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User Reviews for: Spectre

SeanMSU
7/10  8 years ago
Solid entry into the 007 catalog, though not particularly as impressive as the other recent titles. To really understand why Spectre ended up like it did you have to look at the other three Craig Bond movies, Casino Royale took an extra brutal, modern take on the Bond and it was a perfect new take on an old (and arguably stale) formula. Quantum I think was a little too high brow for it's own good, it took a few more steps against the Bond formula and got a lot of backlash for being overly complicated and trying to do too much at once although in retrospect I think it's hard not to think it's a great entry into the series. Skyfall was a purposeful step back into some of the more comfortable territory of the Bond tropes, it added characters that were in the originals and met the new style with the old. Spectre took what Skyfall did and went even further back into the typical Bond territory. There are even more familiar characters added in, the gadgets are back, and other things that the older fans loved came back. However, this also meant going back to a semi-played out/generic sort of Bond story with characters that are not as complex or flushed out as we may be used to.

To be more specific, the main villain in this movie would have enough lead up if it was just a standard Bond villain with some very daunting moments and great acting however they try to convince us that he is the "author of all of Bond's pain" and I just wasn't really buying into it with what little they showed. The fact that they emphasize so much the involvement of the past couple movies was weird for me too since they just casually pretend that QoS never happened. They constantly mention/reference Vesper Lynd, M, Le Chiffre, Silva, etc. but completely ignore Dominic Green and Camile (who was supposed to actually come back as the final Bond girl before Skyfall was made). The romance was also textbook and happened faster than it should although I think Seydoux did do an incredible job and I enjoyed the way they made her so similar to Vesper Lynd. The action was as good as ever. There are sequences that have incredible cinematography but also fit perfectly into what is happening in the scene (I particularly liked the Mexico City opening sequence where Bond is treading through this stream of people dressed like they're dead like he's constantly yet effortlessly fighting against it) there's some really well thought out stuff going on. Older Bond fans will absolutely love it as well, I saw it with my dad and he thought it was one of the best he's seen. I enjoyed it a lot and was impressed with certain pieces but as a whole it didn't do it for me like Casino Royale or Quantum. Definitely worth a watch if you've watched the others though.
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