Spectre Movie Blurb by Shale November 17, 2015 This movie opened on November 6, but I was busy that week. Also, we have been rained in this entire weekend and yesterday but today was a beautiful sunny, cool day for a bike ride to the cineplex - so I saw my first Bond movie on the big screen since sometime in the late 1960s. Yep, altho I have seen some of them over the years on TV, I quit going to "Bond, James Bond" movies since Sean Connery spoke those lines. You have to consider that I was a 20-something, young man and it was the 1960s sexual revolution when Bond's over the top womanizing required less suspension of disbelief. But, recently while perusing the $4 DVD bin at Best Buy I found almost all of the Bond movies. I got the most recent 3 with Daniel Craig as Bond and watched them over last week and my interest in this latest one was piqued. This is a typical Bond movie, with action starting in the first scene, before the credits as James (Daniel Craig) is in Mexico City during Dia de la Muerte on an unauthorized mission. In this one scene he takes out some terrorists, sets off a bomb that crumbles an old building, which falls on the building across the street where he is on the rooftop and he narrowly escapes, just to find out one of the bad guys escaped and they end up fighting in a helicopter flying precariously over a large crowd in a plaza. Then we go to the credits, starting with the traditional view thru a gun barrel pointed at Bond with the red liquid streaming down. While the credits roll there are seductive images of Bond and attractive women that have been the trademark of these films since the '60s. In fact, those who are familiar with Bond movies know that the very title is the name of a sinister, secret organization known as Spectre, headed by Ernst Stavro Blofeld (Christoph Waltz)/ Those who saw Skyfall know that the director of MI6, M played by Judi Dench was killed. She has been replaced by Gareth Mallory (Ralph Fiennes) who is now known as M. M Also, Ms Moneypenny (Naomie Harris) is back as M's assistant and the young MI6 Quartermaster (Ben Whishaw) is back as Q. Q & 007 There are a couple of women that Bond beds, the first a widow whose husband Bond killed, he rather boldly gets in her face and kisses her, then proceeds to undress her. I've taken girls to bed whose name I didn't know but we at least chatted a while before we kissed. The main Bond girl is a psychologist, Dr. Madeleine Swann (Léa Seydoux) who is a little more restrained but eventually they have an intimate moment since they are in one dangerous situation after another Austria, Morocco and London. Following Coordinates in Morocco This movie was given a 63% Fresh by the aggregate critics on Rotten Tomatoes. Their consensus was, "Spectre nudges Daniel Craig's rebooted Bond closer to the glorious, action-driven spectacle of earlier entries, although it's admittedly reliant on established 007 formula." Well, that's pretty much what I've been writing, only I kinda see it as a good thing. I am with the 67% of audiences liked it. But, I am more into nostalgia than the unreal young man fantasy for which Bond movies have always been made. BTW, after watching the movie, I biked down to the Best Buy and managed to find the first 5 Bond movies with Sean Connery in the $4 bin. Some of those involved Spectre and Blofeld as the villain. The only Bond movie I recall seeing in theater was "From Russia With Love." I suppose it had more impact on me because I watched it while stationed in Turkey, near Istanbul and had been to the covered bazaar portrayed in the film. Also, my cold war job was spying on Russian radio comm, which was the theme of the movie.
This could have easily been a really good movie But it kind of sucked The title is Spectre, yet for most of the movie, the only thing you see of Spectre is Bond having fights with the henchman guy And how many times have they done the baddie wants to control all the information in the world thing
This is why I say it could have easily been a great movie The movie was called Spectre, thats what i was expecting, three or four great character villians and their side kicks. I wont give away the movies only spoiler, but Christoph Waltz turns out to be you know who, but they dont really do anything with him, he just sits around in casual shoes with no socks and just explains how evil he is Add to that we just get Dave Bautista in a suit doing wrestling moves How easy would it have been to characterize either of them up? Really kind of frustrating. This movie SHOULD have kicked ass. Instead we got Tomorrow never dies again
Sorry, three posts in a row, but one more point These last four movies have been successful becuase of Craig, but I wonder how they will be looked on in 10/20 years None of these movies are on par with Goldfinger, Goldeneye, Live and Let Die
I think you are bad mouthing this movie because you are part of spectre's plan to control the world's information Couldn't be worse than Dench as M. What could be worse than a pussy whipped Bond?
