Juvenile Bond

Rating: 7/10 (14 December 2015)

As the first attempt at a Bond that was not based off the books, it comes as little surprise that the film gave off the impression that the writers were in their fledging stage. There were some exceptional parts to the film, and the manner in which they developed the character of Blofeld, I thought was quite good. However there were other parts of the film where you couldn't help but feel like the writers were just a little bit stuck for original ideas, and instead had to fall back on stereotypical Bond scenes, or worse still, had to use cliché scenes/lines.
A good example of such padding would be how the writers used the women in this film; often writing them into the film as unnecessary "sexual conquests" for Bond, or in a cringe worthy scene, even made it about love. Now while Casino Royale showed love in Bond films isn't entirely impossible, it was also supposed to be the one off instance, which made Bond how he is in every other film. The only other time we saw romance was in the dreadful On Her Majesty's Secret Service, and I dread to think we could ever had a repeat of that again.
So long story short, the film wasn't quite as good as I feel it could have been, but as the writers find their grove, and begin to mature, I feel the movies could get even better. And with big star like Ralph Fiennes and Christoph Waltz as main characters who will be sure to reappear in future films, I am really looking forward to seeing what they can produce next.