THE IDEA of a more romantic Bond has been building. In Casino Royale, Bond had told Vesper Lynd that she could have all that was left of him. By the end of Spectre, Bond had chosen Madeline Swann, whom he meets again in No Time to Die. That relationship gets more complex as the movie progresses. The plot is more “nanotech” than ever before.

The threat to humankind is terrifying for being more deadly and more purposeful than a mere bomb. The plot was complex and, as you would expect, moved through exotic scenes and otherworldly scenarios.

The acting was compelling.  Bond veteran characters had a more dramatic  script. The likes of Daniel Craig and Ray Fiennes, but also returning characters played by Lea Seydoux and Christoph Waltz met the challenges of their characters’ more complex emotions. The film added two award-winning faces: Ana de Armas and Rami Malek.

It was a long film, but engaging and captivatingly shot. It was a very apt finale to the legacy of a spy, I will have to encode my remarks and refer to my other post about spies and spying, the review of LeCarre’s “last” novel, Silverview.  LeCarre’s iconic and breakthrough novel was called “The Spy Who Came in from the Cold.” Suffice it to say that James Bond “came in from the cold” as well.

WRH