Top notch entertainment but don't expect any realism

Rating: 9/10 (11 December 2006)

For proof, the initial chase scene between the "new" Bond(Daniel Craig, a Shakespearian-trained Brit) and the bad guy could only have been accomplished by androids or the like, as no human in the world is in such great condition to be able to do even 10% of what they did. And, neither was hurt or breathing hard when Bond finally got his man after about 15 minutes of full-out running and falling and crashing into hard things, like steel cranes. Way cool, but also way unrealistic as is typical with all previous Bond films. Nothing different there, and all FX were marvelously done and very dramatic, as always.
I really enjoyed the new Bond..ice blue eyes, and rough, tough, buff and more sensitive but also more blue-collar than all previous Bonds. He had none of the snooty, upper-class Brit mannerisms we saw in the previous 007's. Richard Gere said in An Officer and a Gentleman, "I have no place else to go", and this new Bond could have said it too, as he "is" 007 through and through and could be nothing else. His new "humanity" instead of previous Bond imperviousness or insensitivity was refreshing, but it did somewhat shock me to see a real human being with loving feelings wiping out scores of people without a second thought even if they were the baddies. Again, not realistic at all, but tres entertaining. Don't try this at home.
I enjoyed this movie more than all other Bonds except Goldfinger..the storytelling was more or less the same as others and predictable, but Bond was very different this time....and much better. I hope he does many more.