David Thompson

Great fun and very enjoyable. Tim Burton has not disappointed with this long overdue sequel.

The most ambitious and interesting Star Wars movie since Empire Strikes Back.

Thoroughly entertaining and fun. An excellent conclusion to the franchise.

****Potential spoilers below**** This is a real tricky one to review. I both loved it and hated it in equal measure. There were some fantastic moments of classic Bond action in the first third, but it soon became apparent that James Bond has become a victim of today's society. Bond is no longer the Bond we knew and loved in this movie. I don't know who this guy is, but the suave, sophisticated, cocky, womanising superspy who confidently found his way out of any dangerous situation with many a wise cracking pun, has forever left us in the past. He's been replaced by an emasculated grumpy geriatric, who has "feelings" and cannot do anything without the help of others, (usually the female cast). The movie tears up all the rules and traditions of what we know and love Bond movies for and replaces it with a generic action movie starring Daniel Craig. All the male characters are reduced to ineffectual imbeciles. M no longer projects authority or control, Q is no longer a weapons manufacturer and is reduced to a gay hacker nerd. Felix Leiter and Blofeld are only in the movie as Star Trek red shirts. Bond goes all sensitive and gooey eyed over a child he's only known for 5 minutes. Normally, I follow the plot of these movies extremely well, but even I was at a loss as to what exactly the bad guy's plan was. He wanted to kill millions of innocent people because.....why exactly??? The only explanation offered was because Spectre killed his family. Even the bad guy was an ineffectual imbecile. He kills absolutely no one in the movie, has therapy sessions with a psychologist and is put down so easy in a blink and miss it final confrontation. As for the ending, I'm still processing this as it numbed me with shock. I'm struggling to comprehend that somewhere a meeting took place amongst the producers and they actually thought this was a good idea to go with. Don't get me wrong, I loved Casino Royale and Skyfall, so I'm not a Daniel Craig hater. It's just that the woke brigade seem to have wormed their way into a beloved franchise and have destroyed everything that made James Bond movies such a fun experience. This was the first time I've left a Bond movie feeling sad, confused and depressed. Thats not what we go to watch these movies for.

Went into this with all of the negativity swimming around my head from social media and You Tube, from people who haven't seen the movie telling us how awful it is and we should boycott it. Very pleased to report that they were all talking a load of rubbish. This was a very good and thoroughly entertaining movie, with all of the complaints I'd heard about, non existent. The first 25 minutes flashback in 1944 is pure Indiana Jones gold then we settle in for the next 2 hours with an interesting adventure with a slightly different tone to the others because of the new era Indy finds himself in and the character's age. This is not a criticism. What I enjoyed was watching Indy's confidence grow as the movie went on. He starts off feeling very old and useless, but is given a new lease of life when a new adventure falls at his feet. When he first is flung into action, we see him hesitate and second guess himself thinking he can't do it, but his confidence increases with each scene and soon he is back in control. Its a fascinating journey to watch. Phoebe Waller-Bridge is a fun character too and is nothing like the stories we were led to believe online. The pair work well together on screen and the banter is fun. I really recommend this film. Don't listen to You Tubers who's opinions are rendered useless because of their anti-Disney, anti-Kennedy agenda, nor the stuck up Cannes critics. This is a really good fun adventure movie for the whole family to enjoy. Is it as good as Raiders or Temple of Doom? No, because those movies were the pinnacle of perfection and nothing would ever touch those classics. But it's leaps and bounds better than Crystal Skull, and this may be controversial to some, but I rate this higher than Last Crusade.