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http://cinetelerevue.be/fr/nous-avons-vu-le-nouveau-james-bond.html?cmp_id=7&news_id=34783
Here's a rough and quick translation:
"Spectre" is a spectacular 007 but can't top "Skyfall"
Three years after the well deserved triumph of Skyfall (more than $1 billion), Spectre was obviously awaiting with care.
We could watch the movie - screen preview - yesterday (October 21st) in London. The feeling is mixed. In this new episode, Sam Mendes explores again more the Bondian mythology since the hero is facing to his ghosts: childhood and Spectre, the famous criminal organization appearing in several episodes of this franchise mainly in Connery area. The director also treats the question about old school Secret Agents: are still they really needed during drone and satellite age? Is James Bond still a past relic or contrarily is it necessary due to the intrusive technologies which can be used against us? A fascinating introspection but sometimes it spoils the action: the movie is long, very long (150 min) and the pace is like a rollercoaster. We're also surprised by the fact that, Monica Bellucci - it was said many things about her presence - is just there for acting as figuration roles, three minutes on the clock, enough for falling into Bond's arms before disappearing: so frustrating.
But, don't be afraid as well, the fans will get all needed ingredients making a Bond movie like stunts. A lot of this kind of things and especially the anthology PTS in Mexico which features a building steps down and helicopter chase. Daniel Craig seems comfortable as ever in the 007 suit, bringing out definitely a human touch and maybe weakness than previous actors were not be able to do.
About the villain of this 24th episode, as usual Christoph Waltz acts very well: he knows some secrets for playing cynic role with perversity. If we left the screen preview with a little bit of disenchantment, that's mainly due to the very high expectations after Skyfall. Spectre, despite quite a lot of excellence, is too uneven for topping its previous one. It shouldn't prevent to get huge crowds in theatres (November 4th in Belgium).
Well when one fills the blanks of someone else who is only watching out for the positive, one looks like one watches out for the negative... That's how someone can twist a forum's atmosphere, by claiming to be the most objective and neutral while actually having a strong agenda. Others are then called "idiots" too easily.
About the reviews :
The tone here in France is that it's a divisive movie, but that its very, very weak Bond girl characters (the villain is also judged very weak) are more and more a problem when there is Rogue Nation now showing how a strong woman character can exist nowadays without having to sleep with the hero and so on (QOS really is forgotten it seems !). It's a movie for the boys, and they will love it : "their" Bond is back.
Today - for me - DAF is a load of crap and OHMSS amongst one of my favorites.
If they say that SP Can't top Sf I am happy ,
cause its the same people who said that SF Is the best which is very far from the truth
CR I loved, QoS I was underwhelmed, but didn't find it terrible and SF I liked a lot, but didn't quite get the overwhelming praise it had been (and still is) receiving from a vast number of critics. I haven't been this excited to see a Bond film though since CR. I've watched the trailers for SPECTRE an absolutely embarrassing amount of times.
Precisely.
Depends on what you want I guess. I loved SF but it didn't feel like my Bond anymore when I first saw it. Since then it has but CR is still my favorite Craig Bond film.
The elements that critics are knocking with the exception of maybe the character development of the Swann and Waltz's character are elements I have been wanting back in Bond.
I agree now with most of the critical praise of SF although not to the blindless glee of some but I am not buying all the critical shots being aimed at SP. SP is forcing critics to lighten up to get the film and some aren't swaying.
But at 150 minutes Mendes should have been able to amply develop the ladies and villain.
Not sure we'll ever know (even with the leaks), but is SPECTRE a two-movie project made into one ?
No honest clue but that's the impression I get from some of Craig's interviews.
I sincerely think so
As Bond says in SP: "It's all a matter of perspective."
cue epic music
nomoreworkhorse.com/2015/10/24/spectre-film-review/
irishexaminer.com/technow/movies/spectre-review-361232.html
them0vieblog.com/2015/10/24/non-review-review-spectre/
entertainment.ie/movie-review/Spectre/323156.htm
themoviebit.com/2015/10/spectre-review_24.html
The ante has been completely upped here and the car chases are faster, the fights longer and more brutal and the methods of torture employed by the bad guys is ever more gruesome.
I know where to find aggregates of critics reviews
Maybe one thread could be for reveiws that include brazen plot spoilers and another thread for reviews that are written more like how a critic might write for the daily paper.
Forum member reviews interest me more than critics reviews. Would be good to have them all in one or two handy threads.
But of course I defer to whatever thread organizational decisions that are made.
He was, during the funeral service behind Tanner.
Here's MGWs cameo in Skyfall.
His cameo was shot but edited out. It was mentioned in several interviews and during the commentary.
EDIT: ok I see from the pic. Thanks for sharing. It's like "Where's Waldo" and I lost :(.
Only one person on this forum has seen it