a recycled let down!

Rating: 3/10 (27 October 2015)

Don't get me wrong, I love the old classics, Moore with his hugely cheesy one liners and the ridiculous gadgets, but when you've spent 9 years and 3 films trying to turn Bond into a modern day, more darker, grittier and tougher agent, the formula that worked 20,30,40 and 50 years ago isn't really wanted anymore.
When Casino Royale came out I hated in because it's lack of the classic elements, that was 9 years ago, in those 9 years since i've come to like the new style of Bond, the one that will survive a car crash then beat you to a bloody pulp in a fist fight, so now that Daniel Craig is cracking jokes in a really camp tone and making his grand escape from the villains lair in a helicopter, it all seems a bit recycled and already used.
The action scenes are extremely dull, the scene in which James Bond is chasing after the bad guy in the snow in a plane, I don't think I moved from my slouched position, it was boring and I couldn't of cared less if Bond crashed the plane and failed, or somehow pulled it off, not the mention the final stunt is a complete copy of a scene in The Living Daylights.
And the car chase, is that what a car chase is these days? 5 skids around a corner, some high speeds in a straight lines and Bond making his escape via ejector seat and parachute? What happened to the new hardcore, gritty James Bond who would of just escaped a car crash then beat you up? Instead we get a Moore-Esq escape then some cocky stares to a stranger on the street as he casually walks off to safety. Awful!
Christoph Waltz has only around 15 minutes of screen time and he is completely underused, his scenes are dull, I understand back in the 60's Blofeld didn't get up to much either, just sat in his chair and slowly revealed his evil plans, but when it's 2015 and one of the best actors in the world is playing Blofeld, you expect a little bit more.
The main redeeming factor being the crew of MI6. Q has a larger role now which is highly appreciated and Ralph Fiennes seems to play to the new "Post Bourne" Bond, better than Daniel Craig.
It all feels old and recycled and doesn't work, maybe in the 1980's it would of worked. Another sit down and re-think required by EON I think.
PS. The ending is Abysmal