SPECTRE Review Thread

[Geoff D]

Skyfall still pulped it with $304M though. That movie seriously overperformed IMO.

[Chaotic]

Originally Posted by stlcards

Spectre finally passed 200 million at the US box office!

Only took 19 weeks.

[StingingVelvet]

Originally Posted by Geoff D

Skyfall still pulped it with $304M though. That movie seriously overperformed IMO.

It was an amazing to look at movie, which I would guess made for an amazing to look at trailer, which I am sure helped it way overperform.

[Foggy]

Well you add to the fact it was the 50th Anniversary, so there was a lot of coverage around it, along with really glowing reviews. I also think it had less competition, I don't think there was another big film released until The Hobbit in December. Where Spedtre was immediately cut off by Mockingjay: Part 2.

[dallywhitty]

Adele + 50th anniversary + word-of-mouth = box office success. Spectre still made plenty of dollar thanks to an aggressive marketing campaign (and the fact that it's Bond) but there were numerous factors working against it. There was the Sony leak, the Sam Smith theme which hardly anybody liked, and then of course there was the mixed reception once the American reviews came pouring in.

[Dreamliner330]

I heard the Sam Smith song the other day on the radio and liked it. It felt out of place in the movie in (big) part to the ridiculous octopus.

Spectre had big script issues, they needed to completely cut the side plot, at least.

...and don't forget this little gem...in a film...in 2015:

[imsounoriginal]

Originally Posted by dallywhitty

Adele + 50th anniversary + word-of-mouth = box office success. Spectre still made plenty of dollar thanks to an aggressive marketing campaign (and the fact that it's Bond) but there were numerous factors working against it. There was the Sony leak, the Sam Smith theme which hardly anybody liked, and then of course there was the mixed reception once the American reviews came pouring in.

Spectre financial success is mostly attributable to riding the coattails of Skyfall. If Skyfall hadn't happened I don't see Spectre grossing anywhere near $800M+ worldwide. Skyfall was an anomaly but the goodwill for it carried over to Spectre. I'd expect the next movie to likely go back to the $600M neighborhood unless they really decide to hype it up as Daniel Craig's final outing and THE 25TH BOND FILM.

[Geoff D]

Originally Posted by Foggy

Well you add to the fact it was the 50th Anniversary, so there was a lot of coverage around it, along with really glowing reviews. I also think it had less competition, I don't think there was another big film released until The Hobbit in December. Where Spedtre was immediately cut off by Mockingjay: Part 2.

The last of the Twilight films was released only a week later than Skyfall (and grossed almost as much domestically! ) so it definitely had similar competition from the YA crowd. As you say, it really was all the anniversary hoopla and the enthusiastic reviews which put it over the top, whereas Spectre's critical reaction was middling, and coming a full three years after Skyfall meant that Bond's momentum had slowed somewhat in the cultural sphere of things, especially during the season where Star Wars was due to make a comeback.

[klauswhereareyou]

So now that it has reached 200 million domestic, Sony can pull it from theaters.

[Ben_UK]

I really wanted to like Spectre, however I simply didn't enjoy it anywhere near as much as Skyfall.

Having said that, I still believe that Casino Royale is Craig's best outing as Bond, so im not sure what that says about my tastes in Bond films...

To me, neither Spectre nor Skyfall feel like Bond films. Whereas I felt CR did feel like one.

[imsounoriginal]

Originally Posted by Ben_UK

I really wanted to like Spectre, however I simply didn't enjoy it anywhere near as much as Skyfall.

Having said that, I still believe that Casino Royale is Craig's best outing as Bond, so im not sure what that says about my tastes in Bond films...

To me, neither Spectre nor Skyfall feel like Bond films. Whereas I felt CR did feel like one.

It says your taste is perfectly fine.

[Dreamliner330]

Originally Posted by Ben_UK

I really wanted to like Spectre, however I simply didn't enjoy it anywhere near as much as Skyfall.

Having said that, I still believe that Casino Royale is Craig's best outing as Bond, so im not sure what that says about my tastes in Bond films...

To me, neither Spectre nor Skyfall feel like Bond films. Whereas I felt CR did feel like one.

Casino Royale is the BEST bond film there is.

[trevanian]

Originally Posted by Dreamliner330

Casino Royale is the BEST bond film there is.

Could not disagree more strongly (watch that awful scene when Bond picks up Solange in CR, where he is just sort of looking desperate waiting for her to say yes and really tell me CR is the best of ANYthing!), and that is coming from a lifelong Fleming devotee.

Haven't felt genuinely thrilled by a Bond movie since LICENCE TO KILL, and except for parts of QUANTUM have been offended by pretty much everything 007 oriented this century has to offer. The current films may have a veneer of realism, but the way things play out seems just as unlikely as the worst (does that mean ALL?) of the Moore era. Craig doesn't give off the "Bond's gay uncle" vibe that I get from Moore, but nothing about him suggests Bond either, either in appearance or demeanor, except occasional physical bits.

[Filmasong]

Not bad til the last fifteen minutes, where it can be seen that all involved just wanted to get it over with and let Daniel Craig just walk off into the sunset, too bad because a Bond film deserves a better ending.

[Jett Rink]

Spoiler tags.

[Doctor Jack]

This definitely needs its own thread. Couldn't possibly be discussed in the SPECTRE thread.

[Ernest Rister]

Spectre is actually a giant herd of Alpacas.

[P-Rock]

Coped out?

[Astro Zombie]

Ok

[dallywhitty]

Spectre was brilliant.

Don't hate me cause you ain't me.