Increasingly tired formula looks ever more dated

Rating: 6/10 (31 October 2012)

The fact that I'm still considering this film, I suppose suggests that it has had some modicum of effect on me, the problem is that it's still bothering me.
There are considerable problems with skyfall, primarily a clunky plot that doesn't in any stage of the movie express the severity of the threat posed by a wonderfully camp Javier Bardem. Despite being evenly paced and benefitting from some wonderful cinematography, the was no cranking up of the tension in similar movies such as the Bourne series.
What I cringed the most at though, was the pointless use of world locations to express the global nature of a spy's daily grind, the crude bombardment of product placement, and a frankly pointless and odd cameo by the film's love interest.
Craig plays bond in a detached, cold manner, which is understandable given the nature of the work, but it means that I had little care as to whether he perished or not. His detached attitude to women is looking in every movie of this re-booted franchise that passes, grotesquely out of date.
Bardems and Denchs performances are wonderfully measured, and there was enough to tantalize for the next installment, I also enjoyed the references to previous bond movies, and it expressed the confidence in the brand to poke fun at itself.