It is a derivative, soulless mess. It begins well enough, but the bizarre title sequence (hentai?) and the utterly wretched theme song mark the beginning of one of the worst Bonds ever.
Craig looks like methuselah and (perhaps because of age) the physical commitment he made in his first film is gone.
Seydoux is bland and mainly a damsel in distress. She has no chemistry with Craig, which makes the ending of the film even more ridiculous.
Waltz is wasted as Blofeld and the whole foster brother thing is even stupider than it was in the Austin Powers movie they stole it from. The idea that he is behind all of the events in Craig's bond films is moronic.
Bellucci is wasted and her seduction scene is soporific
apart from the helicopter scene, the only setpiece worth a damn is the train fight. The car chase idsbeautifully photographed but dull. there is no sense of danger. Bond even makes a phone call during it.
Andrew Scott is miscast as an ineffectual pantomime villain in Sherlock, and he is no better here.
Whishaw is good, Fiennes shines. he gets one of tne few funny lines in the film, but why does he gurn so much? he looks like Rigsby in Rising Damp.
the action climax is a direct steal from an episode of Dempsey and Makepiece.
the torture scene seems pointless.
the film has bigger plotholes than Skyfall