Thankfully a huge improvement over Thunderball but nowhere near the quality of FRWL or Goldfinger. The action, cinematography, and editing have thankfully gone back to being good after the pathetic attempt by Thunderball. The roof chase/fight and the big fight in SPECTRE's bunker are both scenes that need to be commended. Unfortunately you can tell Sean Connery does not want to be in this movie. Even scenes with him and Moneypenny have the chemistry of a couple... discussing divorce settlements. And for once Bond seems more fed up and annoyed with Q then Q is to Bond. If that idea was a supposed to be a subversion (which I doubt), it's not a good one. Not to mention, there are a few plot points that goes nowhere. For one, there's a point where Bond disguises himself as a Japanese man and... does he really? The only he really does is phone in a unenthused "Ohayo Gozaimasu" (c'mon movie, be racist! I need my monthly allowance of virtue signal points!). Also the fake death side plot is swiftly forgotten. While not as good as most prior films, do I still recommend this film? Yeah I would.
Shout by ACBlackJ0ckBlockedParent2022-07-03T22:34:14Z
Thankfully a huge improvement over Thunderball but nowhere near the quality of FRWL or Goldfinger. The action, cinematography, and editing have thankfully gone back to being good after the pathetic attempt by Thunderball. The roof chase/fight and the big fight in SPECTRE's bunker are both scenes that need to be commended. Unfortunately you can tell Sean Connery does not want to be in this movie. Even scenes with him and Moneypenny have the chemistry of a couple... discussing divorce settlements. And for once Bond seems more fed up and annoyed with Q then Q is to Bond. If that idea was a supposed to be a subversion (which I doubt), it's not a good one. Not to mention, there are a few plot points that goes nowhere. For one, there's a point where Bond disguises himself as a Japanese man and... does he really? The only he really does is phone in a unenthused "Ohayo Gozaimasu" (c'mon movie, be racist! I need my monthly allowance of virtue signal points!). Also the fake death side plot is swiftly forgotten. While not as good as most prior films, do I still recommend this film? Yeah I would.