![]() Her character’s underserved by the movie in its later stages, but Lea Seydoux, understandably given that she’s a well-established, hugely talented actress, certainly stands out as the most notable female lead in one of these movies since Eva Green in “ Casino Royale.” Making her Madeleine Swann the daughter of the villainous Mr. It’s showing off, but it’s a pretty spectacular, logistic-headache-causing way to start the movie in a distinctive way, and seems likely to enter the annals of great 007 openers. From “ Gravity” to “ True Detective,” extended tracking shots are very much in vogue at the moment, but 007’s rarely gone near them, until now, when Daniel Craig’s Bond (in a “ Live And Let Die”- homaging Day Of The Dead mask) and a young lady walk through a celebrating Mexico City crowd, up to a hotel, are seemingly about to have sex, only for Craig to step out onto the balcony, climb over the rooftops, and assassinate a few terrorists plotting to blow a stadium. The first sequence isn’t as thrilling as the motorbike-train-digger sequence in “ Skyfall,” but “Spectre” does start off on a high. 'The Lord of the Rings': Everything You Need to Know About Amazon's Big Money Adaptation ![]() Rowling Against 'Appalling' Backlash and 'Verbal Abuse'ģ5 Disturbing Foreign Films to Watch, from Gaspar Noé to Takashi Miike 'Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special' Trailer: Dave Bautista Kidnaps Kevin Bacon Agree? Disagree? Let us know in the comments. And financially, at least, it’s been successful: the film’s already made $100 million in the U.K alone, and took an estimated $73 million this weekend in the States, the second-biggest Bond opening of all time.īut critical and audience responses have been more mixed: an initial wave of mostly glowing reviews from Britain ( excluding this disappointed correspondent) gave way to some fairly poor reviews in America, and the film now has a lower Rotten Tomatoes score than the much-loathed “ Quantum Of Solace.” Much of the film’s highs and lows involve late-in-the-game spoilery stuff we didn’t want to get into until people had a chance to see the film, but now that it’s out there, we’ve dug back in for a look at the good, the bad and the weird of Sam Mendes’ “ Spectre,” which you can find below. ![]() After months of hype, and a couple of weeks after it arrived in other international territories, “ Spectre,” the 24th official big-screen adventure for Ian Fleming’s spy hero ( read our ranking of them all here), opened in North America.
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