A -{ F I N A L E }- So Stunning, And Poetically GRANDIOSE โ . . . . . . . . . . " That You Will Simply -{ N E V E R }- See What's Coming ".
This Is A -B I G - Screen MINI Review ; Film Viewed On September 30, 2021, At "VOX CINEMAS" , UAE.
Q : "Can I just have one nice evening please . . . . before the world explodes". { Taken from one of the many -official - previews for No Time To Die; which I'll refer to as "N.T.2.D " in this review }.
1. " The Overall Calibre Of Acting Here, Given That This -Is - , At The End Of The Day , A -Blockbuster Popcorn Flick - Is Well & Truly BREATHTAKING " : Spearheading -{ DAZZLING ๐ }- array of world-class talent in N.T.2.D are : A : Hollywood veteran Lรฉa Seydoux ...arguably best known for 'Blue Is The Warmest Colour' | 'Ghost Protocol' | 'Spectre' ...who plays the deeply damaged yet very independent, & ravishingly Lovely psychotherapist 'Madeleine Swann' ; rendering a delicate & impassioned performance that is nothing less than MESMERIZING. B : Rami Malik, a.k.a 'Lyutsifer Safin', the movie's -primary- ( of two ) "Classic" Megalomaniacal Bond-Villains, who unquestionably provides a most "DELECTABLY IDIOSYNCRATIC PORTRAYAL " { on account of his having been ( -Very- ) badly scarred as a vulnerable, young boy ; as it is entirely incumbent on me to point out }. C : 'The-Man-Of-The-Hour' himself of course, Daniel Craig, who -Did - actually catch me a bit off guard . . . managing to completely 'Wow', with both his utterly stupendous physical performance . . . - A N D - , HIS GENUINELY SUPERB EMOTIONAL & DRAMATIC ๐ DELIVERY.
2. " FUKUNAGA . . . . . . . WHO ? " : You could -very - easily be forgiven for NEVER having heard of Cary Joji Fukunaga, the { formerly } -relatively - unknown, yet "MULTIGIFTED" Actor-Producer-Writer-Cinematographer-Director ; who, in the September of 2018 was officially -and publicly- awarded the globally "Mega-Coveted" job of not only -DIRECTING- N.T.2.D , but of co-writing its whole script & screenplay, As Well. And it's no wonder, frankly, given the fact that only the very -SECOND - complete picture that he -ever - Directed, executive produced & co wrote { 'Victoria Para Chino ' | 13 minutes | 2004 | New York University | Student-movie } . . . went on to not only win the 'Best Student Narrative Short' OSCAR AWARD ๐ for the year 2005 . . . but -also - pretty much "Sweep The Deck C L E A N " by winning 4 of the 5 other ( Major ) awards that the said short was nominated for, in that very same year.
3. " FINAL ANALYSIS " : Every now and then, along comes a film with the capacity to altogether, and most U N E X P E C T E D L Y . . . . - M O V E - THE VIEWER TO THEIR VERY CORE. For me, this was such a picture, & yes . . . . IT'S PERSONAL. And in that vein, I want to say a Deep & Heartfelt THANK YOU to you, Cary Joji Fukunaga, to your 'viscerally beautiful' movie's ENTIRE -{ E N S E M B L E }- CAST, your uber-talented crew ; and most of all to your leading-man, DANIEL CRAIG ๐ ๐ ; for so successfully having enthralled us 'to this degree', even in the throes of what is very much ( -Still- ) a raging, vicious, global, pandemic. Y E S , I shan't deny that I would have loved to see a LOT more screen time given to -Both- The Completely Tantalizing Ana de Armas, As Well as the Ever Endearing Jeffrey Wright { 'Paloma' & 'Felix Leiter', respectively } . . . . but hey, I am no less grateful for the undeniably mind-blowing experience that I just had. A Full-Blown, Unabashed 25 Marks Out Of 10 . . . AND , YES MY WORD IS MY " B O N D " ๐ ๐ฅโ .