Great Bond Outing (quick review)

Rating: 8/10 (26 October 2015)

I had to review this title since I was looking forward to see this film. And I have to agree with the apparently general consensus (at least, so far): Spectre doesn't live up to the fresh breath of Casino Royale neither to the riveting Skyfall but it just stays one step behind both. It's a truly great Bond movie and definitive improvement over other spy films.
Starts terrific with the Mexico opening and although the song is a bit of letdown for me (not bad at all, not great at all) the visuals of the title sequence are elegant and makes up what's next. Like happened in Skyfall and Casino Royale, the most complex action is at the beginning (with the gun barrel included). But the rest of the lot doesn't mean to be disappointing. It's very well choreographed and done with suspense and insane style (courtesy by Sam Mendes).
As the action takes a lot of momentum of the movie, the performances and the development of the roles take somewhat of a backseat (moreover in comparison with Skyfall). Despite being extremely deeper with Bond (excellent Daniel Craig), the movie neglects a little other important characters (Seydoux despite her prominence, Waltz even being promised as the definitive nemesis, and Belucci... well...) and maybe that's my biggest deception with the movie. But all in, is very effective and entertaining, it will give the audience what they will presumably looking for and maintains the status of Craig's 007 as arguably the best and most interesting of all.