6/30/2023 0 Comments Spectre film christoph waltzThe Mexico City opening is exciting and energetic featuring several visual highlights. Hoyte van Hoytema’s cinematography lives up to the franchise expectations and at times it absolutely shines. One of the film’s strong points is how well it captures all of the fun and varied locations. They go head-to-head in a number of exotic locales including Rome, Morocco, Austria, and London. As 007 hunts to unearth the truth, Spectre is out to stop him at all costs. He discovers that he may have a deeper connection to Ernst and his organization. At the same time M (Ralph Fiennes) is battling to protect MI6 from the aggressive head of the Joint Intelligence Service who wants to do away with the 00 program.īond tracks Spectre to Rome, the first leg of his globetrotting search for answers. Sciarra is connected to a sinister secret criminal organization called Spectre which is led by the shadowy Ernst Stavro Blofeld (Christoph Waltz). He’s on a deeply personal mission which leads him to a terrorist named Marco Sciarra (Alessandro Cremona). “Spectre” starts off firing with Bond in Mexico City during the Day of the Dead. But throwing money at a project doesn’t automatically equal good results. To do that the film was given a budget that has made it one of the most expensive movies ever created. So now comes the next film and the unenviable task of matching the success of its predecessor. It was also well received by critics many of whom called it Craig’s best Bond picture. Their previous installment “Skyfall” was a global juggernaut at the box office becoming the 14th film to earn over $1 billion dollars. ![]() This is Craig’s fourth turn as the dapper 007 and his second Bond film with director Sam Mendes. ![]() But ultimately it has been Craig’s Bond run than has drawn me and given me an greater appreciation for the franchise as a whole. An argument could be made that the high-energy cheese is what made those earlier films great. Purists will likely scoff, but Craig’s iteration of the British super spy has featured less cheese and more humanity and vulnerability. His tenure as James Bond is what lured me into the hugely popular franchise. In a way I owe Daniel Craig a debt of gratitude.
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