Movie Discussion! - Page 467

The movie felt pretty much all over the place to me. It a bit like Spectre, there's a weird mix of slapstick comedy, laughably evil supervillainy, lightweight adventure and then sudden dives to some deeper end. I just find it really hard to tune into the mood when it seems to swing around targetting all kinds of audiences at given time. As a result the supposedly more profound moments don't feel earned, the character motivations seem pretty muddy and the comedy often comes off jarring.

Visually there are some pretty damn nice shots and all that, but the action felt a bit inconsistent to me. There are some nice oompf moments here and there, but then again some of it also feels weirdly inconsequential and just rolls through without much feel of opposition or challenge at times.

It's still probably a bit shaky 3 out of 5 movie, I just wish they tried some different script writers or had the guts to commit to a more focused type Bond of some kind. I could see the superstar cast and Bond character being fun or interesting in so many different ways, the recent ones have been just too much of a mess to be anything memorable to me.