I don't think that sniping the wrong person when you've got a moving target who is grappling your ally is exactly a sign of incompetence. She said she wasn't sure she could make it, so it's not like she was being unrealistic about it.

Re: Eve ending up as a secretary, I think you have to take into account that Miss Moneypenny is an existing Bond character. So it's not 'taking an action girl and turning her into a secretary, because women can only be secretaries', it's 'taking an existing character who is a secretary and giving her a back story where she could have been a field agent but decided against it, because who on earth wants to end up like Bond?'

Also, even the original Miss Moneypenny was a naval officer. Also note that up until this point in the Daniel Craig films, the person in the 'secretary' role has been a man.

I agree that all the stuff with Severine (they don't actually mention her name in the movie, I think? Only in the credits) was disgusting. Never watch Goldfinger, by the way. The Scotch line didn't bother me hugely, because (a) it was obvious that Bond was upset about Severine and (b) I read it as being about 'how having to interact with villains makes you into a monster yourself'. He says it because he can't be thought to care. (As opposed to earlier movies, where he just doesn't care – we're still in the 'origin of Bond' in Skyfall. Before he is an actual monster.)

Not going to be home for dinner, BTW, going to a nice middle-aged person movie with my workmates.