What a sequence of BS. I mean Bond plots were always crazy and I am very generous when it comes to plot holes (trust me there are a lot) but what exactly is this guy's motivation? Is it because his face is scarred? Why was he hunting Spectre and Blofeld (forgive my ignorance but is that because Mr. White worked with Spectre - how the hell am I supposed to know with whom a minor character in one of the previous movies was affiliated?) Why wanted he Felix and Bond dead? And why did he take Mathilde and Madeleine hostage? How are they or Bond important to him in the grand scheme of things? What illicit or legal operations financed his massive clandestine operation? Or is that some sort of Zen inspired cloister with WMDs? Plus, why was there need for an urgent bombardment? I don't understand the rush. It's not as if the poison was about to be launched in intercontinental rockets any moment (and the other agencies will probably find out about MI6's secret weapon anyway). Plus, if that's poison, would you bomb that island and disperse any liquid? What could possibly go wrong?
This movie is about 2 hours too long, cause the writers had an overlong checklist: visit at least 4 continents and 6 exotic locations (Italy and the bomb shelter are actually marvelous) in a rapid sequence, show 2 wonderful women (and who wouldn't find dangerous Paloma gorgeous - best 10 minutes of the movie), have 100 stunts, have two kinds of DNA based/ DNA activated WMDs, 20 fist fights in tight spots, 80 Landrovers and every other possible vehicle that is imaginable, and bring all lose ends from previous movies to an end (the bromance with Felix, Vesper, Blofeld, Spectre, Bond and whatnot).
It's a mediocre movie at best. There's not a single iconic moment that will be remembered. It's just explosions. Even Bond's death is inconsequential. There will be another Bond.
Review by Alexander von LimbergBlockedParent2021-12-30T00:55:46Z— updated 2024-02-06T21:00:26Z
What a sequence of BS. I mean Bond plots were always crazy and I am very generous when it comes to plot holes (trust me there are a lot) but what exactly is this guy's motivation? Is it because his face is scarred? Why was he hunting Spectre and Blofeld (forgive my ignorance but is that because Mr. White worked with Spectre - how the hell am I supposed to know with whom a minor character in one of the previous movies was affiliated?) Why wanted he Felix and Bond dead? And why did he take Mathilde and Madeleine hostage? How are they or Bond important to him in the grand scheme of things? What illicit or legal operations financed his massive clandestine operation? Or is that some sort of Zen inspired cloister with WMDs? Plus, why was there need for an urgent bombardment? I don't understand the rush. It's not as if the poison was about to be launched in intercontinental rockets any moment (and the other agencies will probably find out about MI6's secret weapon anyway). Plus, if that's poison, would you bomb that island and disperse any liquid? What could possibly go wrong?
This movie is about 2 hours too long, cause the writers had an overlong checklist: visit at least 4 continents and 6 exotic locations (Italy and the bomb shelter are actually marvelous) in a rapid sequence, show 2 wonderful women (and who wouldn't find dangerous Paloma gorgeous - best 10 minutes of the movie), have 100 stunts, have two kinds of DNA based/ DNA activated WMDs, 20 fist fights in tight spots, 80 Landrovers and every other possible vehicle that is imaginable, and bring all lose ends from previous movies to an end (the bromance with Felix, Vesper, Blofeld, Spectre, Bond and whatnot).
It's a mediocre movie at best. There's not a single iconic moment that will be remembered. It's just explosions. Even Bond's death is inconsequential. There will be another Bond.