True Bond Afficionados Beware.

Rating: 5/10 (8 April 2007)

As a real Bond buff from the beginning (60s), I found this to be the least faithful of all the 007 movies to the writings of Ian Fleming, who created it all. The authentic British charm and subtlety was replaced with crude, disrespectful behavior. The film was too American. In my view, it had shallow acting, brusque clichés and excessive, unnecessary violence. The "Q" element was deleted, reflecting no interest in new technology that was a keystone of the Bond tradition. The fun of the romantic chase is replaced with a perspective that raw sex is all that matters to our hero. Fleming's Bond had class, something Daniel Craig was never able to display with the limiting role he was asked to portray. Even an excellent performance by Judi Dench had no chance of redeeming this film. Better to spend your money on a Stallone or Schwartzenagger film.