New James Bond film: Extraordinary villains, more drama, less action

Bond fires a bullet that finally reaches the spectre of the last villain.

Three years after the last Bond movie “Skyfall”, the big hit of 2012, the new movie “Spectre” came out Nov. 6.

Since “Casino Royale” in 2006, “Spectre” is the fourth episode of the James Bond films starring Daniel Craig.

This time, Craig battles the villain, Blofeld, a boss of a sinister organization. The cracks from a gunshot, a symbolic detail of the film you can see at the end of the trailer, represent something related to his organization.

The slow-moving story was dark throughout the film and right when you start to wonder when it’s going to end, the epic climax invites you to one of the best ending of all of the Bond films.

To accomplish the unofficial mission from M, his former boss who died in the last episode, Bond approaches to uncover the sinister organization with the support of Gareth, a new M and Q.

From the beginning to the end, you feel a Bond’s right-hand man, little by little uncovering secrets.

Previous Bond films focused more on the quality of the action scenes while “Spectre” has more drama in it.

Another distinctive difference from previous Bond films is how Sam Mendes, director of “Spectre”, illustrated Blofeld. The villain is as important as Bond because of his strong political power, mercilessness, his secrets from the past and the emotional aspects of his personality.

Like the Joker from Nolan’s “Dark Knight” took people into the unforgettable nightmare in 2008, giving the villain an extraordinary personality and overwhelmingly strong power seem to be the trend of the recent Hollywood action movies. “Spectre” turned successful with this trend.

As always, Bond demonstrates the men’s dreams, such as drifting a luxury car and having romances with beautiful women.

“Spectre” has more mysteries and drama rather than action scenes, but witnessing the last 30-minute climax is worth watching. It is just epic.