Why has no one said what an orgy of mediocrity the new Bond film is? It is almost hilarious. Rake through the many reviews and you will see nothing but five-star upon five-star frothing rave, and hardly a single mention of the gopping ludicrousness of almost all of the film.
I know you may feel even this is predictable — bitchy critic hates silly film — but I didn’t even hate it when I finally saw it. It just felt completely empty of anything, which I wasn’t expecting, but I guess that is where we find ourselves with the current culture. Look at nearly every big event in art, film, music and fashion, and you will see stuff that actually used to mean something being drained to the point of nothingness by fretful committees of greedy branding obsessives who basically dislike their product. It’s not just Bond; it’s musicians like the bland Adele as well.
