A Bond film for film critics and non-Bond fans

Rating: 3/10 (18 November 2006)

Why is this film attracting so many plaudits from critics and reviewers? Perhaps it's because of its very low key opening sequence, its confused plot, its overlong run-time, its sudden & unsatisfactory resolution of the storyline, the unaccountable emotional involvement from the main man and the badly timed and token "jokes" which fall flat.
This film takes the Bond legacy loved by millions and trashes it completely in a mistaken quest to appear cool, politically correct and topical (e.g. references to 9/11 and acres of runtime given over to poker playing).
Whatever you think of this film, This ISN'T Bond.
Come back Roger Moore, all is forgiven.