Here to silence all the haters!!

Rating: 8/10 (14 November 2015)

I just got back home from watching Spectre, and first off I will say I went into the theatre with the expectation that it would not be as good as Skyfall and Casino royal, but hopefully better than Quantum of Solace. I was not disappointed, in fact I herd so many negative things about this film that I am now considering whether some of these people actually have any taste in quality what so ever. The good things the movie had going for it easily included the look, the set designs, cinematography and production value were all top notch. This was a fun movie that had fast paced action as well one of the most impressive and memorable fight scenes in any recent bond film. The actors did a good job and I really enjoyed seeing characters like Q, and M get more screen time and dialogue. Bond's chemistry with the female lead also worked in my opinion, and I never quite got bored of seeing them together on screen, she was interesting and I generally liked her character. There were several throw backs to the more classic bond films mainly in the movies formula, and I often like when movies do that, sometimes it is OK to play it safe. The villain was menacing and I enjoyed the build up and overall suspense surrounding him, Christoph Waltz is a powerful actor and has a very strong on-screen presents that works for the roll they gave him. Many complained that he was not in the movie enough but I find that it would have made a lot of the build-up and mystery to his character less relevant if he was just there all the time. As mentioned before this was a very fun movie that took itself less serious than skyfall while still capturing the essence of what a bond movie is supposed to be, anyone looking for a deep story with Oscar worthy acting and loads of subliminal messages and social commentary need to either watch something else, or enjoy this movie for what it is. On the negative side, some of the plot elements seemed a bit unnecessary and simply served as reason for the characters to travel to their next destination, or push forth elements of the main story that we kind of already knew. Speeking of the story, much of it was predictable mainly because the formula has been seen and done before, I don't want to give away too much, but essentialy in terms of bond films it doesn't quite add anything new to the table. What it does succeed in doing though, is presenting the story with style, the action is incredibly entertaining and well done, and the characters provide for some neat dialogue and add personality to the film. Is it the best bond film or even the best action film of the year? Of course not, is it deserving of all the hate and negative reviews, absolutely not. The movie looked fantastic, Daniel Craig is still excellent as 007, the action is great and never too over the top. James bond feels abit less vulnerable as a human than he did in skyfall and casino royal,but this in my opinion is where the movie takes itself slightly more lightheartedly and less dark. Spectre is definitely worthy of being up there with Casino Royal and Skyfall, not quite as good but not far behind either. Overall I would give this movie a solid 7.8 Just losing points for a lack in original story, and at times feeling a bit too long and some unnecessary plot elements, still enjoyed the hell out it though :)