A lot of the individual scenes are among the best of the series, but as a whole it doesn't rise far above the middle mark. Bardem's character is a pretty major missed opportunity -- he has a few fantastic lines but he just seems so, I don't know, small. The explosion at MI6 after the cold open makes it seem like this is gonna be one of the biggest threats of Bond's career, but it's just a dude who wants to kill one person. I think there's a structural issue too -- it feels like the meat of the movie should occur after Bardem's introduction, but it's actually just a brief segue to the last act after that. I don't mean to sound so negative, it's definitely solid, just a lot less satisfying than I like my James Bond.
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