How do I live? How do I breathe? When you're not here I'm suffocating. I want to feel love, run through my blood. Tell me is this where I give it all up? For you I have to risk it all~. Cause the writing's on the wall~!
Oh, um, sorry folks. I'm one of those pricks who gets a newly heard song stuck in their head for days until something else comes along. It doesn't help that it came with pretty visuals when I heard it. Though, does it say something about me that those visuals came with tentacle hentai? Eh, therapy's for chumps.
Anyway it's been a while, what with new projects and real life getting in the way. Figured I'd make a comeback by writing another quick review about 1 week after a movie's already been out. There are many words associated with me, and professional is not one of them. Anyways, time for a SPECTRE review!
I came back from seeing SPECTRE (all caps because it WAS an acronym) just recently, and felt the old creative juices again. SPECTRE was released November 6, and continues the story of Daniel Craig's James Bond as he goes up against an organization, known as SPECTRE, all on his own while MI6 faces the possibility of the Double-O program being shut down. James is all on his own as he faces an entity that's been pulling the strings all his life.
The first thing I have to mention is that the films is shot AMAZINGLY. The opening scene alone with its tracking show is enough to keep you invested and lock you in, made better that it takes place in the middle of the Day of the Dead parade in Mexico City. The action is nice and gritty, and you really feel the impact from some of the blows.
Daniel Cragi knocks it out of the park as Bond once again. While I'll admit I've never seen a Bond before Craig, it doesn't make a difference as he plays what he's giving well, which is all you can ask for, really. Dave Bautista came right the fuck out of nowhere in the opening credits and really surprised me. No lines but one given, but man he makes a presence all on his own. Hell, it's the farthest anyone actor from WWE has gone so the man deserves a goddamn medal for making it in a James Bond movie AND a Marvel movie. Christoph Waltz is the villain of this film, and certainly makes a presence. The Bond Girl this time around is Léa Seydoux, and while I didn't really feel the "impact" of her performance, her character was solid enough. Though they do push it a bit on how she's "the one" for Bond. But that's spoiler territory so let's steer clear of that for the time being.
With the good out of the way, let's talk the bad. The villain is WASTED in this movie. He literally has only THREE scenes. The first is fantastic, the second is intriguing, and the third...well, the whole time he's putting in a lot of effort into something that screamed to me "pathetic and desperate". Then again he IS a Bond villain, so the third is not too far off. But that doesn't excuse that they didn't use Christoph Waltz to his maximum capacity. The next worst thing is the sub-plot I mentioned about the Double-O program being shut down and how "information" and "big brother is watching" are the future of safety. It doesn't keep attention and takes away from time that could've been used on the villain. The pacing is dragged a bit by Bond chasing the crumbs on how to find SPECTRE, which gave good action scenes but didn't really add anything. Worse yet for the villain, they build up how awesome he was, but not how awesome he IS. They tell, but don't show us.
Final verdict, I really did enjoy this movie. It wasn't nearly as good as Skyfall or Casino Royale, but its certainly LEAGUES above Quantum of Solace. If this very much was Daniel Craig's last Bond, I wouldn't have minded. But unfortunately, my own curiosity for this movie lead me to learn that he has least ONE more movie to go, the untitled "Bond 25" expected to release in 2017 possibly. I liked the movie, and would highly recommend you check it out.
Not a strong comeback for me here, but unfortunately with Jem and the Holograms pulled from theaters within TWO WEEKS of release, I hadn't much to work with. Come back in December when I bring out so reviews I've been meaning to cover for a LONG time. See ya'll around.
(Side note: Am I REALLY the only one that likes this song? It's no You Know My Name, but give it some credit, man...)
Oh, um, sorry folks. I'm one of those pricks who gets a newly heard song stuck in their head for days until something else comes along. It doesn't help that it came with pretty visuals when I heard it. Though, does it say something about me that those visuals came with tentacle hentai? Eh, therapy's for chumps.
Anyway it's been a while, what with new projects and real life getting in the way. Figured I'd make a comeback by writing another quick review about 1 week after a movie's already been out. There are many words associated with me, and professional is not one of them. Anyways, time for a SPECTRE review!
Directed By: Sam Mendes
Rated: PG-13
Starring: Daniel Craig, Christoph Waltz, Léa Seydoux
I came back from seeing SPECTRE (all caps because it WAS an acronym) just recently, and felt the old creative juices again. SPECTRE was released November 6, and continues the story of Daniel Craig's James Bond as he goes up against an organization, known as SPECTRE, all on his own while MI6 faces the possibility of the Double-O program being shut down. James is all on his own as he faces an entity that's been pulling the strings all his life.
The first thing I have to mention is that the films is shot AMAZINGLY. The opening scene alone with its tracking show is enough to keep you invested and lock you in, made better that it takes place in the middle of the Day of the Dead parade in Mexico City. The action is nice and gritty, and you really feel the impact from some of the blows.
Daniel Cragi knocks it out of the park as Bond once again. While I'll admit I've never seen a Bond before Craig, it doesn't make a difference as he plays what he's giving well, which is all you can ask for, really. Dave Bautista came right the fuck out of nowhere in the opening credits and really surprised me. No lines but one given, but man he makes a presence all on his own. Hell, it's the farthest anyone actor from WWE has gone so the man deserves a goddamn medal for making it in a James Bond movie AND a Marvel movie. Christoph Waltz is the villain of this film, and certainly makes a presence. The Bond Girl this time around is Léa Seydoux, and while I didn't really feel the "impact" of her performance, her character was solid enough. Though they do push it a bit on how she's "the one" for Bond. But that's spoiler territory so let's steer clear of that for the time being.
With the good out of the way, let's talk the bad. The villain is WASTED in this movie. He literally has only THREE scenes. The first is fantastic, the second is intriguing, and the third...well, the whole time he's putting in a lot of effort into something that screamed to me "pathetic and desperate". Then again he IS a Bond villain, so the third is not too far off. But that doesn't excuse that they didn't use Christoph Waltz to his maximum capacity. The next worst thing is the sub-plot I mentioned about the Double-O program being shut down and how "information" and "big brother is watching" are the future of safety. It doesn't keep attention and takes away from time that could've been used on the villain. The pacing is dragged a bit by Bond chasing the crumbs on how to find SPECTRE, which gave good action scenes but didn't really add anything. Worse yet for the villain, they build up how awesome he was, but not how awesome he IS. They tell, but don't show us.Final verdict, I really did enjoy this movie. It wasn't nearly as good as Skyfall or Casino Royale, but its certainly LEAGUES above Quantum of Solace. If this very much was Daniel Craig's last Bond, I wouldn't have minded. But unfortunately, my own curiosity for this movie lead me to learn that he has least ONE more movie to go, the untitled "Bond 25" expected to release in 2017 possibly. I liked the movie, and would highly recommend you check it out.
Not a strong comeback for me here, but unfortunately with Jem and the Holograms pulled from theaters within TWO WEEKS of release, I hadn't much to work with. Come back in December when I bring out so reviews I've been meaning to cover for a LONG time. See ya'll around.
(Side note: Am I REALLY the only one that likes this song? It's no You Know My Name, but give it some credit, man...)
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