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richjenkins28

Now that I've seen each of the Daniel Craig Bond movies, I'd say my order is 1-2) Skyfall and Casino Royale (probably Skyfall but it's been a bit since I've seen the first 3) Spectre 4) Quantum of Solace

Spectre is between ok and good. Quantum is probably straight-up bad. It actually was just really boring in parts, and I don't mean slow; just boring.

5 years 2 months ago

ntan

For those saying it's too long... it's the same length as Casino Royale. Is it as great as that and Skyfall? No, but it does not deserve the hatred I'm seeing.

It's excellent. Mendes and Hoyte van Hoytema did a great job, as did the whole cast. Exciting, well-written, leagues ahead of Quantum of Solace.

6 years ago

Siskoid

I thought SPECTRE was meant to be Craig's final two-parter, but no, I got that wrong. It's a complete film and might be Craig's last. I don't think I'm ready to say goodbye, though I do think his era has gotten away from what I so loved about it in Casino Royale. Bond #24 is a throwback to earlier eras, not just because the old criminal organization returns (Hail Hydra!), but it's got Moore-era jokes (I hate it when the comedy is driven by extras; the ones that come from Bond himself are tops though), set pieces that seem designed to evoke past films (the Austrian resort is right out of In Her Majesty's Secret Service), a villain with a metal feature (but he doesn't amount to very much), and a "follow clue A to clue B to clue C..." plot from which the worst Bonds have suffered (if this were a role-playing session, the GM would be accused of railroading; Bond even complains about the lack of choice). Bond working with a team, an anti-SPECTRE, in a sense, was the best part, with particularly active parts for M and Q, though Moneypenny necessarily takes a back seat to featured Bond girl Léa Seydoux. I'm not sure I'm behind the big revelation behind Blofeld's origins yet, just a coincidence too far, in my opinion. The Sam Smith theme is the worst since Madonna's. But though he doesn't achieve Skyfall's level of splendor, Sam Mendes still brings his visual brilliance to the film - the tentacle/tendril motif is intense! So it sounds like I'm down on the film, doesn't it? I'm not. It had plenty of good moments, fun gags, exciting action, and the required sexiness. I just wish it were the best spy film I've seen this year, you know?

6 years 4 months ago

royalspikey77

not great.

Mendes needs to stop filming these like a 2hr long advert for fashion houses or eau de toilette and concentrate on the plot, scenario of peril and the villains - all have been woeful since Casino Royale

8 years 4 months ago

Facundo Reyes

Just a really bad joke.
Craig here is the same as Connery in 'Diamonds are forever' or Roger Moore in 'For your eyes only': the type of Bond tired of himself and usually more often beated on the ground than shooting the bad guys, being the female character (Lea Sedoux, the very best of this film) who saves the day.

The chasing scenes seems more typical from The Pink Panther than 007 and the references to other Bond films are baroque and meaningless.

Truly disappointed.

8 years 6 months ago

lachyas

A tonally confused, bloated, uninspired, anticlimactic and dull mess of a Bond film. It's the humour and ridiculousness of the Moore era mixed with the darkness of Dalton's outings and centered around an actor and indeed director who both just seem like they want out. Spectre peaks with the opening tracking shot but it's like everyone used up all their energy in the one take, and the longer the film goes on the more tired everything feels, including Waltz's wasted villain and the mundane action sequences that simply don't hold up in a post-Fury Road, post-Bourne world.

The storytelling is equally lazy, which is perhaps a symptom of trying to twist the messy ongoing narrative of the previous three films into the one overarching story. Even on a micro level I lost track of the number of scenes that were directly lifted from past instalments to the point where it started to feel less like paying homage and more like plagiarism. But yet is it really plagiarism when Mendes and co somehow managed to make each and every scene worse than its inspiration? With eight credited writers you're entitled to expect more than fashionable and half-assed references to current paranoias, dialogue that makes you feel genuinely sorry for the actors delivering it, and a plot that aspires to be by the numbers but even finds great difficulty in shifting the actors from one set piece to the next in a way that makes sense.

And it doesn't help that the film wants to have its cake and fuck it too, indulging in outdated Bond girl tropes at one moment before trying to make you genuinely care about his underdeveloped relationship with Seydoux the next, to the point where this inexplicably forms the driving force behind the film's climax. But at least Seydoux is given the opportunity to turn in a competent performance despite the atrocious writing of her character; the way Bellucci is wasted is an absolute travesty, especially after all the hype surrounding her age-appropriate role in the film.

I'm a big fan of Craig and Mendes but it's time for them both to move on. Even the opening credits sequence sucks.

8 years 6 months ago

maasr

Just absurdly bad. They try to pay homage to elements of the Bond franchise but fail in the most boring way. Austin Powers is more entertaining.

8 years 6 months ago

Jace Lightner

Absolute borefest with nothing worthwhile to look back to

8 years 6 months ago

kimstir

I'm all about Daniel Craig and would love to be a Bond girl - either the badass version or just the eye candy haha I don’t care, sign me up! But wtf this movie bored me to tears! I wanted to like it, especially after the really amazing opening scene, but so much of this movie just draaaaags. A lot of the story is Bond trying to figure out who's behind some secret organization. It's kind of fun following along with him, but it doesn't lead to anything exciting. The payoff is SO WEAK. Plus, they try to force this whole weird backstory between Bond and the bad guy that just feels like it's from another movie/franchise.

Craig was good though imo. I know he got a lot of hate for it after saying the "I'd rather slash my wrist than do another Bond," but I thought he was still good. He seemed to be having fun with it, while still being a badass and well...hot as heck haha #crush. But yeah, the movie itself just never really amounts to anything. Beautiful locations though, but the action sequences in them are kinda lame.

I wanted to like it so much more than I did. Sad face!

7 years 11 months ago

PolarCow

Predictable and not at all in the same league as Skyfall... To bad - James Bond deserves more than this.

ynrozturk said everything I thought throughout the movie... :)

8 years 1 month ago

cangelm1

Ho, hum. Just another Bond movie. None of them are a big deal to begin with

8 years 3 months ago

americanadian25

Love the Bond films, but this one just didn't do it for me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9BHv0G8Cro

8 years 6 months ago

Larkspire

Not as messy as Quantum, but that's a pretty low bar. It was nice seeing Q in a bigger role, and Blofeld - shame about his new motivation though, I preferred the unambiguous evil genius. However, it's a little bloated and some of the writing (including plot points) has a first-draft feel.

8 years 6 months ago

Giacco

Average.

8 years 6 months ago

chunkylefunga

Casino Royale > Skyfall > Spectre >> Quantum

Spectre was borderlining on naff. We want to see the grit and rawness that we saw in Casino Royale. Spectre has the beginnings of the kind of stuff that Austin Powers took the piss out of.

8 years 6 months ago