firm foundations

Rating: 8/10 (22 November 2006)

Signs are looking good for the franchise again. whilst Daniel Craig isn't yet a fully formed Bond he's not supposed to be. the whole point of Bond going back to basics is because he is becoming all the Bonds we've seen before him. People will say he isn't suave and he doesn't have the sophistication of any of the previous characters but that wouldn't make any sense what so ever. He is a new 007 so he needs to get the job done and nothing more. He's lose the believability if he was straightening his tie during a gun fight, thats all to come. these are just the foundations being laid for a good Bond career for Craig I'm sure. Not smothering CGI all over the place to is something warmly welcomed, everyone got their hands dirty and rightly so, this is a British hero and we don't need another Star Wars disaster that looked like a video game when it got to Revenge of the Sith. Daniel Craig is a believable Bond and everyones performances are top notch, the only thing stopping it getting a 10/10 was that this is only a pre Bond movie and has to wait to follow ups to have the real Bond sophistication but thats no ones fault. If anyone is to blame its the shocking last 3 instalments of James Bond before it that meant Casino Royale along with a lot of things was sent in to do a salvage job and it does it with avengeance. I'd see this again and again and get the theme tune because Bond is cool again!