Awful, misogynistic drivel

Rating: 1/10 (16 February 2015)

Having just written a review of another film I hated (Imitation Game) I am now on something of a roll and thought I'd post a review of a film that is up there with Dark Knight Rises as a truly terrible film living off hype and bafflingly favourable reviews from critics.
This film is drivel from start to finish. Many other reviewers have catalogued the endless plot flaws and I won't repeat most of them here but it is unforgivable to construct an entire movie around set pieces that have no logic. Why would a hacker so expert (and apparently gifted with precognition) arrange to be arrested, taken to an emergency location that he could not possibly have known about in advance in order to escape again pausing briefly to trigger an elaborate and pointless train crash en route (again that he has set up beforehand?) with perfect timing. It's just nonsense.
Why does the film put in a ridiculous notion like a personalised gun that only Bond can fire for one tiny throw away piece where that fact saves his life.
Worse still is the Aston Martin, which just takes us from drivel into the realms of the offensive. There is no place for the 1960s tooled-up Aston in this reboot. If it's from the 60s then Bond would be an old man by now. If it's from Casino Royale then it's Bond's personal property and it wouldn't have all the toys. It's not witty, it's just insulting.
And possibly worst of all is the underlying misogyny throughout the film. Sam Mendes clearly hates women. Moneypenny does absolutely nothing wrong. She's pretty handy in the opening scenes and it's not her fault that she can't make an impossible shot. Why does she end up demoted to being a secretary (not even a desk job MI6 agent)? Bond's attitude to the other bond girl is deplorable (and unconvincing) and M ends up dead. It's bizarre.
This is a truly, truly terrible film and I cannot understand why critics are giving it glowing reviews. Does Sam Mendes have pictures of them all naked? I have recently read that they are giving Sam Mendeds the next one to direct. I for one shall not be wasting my £10 going to see it. I'm done with Bond.