Nice night at the cinema but not really Bond

Rating: 7/10 (2 November 2008)

I know people are saying that Bond is entering a new era with new way of portraying the character, but I don't know why we need it.
I used to go to see Bond, because I remember that there was a fun magic element, ridiculous gadgets (the reason why fake Omega Seamaster watched are so popular), bad villains wanting world domination, as many double-entendres as bullets fired, un-PC Bond girl names, really all the things that Austin Powers played on, but in an action movie.
In the 'olden days', you came away from the cinema with as warm feeling that overall the world was not a bad place, but there were very bad people wanting to change that, but thanks to the UK secret service with their one-liners, fancy watches and cars with non-standard showroom extras, they were all dispatched with high efficiency for Queen and country.
That's what I want from a Bond movie.
I want to go 'wow', I want to laugh, I want to whistle the music when I head off home. If I wanted any different then I would watch my Bourne DVDs again.
Bring back the Bond we know and love. It is not Daniel Craigs fault, he acted really well. It is just the franchise is becoming a cold, emotionless action movie "sausage-machine". The latest offering, in a few week I will have probably forgotten.