UnSPECTREcular

Rating: 3/10 (6 November 2015)

The only person who falls in love faster than James Bond is that new Facebook friend who needs money to get to America.
It appears we need yet another Re-Bonding. First Brosnan drilled his four Bond films into the ground and now, in Spectre, Craig has overstayed his welcome as 007 in his fourth movie, as well.
What starts off very nicely as Craig's previous chapters did with an elaborate and exciting action scene, the movie has the distinction of being the only movie in Craig's films to completely fall apart after that thrilling opening and never recovers.
It's so hard to pinpoint all the things that irked me here, but I'll try to summarize without giving away too much. Here are a few:
> Craig looked worn out and disinterested. No wonder why he wants to quit the role.
> The score was literally a carbon copy of Quantum of Solace and the title song was probably the worst one in all 24 movies.
> The action was completely minimal, uninspiring and far from fresh (with the exception of the opening which eventually made me think it was a deleted scene from one of the other superior movies at the rate the movie progressed.)
> The nostalgia thrown at us like the movie was in 3D was just an excuse to pad the already too-long running time and though clever at times, it got old, fast.
> Already Craig's take was a Bourne copy, but one of the themes here was blatant theft.
> The plot, which was already pounded to death in the previous three movies wasn't just old here – it was 30 years "getting too old for this sh|t" old.
> 20% action, 8% villain. This is something we would except from the 1960-1970s Bond movies, but times have changed and it's not time to be in reverse.
> And speaking of the lack of villain, Waltz was wrongfully underused and sinfully misused when on screen. Where was the great character we loved him for in the Tarantino films?
> But, worst of allit was boring.
Yes, admittedly, I am not a fan of a lot of the original 18 or so Bond films, specifically the Connery ones. Obviously a lot of people/fans are, so I do actually recommend this movie to those people. They will get the slow-paced, very little espionage (in a SPY MOVIE, huh,) the VERY EASY escapes from the villainous traps, the sexuality of Bond and the so-called comedic Q-moments galore. Personally, I've become accustomed to the action-packed, smart and modern Bond and was thoroughly disturbed with getting him back to doing practically nothing he hasn't done for 50 years. Hell, all the way to the third act, I was checking the time and when the lamest climax to any action movie in the past decade arrived, I actually started to doze off.
This all said, I didn't actually hate the movie. With the opening so strong and just a few of the jokes and throwbacks that worked, I don't put it on the bottom of all Bond movies. But, it certainly should put an end to both Craig's reign and to the one complete story separated into four movies.
Re-Bond again, please!