Great bond film ruined by tackless advertising

Rating: 8/10 (21 November 2006)

This is a great bond film stripping James back to the bare bone, with some great, yet farfeched action scenes, witty comedy and above all a good plot with twists and turns. The film is some what spoiled however by constant advertising by Sony, ford and Virgin.
Richard Branson (owner of Virgin) appears in the film being searched as he goes through the x-ray machine at Miami Airport, then later there are several Virgin Atlantic Planes on the tarmac and some fictitious airlines.
On countless occasions bond is seen using his Sony Ericsson Mobile and Sony Vaio Laptop. Bond is asked by Vesper Lynd if his watch is a Rolex to which he replies "No, its an Omega".
As for the cars, when was the last time you saw James Bond in a Ford Focus? One car park scene was comprised entirely of Ford owned cars including Aston Martins, Bentleys, Jaguars and Land Rovers.
Although this advertising helped to pay for the film I feel that it takes the edge off of what could have been the best ever bond film.