Not like a regular Bond Movie ....

Rating: 4/10 (18 December 2006)

An okay movie with a few thrills here and there, but certainly unlike any bond movie that I have seen so far. Daniel Craig is really suited to be the next "Bond", he has the elegance and the body for a Bond. But unfortunately the storyline is really bad. In the movie, bond is tortured, nearly killed and hit many times. In all these situations, he needs help, cannot escape himself. This may be how a real person is, but when you go to a Bond movie or Superman or Spiderman, one would expect that the hero can recover from these situations. Other flaws in the movie are a weak villain, and also that the fight is all about 100 million dollars. Again, when we see a Bond movie I would expect either a world saving plot or a plot that involves a villain who is ruthless, powerful, and stinkingly rich whom the normal man cannot touch ! This villain in the movie is really weak, acted excellently by Mads Mikkelsen, but the role is really weak. Latter part of the movie goes in the Poker Game, so, much less action. Bond's car (like Batman's Batmobile) is really underutilized. All that they show in the movie is that glove compartment opens, like the one I see in a regular car. I expected some missile, parachutes etc. from the car, however it is a regular car in this movie! The chase using bond car opens with high expectations, but unfortunately Bond, being the weak character that he is in the movie, crashes the car and gets caught. There is no mention of the Bond gadgets too in the movie, looks like Bond is almost on his own and not connected with "M" anymore. Unlike most bond movies, Bond loses his girl in the movie ! I think bond has built a reputation in the past and he did not live up to that in this movie.