Another Bond misadventure

Rating: 4/10 (18 November 2008)

There are legions of moviegoers and critics alike who have hailed Daniel Craig as the best Bond ever and praised the way the Bond series had gone back "to its roots" , that is ,without the silly comedic touches , without the gadgets,etc. They have showered loads of praise on this new Bond outing too,with which I was sorely disappointed.To me,this movie,as well as its outrageous predecessor "Casino Royale",has destroyed everything James Bond,the super-spy and savior of the world stood for. I grew up on the 007 films of Roger Moore and Sean Connery,the two all-time best Bonds.And why were they the best? Because they had screen-presence.Connery and Moore just needed to walk into the scene and the whole situation changed.They played the part perfectly,Connery being the tough,ruthless type,and Moore the light-hearted ,yet lethal Bond.I love both of them. Pierce Brosnan too,had the looks and charm to make the audiences believe in him. Daniel Craig possesses neither charm nor any sense of humor whatsoever,and his Bond is more of an assassin than super-spy. I wonder how the producers failed to find anyone more suitable than him. They centered the films around Craig's mediocre abilities,and that is exactly what the films have become - mediocre. No humor,no gadgets,no more lady-killing - Bond actually DOES NOT sleep with the Bond girl in this film ! He just kills,destroys,and that's it. Alas,I never thought Bond movies would come down to this. I went home from the movie theater and watched " A View to a Kill",which I disliked initially,and found myself enjoying it to the hilt !Sorry,you guys who cooked up this mindless action-movie - you are not worthy of doing what you are doing. Daniel Craig is doing his best in the movie,no doubt- but he can never be the James Bond that we all loved ,just a maniacal version of him.This film proves just that.What is needed is the right actor and the right script,or this series is doomed.