The spectacle's there, but not so much the actual danger

Rating: 6/10 (20 November 2015)

I walked out of "Spectre" with an odd mix of satisfaction and disappointment. As a Bond movie, it delivers on the set piece front, no question. That cold open is something else entirely, and I absolutely loved the scenes in the Alps. There's even a slinky car chase and a brawl on a speeding train for heaven's sake. And it's nice looking, too; lavishly appointed, and that doesn't even cover the hotness of Léa Seydoux. Basically all the reasons to see it on the big screen.
But the stakes are never really high. Bond goes rogue(again), the future of MI-6 is under threat (again) and the sinister multinational corporation that ties the Craig movies together is just a cabal of highly-placed goons. I'm not sure if I'm just one of those nitpicky fans or the script was genuinely undercooked. Time will tell.
6/10