Good but not great, not as good as hyped

Rating: 7/10 (19 May 2007)

I watched this last nite and was reasonably impressed. However I have to say I was expecting more, especially after some glowing reviews by other people. I get the impression now, that they love Bond, and don't want the franchise to die, and therefore over praised the film. It is generally good fun with the beginning being the best part, proceeds quite nicely, with some strange torture scenes ("Talk, bond, damn you!") (took me a minute or two to exactly work out what the torture was?) but seems to have naturally ended about twenty minutes from the real end. For me the last twenty minutes were tacked on to extend the film, and maybe give the bird some meaty acting..trite motivations, and just to let you know Bond is back! Overall good BUT COULD DO BETTER, craig is better than I thought, a "bone" to his female (& male) fans..