Where was the James Bond?

Rating: 7/10 (20 November 2006)

I was a big fan of Pierce Brosnan and his shoes will be hard to fill. Craig was adequate, but would not have been my first choice as a replacement. The bigger issue i had with this movie is the script. It is a complete departure from a proved formula for the James Bond movie. Bond was not particularly suave or witty. The first car he drives is a Ford! Are you kidding me?! (He does eventually get he's Aston Martin.) I know they are trying to give the female character more depth by creating some depth to the relationship, but there are two problems here. One, it goes against everything that is the Bond character and two if you're going to have these characters fall in love then let it play out. The biggest flaw was the villain himself. Bond must have a nemisis. The big-shot evil-doer is a dirty accountant, a screw up and a wuss. We don't need Bond to clean up Enron. All that said the movie isn't as horrible as i've made it out to seem. It was worth watching, once. This just isn't your typical Bond movie and in my opinion simply isn't as good.