The main issue I have with No Time To Die is in regards to the structure of its plot. While much of what’s happening onscreen is good, it simultaneously feels very arbitrary and all over the place without a discernible sense of direction or narrative government. Whereas Casino Royale and Skyfall (the 2 best James Bond films of the modern franchise, in my opinion) had three very distinguishable acts, this film sort of feels like just one giant bowl of soup. Reflecting back, it’s hard to determine where act 1 ended and act 2 began.
However, embodied within this structural mess is nonetheless something quite touching, and seemingly proper for a send-off to a character we’ve come to know and love for the past 15 years.
Overall, it’s very moving, and I recommend it to anyone who’s a fan of the Daniel Craig iteration of James Bond.
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