![]() In some ways she might seem like an echo of Green’s Vesper, but that actually works thematically: it would make sense that Bond finally walks away with a woman reminiscent of the one who broke his heart. White is an intriguing twist on the old formula, but Seydoux swiftly makes the character stand out on her own, particularly in her enjoyably drunken scene in the Morocco hotel room. Her character’s underserved by the movie in its later stages, but Lea Seydoux, understandably given that she’s a well-established, hugely talented actress, certainly stands out as the most notable female lead in one of these movies since Eva Green in “ Casino Royale.” Making her Madeleine Swann the daughter of the villainous Mr. ![]() Agree? Disagree? Let us know in the comments. And financially, at least, it’s been successful: the film’s already made $100 million in the U.K alone, and took an estimated $73 million this weekend in the States, the second-biggest Bond opening of all time.īut critical and audience responses have been more mixed: an initial wave of mostly glowing reviews from Britain ( excluding this disappointed correspondent) gave way to some fairly poor reviews in America, and the film now has a lower Rotten Tomatoes score than the much-loathed “ Quantum Of Solace.” Much of the film’s highs and lows involve late-in-the-game spoilery stuff we didn’t want to get into until people had a chance to see the film, but now that it’s out there, we’ve dug back in for a look at the good, the bad and the weird of Sam Mendes’ “ Spectre,” which you can find below. After months of hype, and a couple of weeks after it arrived in other international territories, “ Spectre,” the 24th official big-screen adventure for Ian Fleming’s spy hero ( read our ranking of them all here), opened in North America.
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