This movie is the beginning of the end =(

Rating: 1/10 (29 August 2007)

=Many spoilers= Many of the James bond movies were based of books, this movie was based off of the FIRST James Bond novel ever written by Ian Fleming! This movie had HUGE potential and failed miserably in every category imaginable, and I know because I read this book first, and the book was excellent.
The moment I saw the new "dripping blood" opening I knew this movie already lost my loyal James bond fan attention, they changed something that had been the trademark of bond films since "From Russia With Love", the second movie ever made. And where did all the females go during the opening credits? During the opening credits there were no gorgeous half/fully nude woman and on top of that you had a theme song that was not suited for a James bond movie. My list goes on endlessly, but for example, this is the prelude to the older 007 movies right?,the first to be exact,and thats what it was attempting to portray. Then why isn,t he carrying a beretta like he does in the beginning of "Dr No" and he does in the book, and where does the Aston martin come into this picture, it didn't make its debut until "Goldfinger", in the book he drove a Bentley in which he crashed.
And the 2 worst screw ups of all time, it was a high stakes game of baccarat, a gambling card game they play in the book, NOT poker! And the entire ending is completely made up, it made me sit around for an extra 2o minutes, in the book Vesper poisons herself and leaves a note stating she was a double agent, and the books ends with bond saying, "The Bitch Is Dead Now", clean, simple, and straight to the point. Many who read this will think that I am nuts for being so true to the book, but it is the way I am, a hard core James bond fan, and how terrible I thought this movie was written and put together, it should have been the first, and it might has well been portrayed in the future and not the 50's when it was written. This movie should be banished from the 007 series.