Spectre

One sentence synopsis: Bond has to stop the bad guy for the 24th time in movie history.

One sentence trailer thoughts: for a final trailer it's really short, which might be a good thing or a bad thing.

Expanded thoughts: to expand on what I just said above, the trailer is really short by today's standards of a final trailer. That's a good thing in the sense of not giving away the whole movie, which I fully support, but since this is something we are not used to with big productions such as this one, it makes me wonder: is there some other reason? Like, the movie's kinda bad, or doesn't have enough action to be interesting? I mean, the director is once again Sam Mendes, who is most certainly a great director, but also nearly put me to sleep at some points during Skyfall, which is a cardinal sin in a Bond movie. I was also surprised by how little I care that Christoph Waltz is the villain in this movie, considering his Colonel Hans Landa is one of my all time favorite movie villains, and he was pretty good in Django Unchained as well. Judging solely from the trailer (obviously) he doesn't seem to be that special of a Bond villain. Even his Col. Landa wouldn't fit with Bond, great as he was.

Anyway, I'm really hoping this movie is more Casino Royale than Skyfall. Casino Royale was the perfect blend of solid story and solid action for a Bond movie. We need more of that. I need more of that. Make it so, Mr. Mendes.

Skull. Dead people. Spirits. Spectres. Get it?

Expectations: high, actually. This has been the Year of the Spy Movies, and I would be very disappointed if Spectre doesn't deliver.