Money not very well spent

Rating: 5/10 (8 November 2015)

They did a fair job on the background story: the history of Bond, of the villain, and of the damsel in distress, and how their lives intersect. They did a fair job on the general plot: why, what and how Spectre wants to achieve. Honestly, these things matter only to a certain point.
But it's the unnecessarily labored and occasionally farcical and ultimately unsatisfying action sequences that killed it. And what's more, they all looked dreadfully expensive to film. It's understood that audiences generally enjoy some preposterousness in a Bond film but not when they make little to no sense. For example: (SPOILER) a torturing device automatically releases its captive when the controls are destroyed. (SPOILER ENDS) The fact that many things in this movie are too convenient only undermines James Bond's true ability to confront a situation.
The producers should have looked at Casino Royale (2006) again – in every film-making regard – before they did this movie, or the next one.