I Bite My Tongue!

Rating: 9/10 (23 November 2006)

So I went and saw this film on Tuesday and it blew me out of the water! I have been a long time fan of Bond and when I heard that Daniel Craig was the next Bon, I like every other Bond fan, wrote the movie off immediately. My friends, also Bond fans, talked me into going to see it. From the very opening I new this was no normal Bond film. I don't want to give ANY spoilers so I will talk about the film in generalities.
Is this Sean Connery's Bond? No. Is this Pierce Brosnan's Bond? No. This is Daniel Craig's Bond. Is this good? Absolutely! Although my friends argue that the Bond franchise was never in trouble, it was. And I believe that this film, thanks to Craig, has been saved. Let me say, I don't think Brosnan could have done this movie. THis was a raw movie, and Craig played the perfect bad ass Bond.
I was happy with the entire film, the only thing that I did miss was OO7's visit to Q-Lab. There are no tongue-in-cheek comments that seemed to plague previous movies. There were a few lines that Craig nailed as a perfect Bond response.
The action is rough and brutal. There are no Judo chops in this film. All the hits are hard. The plot is believable and there are even a few twists along the way. Above all, this is an action movie and it delivers. The thing I like best about this film, is that you don't really know when it is taking place. There is a lot of speculations about this. I will guess that it is post-Brosnan and Craig is an incoming OO. This is something that we have never seen before. The thing I love is that we get to see Craig develop his OO7. His drink, his look, and even his signature phrase, "Bond, James Bond."
I bite my tongue for ever doubting Craig. The end of this movie leaves you wanting more and if EON can deliver big the next time around, then Bond is definitely back!
Go out and see this movie!
OO7