Voor het Belgische publiek is het nog wachten tot 4 november om het nieuwe Bondavontuur op het witte doek te ontdekken, maar in Groot-Brittannie hebben enkele gelukkige journalisten Spectre al mogen bekijken. Van een embargo is geen sprake, waardoor de eerste reacties en recensies zeer snel hun weg vonden naar de sociale media. Een Twitterselectie:

#Spectre great fun, very exciting, sexily pro-Snowden

— Peter Bradshaw (@PeterBradshaw1) 21 oktober 2015

Spectre: the elegant ghost of vintage Bonds gone before. Cruel, dark & handsome, GSOH. Liked this a lot, surpassed expectations. — Xan Brooks (@XanBrooks) 21 oktober 2015

Here’s my review of Spectre: https://t.co/MpW2sRjpzA pic.twitter.com/8DHgJCkiOv

— WooOOo Robbie Collin (@robbiereviews) 21 oktober 2015

.#Spectre is too introspective – or should that be introspectrive? – and falls down in the third act. Such a shame. — Ali Plumb (@AliPlumb) 21 oktober 2015

That said, there’s a lot I really did love in Spectre. Some set pieces, earlier on, are great. Many people will really like it, I’m sure.

— Ali Plumb (@AliPlumb) 21 oktober 2015

Mostly enjoyed Spectre’s best-of-Bond mega-mix approach: if sthg doesn’t fly, don’t worry, sthg else is already happening! MVP: Ben Whishaw. — Catherine Bray (@catherinebray) 21 oktober 2015

Spectre also had a deftness to much of the humour which was incredibly welcome. Neither gloomy portentousness nor Mooreish double entendres.

— Catherine Bray (@catherinebray) 21 oktober 2015

If there’s one thing Bond must never, ever be, it’s ordinary. Spectre is so ordinary. — Neil Alcock (@IncredibleSuit) 21 oktober 2015

THR’s SPECTRE review: “ultimately feels like a lesser film than SKYFALL” https://t.co/RKshJqyWi4

— Borys Kit (@Borys_Kit) 22 oktober 2015

REVIEW: Spectre “It does ‘being a Bond movie’ adequately well. Where it fails is in everything else it tries to do.” https://t.co/LyPdljddKs — Ali Grave (@The_Shiznit) 21 oktober 2015

Our #Spectre review is in: Bond’s classic formula is back, but is it any good? https://t.co/xqZnM5ODAG pic.twitter.com/2FoQggQwzA

— Digital Spy (@digitalspy) 22 oktober 2015

‘Spectre’ Review: 007 Goes Through the Motions in a Perfunctory Adventure https://t.co/htgkCh2LGu pic.twitter.com/XzRxIzO0dU — TheWrap (@TheWrap) 22 oktober 2015