Sgt_Gath
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I saw this the other day. I liked it. It was, in terms of action and tone, basically a return to the feel of the more classic Bond films of the 1960s and 1970s.
Personally, while I enjoyed the film, Skyfall always kind of bugged me. It's aping of Christopher Nolan's style was just a tad too on the nose for my tastes. The villain was also basically just a more flamboyant Bond Villain remake of "The Dark Knight's" Joker, made inexplicably gay for some reason and given some rather odd mommy issues. I actually appreciated the fact that Specter felt a bit more like a return to the "classic" Bond style in this regard.
I also thought they did a good job with the Bond girls this time around, which was a welcome step up from the rather forgettable love interests we've had ever since Quantum of Solace. Bellucci may have been a bit more "matronly" than "sexy" (IMO, anyway), but the blonde girl actually had pretty good chemistry with Craig, and seemed like a good match for him without being over the top.
(Props to Dave Bautista on his Jaws/OddJob 2.0 role as well)
That being said, however... Yeah, there were some problems. The "tentacle porn" intro credits and whiny song accompanying them were probably one of the worst I've ever seen. The main villain was also pretty lackluster all the way around.
Basically, the most memorable thing about the guy (until the last fifteen minutes, anyway) was that he wore loafers without socks (THAT BASTARD!!!). Skyfall's Silva might've made me uncomfortable, given how "Jokerish" he seemed, but at least he had personality. Blofeld was just an almost complete non-entity - An unassuming but psychopathic soft spoken metrosexual with a goofy backstory and a (comparatively) mild sadistic streak.
Meh.
He also has a really lame "twist" to his origin and relationship with Bond, which was so understated and unnecessary that it felt more like random trivia.
Overall: 7/10
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