Blah Bond, totally overrated.

Rating: 5/10 (17 December 2019)

Hard to believe it will be eight years since 'Skyfall' was released when the new Bond picture, 'No Time To Die' hits the screen.
I only hope that 'No Time..' will be much better.
No need to deconstruct 'Skyfall' and its many shortcomings since we've all seen it by now.
Suffice it to say that I found it disappointing; I left the theater wanting so much more (surprise cameos by a few of the past Bond actors, for instance). I remember the audience breaking into applause when the Astin Martin appeared (or should I say re-appeared), but even the iconic 'Bondmobile' got short shrift.
I'll compare my 'Skyfall' experience to watching The Academy Awards show in 2012 on the 50th Anniversary of the Bond franchise. We got Shirley Bassey singing 'Goldfinger' (she was astoundingly good), but that was it. Why, after she sang, did the curtain not raise to reveal ALL the past Bond portrayers walking onstage to wild applause? Because the producer of that particular Academy Awards show was still on a high over his production of the musical, 'Chicago', from years past, and it was given star treatment throughout the show instead.
Terrible. Let's pray for a GREAT final Bond picture from Daniel Craig in 'No Time To Die'.