Bond films revert back to pre-Skyfall form, and it's not good.

Rating: 4/10 (11 November 2015)

James Bond is Back, and He's Predictable as Ever
After seeing Skyfall, I was worried that Bond films had lost their way. But with Spectre, Bond has returned to form. He's back to his obvious womanizing; even the credits were some of the most sexist I have seen in years. This Bond film also went back to hiring a musical performer, Sam Smith, that doesn't have the gravitas to carry the theme song as Adele did in the last film after years of mediocre songs. What I'm saying is the song and performance stinks. I am glad to see they've brought the mediocrity back.
Instead of discussing all the ways Spectre went back to formula, let's talk about the unique things in the film. First, the script was so spectacularly mediocre that it made actor Christoph Waltz appear like a vagabond they picked up off the streets of Hollywood. Another unique quality is that in this film, Bond didn't sleep with every woman he came into contact with. In fact, the two women he did bed didn't get killed. What were they thinking?! Unlike other Bond films, they didn't thread the Bond theme throughout the overwrought and pedestrian Thomas Newman soundtrack.
Other than those few surprises, it was a paint-by-numbers Bond film, unlike the unnecessarily unique and entertaining Skyfall. It was so predictable that as I watched, I wrote down what would happen, and it did. I could have written that script in my sleep.
Here's how it would go: James Bond is in (name of exotic place) and without permission from M, foils a plot to blow something up, chases a villain, and prevails. Then James goes to (another exotic place) after being told by M not to, and meets up with previous member of super villain group, and they agree to disagree. Then James meets with hot relative of said villain, and things go swimmingly, but this time, it's different: she's blond. Then James goes to another exotic place and sees a bunch of villains, finally meets #1 one villain and escapes. Then we learn the evil world dooming plot of the super villain, Bond is captured, escapes and things blow up. The End.
It looked good, the sets and suits, and that's about it. Too bad Craig, who apparently was in his last Bond film, went out on such a low.
Rating: Rent it.
There is no reason to see it on the big screen. Rent it just to feel nostalgia for Skyfall.
Peace, Tex Shelters