watched this over the last 2 nights at home, so glad I didn't trek out to theaters I think I woulda been pissed. I still semi liked it, reading some of the forum posts I was expecting a movie where Shawniqua runs around as an ape assassin and Bond follows her as a gimp offering his ass to fuck as a distraction to the bad guys.
They are mostly separated most of the movie, and it does focus on James most of the time. The cinematography and globe trotting is great, shot on location in beautiful Italy, Cuba, Norway, and Pacific Islands and the wide vista tracking shots are 10/10. action is ok, pretty much what you expect in a Bond movie with a high tech makeover which is a bit odd after the low-tech approaches of the last few movies.
I didn't even really mind the ending, I thought it was a way to close out Craig's run and made sense in the context of the movie. Rami Malek / Safi was a shit tier villain, all the villains were just terrible and one note and really trash. The one chance they had to do something interesting and memorable and its utterly wasted.
Mostly the movie reminded me of me writing dumbass Star Wars or spy stories as a kid full of retarded shit, and then my younger sister taking it and writing all over it her own stupid retarded shit with unicorns and princesses. Clearly there was a script here that was a pretty mediocre Bond story, and then Phoebe-W-B came in and shit all over it with her romantic drama, family, and "women are better than men and have to deal with men shitting all over them all the time" feminism. I don't blame her for it, thats what a stupid bitch is expected to do, but I do blame the producers and director for allowing it.
Black 007 was funny, she literally failed at every mission given to her every time but somehow still acts smug and superior. I guess that part matches reality.
Ana Armas was 10/10 awesome but only in the movie like 6 minutes.
If you're a super bond fan its literally the worst Bond movie, so probably not a watch, but if you like looking at neat world locations i guess there are worse ways to waste 2h45m. Goddamn why was this movie so long lol
Pros: beautiful to look at, Ana Armas is hot in an evening dress, Lea Sydeah (sic) is beautiful, great globe trotting, some neat Q tech moments
Cons: Bond is fucking neutered to be some sort of weird non-sexual old guy everyone makes fun of, women are all smart and powerful and amazing while men are retarded evil morons who are the root of every problem, the villain is absolute shit, the writing is terrible, pacing is bad, most of the plot makes little to no sense