Spectre is bad. Not as Bad as Die Another Day. Weird movie. Blatant rip-off of several recent spy films. More in my official review. Embarrassedly creepy title sequence.
I trust you on this. Was it as apparent to you, as the other reviewer noted, that Craig either looked bored or “didn’t want to be in it” (as they say) ? That alone could kill a movie when the audience can tell the star’s heart isn’t in it.
I know Connery was reaching his breaking point while filming YOLT in Japan, especially after the infamous restroom stall incident, where an aggressive Japanese fan stalked him in a restroom and climbed from one stall into his to get to him.
>> Spectre is bad. Not as Bad as Die Another Day. <<
Die Another Day is over the top and ridiculous, but has a “so bad its good” quality for me. And I LIKED the opening title sequence (though Madonna’s techno theme was a weird fit for a Bond movie). Integrating Bond’s months of torture by the North Koreans was clever to do for the credits sequence, and was one of the few times the credits advanced the story along.
Incidentally, I haven’t seen Spectre and won’t watch until its out on DVD, but I checked out the theme song on youtube out of curiosity. If that’s anything to go by, its the worst of the Craig themes. And the three previous movies (Casino Royale, Quantum of Solace, and Skyfall) have themes that reflect the quality of the movie overall:
Casino Royale had one of the coolest openings in Bond history (LOVED how they integrated the famous “gun barrel intro” INTO the credits themselves, to show Bond getting his 00 license) and the song was great and the visuals themselves were the most “tradition Bond” element of Craig’s un-Bondish reboot. I pity the fact Timothy Dalton never got to appear in this.
Casino Royale
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BD0uP25yxl8
Quantum had an somewhat annoying but passable opening song, but the music didn’t feel “James Bond-ish” at all. And the credit visuals themselves were even worse... most of it is throwing CGI sand at the camera. Big step down after CR.
Quantum of Solace
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMXT3aJxH_A
Skyfall had a great intro, the BEST of the four Daniel Craig theme songs (it won an Oscar and FINALLY used the traditional Bond element of intregrating the film’s title into the song’s chorus) and some very neat symbolic visuals.
Skyfall
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4gdhsVKTcs
Specter... well... I can’t even finish half the music video. This song is literally putting me to sleep, and I don’t know what the movie credits are like, but the music video has dour Daniel Craig standing around at a funeral, doing nothing.
Spectre
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jzDnsjYv9A
Spectre was so bad that I actually fell asleep while watching the movie.