Review of Spectre (2015) by Ginak — 09 Nov 2015

First, let me mention the negatives in Spectre. Although the first scene in Mexico City is well done, it didn’t top the first scene of Quantum of Solace for me. Then things slowed down and I nodded off (literally) until Lea Seydoux entered the film.

I thought she was very fine, although not as deliciously malevolent as Eva Green in Casino Royale. But to me the biggest weakness was Christoph Waltz, a fine actor but when you keep flashing pictures of Mads Mikkelsen, Javier Bardem, and Mathieu Amalric (currently my favorite actor) on the screen as previous Bond villains, you cannot help seeing Waltz pale in comparison – and he was supposed to be the most twisted of all.

Dare I say this – he seemed too nice. And the film was about a half hour too long and could have used judicious snips elsewhere too. But having brought up all these negatives, I thoroughly enjoyed the last hour – perhaps because Ben Whishaw and Ralph Fiennes brought more personality to their roles.

And I do agree with many reviewers that Andrew Scott is much too “one note” as an actor to be anything else but an annoyance. I kept thinking – what is Moriarty doing in this film? I just read Scott is in the new Frankenstein movie – oh no, please no.