I also got a Eyes Wide Shut vibe from the room with the faceless people.
If they had been wearing masks, then I'd agree, but a secret society type feeling - which I did get from this - is more apt. I felt more like this was a Free Masons meeting than anything in Eyes Wide Shut.
Fair enough.
What did you think of it all being about Bond's childhood?
This is a common theme at the moment with all shows and movies.
Yes and it is all played out. I don't need to know about Bond's childhood and I certainly don't think any of his villains, particularly arch-villians, should come from his childhood. It is way too soap-opera-like and way too common a thread in films and TV shows nowadays.
But maybe that is par for the course. Live And Let Die rode the wave of Blaxploitation films, The Man With The Golden Gun rode the wave of Kung Fu films, Moonraker rode the wave of Star Wars-like sci-fi films, many argue that Licence To Kill rode the wave of Miami Vice, Casino Royale rode the wave of origin stories, Quantum Of Solace rode the wave of the Jason Bourne/shaky cam/rapid-fire editing films, and now SPECTRE rides the waves of films whose leads have connections from their distant past rearing their ugly heads to affect the present.
I just want a fun, back to basics, light-hearted, no revenge-minded, exotic Bond film. Bond hasn't been "fun" since Casino Royale and, after seeing the teaser, I'm not holding my breath on SPECTRE altering the trend either.