Mediocre, but at least much better than all previous 3

Rating: 6/10 (29 February 2020)

The bar wasn't high at all... but, still, Spectre, the 4th film in the series with Daniel Craig, did manage to be a much better film than all past 3 and overall a mediocre-decent James Bond one.
It had a decent, somewhat intriguing story, it had some good action scenes and Daniel Craig's James Bond was the most likeable and accurate to the James Bond character we know & love compared to all his previous 3 portrayals. Before watching this, I was really doubting of going to see "No Time To Die". Thankfully, now I'm hopeful, that that is going to be decent.

That said, I do want to point out 5 negative aspects of the movie:
1) Who closed the door at the opening sequence after Bond and the woman entered her room? The cameraman?!
2) Dr. Swann's private psychiatric clinic is a glass building in the middle of nowhere on the snowy mountains of the Alps...?! I mean, it looks cool and all...
3) Why that kind of a sick torture (similar to Casino Royal's)? Why?!
4) *****SPOILER***** So the backstory is, that Bond was raised at one period with the villain by the villain's father. The villain was supposed to be the author of all Bond's (as Daniel Craig) pain, because of jealousy and stuff. He was supposed to be sending those past villains to him and killing his ex-girlfriends. Right? It feels though like Bond encountered those past villains, because HE went looking for trouble/went to those past missions. And, were all his ex-girlfriends actually killed? I do find the motive very promising for the villain against Bond, but unfortunately either the connection to the previous films was not that convincing or the way they used that in this film was ultimately weak.
5) *****SPOILER***** Dr. Swann says she loves Bond. He reciprocates implicitly. They both escape custody and death from the bad guys. Having escaped and being in a critical situation back in London, she suddenly simply says "I can't do this. I can't go back to my old (spy and stuff) life. Can't ask you to change." He says, "You're saying goodbye?". She, "Yes, goodbye." and boom! They split ways pretty easily, as if they've read the script and know they'll meet again in 15 minutes, after the villain, is conveniently able to abduct her, because they split ways! All I'm saying is, they could have backed up that shallow scene in an otherwise good storyline much better and easily fix it.