Quantum of Solace took a lot of flak for being the first serialized Bond that took the storyline from the previous movie and continued it. I don't understand why people hated that so much. I loved it, and I was eager to see where they would take the story from there. This story, more akin to traditional Bond movies, carries over none of the main plot points of the previous two. It's a typical, enjoyable Bond story with a phenomenal albeit anticlimactic villain performance by Javier Bardem. So many story elements just seemed to be excuses to introduce new actors that would take over some of the peripheral character roles. Skyfall is short on action and heavy on moodiness. And the ending was basically a more violent version of Home Alone. Not impressed.