Entertaining, but Nevertheless, the worst Craig Bond!

Rating: 7/10 (15 November 2015)

Not a bad film per se, but there were just so many improvements to be made. The first is the plot, which required a ridiculous amount of suspension of disbelief to appreciate. The idea of the SPECTRE group which is supposedly bigger than Quantum and who want to rule the world by surveillance - and gathering 'information' as Christoph Waltz's character puts it - well, it was boring to be honest.
The second it the script and the Villain himself - Christoph Waltz may very well be the most wasted Bond Villain of all time, giving him a no-good script to work with not to mention the even worse back story that makes him a Villain - I really could not care with his reasoning.
Then there is extremely far-fetched heroic actions we see from Bond - I don't understand how some people claim that SPECTRE shows Bond's vulnerability. His vulnerability was shown in Casino Royale, in numerous scenes with Vesper, also obviously when he actually could not save himself and Vesper came in to save him. In SPECTRE James Bond is invincible and manages to get himself out of impossible situations with utter ease.
Oh, and finally, there is the random un-called for un-James Bond acts of violence - in one instance a character pushes his fingers through another man's eyeballs - seriously? Then the rest of the film is PG - what for?
Nevertheless, all the action sequences were entertaining, the 2.5hour run time felt short (mainly due to the film loaded with over the top, but yet enjoyable action) and I must say all my negativity about the film did not really present itself until about the last 1/3 (or hour or so) of the film. It started with an interesting premise, and SPECTRE was given a good sense of scary mystery about it, but then the last 1/3 felt too rushed; too many things were happening at once and the unveiling of the plot was just horrendous. It was as if the writers really could not think of a good way to tie it up and took the lazy way out of just scribbling whatever came to their head first.
Casino Royale was a classic in James Bond; I remember watching that at the Cinemas when it first aired; I was blown away. Quantum of Solace was not bad, but in terms of plot, it did extend it in a good and acceptable manner. Skyfall improved on Quantum, but with a whole new story. Now, SPECTRE, trying to somehow tie up the Quantum story line which was suddenly and disappointingly abandoned, well, it did a bad job - to think that SPECTRE ties in with Casino Royale and Skyfall (Villain's who I actually liked) and that Christoph Waltz was the 'author' of all of James Bond's pain - to be honest it makes me want to reduce my rating of Casino Royale and SKyfall simply because SPECTRE ruins the plot of those films.
Anyways, I recommend watching it just to see what it is about, but the plot is ridiculous and it requires an unbelievable amount of suspension of disbelief.