Fractology's reviews

Feels like a production with a very tight budget for technical consultants. The crew chosen for the trip to mars is dysfunctional and generally do not behave the way a real crew would. And that is hard to ignore - I try to give it a chance to click but it does not happen. And the human drama setting was set absurdly high. A director/script disappointment.

I am not sure why anyone would rate this movie anything lower than a seven. It is excellent, entertaining, with decent acting and historically -reasonably accurate. You may disagree with the point of view that it brings because it's very different from the typical American vantage point for this topic, but it makes you think. Not everything is as painted by the stories we heard.

I don't understand how this movie can get this high a rating, I think the low number of raters has something to do with it. I could not finish it I had to stop. It is that bad!

Without getting into spoiler details here, I liked the detour that the producers chose to take from the typical Bond storyline. The movie is focused on Bond and his relationship with M as well as M's past. If you are a Bond fan this is a must-see movie that fills-in a few gaps in Bond's history and a fine celebration of the 50th anniversary of the franchise. Positioning Bond as a human being who is aging and has limits was a fine idea given we that we are celebrating half a century of movies. I also liked the increased use of humor - it was just right, not over-done. Several movie goers clapped at the end of the movie and at first I thought "what is wrong with these people, it is not a Broadway show..." but eventually I clapped a few times myself. I recommend it.