This ain't James Bond anymore...

Rating: 3/10 (16 November 2008)

There are loads of comments on the movie, so let me not go there. Its a good movie, worth a watch.
What I wanted to comment about is the brand James Bond, and what those movies stood for. There have been good James Bond's and there have been poor ones. Sean Connery was easily the best of them, and IMO Dalton the worst I have seen. But some things remained consistent, and that was the character, and what the style of the movie. I always saw every James Bond film released in my lifetime (and quite a few before my lifetime. Its always been a easy decision. A James Bond film gets released, I go and watch it. Always. Coz it represented a type of film and entertainment (even tho it was a bit repetitive) that I enjoyed every few years. A kind of a release. Shut your brains out, enjoy the action, the style, the gadgets, and the corny lines.
And now they have gone and changed it all. Not that they are making bad movies, CR was a very good movie and QoS is decent. But its not James Bond!!! Its a completely different character, who is much more real and serious. Sure, even the acting is better. But thats not why I watched James Bond films!! I don't want to see a James Bond who falls in love and crys over his girl (CR).... and now (QoS) he didn't even sleep with the bond girl... what next, he will start cross-dressing?? While these movies may be more appealing to the broader public (specially women), they are killing what James Bond films stood for... and hence losing the faithful audience that went to watch these films without waiting for reviews.
Please bring back the original character... please make these films with more style and less emotion. Else we will start waiting for reviews before we see the films, like I do with any other action/spy film... coz this ain't James Bond anymore.