‘Spectre’: Daniel Craig’s Likely Last Bond Film Is Nowhere Near as Good as ‘Skyfall’
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Is this the last of ‘Blond Bond’? If so, the 24th film in the 007 franchise is packed with dazzling set pieces and cheeky homages, but falls far short of its predecessor.
The James Bond of the post-9/11 attack era has always had his own mortality painfully in mind, hence the fast sports cars, femme fatales, and shaken-not-stirred brand of functional alcoholism—coping mechanisms for a lonely life marked by heartbreak and one memorably brutal Casino Royale ball-busting incident.
