Ok. So James Bond cries. Hasn't happened since George Lazenby and for similar reasons too.

OK short and sweet.

Too much Dench time. seriously anymore closeups of her ancient punim and they should rename the movie Judi Skyfall. This movie was more about the aging Dench than the swashbuckling Bond.

Not enough real action. Lot of time spent building plot and sadness and anxiety. But really Live and Let Die and countless other stil achieve a PACE that this film regrettably fails to deliver.

OUtside of Javier who does a great job reviving and modernizing Christopher Walken, there weren't any other notable characters. Oh where oh where are Mr. Kidd and his sidekick. All the bad guys were just boring.

The Bond girls totally sucked. Moneypenny was just sexless. Can't even remember the other Bond Girl. Oh where oh where is the sexy, powerful alluring charm of Bond girls past.

Ok, the smarmy Britsh attempts at humor really dont deliver to a US audience. Isnt the world globalizing so that viewers dont have to hear crap like "we're buggered". I mean really this is the best the writing staff can come up with?

Why is Bond turning into the Dark Knight. Do all movies have to be filmed in tunnels, dark rooms and night scenes. Is the daytime world so boring that we can only be turned on by seeing characters and scenes against dark backdrops. really, add a bit of sunshine.

Too cool for gadgets? seriously?

i saved this for last because the whole last set of scenes in the movie just not tangibly believable. i wont give away the plot sequence but why would i believe that our protagonists couldn't get more help secretly. i just found it hard to buy into.

All in all in an absolute sense the movie was enjoyable just not so memorable. But relative to the fantasy of James Bond i felt it disappointed. Not enough action. Not enough cool.