Very impressive visuals for sure. Plot could have left a bit to be desired, I didn't feel any great attachment to Swann, she just took over the plot a bit too quickly. It felt quite final, but I don't think it was anywhere near as good as Skyfall. Plus the SONG. The group I was with universally agreed that was a negative :D

 

Q, M and Moneypenny getting a lot more screentime was good and I felt C was much more realistic a villain than

the cartoonish Blofeld

(although who needs realism when it comes to Bond, but still an Orwellian controller you could see existing in our society somewhere up at the top is so much more interesting to watch). Some scenes, like the start in Mexico and the bits in Austria, were great, others, not so great. Pretty middle-of-the-road and certainly not as tightly woven as what came before.

John you just revealed a huge spoiler without any warning. :manson:

Apologies. I have rectified it now, I didn't realise it wasn't common knowledge.

That particular spoiler was talked about loads before the film, I was quite disappointed that it was the only twist/reveal/shock.

Got back from my first ever Bond film last night and really enjoyed it. However, I know this has all the history and the glam to it but I think I preferred Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation from this year :/ The stunts all looked fantastic and the story was engaging pretty much all the way through but it did just feel a bit too long, shame at how Christoph Waltz was underused as well :( Great film but in terms of blockbusters this year Avengers, Jurassic World, Furious 7 > this for me.

Got back from my first ever Bond film last night and really enjoyed it. However, I know this has all the history and the glam to it but I think I preferred Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation from this year :/ The stunts all looked fantastic and the story was engaging pretty much all the way through but it did just feel a bit too long, shame at how Christoph Waltz was underused as well :( Great film but in terms of blockbusters this year Avengers, Jurassic World, Furious 7 > this for me.

 

This, MI was surprisingly SO much better. Maybe due to a much better female lead.

I too watched this last night and it deserves a whole lot better than "not as good as Skyfall". Fantastic stunts and scenery, as was the main Bond girl and

Blofeld

, and I agree it was great to see M, Q and Moneypenny have bigger roles. The plot was absolutely fine for me; the film did feel like it slightly dragged at one point in the first half but the action in the second more than made up for that. I loved the scene where

Blofeld is showing the footage of Mr White's suicide and Bond insists Swann looks at him, to which she finally does; just felt pretty poignant to see how much she trusted him

. I also liked the nods to the other Daniel Craig films, as well as previous Bond films before: the opening sequence was Live and Let Die-esque and the train fight scene was rather similar to Bond vs. Jaws.

 

I wish there was more of Lucia (Monica) - she seemed so hyped up for being the "oldest ever Bond girl" so I was expecting her to have a decent part; I kept thinking she would reappear latter in the film.

 

Also, I thought 'Writing's on the Wall' worked well in the opening titles and especially well as an instrumental within the film.

Disappointed with Spectre its not Skyfall, the opening scene is pretty good (a hint of Live and Let Die), it did feel dragging a bit, overall its good but it was a tough act to follow Skyfall. And the ending was pretty predictable for me, as I knew Blofeld is part of the Bond continuing saga who is bound to be featured in more Bond movies down the line. Another long wait now for the next movie. :( I wanted more at the end.

 

"You might feel a little... prick" :lol: I couldn't help but laughed

I saw this last week and whilst I don't have much to compare it with, having seen Skyfall and Casino Royale, I really enjoyed it.

It was quite confusing at times because apparantly quite a few things from previous movies played a part in this, but overall this was a really enjoyable movie

This was ridiculously generic. Disappointingly so, too. Far too formulaic and "seen it all before". Don't think I'll ever get the fascination with Bond though, tbh. 'Casino Royale' was dull and the handful of older ones I saw, I liked more than this, but still found them a bit "ehhhh".

 

You'd have thought that, for one of the biggest movie franchises in existence, they'd be less like that. In terms of spy films from 2015... 'Kingsman' >>>>>>>>>...>>>>

A good film especially the latter half but the pace early on was slow, if gorgeous cinematography. Needed 20 minutes cutting out. The supporting cast is great, the villain fab and i hope daniel does another but it seemed pretty much a goodbye movie. Not as good as skyfall though.

 

Time for idris elba to take over says me.... :yahoo:

Very disappointing film for me personally. On the one hand Skyfall is one of my favourite films ever, but on the other I didn't expect Spectre to be that great. I just wanted it to be strong and it wasn't. Very weak storyline - still not sure what Oberhauser's scheme actually was - and Christoph Waltz was, surprisingly, extremely bland here. Very much miscast.

