Cool new bond. Really bad script & bad directing. Wait for the next one.

Rating: 1/10 (29 November 2006)

I saw the exciting trailer, everywhere i turned i was seeing the new bond. new guy looked cool, so i gave in to brainwashing and watched it.
I am writing this fresh from the movie; I left the cinema feeling completely robbed. One thing: It's all about advertising!!! No matter how bad the movie is, with a lot of advertising and the 007 on the title will make the movie earn its money.
I am just angry because they just make money from the 007 franchise without showing anything interesting; just a remote story to keep it going and fill two hours. Not so much action but I have no problem with that, i like when the movie tries to work with its actors and characters; well none of that either.
well, the new guy playing bond is cool, i liked him, cold killer; forget about the playfulness of all the other bonds, this guy is serious; but mainly because of the script and the bad dialog, it's not his fault; the plot is bad, first half is nice and exciting, second part...well...it gets completely not interesting, completely nonsense, with very bad direction (I thought Campbell who did GoldenEye could pull it off, but in the end he is just another Hollywood director, able to do only action scenes (only two by the way, thus 20 minutes of the movie) and unable to get anything to support the actors and their characters; but bad dialog really kills everything.... in the second part the dialog is plain nonsense, very rigid fake dialog come out of the actors mouths and you don't know where to hide to avoid them!!! you are just thinking - didn't they see it looks out of place???? common sense says it doesn't work at all! We are NOT watching a cheesy teenage romance movie!!!!!! and after 2 minutes of a cheesy exchange of (supposadly) romantic dialog, you are watching another movie....what the...?
and then the main part of the film: the scenes of poker in the casino were just SO BORING (they could at least make it a bit more tense like a Sergio Leone gun fight ;-PPPPP). I don't know whose fault this is (script or director) but they were completely....well...just there...how can i say this...playing poker with your little brother is more exciting!!! (I am not a poker fan by the way, I just know how to play) It starts with a really nice premise, like "you play with your opponent, not with the cards; you study him, bluff blah blah" OK he raised his hand he is bluffing and that's all!!!! nothing else!! childish!! I could win this poker game.
In conclusion I say this, if you saw the trailer you do not need to see the movie. All the good scenes are in the trailer; the rest of the movie just feels like a filling. no joke. this 10 minutes of the trailer are the movie. Just wait and rent it on DVD, it will be the same excitement. Don't give in to advertising brainwashing, the more it is advertised the more crap it is and they want to attract people.
Wait for the next one.