DominicCobb said:

Well M and Kincade were with him so the connection isn't that good.

I don't think the comparison is the bit that he was the only one home, but that he rigged his house with what was in it, just like Kevin did.

But here's the stupid thing- Kevin's just a kid without access to anything other than paint cans, string, and micro machines. (and the other stuff he rigged his house with). He does the best he can... because he's a kid. Now, I can't remember- is there a reason he doesn't call the cops?

Skyfall- Bond can lead Silva and his thugs anywhere, and he has (apparently) some amount of time to plan it out and get the suplies he needs. I'm sure whatever guns, bombs, tanks, exploding pens he wanted he could get... he's James Bond. Q is helping him. And he doesn't even show up to the house with guns? Or ammo? WHAT?!? They have half a box of shotgun shells and one shotgun. Because Bond, who apparently doesn't want to or deserve to live, didn't think to bring guns to a gunfight.

Most Bond movies end with Bond having to improvise on the spot with what he's got (including at least one gadget that Q gave him 2 hours ago whose use now becomes apparent). The odds are often against him, and he always wins, but he'd be an idiot to intentionally create an impossible odds scenario. He usually has an hour or less to save the world, so he doesn't really have time to get whatever resources he wants...

But in Skyfall, he has EVERY opportunity to get whatever resources he wants. He stops to get the car (which was beautiful and fun, despite the fact it makes little sense) but he didn't bother to get anything else?

And why was M actually in the house when this happened? Couldn't she have retreated to the church as soon as the baddies showed up? Couldn't she have been in New Hampshire? Silva didn't so much as track M to the house as follow Q's bread crumbs there, so she didn't have to actually be there, right?