No Time to Die

Synopsis

James is left the world behind, but it isn't done with him. The sins of the British Government call him back when the CIA asks him for help catching the rest of the Spectre group, leading him to find a new villain with new technology.

Review

This movie is so well told. Let's just look at Bond and his Paramour whose name I cannot remember. They are living a life together, but years of distrust for him and a lifetime of looking for love for her, makes a single incident feel momentous. This then leads to Bond living alone in a beautiful house only to find out that the new 007 is there to ensure secrets stay buried. Not by killing him, of course, but by telling him off. She obviously don't know who he is. It is that setup that leads him back to the Paramour beautifully. With an ending that is everything that Bond earned.

I cannot express how much I have enjoyed watching Daniel Craig as Bond. I think he is the best of all the old Bond with more respect for who he is and the appeal he has with women. There wasn't any manipulation that he wasn't given right back, but this movie here shows a true longing to be with one person. You can see it in Daniel's face and that is the hallmark of a real actor. Ana de Armas is her from Ballerina and I honestly forgot about that. I know it was another movie that got her that role, but she is funny and very good tactically in this movie.

One of my favorite things that the Daniel Craig Bond films has done and really can be seen here in the beginning scenes, is ground the fighting and technology. Early in the movie he is fighting on a bridge and jumps off holding on to some cabling. It breaks his fall due to the coupling holding it to the wall and that feels a lot like the parkour scene in Casino Royale. The explosion just before that also feels real, and we don't see him fly 100 feet (ca. 30 m) backwards like we still sometimes did at that point in movies.

My Rating

This is my second favorite I think with Skyfall being #1. These Bond films have lead to this story and I think that is why I really enjoy it. The bow they put on this movie, the finale giving him an ending so well deserved. The main issue is the pacing, but that is forgivable with the story. I am giving this a 9.

Parental Rating

There are some sex scenes, or at least the assumption of them, as to be expected in a Bond film. There is some language and a lot of violence. There is also the implication of a more violent death near the end as there is a person who falls into a vat of acid. All of that in mind, I am hard to see my Dad saying no as he enjoys the Bond films and the swearing was contained to two words used a decent amount. This movie is about family, both directly and indirectly so I want to say that Mom would approved based on the rules, but she would never watch it for the content. Approved by both.

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