Review of Spectre (2015) by Jeetinder K — 25 Mar 2016

Daniel Craig is back in what may be his last appearance as 007 in Spectre. The title alone implies the return of the infamous of the villainous organization that was prominent in the Connery era of films. The film does a good job setting up the pillars for some of the next films, and even tries to tie together the previous Bond films. This sadly is the only positive as Spectre features poor editing, forgettable action sequences and a handful of misfired comedic elements. Although only 5 minutes longer than Skyfall at 2.5 hours, Spectre felt like it went on for over 3 hours.

Bond Girl - 2/5.

Léa Seydoux is forgettable and does not bring much to the table. Of all the ones he falls for? He can do better.

Gadgets - 2/5.

A car with gadgets and the classic watch and a injection used for gps tracing are used appropriately, but the new Q still has yet to impress.

Villains - 3.5/5.

David Bautista plays the muscles, but has absolutely no personality of others before him that played the similar characters in the past such as Jaws in the Roger Moore films, and Stamper in Tomorrow Never Dies. Christoph Waltz does his best in the limited screen time he has, and will hopefully continue his role as Blofeld in future films.

Music 2/5.

Opening song was not great, and the music is mostly forgettable. Apparently the first film not to feature the trumpet playing of the Derek Watkins doing the Bond film, and it was sorely missed.