Best Bond since Connery

Rating: 10/10 (20 November 2006)

Bond is back and with a bang. I admit in the beginning i was very sceptical about Daniel Craig being Bond. He did not look the part.I thought Hugh Jackman would have made a very suave Bond. Brosnan was suave but i was tired of the one line double entendres that were written into the scripts. Sean Connery was the definitive Bond as he had that presence and the raw menace of a person with a "license to kill". Daniel Craig brings that back.He is lean and physically fit and is already a proved actor.And he also brings a Steve McQueen 'coolness' to the role.His introduction to the audience with an Honey Ryder style emergence from the sea in a bathing trunk is a great way to pay tribute to Dr.No - Where the legend/legacy was created. I was hoping that the series doesn't go back to the 'action-comedy-farce' era of Roger Moore (very good in his aristocratic demeanor but a secret agent-NO WAY).
The story is not overtly complicated. It goes back to the beginning-where it all started.That's refreshing for a change-a prequel.It has extremely gorgeous women. Eva Green(Benardo Bertalucci had remarked that she is so beautiful that its obscene) takes my breath away(most French actresses do). One thing i am grateful for is the lack of CGI. Its good old stunt work just like the old days. I'm no sexist but in the old films i was used to seeing Bernard Lee as M and since it is about the beginning where M was a man, Judi Dench (fabulous actress though)is a tad miscast.The villain wasn't villainous enough (remember Goldfinger,Blofeld?). All in all a great 'Craig' experience. Hope the next 2 installments with him are as good. Bravo!! Encore!!