Not the James Bond we know & love

Rating: 3/10 (23 February 2020)

With "No Time To Die" just around the corner I wanted to rewatch this one to get in the mood, since I didn't remember it much.
Well, as a spy film it's mediocre. As a James Bond film it's bad. There are a few major over-simplifications so that the story can move forward. And then, there's James Bond... there's almost nothing there resembling the awesome character we know & love and whom we've seen played greatly by Sean Connery, Roger Moore and Pierce Brosnan. It's really sad.
I can see that the movie takes place at the beginning of Bond's career as Agent 007, as he just earned his license to kill. That is a good premise. I can also see, that they chose to show a less experienced and more vulnerable James Bond (related to espionage AND LOVE)... but, why do that to that extend?! Personally, I would love to keep seeing the awesome, strong character of James Bond I've been used to. It never gets old! Even by sticking with the less experience, I'm sure they could have shown it better, way better, honoring the character by showing him strong, focused and determined nevertheless. All that naivety and vulnerability regarding love... c'mon! Who wants to see that in the James Bond character? Even so, I really doubt, that an agent chosen to become Agent 007 would have that.
P.S. and that torture scene... seriously? Why?!