Very good, but flawed.

Rating: 6/10 (11 November 2015)

The latest James Bond movie is extremely good, with brilliant effects and a good script, but not up to the standards of Casino Royale. They always say you love the Bond you grew up with, and for me that should be Roger Moore, but Daniel Craig to my mind is by far the best Bond. I hope he will star in at least 1 more. As for the rest of the franchise cast, Ben Wishaw as Q is superb, with some of the best lines, Naomi Harris is great as Miss Moneypenny and Ralph Fiennes is my favourite M. The Bond girls in the movie are Lea Seydoux and Monica Berlucci. The on screen chemistry between Daniel and Lea was only slightly better than that of Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman in 'Eyes wide shut', and the problem with Monica was that it was far too fleeting an appearance. Dave Bautista was fine and menacing as Mr Hinx, but Christoph Waltz was severely underused. Overall very good, but not in my top 5 Bond movies.