unsatisfactory characterization

Rating: 4/10 (3 December 2006)

Looking at this movie simply as a movie, and not being concerned with whether it's a "true Bond film" or not--meh. There are a couple of fun and impressive scenes (one really visually impressive in particular, in the beginning), but nothing that's either emotionally engaging or really that pretty to look at. I think one thing that bothered me was that the movie failed both to embody Bond's usual complete disregard of life, and to communicate any actual concern for it. The character is stripped of its usual clichés, but somehow still manages to remain flat.
Which is annoying. I like characters to be three-dimensional.