Films/DVD Asylum

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

In Reply to: RE: 'Spectre': Weird vibes all around . . . . posted by Billy Wonka on November 06, 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.