Did everyone see a different film to me?

Rating: 1/10 (18 November 2006)

Did everyone who has so far rated this movie smoke some illegal substances before they saw this film? Because otherwise I must throw away my lifelong love of Bond and find another super secret agent to watch. I thought this film was awful! I went to see it with three friends, two of which were Sean Connery fans and one Pierce Brosnan. We listened to the hype and hoped it would be brilliant. We all left the cinema in disgust, we didn't think it could get worse then Die Another Day, but I'm afraid they managed it.
Heres why.
After a decent forty minutes where the film shows some promise with some great action, and despite the worst musical opening ever(someone got paid for the stupid murder by playing card graphics?), the film then goes on for far too long over a boring card game and finishes with an unexciting finale. My main gripes are as follows: James Bond is supposed to be intelligent, not an ape in a tuxedo! Gone is all the cleverness the character represents, the brilliant ways he gets himself out of trouble. No instead you get a mindless thug who might as well have been played by Schwarzeneggar. Bond always gets himself out of trouble, he always has a way, even when he appears helpless he always has something up his sleeve. Thats what bond is. Hes cool, calm, has style, can be ruthless, can be charming, none of which the new bond has I'm afraid. As for the getting himself out of trouble part, no James Bond does not wait for the simpering girl to come along and save his a** nor rely on another villain to intercede with him being tortured to death. No, No, No! James Bond this man is not. Even taking into account this is a prequel you just can't see this main being able to outsmart a paper bag and if all we wanted was a hard man to engage in brutal violence we might just as well have cast Vinne Jones! I could go on forever about this films shortcomings and don't even get me started on 'Money-Penny' but thats my two cents worth, bring back Brosnan if this is the best they can come up with!