Good film but very disappointing as Bond movie.

Rating: 5/10 (1 April 2007)

It was most certainly not the best Bond ever, but the worst ever. Relative that is, because in the 60's the technique was not that far to create such nice things that can be done with f.e. computers nowadays.
As an action movie, it was a great movie with a lot of stunning action, great fighting-scene's etc., but this had nothing to do with bond anymore.
Bond movies are just known for things which can not happen in real, special techniques (made by Q) from which we saw zero in this film. A special agent breaking in at his boss's house? No Q or replacement for him, no handy toys, no humorous and sarcastic lines (which -all- bond types did, even Sean Connery. The torture scene with the rope made me sleepy, much more variation could have been done there and the solution of Bond in trouble there came way to quick and too easy.
More realistic action but a Bond story without a happy end with the bad guy going down but an open end in fact??? "We have to talk" and then the movie is done? That might be realistic but it has nothing, really nothing to do with a real Bond story in the line of all Bondstory's until yet.
Especially about the open end I was very disappointed, certain sections were too real or were displayed too long. Like I said, a very good action movie but a sorry excuse for a Bond movie.
So very disappointed but still a 5 because the action and actors played very well. I really hope the next Bond movie will be a very lot more like previous movies.