Very Good

Rating: 9/10 (10 February 2016)

Bond, James Bond (Daniel Craig) needs to locate and destroy Spectre run by Blofeld (Christoph Waltz) whose organization links all the intelligence agencies of the whole world so he can control all information worldwide. M (Ralph Finnes) grounds Bond, James Bond for going rogue to Mexico. Bond, James Bond learns that the double O program is to be disbanded. M is not pleased about this. MI5 and MI6 are to be consolidated with MI5 boss C (Andrew Scott) running the program called Nine Eyes which also links all worldwide intelligence agencies under MI5. Can you see a connection here? Oh, one more thing: Bond, James Bond discovers he may have a step brother. Guess who. (Whaaaat?)
The stunts including the fights whether real or CGI are still spectacular, the acting all around is good and the movie locations are visually pleasing. The car chase and the plane chasing the bad guys were exciting to say the least. Totally.
The music is not all the James Bond Theme and was pretty good especially near the end when Bond, James Bond does his thing to end all the bad stuff. It was heart-stopping. Kudos.
Christoph Waltz is terrific as Blofeld, but was not a menacing bad guy. We almost liked him, but his screen time was not all that much. When Waltz is on screen you cannot take your eyes off him. He is that good.
We miss the Bond, James Bond quips we got used to when Sean, and Roger,et al were Bond, James Bond. Okay, there was only one good one. Bond, James Bond believes he needs to show Madeleine (Lea Seydoux) how to protect herself by giving her a pistol. She keeps saying she doesn't like guns, but proceeds to eject the magazine and the bullet in the chamber. Bond, James Bond is impressed and says he will skip the hand-to-hand combat aspect. We need the quips to return. When the quips return, the swagger returns. See?
Lea Seydoux as Madeleine is extremely beautiful and can act (You falling in love again?) and as a Bond, James Bond Girl she is right up there with the best of them. (Yeah, you're done)
We also miss all the gadgets the old Q used to give Bond, James Bond. Here the new Q (Ben Whishaw) gives Bond, James Bond a watch. (A whaaaaat?)
All in all this is very good, the pacing is up to par, the stunts and music work well and we are pleased but feel this is a setup for the next movie because guess who is left alive? See? (9/10)
Violence: Yes. Sex: No. Nudity: No. Language: No. Rating: A