Five Reasons I loved Spectre but hated Bond

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Unlike the Bond girls, Bond has become quite ritualistically bored with time. With every new instalment, James Bond gets suave cars, sexy girls, futuristic gadgets and acrimonious villains, threatening to destroy the American version of peace of world, but in the process he loses his primary self of being a spy. In Spectre too, among eye-popping special effects and gasping action sequences, nowhere came a sequence, where James Bond used his analytical mind or aptitude even for a second. On the contrary, he looked dumb and sad, who was on verge of retirement. Bored, James Bored.

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The opening sequence of Spectre was grand, probably best among Bond movies. The collapsing of building and the perilous flying of helicopter over the crowd in the Day of Dead in Mexico was a splendid beginning, which soon fell into abyss of unreasonableness and untidy plot. At one point of time, Bond entered a meeting of Spectre, an organisation of unimaginable power, as if entering a theatre hall and escaped in such ease that Spectre looked like a bunch of amateurs. Daniel Craig seemed so feeble that the boss of Spectre Blofield (Christoph Waltz) stole screen presence whenever he appeared alongwith Bond.  

 

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In order to paint Bond with darker and shady look, director Sam Mendes borrowed heavily from Batman Series of Christopher Nolan, but while it was soothing for eyes, it went way beyond the familiar James Bond, we know from the writings of Ian Flemming. From being a Casanova, he transformed as Sanskari. Even in the presence of a gorgeous drunk chick in L’American Hotel in Tangier, he spent his night on a rocking chair, pointing gun towards a rat! Did James Bond join RSS in childhood?

 

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The character Hinx was a worthy opponent of James Bond. The gothic murder of a Spectre member by Hinx even stunned Bond, and he evaded Hinx by jumping into Tiber with his $ 4 million worth Jaguar, and even after that he didn’t kill Hinx when he got chance. Why Bond, why? And also Hinx idiotically came back to kill him in a train just to be thrown away, when he knew Bond was headed to Crater, the HQ of Spectre. Why Hinx, why?

The only thing good about this movie is the title track, wonderfully sang by Sam Smith and breathtaking landscapes. Monica Belucchi in her fifties earned the tag of oldest Bond girl and Lea Seydoux with all her Frenchness looked beautifully melancholy. Only Christoph Waltz reigned with his authoritative act and radiant presence. And speaking of pitiable James Bond, he even couldn’t impress his Indian fans with his prowess of kissing as previous instalments, as cantankerous censor board members this time reduced his image into another Salman Khan.