Great Action movie, Terrible James Bond movie

Rating: 6/10 (26 December 2008)

While the action in this movie is awesome, especially the scene where the whole building thing blows up in the desert, it's full of awesome stuff like that and the opening car chase is also pretty awesome. It just doesn't feel like a James Bond movie.
The first thing that was wrong with it is the lack of the shooting at the barrel gun and the screen going red in the opening credits, it was in the closing credits but it should be in the opening ones. Although he does drink the classic James Bond martini he doesn't order it so he never delivers the line that makes it so awesome "Shaken not Stirred" speaking of lines never spoken although he says it once at the end of Casino Royale during this movie he never says "Bond, James Bond" these are two of the most iconic lines in any movie and if you're going to see a James Bond movie you expect them.
The Bond girls although he has sex with one of them the other the supposedly main Bond girl he never has sex with, what the hell? James Bond is supposed to get with all of the chicks, not just screw one of them and then leave the other one untouched, it's just weird seeing James Bond spend all this time with this girl and then not screwing her, it doesn't make sense.
When watching Casino Royale I was thinking where are Q and Moneypenny, still wondering. Why can't you just introduce them for gods sake. This movie thanks to a lack of Q also has a lack of those awesome gadgets that we all knew and loved and M had a sort of secretary type person but it was a man, where is Moneypenny? She's not an important character I know but she's been in all of the real James Bond movies.
If you're not a fan of the series this is a fantastic movie for action, however if you are a fan of the series you will hate this movie just like you would have Casino Royale. Just keep waiting a real James Bond movie should be just around the corner.