Spectre - Review

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A cryptic message from the past sends James Bond on a rogue mission to Mexico City and eventually Rome, where he meets Lucia, the beautiful and forbidden widow of an infamous criminal. Bond infiltrates a secret meeting and uncovers the existence of the sinister organisation known as SPECTRE. Meanwhile back in London, Max Denbigh, the new head of the Centre of National Security, questions Bond's actions and challenges the relevance of MI6 led by M. Bond covertly enlists Moneypenny and Q to help him seek out Madeleine Swann, the daughter of his old nemesis Mr White, who may hold the clue to untangling the web of SPECTRE. As the daughter of the assassin, she understands Bond in a way most others cannot. As Bond ventures towards the heart of SPECTRE, he learns a chilling connection between himself and the enemy he seeks.

 While the last movies were a change from the classic Bond films, more realistic and darker (especially Casino Royale and Skyfall), Spectre returns to old basics, old elements, old gadgets and an old enemy coming back. It sounds like a "love letter" to Bond fans but also feels like they run out of new ideas.

 If you enjoyed the more human Bond side from Casino Royale where he falls in love, gets tired and bleeds, this one takes all that away with the classic secret agent that makes out with every woman he meets and doesn't care about anything but himself. Daniel Craig comes back one more time (and maybe last) as 007, he's still good but looks like he's already getting tired of making these films. The beautiful cars with gadgets are back again with the free destruction after using them theme back once more and a small new watch with a special feature. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy watching old classic Bond films but I preferred this new kind where he was just a man with nothing more than a gun and his naked hands trying to save the world...

The cast was good choosen, it was nice to see Ralph Fiennes, Ben Whishaw and Naomie Harris as M, Q and Moneypenny again. But the new characters don't have that charisma they used to; Monica Bellucci was cast as a new Bond girl but she shows up for like five minutes in the movie as Lucia. Léa Seydoux is a nice add, the classic Bond girl that needs to be saved. 

 Now it's time for the bad guys; Dave Bautista (famous thanks to Guardians of the Galaxy) is the unbeatable stronger than anyone man that's finally beaten thanks to something unexpected, his character reminded me to Drax and the small detail he only says one word in the entire movie was a funny move. Then there's the new head of Security who wants to rule out the MI6 and the 00 Agents, named simply C by Bond himself and played by Andrew Scott, nothing bad to say about his performance but he gets killed by the dullest way ever.

 When I first heard about Spectre and the casting of Christoph Waltz (great actor!) as the main villian, my thoughts were positive, thinking the movie would be amazing thanks to him...but I was wrong. His character is mysterious, you don't realize his true identity until the end of the movie and that's maybe the best thing of the movie (unexpected and a real deal to classic Bond fans). He was the real deal BUT way underused; while he's behind everything that has happened to Bond in the entire and past movies, we actually don't see him doing anything except walking and talking. There's only a scene where he tortures Bond by blinding him and making him forget everyone he as ever met but with no explanation, that doesn't happen at all.

 The movie has high expectations but I was actually disappointed. The movie has many actions sequences with lots of shooting and explosions and a few comedy reliefs but it kinda feels empty, there's nothing new we've seen before. There are so many elements to make it the best Bond movie ever, it fails by being one of the worst Bond movies I've seen in a long time.
6.4
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