Such a mix of good and bad.

Rating: 6/10 (14 November 2015)

Spectre is the twenty-fourth James Bond film and it features Daniel Craig in his fourth performance as James Bond. The story features James Bond's first encounter with the global criminal organization Spectre.
Going to be honest, not really a James Bond fan, so going in I didn't know what I was expecting. First of all, Daniel Craig as James Bond is entertaining to watch as always. He's great in playing as this suave character in which I really believe in. Secondly, the actions scenes were really intense and well-shot. Speaking of well- shot, the cinematography in this movie was something special, it really captured the many countries the movie takes place in. Overall, the imagery together with the action was the highlight of the movie.
The movie though was profoundly flawed. The cast, while their performances were solid, the characters they play lacked any kind of depth and just fell flat. The movie was trying though to put some kind of backstory to these characters (Swann, Oberhauser), to make us care for them but it just didn't work. The writing as a whole was pretty sloppy. The movie also relied on tension, some of it worked, some of it failed predictably. While I think the imagery was mostly great, some of the scenes were dull to look at. I also noticed throughout the movie that the colors or lighting weren't consistent. Like, a very dark scene is just going to cut to a very bright scene (Might be just nitpicking here.)
All in all, it's a mixed bag. It's an okay movie with great visuals and action together with sloppy writing and dull characters.