This Bogus Bond

Rating: 2/10 (6 March 2007)

To anyone who thinks this is "one of the greatest Bond movies" I say "baloney". It is a dark, brooding Bond that you cannot like. Bond has always been portrayed as witty, classy, jovial and sophisticated with a sense of humor. This Bond is none of that. I do not recognize anything Bondish about this film! The success of the Bond formula is always about expectations. This veers too far from what we've known Bond to be. I do not appreciate this attempt to recreate a wholly new persona, not after the image we have of Bond- which has been so consistently developed now for so many years. It has none of the tongue-and-cheek character that makes all the violence redeemable. It's just an action movie, with someone claiming to be Bond in it. Craig is not Bond. Thumbs down.