Spectre (2015)

Written by GenerationofSwine on January 11, 2023

The word "convoluted" comes to mind, as does the word "unwatchable"

By the time Spectre came out, I was honestly sick of Daniel Craig's James Bond hates being James Bond depiction. And now I've come to really despise him, I mean Moore used to be my least favorite Bond, and I like him so much more than Craig.

But... the script was kind of all over the place. I think they were trying to do twists and turns, but they were stuck under steering with each turn, so all the twists they tried to throw at you never really worked. It ended up feeling like they were trying to be confusing for the sake of being confusing, and didn't know how to make it all feel confusing for the sake of being mysterious.

I mean Christoph Waltz is a great actor, but even he couldn't find his footing in that mess of a story.

The action was never suspenseful or even really enjoyable...

... and it all leaves you with the feeling that this is a Bond movie made by people who forgot how to tell a story. And that is kind of fitting given that is what Sony seemed to be threatening to do with Bond for a while, and it was 2015, just before the Hollywood Era of "story and characterization don't matter"

It can only go down hill from here.