ 12:05:53 11/07/15 (0)

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