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No Time to Die (2021)
Wow. Good watch but ultimately a let down.
Well, this was a step away from what I'd describe as the standard bond films. It was enjoyable but way too many panoramic drawn out scenes, for example where it just showed bond and company driving. Dragged on.
Due to it being so long a film there was a fair share of action scenes but again too many dragged out action free scenes. Maybe it was to connect with bond as a character but trying to do this on any emotional level too much isn't what bond is about. And the action scenes themselves seemed very short lived.
The ending strayed away from the normal but loveable cliche bond style. A complete let down. Normally there's some form of bond vs bad guy or bad guys henchman fight which didn't happen, again another major letdown.
I liked the approach to pushing female/black actors as main characters but the "new 007" (while bond isn't with MI5) seemed too forceful and PC. Almost like they wanted to tick all boxes and in my opinion, ultimately failed by using this approach. It was like they wanted to inadvertently cause controversy.
Worth a watch but not what I personally wanted.
Take me back to the smooth talking, suave and very skilled bond. That's what I want from a bond film. No time to die could have been so much better.
It'll be interesting to see where theu go next with the bind franchise. Kind of opens too many doors for my liking.
EA Sports FC 24 (2023)
This game was better on PS4.
So I originally played this game on PS4 and really enjoyed it. Mainly playing ultimate team.
Bought a PS5 for myself and have discovered how terrible a game it actually is. Players acting like idiots when defending by not reacting to simple switches so I can't change to a player in time.
The midfield is chocka, no point even attempting to pass it to anyone in that area as it's impossible to get any time on the ball.
I'm in shock at how terrible it actually is. My advice is to buy it on previous gen consoles. Graphics may not be as good but the gameplay is so much more fun.
It's gone back fifa 23 where you can score finesse shots from the edge of the box. I'm fairly confident that all the keepers are wearing blindfolds as the amount of terrible goals I've conceded from outaode the box or even pretry much directly at the keeper is ridiculous. Honestly so frustrating. I'm embarrassed for EA.
An update stated that they've tried to address the midfield problem so lord knows how bad it was before they did this.
My advice as stated is play it on PS4 or buy a football and go have a kick around.