Closer to a Marvel movie than a Bond one

Rating: 6/10 (20 November 2015)

OK first thing first, I like the bonds movie with Craig, the series turned more serious and dark and yet felt like a real Bond movie.
That being said Spectre is just a 180° turn in the opposite direction Everything felt forced, from the dumb jokes to the action scene even!
OK from the start: The opening scene started out nicely, the day of the dead in Mexico, great setting, good feeling, shots are being fired and there you go, bond falls in a collapsing building.. on a sofa?! no no and no, it's not a Marvel movie, it's not even a Mission impossible movie, how can you decide to play such a lame joke first thing in the movie? at first I thought it was just a glitch that would have nothing to do with the rest of the movie.. sadly it wasn't! the whole scene in Mexico isn't bad though, probably the best bit of the movie by far I'd say, including the theme part with a nice song, not as flashy as skyfall but better in my own opinion, though casino royal stays the best by far
but what with the randomness in this movie? things happen without a reason, bond going to Austria to find "white" sitting downstairs with tons of screen for no reason and what not. The pursuit scene is one of the worse I've seen (with the Lucy one I must admit), running in circle in a totally empty Roma (guys, the capital of Italy? no cars, no bystanders, no nothing? is it a showcase of cars or some dangerous pursuit? and that old Italian guy listening to classical music in a Fiat 500 at 20km/h.. I mean comeon so much cliché in a single sentence hurts my feeling as a viewer when I go watch a james bond movie. I could name a ton more scene (sadly) like those, the most chocking would probably be the explosion scene in the desert.. with bond and his girl just turning back and watching a great fireworks, perfectly timed and managed, all that without moving an inch (oh by the way guys, a full blown explosion like that has to provoke some blast or something, you know like hairs waving or something at least?)
so yeah after the silly randomness comes the poor technique The photography is meh at best, lots of dark scene but poorly arranged, not much thought put into the lighting of the scene, some just added in post prod without much effort, giving it all a cheap look, or the washed white color during the torture scene (random much? oh and the super high tech thing obviously failed in so many ways) felt like watching a 70's bond..
And most importantly on the story side everything went down the drain.. It was supposed to be some kind of grand final of the previous Graig bonds, tying everything together and that would have been a GREAT idea, having some follow up between the stories.. except nothing ever come close to a story here. it's basically a super villain which happens to be bond kind of evil brother that rule all the other previous villain thingy.. yes that sums it up pretty well! what's his plan? setup some super spy network that link together some of the major countries intelligence resources (south Africa really?) so first of all when will any country give their intelligence away like that? but let's admit they would.. and let's admit that this "guy" can take control of it.. wait.. he already did before it's even up? he can use the cameras inside the MI6 in his super spy room thing (straight from the old bonds movie style) before all this network thing is up.. so why does he need that plan yet? well nevermind let's admit he needs more info or something...
what's his plan? steal some sex tape of rihanna or something? because I can't see the grand scheme behind all that.. the comparison with the meteor crashing down on earth and such.. can't see the relation, one can cause a big blast, the other? some minor nuisance at best We're being told he controls already a lot of pharmaceutic in Africa and such, which actually do sound like a big evil plan, that could perfectly be the reason why he's the bad guy and bond needs to take him down
Sadly for us that's all there is for a story.. randomness, you have to either completely skip the story part and stick with the character interaction or try to make up a story for yourself with the bits and pieces you have here
I can understand now and also relate why Craig wanted Spectre to be his last bond, I really like him and what they've done with the series so far but this is obviously the "one last" that should have been avoided
Sure some hardcore fans will probably enjoy all the easter eggs of the movie relating to the old bond movies, there are tons from the snow base to the car with all the toys in it, the base inside the crater reminding us of moonraker, that big guy looking like Jaws (once again why that dumb joke when he's about to die? it's not a Marvel movie for crying out loud!), octopussy with the spectre logo (looks more like an easter to me than a relation between spectre and an octopus by the way).
Other than that I really consider Spectre to be the weakest of the Craig series, and yes I prefer Quantum of Solace over Spectre, it had some consistency at the very least, the photography was better as well. Let's hope for the best for the next bond movie, starting out fresh, with or without Craig and a brand new story line, thought from the beginning to the end whole