Drab

Rating: 5/10 (2 December 2015)

OK, I'm OLD. Ihave seen the early Bond movies many times but have missed the last few. So yeah, the plethora of characters confused me. I love that the opening sticks to the original formula, big action sequence and then the opening credits. After that, I struggled to stay awake.
Spy films usually take us to faraway, and often exotic, locations, While Bond does jet set, everywhere looks the same--brown, dusty, dry.
I saw none of the suave Bond, no humor, no sexy banter with Moneypenny. The fight on the train is not only unworthy of 007 but totally unbelievable--is there no one else on this train? Even in the kitchen at dinner time? The romance falls flat as well. There is absolutely no chemistry with this latest Bond girl, who makes me think she was cast because she resembles Taylor Swift. The only redeeming character and performance is Q, and we see far too little of him.
A tiresome action movie, a confusing plot, drab backdrop and unconvincing love story. My "5" is generous