First let me state that in the 60's I read every James Bond novel, and enjoyed most of them.
Second I've watched all Bond movies except two I believe, generally at the theatre as they came out.
After watching Spectre I thought the movies had shifted to something better than they had been. Traditionally a beautiful woman dies, there is a massive production scene with apparently hundreds of actors, there are more bullets fired than during the second world war, always a car chase, explosions, and other sorts of juvenile things to take a way from the actions of Q, M, Moneypenny, Felix, and Bond himself. I thought Spectre would continue this new trend.
The latest is two and three-quarters long hours. Half of it is mayhem that drags.
More explosions do not a better movie make. Watched 3 Days of the Condor lately, and I've watched the Bourne Identity. Far better approach to the stories.
I expect someone will write, which is fine, that it's just that I'm old. I suspect not though. I think the director is creating something that is not a very good movie, but it has the ingredients to attract the movie goers who have little interest in a well crafted story.