James Bond's deeds are even more admirable now, since they are being accomplished without the help of gadgets. Usual James Bond story, minus the fun and the gadgets.

Rating: 1/10 (26 November 2006)

This James Bond takes himself too seriously, and loses all the appeal of the James Bond films.
James Bond used to be light-hearted, unpretentious, gadget-ridden. You entered an uncomplicated fantasy, and enjoyed the adventure, the beautiful girls, the fast cars, and the repartee.
This James Bond has no gadgets, and therefore his deeds are much more admirable than his predecessors. This James Bond has deep feelings, and doubts, and therefore the audience is invited to consider him as a real human being, and is invited to sympathise with all he does, and all what the secret services apparently do, to save the public from the "baddies". At the same time, he keeps the Aston Martin and the beautiful girls.
I have enjoyed James Bond while he did not expect to be taken seriously; but I cannot stomach combination of lack of subtlety, the superficial "feelings", and the glamour in the new one.
If James Bond script writers want the subject to be serious, then they should drop the glamour, and get to an honest discussion of the use and abuse of power of the secret services.