By now you’re probably just returning from a late night screening of Spectre. Was the latest James Bond movie a worthy successor to Skyfall? This is the best place to discuss the movie with the Superhero News community!
Did you love it? Hate it? Leave your thoughts in the comments section below.
Loved it! I hope it’s not Daniel Craig’s last one. He’s the best!
Terrible. Difficult to give exact reasons, without massive spoilers, but after an amazing opening, tracking shot, the whole film went downhill.
Pointless throw away characters and the single dumbest plot ‘twist’ in the whole Bond franchise
It had all the cheese of the Moore and Brosnan films, it was just in a better suit
Loved it. Better than Skyfall by a little bit. I don’t understand where the mediocre to negative reviews are coming from.
I actually enjoyed it a lot. It was not as good as Skyfall, but it was still a great movie. I like how they tied all the Daniel Craig 007 movies together, although the connection is very vague, still I liked it.
At first I was not a fan of the theme song, but when I actually listened to it with the opening, it was actually great.
The main villain falls short for some reason, the motive for Spectre was vague. But overall, it was pretty good. Mr. Hinx was pretty cool, I want more Mr. Hinx for sure. Lastly, I was promised an octopus since it was featured heavily in the opening credits and there was no octopus… definitely disappointed about that lol.
That’s a good point, massive octopus in title. Not even a toy in the background. I enjoyed it,not the best Bond outing but not the worst. However feeling a bit conned now as there was no Octopus. Oh well maybe it’s the big bad in the next one.
I thought it was great! I really don’t understand the hate the film’s getting, it seems unfair. The more I think about it, the more I want to watch it again. For me it’s a worthy sequel to Skyfall.
I thought it was a fine movie. The issues I had with it were numerous, but none detracted enough from the movie to make me dislike it. I really think they mishandled Christoph Waltz. Honestly, I can’t think of any other explanation here but to say that somehow Waltz was boring. And that’s really disappointing. He should never be boring. A lot of people are upset that they pulled the Spectre trope back in and now are back to contending that one man in charge of one organization can wreak so much havoc in the world, but that doesn’t particularly bother me. What bothers me is that I felt nothing when we learn more about Waltz’s character. There is something that occurs between the end of the second act and the beginning of the final act that I very much enjoyed but I really thought he’d leave an impact on me, but I feel like I could forget his performance easily. Also, for what it’s worth, I hate Sam Smith and his whiny theme song. That being said, it’s honestly a really enjoyable movie in spite of its flaws, and the scenes with Mr. Hinx are excellent — as are many other scenes, including the opening sequence, which a few people have mentioned already.
But I have to get into SPOILER territory here, so please stop reading if you haven’t seen the movie and don’t want to have any major plot points spoiled for you.
1) There is no surprise twist in this movie. There are a couple of “twists” but we see them coming from a mile away. An effective twist would have made all the difference.
2) There is almost no build-up to the revelation that Oberhauser and Bond were like brothers. Why weren’t there some hints that they know each other to some extent? There should be emotional resonance in a moment like that, and there wasn’t. It just rang hollow.
3) So, wait, Blofeld was the author of Bond’s pain, but his big plan was to ineffectually drill little needles into his brain?
I’m giving the movie a lot of shit and it makes it sound as though I’m dissatisfied. I’m not as satisfied as I would like to be, but I am not displeased. Here’s what I did appreciate: Bond not killing Blofeld. You can’t kill him off anyway, but it means that Waltz can come back in the future and put in a better, deeper performance. And it also suggests that perhaps he knew James wouldn’t kill him, and perhaps his plan wasn’t to just drill into his brain. Maybe the plan continues. It takes some suspension of disbelief but I’m on board. I loved that reveal when he has the scar. That was amazing and I knew it was coming but it’s just such an iconic moment. I know they can do so much with this franchise, and in spite of everyone’s expectations, I have a feeling we haven’t seen the last of Daniel Craig’s Bond. Now I’m curious to see if they can get Christopher Nolan on the director’s chair for the next movie. If so many critics are upset about what they perceive as a bit of a return to Roger Moore-like plot devices and cliches, who better to put the naysayers to rest with his violent, dark, gritty and inspired vision?
Spectre is not the best Bond film, but it’s awesome. Daniel Craig is the only actor, to have at 3 Bond movies, in my top 10 list of Bond films. Casino Royal, Skyfall, and Spectre.
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