![]() We already had this in Skyfall, where the former child prostitute suffers the same fate. Monica Bellucci as the widow of the guy just killed by Bond is not being seduced, but almost sexually assaulted. Weird that none of the earlier Bonds or Blofelds ever remembered that, let alone that it was never mentioned in Ian Fleming’s books. And a completely idiotic family story in which Bond and the villain Blofeld had a shared childhood. The opening credits include photos of the protagonists from the last three films and confirm my fear: another retrospect and flashback Bond, instead of a stand-alone film. The theme song Writing’s on the Wall by Sam Smith puts you asleep. If action sequences in 2015 look worse than they did in 1975, then maybe one should use the old technology again (tip: stuntmen instead of CGI boys). The collapsing buildings and the views from the helicopter are so obviously computer-animated that one is almost ashamed. You can tell that Mexico City didn’t only buy the scene, but also the actress Stephanie Sigman, between whom and Daniel Craig no spark was ignited despite all the explosions around them. It feels as if the movie doesn’t really know what to do with them. They are an amorphous mass without individuals. The Mexicans are mere extras, they remain in the background, James Bond doesn’t interact with any of them. The Dia de los Muertos, the Latin-American Halloween, would be a thankful background, but the film doesn’t make use of it. Because the film’s opening is not fulminate, but bad. It begins in Mexico, with the scene heralded as “the best action scene ever” in so many reviews that I became suspicious that many film critics were bribed just as Mexico City paid millions to bribe the producers into including that scene in the movie. Like a car-boot sale trying to get rid of everything that was left on the cutting-room floor of the previous James Bond films. It is more of an unorganized sequence of badly written and halfheartedly acted scenes. “Skyfall” was the most successful Bond film yet, taking more than $1.1 billion.This film review doesn’t require a spoiler warning because the latest James Bond film SPECTRE doesn’t have a discernible plot anyway. “SPECTRE” is due for release late next year. ![]() Filming will take place at Pinewood Studios and on location in Italy, Morocco, Mexico and Austria. “For Bond fans, this is the best Christmas present - the return of James Bond and classic elements of the series with yet another classic title coined by Ian Fleming,” said Ajay Chowdhury of the James Bond International Fan Club. Initial fan reaction to the details was enthusiastic. Mendes also revealed that Bond will drive an Aston Martin DB10, replacing the vintage DB5 that was spectacularly destroyed in “Skyfall.” The cat-stroking evildoer, played by actors including Donald Pleasence and Charles Gray, hasn’t appeared for several decades because of a legal dispute over rights to the character. Waltz, an Oscar winner for “Inglourious Basterds” and “Django Unchained,” said his character is called Oberhauser - but fans hope he is really Blofeld, one of the most enduring Bond villains. SPECTRE - Special Executive for Counterintelligence, Terrorism, Revenge and Extortion - was the terrorist organization headed by Ernst Blofeld that featured in several early Bond films. ![]() Producers said the next film centers on “a cryptic message from Bond’s past (that) sends him on a trail to uncover a sinister organization.” Returning cast members include Ralph Fiennes as spy chief M, Ben Whishaw as gadget-master Q and Naomi Harris as secretary Miss Moneypenny. “SPECTRE” will be Daniel Craig’s fourth film as the suave spy. Mendes, who directed the last Bond installment, “Skyfall,” said the movie would have “everything you would expect from a Bond movie,” with “a little more variety … maybe a little more mischief.” Monica Bellucci and Lea Seydoux are the new “Bond girls,” Lucia Sciarra and Madeleine Swann. The Associated PressĪcademy Award-winning Austrian actor Christoph Waltz and wrestling star David Bautista are joining the cast, while Andrew Scott - master criminal Moriarty in BBC series “Sherlock” - will play an MI6 officer. Daniel Craig, left, and Christoph Waltz appear at the announcement for the new Bond film "SPECTRE," the 24th in the series, at Pinewood Studios in London, Thursday.
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