I'm watching the entire Craig-era Bonds for the first time in my build up to watch No Time To Die, and this has been the stand-out entry so far. A comprehensible story that dabbles into Bonds past, a great villain that links to Bonds current stresses with M, making the characters bounce off each other perfectly during their interactions. Javier is superb as Silva, the perfect level of unhinged but in-control, terrifying from the moment he's introduced. And then there is the truly memorable set pieces (tube station, Skyfall booby traps and shootout, Javiers introduction). The only miss for me is that I didn't feel like Bond and M really had the connection I think the movie tried to sell to me. There's some quips and verbal banter but they never really come off as sincere or with a layer of caring behind them. This makes the finale a little deflating from an emotional standpoint, but everything else is great. Now onto Spectre, which I've heard...not great things about lmao.
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I'm watching the entire Craig-era Bonds for the first time in my build up to watch No Time To Die, and this has been the stand-out entry so far. A comprehensible story that dabbles into Bonds past, a great villain that links to Bonds current stresses with M, making the characters bounce off each other perfectly during their interactions. Javier is superb as Silva, the perfect level of unhinged but in-control, terrifying from the moment he's introduced. And then there is the truly memorable set pieces (tube station, Skyfall booby traps and shootout, Javiers introduction). The only miss for me is that I didn't feel like Bond and M really had the connection I think the movie tried to sell to me. There's some quips and verbal banter but they never really come off as sincere or with a layer of caring behind them. This makes the finale a little deflating from an emotional standpoint, but everything else is great. Now onto Spectre, which I've heard...not great things about lmao.