Past or now?-some spoilers

Rating: Null/10 (18 November 2006)

If this is before Bond gets 00 status, why was it set today? It would have been better if they just continued with the series like they did when Connery was done and went to Lazenby, back to Connery to Moore and so on. There were certain discrepancies. James and Felix Leiter don't meet until Dr. No. So if this was before James hit 00 status how can they meet in Casino Royal and then meet again in Dr. No? It just jumped back and forth between being the beginning to the present. All and all it was a good action movie but totally split from the past Bond films. If this was the beginning, are any future films going to be jumping back to the beginning to be set in the present? What about Q branch? And Moneypenny? There are just somethings that can't be forgotten. And Bond driving a Ford, what's up with that????