The movie starts in Mexico City on the Day of the Dead as Bond moves through a staggering crowd of corpses and skeletons following a man with a mission to destroy. Never the kind for a mellow beginning, shots and bombs and total destruction and catastrophe takes place just seconds into the movie, several minutes before the opening credits. There’s a helicopter, a bad guy, a bomb, around millions of people in one central place and of course, James Bond in all his glory dangling off a helicopter holding onto a flimsy strap a few feet off the air.
All that excitement even before the opening credits definitely got the entire audience pumping – ready for blood, guts and overly compensated fight scenes and the movie really didn’t disappoint.
Chasing a lead given to him by the deceased ‘M’, we follow Bond to Rome as he stumbles into a secret meeting causing him to uncover a criminal organization by the name of ‘Spectre’. The meeting sets the theme for the rest of the movie as he encounters a fellow ghost from his past leading him to track down another character from a previous movie which finally brings him to the famed Bond Girl of this movie – one Dr. Madeleine Swann.
Among train fights, one highly unnecessary cocktail dinner and some very [un]original lines (Madeleine : ‘Why should I trust you?’ Bond : ‘Because I’m your best chance at staying alive’), the movie wasn’t any different from the others in terms of plot, dialogue or action but I suppose that was never the focus of a Bond film anyway.
Despite it lacking in originality – the movie still remained interesting and true to its name. It finally shed a little light into Bond’s intricate and somewhat vague background and the mix of previous characters connecting into one elaborate scheme was definitely something to see. Plus there is somewhat of a surprising element towards the end.
Overall, the movie didn’t disappoint. It was everything that a Bond movie should be and Daniel Craig still manages to do an excellent take on James Bond. A definite must see if you’ve been following the series since the beginning of time and even if you haven’t – this isn’t a bad place to start!
At a special screening sponsored by Etisalat, we spoke to some of the audience members about their take on the movie;
Thivanka
It was good. I liked it.
Maduka
Good.
Tharanga
It was nice.
Zaheem
Yeah I thought it was pretty good.
Sajan
It was good.
Faidha
Oh it was really good!
Abdul
Pretty good.
Jayantha
It was pretty good.
Seuwandhi
It’s good.
Shanil
It was pretty awesome.
Reviewed by Panchali Illankoon
Photographs by Waruna Wanniarachchi
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