Clearly not the best Daniel Craig Bond movie - might be the worst

Rating: 2/10 (23 January 2016)

I like to give movies some slack. I also have minimum expectations on movie franchises. Bond movies are one of them. Daniel Craig has been an excellent choice as the latest Bond. However, the execution of Spectre was a shock. Historically, Bond movies has a typical standard that everyone in the world expects to see. 1) Exciting opening scene (in this one, it looks like a rehash of a previous one and orchestrated very non-eventful. 2) The Bond girl(s). I guess the writers could not decide if it was Monica Bellucci or Lea Seydoux. Both are capable but did not have any flow in the entire movie. They feel as an add-on - not integrated to the story 3) Bond cars and gadgets. Both have been underutilized. Car chase was very bland. It looked like a Fast and Furious blooper or trial run. Thrill factor was non-existent. Speaking of which was the ever popular Bond gadgets. An exploding watch. yea... This did not make any impact (literally) in the plot. 4) Bond villain. Christoph Waltz is an excellent actor. Great choice for the role. Unfortunately he was given poor direction and even poorer lines to work with. I can see him struggle to be a bad ass but he just comes off as an adult brat with an axe to grind with his "brother". I felt bad for this movie as I am a huge fan of all the James Bond films. I have watched them since was a kid. This one falls completely almost as a wanna-be Bond film. If it was advertised as another "spy" movie with say wanna-be James Bond actor, the rating would be clearly a lot higher.