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Rating: 6/10 (9 December 2015)

Sprectre is directed by Sam Mendes and stars Daniel Craig once again as James Bond. I have to say I am a huge fan of Craig as Bond. Casino Royale redefined the character of James Bond for me and made it everything I wanted it to be. Skyfall was also great. I loved both of those movies because they were dirty, gritty and Bond felt like an actual human being. Unlike earlier Bond films, which just felt goofy and fun, those movies really helped put Bond in a different direction. Spectre does the exact opposite, which is odd because it is directed by the same person who directed Skyfall. Now I must say, though, that this is one of the best directed Bond films out there. The camera work is stunning and the entire sequence of the Day of the Dead in Mexico City is simply breathtaking. However, the problem with the film resides purely and 100% on the script. The dialogue is pretty bad and it just feels like they wanted to create a more classic Bond story, which is not fine, considering the series was heading in another direction. Something I hated about Spectre was how they used Christoph Waltz. Waltz is one of my favorite actors, he was brilliant in Inglorious Basterds. Now, when I heard he was cast as the villain for this film, I immediately thought: "He was born to play this role. He's gonna be the best Bond villain ever." But he's not, really. No spoilers, but he's in like two scenes in the entire movie and everything he does feels clichéd, like a clichéd villain from a clichéd Bond movie. All of the clichés are back, unfortunately, and, although miles better than Quantum of Solace, Spectre is still disappointing.