Mixed Emotions

Rating: 4/10 (19 November 2006)

I am sure many will disagree with this review. Still, here's my take. First, Daniel Craig is a great James Bond. A lot of the movie works. But, I had several complaints and in the end I had to say I didn't really like it... at least, not enough to want to go see it again in the near future. Biggest complaint - this movie is way too long, and it drags near the end. The main romance was not terribly believable, given the way things were set up. Characters would enter with little to no background or setup, then have a major plot impact, seemingly out of the blue. At the end of the movie, I discussed it with several friends, and we couldn't even decide who one of the main characters was supposed to be, or untangle another character's likely motivation, or what happened in a third scene. By the end, I was left emotionally detached. The movie does a lot of things right, but a lot of other things wrong, and, for me, on balance, I cannot recommend it.