Review of No Time to Die (2021) by Jones76 — 25 Dec 2021

Where to start? Maybe the main point to address is that this movie is a big big wasted opportunity. The 2/3 of the movie are really fine. While everything is to long and could be cut down without losing anything, it is Bond at its best. It is fun, great action, great acting and really feels like Bond.

However, the last third is totally disconnected. Once the finale starts I had the feeling of being in a very different movie, maybe in an episode of an old, bad 60ies spy series if that makes sense? We get the weakest Bond villain of all time, he has no motive, no agenda to speak of, he feels like a villain meme. Everything going on in his base makes no sense and is visually very ver strange.

Another problem that thing has is trying to connect all movies. Bond should not be serialized, just make one good movie at a time. Casino Royal is awesome because of this fact, they didn't know what will come and just made the best Bond movie the could. What I really have to praise is Ana de Armas. She is so good, her character is the best thing the movie has to offer and I'd love the see an spin-off with her in the lead. There is so much potential there and she is a great actress!

All in all I hope the next Bond incarnation will go back to the roots of the franchise. We need a modern incarnation of the Connery era bond movies. Not a feminized something where Bond fights his inner demons more than he fights the big bad guys.