 

No action sequences that were especially memorable, a subpar script (Swann loves Bond after two days? Really? They drive off in a DB5 and that's supposed to be an epic climax to the film?!)... Lea Seydoux was great and Monica Bellucci good too but both she and Moneypenny were dreadfully underused. Moneypenny had about 4 lines of dialogue in the whole film. I enjoyed it very much on a visual level and for the cast (Ralph Fiennes also did great) but the story left much to be desired. B-

The rating has plummeted to 63% on Rotten tomatoes, making this the lowest rated Bond in ages (even lower than QOS!) I think the early positive reviews were pretty much driven my hype, I'm glad I stuck to my guns with my feelings straight away.

I saw it this evening, it was decent enough but it really did feel like they were dragging it out at times and I swear I did almost fall asleep when they were embarking on that train journey.

 

I'd still say it was worth my time seeing it, but I had to see it anyway as I've seen all of them.

The rating has plummeted to 63% on Rotten tomatoes, making this the lowest rated Bond in ages (even lower than QOS!) I think the early positive reviews were pretty much driven my hype, I'm glad I stuck to my guns with my feelings straight away.

Metacritic is a much more reliable aggregator than RT. Quantum has 58 on there, Spectre has 60.

http://www.digitalspy.com/music/james-bond...ed-me-id-do-it/

 

Very surprised to hear Lana Del Rey has never been approached to do a Bond theme. I suppose Adele and Sam Smith were the producers' first choices then.

"Spectre" was released in cinemas worldwide last autumn and it was arguably one of the most hyped films of last year! It was the 24th film of the legendary agent and its production cost millions dollars for the film studio Eon Productions. Of course, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures with Columbia Pictures contributed too. The role of James Bond was embodied by Daniel Craig once again while Lea Seydoux played the new Bond Girl, Dr. Madeleine Swann. I cannot say that I was mad to watch it as many people because I did not like "Skyfall" very much -an unpopular opinion- and also its official trailer did not convince me that I would see something very impressive. However, "Spectre" was quite remarkable and it was definitely one of the best films of the British secret agent!

In the new film, James Bond faces a criminal secret organization known as SPECTRE -SPecial Executive for Counter-intelligence, Terrorism, Revenge and Extortion. The film develops on five different areas such as Mexico City, Rome, Austrian Alps, Tangier and London, where James Bond tries to find “the brain” of the organization, Ernst Stavro Blofeld or Franz Oberhauser, which is played by Christoph Waltz. On his side, he will have the two permanent colleagues, Miss Moneypenny, played by Naomie Harris, and Q, played by Ben Whishaw, in order to find the daughter of an old opponent, Mr White, played by Jesper Christensen, who knows something for SPECTRE. At the same time in London, the new head of the National Security Centre, Max Denbigh, who is played by Andrew Scott, challenges the role of Bond in the secret services and MI6 in general, which is lead by the new M, wonderfully played by Ralph Fiennes. The acclaimed director Sam Mendes took over a James Bond film for second consecutive time after the successfull commercial "Skyfall"! His work was amazing and the overall effect reminded me of the good old films of the series. "Spectre" had intriguing scenario, elaborate montage, excellent cinematography and great photography. It didn't contain many action scenes because the writers gave greater emphasis to the film's characters. Daniel Craig gave his best performance as James Bond whilst the seductive Lea Seydoux was one of the best Bond Girls in terms of beauty, character and talent. Something that I will not say the same is Monica Bellucci, although she was thought as the most sexy woman of the Nineties. Her role was quite small -a little more than that of Tonia Sotiropoulou in Skyfall- and it seemed to me that her chin went back and forth when she spoke. She also had pretentious sensuality and she lost enough compared with other Bond Girls. Perhaps if she had participated in any of the 90's Bond films, she would be by far the best! Christoph Waltz was absolutely convincing in the evil role while Dave Bautista reminded me of Jaws. They were both undead. Moreover, "Spectre" had very good soundtrack and it was an apt choice the song that played in the opening, Writing's On The Wall. Although many resented this song, I found that it was incredibly sticky with the content of the movie. Let alone, the interpretation of Sam Smith is breathtaking and it totally deserved the Academy Award for Best Original Song!

"Spectre" was one of the most remarkable productions of last year! It cost $ 250 million and its total revenues were more than $880 million worldwide. It may not exceed a total of tickets as "Skyfall", but it is the second most commercial film of the series! It received mixed reviews from the experts of the film industry and it has garnered an unfair average score by IMDb users (6,7). The hardcore fans of "Skyfall" will be definitely unhappy with the new film, but personally I liked it very much. It was a Bond film with substance and it had the appropriate action doses so it does not end up a mindless movie with illustration wrapper.

I don't watch James Bond, I only watch Kung Fu Panda