this is nolonger BOND

Rating: 1/10 (16 November 2012)

First review here on IMDb. Forced to do something to vent my feelings! Went to see the movie with my nephews.
After all the favourable critics reviews we expected to see an incredible movie, the 'best Bond ever!' blah blah blah. Oh this movie's bad....where do I start? Well after a few reboots already cementing Craig as a good Bond in most people's eyes, then why oh why reboot again?! Just when we had got used to something of a format EON and this director decide to change everything yet again and this time for the worse. Someone said 'a reboot too many' and I would agree totally with that.
I could go on and on but maybe listing the good (what little there is) and bad might be easier on the eye! The Good: Berenice Marlohe - stunning, amazing acting in the club scene.
Opening chase scene initially, then too long couldn't hold suspense.
Rory Kinnear - always believable, a real asset.
Fiennes, although even his acting is shaky in parts.
Some good fight scenes like the lift one, though very choreographed.
Craig did his best.
M's death handles quite well.
The Bad: Appalling sets - especially Skyfall Lodge.
Terrible acting - especially Moneypenny and Q.
Awful plot - no plot really, done better in Swordfish and many others.
Stealing way too much from The Dark Knight - talk of 'the shadows', standing on rooftops etc etc.
Q character totally miscast and unbelievable specs.
Bond's Norman Wisdom suits and stance! Bond's running style - android punching the air! Bardem underused with stupid hair colour.
Daft homage to Kelly's Heros with the helicopter at Skyfall playing music. and helicopter way out of scale to the model house Stuntmen clearly visible many times - Craig admits to not doing stunts and boy it shows.
Continuity errors in abundance.
'M' mummy love triangle didn't work for me - very un-Bond Complete lack of glamour (apart from the lovely Berenice).
Complete lack of escapism - now this cannot be Bond.
Very very small cast - lots of money saved there EON? This cost much less to make than QoS and it shows.
Lack of intelligence required, and an insult to the viewing public who have wasted hard earnt time and money.
Catalogue of inhouse reviews and fanboy critics talking this movie up in the UK's year of celebration. Yet no amount of talking up can make a poor movie good.
As a standalone film I would give this a 4/10 but as a Bond film and because of the cruel hype I have to give it a 1/10 and that is for Berenice and Rory alone Still, at least we had Homeland to watch when we go home!