What happened - I think I fell asleep

Rating: 4/10 (10 December 2006)

And in fact, I did - seriously! I was so bored with this movie which just kept going and going, when it should have stopped after 90 minutes, that I actually fell asleep just before the torture scene. This has never happened before. Thank goodness for Gold Class cinema seats. At one stage, I actually found myself saying out loud - come on, will this movie never end!?
Don't get me wrong, the movie has potential, is just needs to be cut down by about 40 minutes. For me, there were far too many pointless fight scenes, chase scenes and card scenes. Which brings me to the question of - why poker? Shouldn't it have been baccarat? Which is far more classy.
I liked Daniel as Bond, but Pierce, as far as I'm concerned, is still the best Bond, as he is the most like Flemming's Bond - refined and tough, not just tough. Pierce's problem as Bond were the scripts - they were quite bad.
I'm waiting for no. 2 Bond with Daniel, and hoping it's better. He has the potential, just needs a little refining.