Spectre

Spectre

Rating 6 out of 10

I have to admit off the bat that I'm one of three people on the planet that does not care for Daniel Craig as Bond.  Not that I don't like Craig.  I have seen him in other movies and liked him.  I just like the older Bonds better.  I also understand these films are supposed to be prequels to the others.  This is Bond before he became the suave agent we later see with Connery or Roger Moore.

With this movie Bond faces off with the bad guy that was king over all the other bond villains.  I guess if you followed the other movies very closely or read the books you would know who Frans Oberhauser (the always great Christoph Waltz) was.  I didn't follow closely enough because I had no idea who he was.

One of my favorite parts of any Bond film is when he goes into the spy gadget room with Q and gets the wristwatch that turns into a laser or pen that allows him to breath underwater.  That doesn't happen here.  Also there is the cool car they give him that besides being fast will spill oil on the road behind or shoot missiles from the tail pipe.  There is a car but he has to steal it. Gotta get that car sponsor money in there.

While the action is toned down a bit for a Bond film there is a great fight scene with Dave Bautista (Big guy Drax on Guardians of the Galaxy) that is worth the price of admission.  I thought the Bond girl Lea Seydoux was the most bland and plain ever.

I understand the irony of me picking a James Bond movie apart while admitting I love it when Superman flies or Spiderman shoots webs from his wrist. I don't even try to explain it.  Most people will love this movie.  I thought it was okay.