Spectre: it's not a calamity but it's not great either :|

Rating: 7/10 (17 November 2015)

When James Bond got "Reloaded" in Casino Royale with a new grittier main star (Daniel Craig) and a darker retelling in the vein of a re-imagined origin story things looked awesome for the franchise and the new direction it was taking.
This is the fourth film in the new reloaded James Bond style. Casino Royale was awesome. Quantam of Solace was wretched. Skyfall was okay but could have been better. Spectre is, in my opinion, better than Quantum of Solace and Skyfall but not as good as Casino Royale. It doesn't compare to the greatness of that film but, on the other hand, it doesn't suck either.
The storyline and plot seem a bit confused in some places and some of the stunt sequences do not make a whole lot of sense. Daniel Craig and Cristoph Waltz both did well with what they were given however I feel they were let down by weakness in the script.
There are flaws a plenty in the film which ruins the experience. For instance the evil mastermind uses his nefarious torture machine to render poor Bond with no ability to remember those around him and a disrupted sense of balance. Yet, immediately afterwards Bond has no trouble remembering everything and easily dispatches with a whole squad of henchmen with absolutely no ill effects. Hello? ... what an incompetent Evil Mastermind! Totally does not seem to be the diabolical embodiment of evil and hatred that the film leads us to believe. Also... it has been a while since I saw the other three films but I am sure that in Casino Royale, Bond got injected with a tracking chip in his arm so that MI6 can track his whereabouts at all times. Well, it happens again in this film. what the? Did I miss something?
That is just 2 examples of many things that do not make sense in this film.
All in all, the film is worth a watch. I enjoyed the fact that it continues the retelling of Bond's origin story and (re)introduces some of the characters we all know and love from the original films... in this case it is Ernst Stavro Blofeld.
It is a pity that the film is too contrived, convoluted and confused for its own good but I am sure that James Bond fans will love it nonetheless. I give it a 7 out of ten stars but true Bond fans can add another star.