Great, but not a true Bond movie.

Rating: Null/10 (3 December 2006)

This James Bond is without a doubt one of the best. The action scenes spectacular and Daniel Craig is an excellent Bond. But the traditional James Bond things, like the "Bond, James Bond", the one liners and perhaps the most important ones: the gadgets and Q, are gone. I think these things make the Bond movies the way they are.
Bond shows more emotions and gets hurt pretty bad an awful lot of times. Which is a good thing. He seems more human and you're able understand what he's going through.
The makers of the film said that the traditional James Bond stuff is not something that belongs to the present. It may or may not belong to the present, it is still an important part of every James Bond movie, which makes the movies what they are.
If I look at everything besides the traditional Bond things, this is without a doubt the best Bond movie; but if I include the traditional Bond things, than i have to say, with some regret, that this isn't a true James Bond.