Craig is 1/4 in his outings as Bond.

Rating: 4/10 (11 November 2015)

I am a huge Bond fan, I have seen them all, own them all, have tons of books about the movies, read all the books, and I grew up with Bond. I have not been a fan of the Craig Bond films like Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace because they have nothing to do with Bond except his name being in the movie. Spectre has beautiful scenery, a great Bond girl, a lot of humor, and Craig finally seems comfortable playing Bond. The problem is that it doesn't go anywhere, I kept waiting and waiting and waiting for something to happen, something to make or break the film. When they get off the train in the desert I thought this is where the film is going to be a success or a failure. It failed, it bombed miserably after we meet Blofled the movie becomes a bore. He keeps talking and talking but he isn't saying anything worth listening to, I'm not sure what he is saying and why he is saying it. There is no tension and his reasoning for being Blofled is so stupid, so petty, it's laughable. When Waltz finally says he is name is Blofled during the torture scene it feels so forced, blah blah blah by the way I'm Blofled.
The music is non music, back to the days of David Arnold when you couldn't hum a single tune from the movie, which is sad really because the music in Skyfall was brilliant. The fact the movie is so bland a good soundtrack might have added some tension or excitement.
I'm tired of seeing Bond going rogue and not being trusted by M, we have seen this five times out of the last nine movies. I want Bond to come in, sit down, have M flop an envelope on the desk and have Bond get to work. Please.
The film was well made, the girl is strong, Craig is at his best, but not having a villainous villain really hurts the film.
I hope the next film goes back to the basics.