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Saw Spectre last night. A bit underwhelmed. It was a well crafted movie, all right, but it surely lacked the vibrancy and pace and plot of Casino Royale. That, to me, was the high point in the Bond franchise. Quantum of Solace carried over some of Casino Royale's class and style, but Skyfall was dreadful and while Spectre was better it seemed really downbeat and that's not really what you go to see a Bond movie for. i had read much about the film's spectacular opening sequence in Mexico. Again I was underwhelmed. It was okay, nothing more (given what one expects from a movie like this) but a far cry from the dynamic stuff that opened Casino Royale and Quantum. Daniel Craig's Bond, ten years down the track from his first outing, seemed weary and downbeat - probably a good interpretation of the character after the passage of time, but not really what one wants from James Bond. there were also too many references to previous films. It was not a bad film really, but well short of the hype. My opinion, anyway