Worst Episode Ever.

Rating: 1/10 (8 December 2006)

In the immortal words of comic book store guy.
This is my first ever film review - I normally wouldn't bother, but I'm so angry and insulted by what they have done.
If you are a James Bond movie fan - do not torture yourself by watching this awful film. Poor Cubby would be rolling in his grave. It's a horrible way to ruin the most successful movie series of all time. I went into this movie with an open mind. I thought Brosnan was the best Bond and was disappointed he didn't get a look in for the latest film. In retrospect I'm glad he didn't. Right from the very first second, the first shot you can see from the camera angle and music overtone they had mangled the whole concept of the series. The intro scene was frankly boring, Bond has lost the sense of fun and adventure. The title sequence was frankly pointless. They missed with the gun-logo image. Vastly increasing the barrel twists - no gun has that may barrel twists, it was just stupid. The theme music was loud and bland. Gone from the title sequence were shadowy naked girls, replaced with dinky cut outs of the new bond, very 1960's. The film has lost it's sense of humour - perhaps 2 scenes raised a vague chuckle in the audience. The card playing scene went on for ages. Realistically no such card game would go on and on in real life and felt like forever in the film. Bond was no longer suave or sophisticated or in control. It's great that the writers wanted to write a "serious" spy thriller - they just shouldn't have put the Bond moniker on it. Call him Billy Ball-less instead or something. The film feels like it was written by a critic-pandering femi-nazi. For a so-called serious film there are just too many plot holes. (Why not just arrest the bad guy if you need him? Why bother with the whole long pointless card game?) The few stunt sequences seem totally unrealistic - such as jumping between cranes or onto buildings. (For a "serious" spy film.) The music score was extremely boring. Lost until the final sequence was the usual Bond refrain. The music was entirely unremarkable otherwise throughout the entire film. The villains were boring too, just some unspecific terrorists and their supporters. Who cares if they were out and about or not? They only wanted to blow up an empty plane. The whole torture scene was just pathetic too. I know it is supposed to be in the books, but Bond left Ian Flemmings books a long time ago.
It is an insult to all of the loyal Bond fans. I suspect they will be lucky to squeeze one more movie out before it all ends, as they have lost their fan base and critics don't pay for their movie tickets, and the novelty will be gone. It's now, lamentably, just another try-hard spy film and loses everything that made Bond special. The whole film was just lame and I will recommend to everyone that they don't see it. This one won't be joining my Bond DVD collection and I won't be seeing another film if they are going to be like this.
The Producers, Writers, Directors and Editors ought to be ashamed of themselves. Acting was OK, although it just seemed to be Bond trying to act with his eyes.
I want my $15 back.