"No Time to Die" has two standout sequences--the pre-credits chase, which cuts back to the bare bones of Daniel Craig's appeal, and an amazing sequence with the stunning Ana de Armas. The rest of the film is a muddled, subdued chore that assumes the audience has retained a lot of information from the past few films. For me, at least, that just wasn't the case. I had to jump over to Wiki to recall some of the recurring characters. Of course by this point Bond has been de-glamorized and de-sexualized, but did they have to sap out most of the fun as well?
The movie is frustrating in one regard. When Lashana Lynch was announced as 007's heir, news articles focused on a public outcry I never quite witnessed. Still, if there were trolls who objected to this, they were proven correct. The movie handles Lynch's character with heads of bone and hands of ham. She is everything a troll probably envisioned: arrogant, humorless, angry without reason. When Bond shows up, she taunts him, showing no respect for this predecessor who has saved the world several times. I can't imagine this character winning any fans. It doesn't help that Lashana Lynch is a fairly terrible actor, with her one facial expression and tone. The film doesn't do itself any favors by being so directly confrontational with its fanbase.
The movie is frustrating in one regard. When Lashana Lynch was announced as 007's heir, news articles focused on a public outcry I never quite witnessed. Still, if there were trolls who objected to this, they were proven correct. The movie handles Lynch's character with heads of bone and hands of ham. She is everything a troll probably envisioned: arrogant, humorless, angry without reason. When Bond shows up, she taunts him, showing no respect for this predecessor who has saved the world several times. I can't imagine this character winning any fans. It doesn't help that Lashana Lynch is a fairly terrible actor, with her one facial expression and tone. The film doesn't do itself any favors by being so directly confrontational with its fanbase.