Let's call it what it is, neither a 10 nor a 1

Rating: 6/10 (23 July 2019)

As always most reviewers go to strong in either direction. To summarize, this movie has strong performances from the main actors, but a weak plot. It has good directing of action scenes and environment, but is a bit awkward in pacing. All and all solid, but flawed.
Acting
Daniel Craig makes a great bond, he always has. He is witty with a very powerful presence, but can also display some of the conflict and weakness in his character. Javier Bardem is an excellent, tormented and evil villain. The rest of the lineup with M, Q and moneypenny do their jobs exemplary.
Plot
WHY, SCREENWRITERS, WHY?! Let's first let bond survive an impossible situation with no explanation. Then make an evil genius strategist plan everything in the slightest detail to be captured and be able to hack MI6 in a genius move FOR NO REASON. Why did he not just travel to London and walk into Ms hearing? To look her in the eye first? Feels like there is a less risky way of doing it. Why didn't the screenplay have M go underground after the bombing, so that he needed to hack MI6 to find her location, or something. A wasted opportunity. I'm not mentioning the smaller stuff here, like how they have all their agents on one list, having no woman we care about and bonds family home with the title of the movie for no real reason other than that bond probably wanted it destroyed or something.
Ultimately, half the production deserves awards and the other half needs to be replaced.