1. The Characterisation
As rather subtly hinted at in Skyfalls sharp and uncliched script (more on THAT later), Bond is 50 years old; and the most weve ever gotten in characterisation was a brief, meaningful love affair in Casino Royale and not a lot else. Its fine, thats Bond. Its stupid, but thats Bond. We're used to it. Though the Craig era Bond has taken on a much harder edge we still gained little insight into the character, until this instalment haphazardly tries to cram 50 years worth of emotional development in to two minutes of subtextual dialogue before an emotional punch at the end. Were hearing talks of parents, childhood trauma, mommy issues and horrible rumours that the same script writer will be writing the next two Bond films. While I'm all for giving a character a back story and emotion, attempting to do it in what is Bonds 23rd outing by rushing it all through is nothing short of a mistake. Bond will always return so why try and do so much in this film and instead start him on a path of emotional renewal and revelation, rather than treat us like the idiots for not expecting this to pop up?