Skyfall was a self-contained story where you don't need to have seen the last 3 movies to understand plot points. Spectre looked good (explosion visuals were great) but was too messy for me. It felt like the progression throughout the movie was superficial and just jumped from one location to the next continously. It was also very obvious that it was a 12A compared to other Bond movies; did you see anyone actually get hit by a bullet or die? It had all of the set pieces that a James Bond movie should have, but that's about it.