Spectre has a difficult act to follow (besides being spelled the odd British way).\u00a0 Skyfall (the previous movie) was generally recognized as one of the best James Bond movies, certainly of recent vintage.\u00a0 Spectre is a solid but not spectacular addition to the Bond series.\u00a0 The plot is interesting in the sense that you see a little bit more of Bond\u2019s past and see the emergence of Blofeld and Spectre unfold (for those who have seen the older Bond movies).\u00a0 Daniel Craig is his usual suave and professional self as James Bond.\u00a0 Andrew Scott (known to \u201cSherlock\u201d fans as Moriarty) makes an appearance, and Ralph Fiennes reprises his role as the new M.\u00a0 Oh, and my favorite, the newish Q, also makes an appearance and has a larger role than Q does most of the time.
\nBond returns to driving an Aston-Martin, as he should (product placement notwithstanding).\u00a0 And libertarians the world over should rejoice at the movie\u2019s theme of over-reaching surveillance by world governments and the loss of privacy, freedom, and individual liberties.
\nThat being said, it was a good movie\u2014one well worth the time to watch.\u00a0 The family gives it two thumbs up!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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