Heck, it even pales in comparison to Ana de Armas, who has one great scene in No Time to Die as an agent who assists Bond. Ever since I first saw Seydoux in Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol, I thought she’d be ideal for a Bond movie, but her Madeleine Swann is too often passive and reactionary, and her relationship with Bond absolutely pales in comparison to Eva Green from Casino Royale. It’s a direct sequel to the wildly uneven Spectre, and one of the major problems of that movie was that Lea Seydoux simply does not have great romantic chemistry with Craig. No, the issues that drag this movie down began long before a single frame of it was shot. Lushly shot by Linus Sandgren ( La La Land ), it’s arguably the second best-looking Bond movie after Skyfall, lensed by Roger Deakins. ![]() ![]() Considering all this film has to cram in story-wise, it moves at a breathless speed, and any issues the movie has are not Fukunaga’s doing. Much has been made of the fact that No Time to Die is the longest running Bond movie of all time, clocking in at 2 hours and 43 minutes, but for me, it mostly flew by, thanks to expert pacing by Cary Joji Fukunaga ( True Detective ), the first American director to tackle a Bond movie. On balance, this is still a fine 007 adventure that gets much more right than wrong. Given all that, one wishes for Craig to go out with a great movie, and that No Time to Die isn’t quite great feels like more of a disappointment than it actually is. Roger Moore is second longest, having played Bond from 1973 to 1985. Saying farewell to Craig after 15 years is a milestone not only because many would argue he’s the best Bond of all time, (I say Connery made the mold, and that’s that) but because 15 years is the longest time anyone has played the character.
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