The film starts with Bond in Mexico, foiling an attack on a stadium by blowing up somewhere else. After the unfortunate international incident that follows, M suspends Bond while trying to cope with a new merger orchestrated by Moriarty from Sherlock. Then a bunch of other stuff happens which results in Bond encountering a criminal organisation called SPECTRE, headed by Christoph Waltz.
This film seemed all over the place. It's like they couldn't decide whether or not they wanted to have a mindless action film or to try and explore the psychology of Bond. Yeah, it's a bit convoluted. I came into this film expecting something among the lines of Tomorrow Never Dies; the previous film was asking the question of Bond's relevance in an age of digital surveillance, so this film could decide the answer was "Yes." and go back to basics.
Christoph Waltz had the potential to be a great Bond villain, but I don't think he was able to pull it off. His character just didn't seem to bring the best of his talent out. Meanwhile, Léa Sydoux plays the girl of the week Madeleine Swann. Unfortunately, any interesting character development she expects devolves into playing the damsel.
To be honest, I think the real hero of this film is Q. He seems to save the day in the end, and he brings some great jokes into the film.
In conclusion, I found this film to be a rather disappointing one. Unless you're also planning to marathon all the films, you can probably give this one a miss.
Now, I'm off to see if I can upstage Sam Smith by doing a cover of the song he wrote for this using a party blower. And no, I'm not going to record that so don't ask me to.
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