So Spectre. I'm still processing, and I think I'll have to see it again before really forming an opinion. Right now my off the cuff impression is that it's enjoyable but flawed.
I think one of the biggest issues with the film was that they couldn't decide on a tone. It was like they wanted to have a classic style James Bond adventure, but also have something dark and gritty. The result was pretty jarring at times. I think it would have worked better if they'd leaned more in either of those directions. I felt like Skyfall did a much better job of balancing the two sides.
Spoiler ahead;
My main issue was definitely with some of the reveals surrounding Blofeld. I really like Christoph Waltz, and I think he did a great job with the material he was given, but there was only so much he could do.
He really wasn't in it enough though. It's always great for Waltz to get more screentime, but more importantly, I really didn't feel like they built up his character properly, especially not the conflict between him and Bond. Sure, they told us that they had plenty of history, and that he did all sorts of stuff behind the scenes, but we never actually saw him do all that much. Because of that, he never felt properly threatening (and I think any gravity he had was entirely because of Waltz). It felt like we were supposed to grant the character and his place in the story a lot of weight just because we the audience know that James Bond and Blofeld were enemies in a bunch of the older films.
Also, was anyone at all surprised by the "my name is actually Ernst Stavros Blofeld" reveal? I feel like most of the audience reaction to that was "... wait, we weren't already supposed to know that?".
There was also the same issue with him that existed with Twoface in the Nolan Batman films. It's an iconic character from the series' history, so he shows up, but he's only actually around briefly and then is neutralized in some way.
By far though, the biggest issue I had; I really don't like the reveal that Blofeld and James Bond are basically adoptive brothers. I feel like that significantly cheapens a lot of the events of the previous films, and it makes Blofeld significantly less interesting and threatening. He's supposed to be the greatest criminal mastermind the world has ever known, and it turns out his entire career has just been to fuck with one dude because of daddy issues? Seriously? Blofeld is supposed to target James Bond because Bond keeps messing up his plans. Having them give him the motivation they gave him just makes it seem cartoonishly silly.
It's certainly not a terrible film by any means, but at the moment, it's competing with Quantum of Solace for weakest Craig era film in my opinion. It bums me out that I can't like it more, because I love this series, but they really just dropped the ball in a few crucial places.