mark garness

Great to see Bond back in action.. however to me it centred more on Bonds love life more than an action film, which makes the film more like a love movie with a hint of bond. Rami Malek's portrayal of a villan is good, however we do not get to see the story of how he became what he did, or why he sought out to gain revenge, just a brief storyline in the opening sequence. He also doesn't appear as often as I would expect a villan to, nor does he taunt bond as often as I would expect. M, Q and Moneypenny all have good scenes however M portrays himself as a man who has guilt, is drunk on the first scene that I he is in, and constantly uses the F word, but there is a lot of humour in the scenes in which Q are in. I was a bit unsure as to the 007 being reassigned to a new agent, it didn't feel right. Leiter has a good outing, but his demise is quite tragic due a double agent, who again we never see how he became one. The final showdown between bond and his enemies reaches a good climax, but it's a bit disappointing into how he rids his foe. Then we're all back to the love story, the way Daniel Craig does it is a bit like George Lazenby saying goodbye to Diana Rigg in On Her Majesty's Secret Service if I'm honest, even complete with the same music. Then the end.. is it definitely the end of Bond? Or does he survive, if he does it will be a miracle, or if there is to be another Bond film then they'll have to reinvent the wheel and perhaps reboot the franchise... again. There are remnants of other bond films in this one, for example there are oil paintings of previous M's, (Judy Dench and Robert Brown) plus the use of the same Aston Martin the Timothy Dalton used in the Living Daylights is a nice touch. Also I think that the same way the scientist died in a vat was a mirror image of a scene in The Man With The Golden Gun. And for some reason unbeknown as to why, Hugh Dennis off Outnumbered and Mock the Week has a cameo as a scientist.

Was itching to see the film and was not disappointed. All actors portray the band extremely well, although in the first instance I thought John Deacon looked a bit funny, but as the film went on I thought Joseph Mazzello was a mirror of Deaky himself (the best Deaky besides Deaky!) even getting the playing stance and facial expressions to a tee. Gwilim Lee and Ben Harry's portrayals of Brian May and Roger Taylor are breathtaking as well, it was hard to see an actor more convincing than Brian himself. Heatbreaking in some scenes, it is well written that the film does not only portray the band, but Freddie's personal life, how he struggled with his demons, had people who clinged on with him, but the film has a good balance of his personal life and his relationship with the band, also having the same mix for the band, how they started and went on to be global superstars.