George Fleming

Sadly, and I mean that, NO TIME TO DIE shouldn't have been made, particularly in its current state as a beautifully shot, three-hour funeral procession that adds nothing to the Daniel Craig canon of Bond films. Under the chimera of paying homage to the previous films, NO TIME TO DIE commits cinematic cannibalism, gorging on key moments, both dramatic and comedic, and memorable good guys and bad from the entire Bond film archives. But the filmmakers add little else. Truly, we've seen all this before. I resent a Bond film reduced to a 3-D version of Trivial Puruit.Even the listless, meandering theme song is so derpy, I can't remember a single lyric or musical refrain from the song. NO TIME TO DIE is little more than a curated tribute film. Please, stick to SPECTRE as Craig's final Bond swan song.

HALO gives a proper spanking to that STAR TREK & STAR WARS juvenilia. The storyline is complex & multi-faceted, yet manageable in following it. The script writing, editing, cinematography & soundtrack all are top drawer. Teaming veteran actors with talented, committed up & comers creates a screen chemistry that George Lucas et al can only dream about in a place far far away. I am not a gamer & I don't care HALO apparently is based on a video game. HALO creators have constructed a wonderful & sophisticated allegory of our current troubles on planet Earth. Shakespeare would have been most impressed.