Not as special as one might think

Rating: 7/10 (15 December 2014)

I recently watched the movie again, I have to say that I had a much more positive view on it back then as I do now(I was tempted to give it a 6).
Craig David is a new kind of James Bond, more aggressive, more traumatized by his past, more... barbarian, this isn't meant as a critique, I actually liked both Craig and the Bond he portrays. The problem is that it's the only novelty this movie and the new James Bond movies have to offer. As with every Bond movie you have a guy going on vacation in exotic places, having sex with beautiful women and "fighting bad guys"(which of course he does it openly, and in the most glamorous way possible, and everybody, especially the bad guys, know who he is).
I don't know what to make of the movie's love story, which is a main plot element of this movie and the next one, for me, let's say I find it hard to believe they instantly go from one scene where they almost hate each others' style, to being madly in love. While this type of inconsistent behavior might be easy to imagine for women, I would find it especially hard to imagine it for James Bond.
Overall the movie is entertaining, I definitely don't regret watching it, it fact I will probably watch it again at some point in the future, but seeing people say this movie is for James Bond movies what "The Dark Knight"(or any of the Christian Bale Batman movies) is for the Batman movies is a overstatement, as it doesn't revolutionize the story and dynamism of James Bond in such an extreme way, and the new James Bond movies lack the great villains that Batman had, especially one of the caliber and charisma of the Joker. Although acceptable, none of the villains Bond faces will remain in your memory.