The worst Bond movie the Daniel Craig era. Basically it is the first Craig film to do Bond by the numbers and it shows in about every frame of the movie. For me this movie felt like a much longer version of The Quantum of Solace (which is much better than people realize). This connection with Solace must to noted as this movie tries to copy ideas and themes from Craig's early Bond movies so much that it feels like a copy, of copy, of copy rather than a Craig type of Bond film. This movie also felt like it was directed by Peter Jackson - a whole lot of shots of people walking/traveling/running from place to place with little or no dialogue spread in between as it relied on visuals to sell everything that was happening. I wasn't buying anything they were selling. There wasn't any urgency to the story line and it all felt rather much ado about nothing.
The only thing this movie had going for it was the opening scene which was a spectacular, brilliantly shot, and edited action scene that fully lived up to the Craig Bond era. Then unfortunately everything was down hill from there as the opening Bond song kicked in - one of the worst songs ever. Boring is the only way I can describe this movie as it fully captured the mood and tone of that song.
If I'm to believe Bond is going to give up his spy life for a woman, I've got to believe in that relationship. Now Eva Green in Casino Royal, I believe he would have given up his spy life for her because the movie showed the evolution of their relationship with scenes of them acting together. Also the chemistry between Craig and Green was scorching hot and they didn't even sleep together until near the end of the movie because their relationship wasn't based on a physical need but was based mutual connection. Where as the relationship between Craig and Seydoux went no were the whole movie. And what scenes there were with them that tried to show a relationship seemed very strained and forceful, having no sense of the great care given to Craig and Green. I think that emphasis of of the word caring becomes a filter in how to view this movie because only the opening scene seemed to have an care devoted to it, while the rest of the film lacks any form of care as it just adheres to standard Bond fare, just not something the Craig films were none for.
The only other thing this movie got right but wrong at the same time was having Radiohead write the theme song (and actually use the title in the song) only to not use the song. Here listen to it in all of it's glory: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHpbfR3oHSo.
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