Hooray from the biggest Bond nerd ever

Rating: 9/10 (18 February 2010)

I was all ready to hate this movie, having been a Bond fan since I was very young and walked to the neighborhood theater to watch Dr. No for 50 cents. Bond movies have always meant escape and pretty clothes and exotic locales and handsome, handsome men! Neither the script, locales, nor Bond disappointed here. Craig appears fully capable of carrying the role for many years to come. His take on Bond is as a tough little wiseacre bulldog, which is a refreshing change from the broad comedy the series sometimes veered into. I see that a lot of hard-core Bond fans don't like this movie because it's missing one or several parts of the "Bond formula" that they liked. No gadgets, no small talk, etc. Well, this IS a reboot - they're starting over. He won't get gadgets until later, and he won't get snarky until later. Patience, people.
I liked the shower scene best - you felt like Bond wasn't just using the girl, which again, seems to be the case in a lot of the films. Highly recommended.