Too much classic 007 and too little everything else

Rating: 5/10 (9 November 2015)

Don't get me wrong. I'm a big fan of Sir Sean Connery kicking some ass on her Majesty's service, sweeping away all the wonderful women, often after just saying hello, and being invited to have dinner with his arch enemies while wearing a tux and mentally planning how to destroy the evil organization that will most likely dominate the world. But those plots were fun in the 60's, 70's and 80's.
After Brosnan's full-of-gadgets-and-far-fetched-stories Bond, Craig started a new era of much more solid plot lines that were beautifully designed throughout the breathtaking sceneries and great performances of the film. Casino Royale was perfect! Quantum declined and Skyfall, despite contrary opinions, was a wonderful homage to the classicism of 007 and it blew my mind away. Spectre left things unexplained and exaggerated on action scenes and Bond's relationship with Dr. Swann.
SPOILERS:
SPECTRE's opening scene was recorded in one long shot during the Dia de los Muertos celebration in Mexico City and it was so damn perfect it raised my expectations. The helicopter dancing over the plaza while Bond attempts to kill Sciarra was too much though. From that point on, the whole film was a roller coaster of good and bad feelings.
Craig's and Bellucci's scene in her place was too forced too. Sure we know Bond is hard to resist, but her husband had just died, for heaven's sake! It was a pity that Sam Mendes casted such a wonderful actress as Monica Bellucci to say just a couple of lines and get it on with Bond and then disappear. She could've been better used.
Blofeld as Bond's step-brother was also pushing it too much. He just happened to have killed his father and become the head of the evilest organization in the world (which, by the way, was not even explained - the acronym SPECTRE was not elaborated in the film) besides being connected to MI6's most belove (?) agent. I wish I had seen more of his cat in the movie too.
Madeleine's relationship with Bond was another problematic factor. After her visible contempt for Bond, apparently it took just one fight on a train (sure, it was against the gigantic, yet charming, Mr. Hinx) for the character of beautiful French actress Léa Seydoux to fall into James' arms.
Some other disappointing features in the film were: 1-Bond's torture on a dentist's chair with an electric drill that seemed to miss all essential nerves mentioned by Blofeld and after excruciating pain and an explosive watch that, despite blowing up right under Blofeld, only left his right eye screwed up and a scratch on his face, left Bond good to go and explode the whole facility with a single shot at a gas valve! 2-Bond's escape from about-to-be-demolished MI6 seconds before the implosion on a perfectly convenient motorboat and his pursuit of Blofeld's chopper on the Thames with his accurate shot to bring the helicopter down. 3- the crazy non-sense scene with a plane in Austria with broken wings sliding on the snow and crashing the SUV carrying Dr. Swann.
To sum up, I can simply say that the only impeccable thing about this movie was Bond's wardrobe because the storyline put too many facts together in an attempt to pay an homage to the classic movies and that was definitely not such a wise decision. Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation was much more fun and had a better story.