end of bond as we know it

Rating: 4/10 (30 April 2009)

Iike many other bods on here I was extremely disappointed in this latest edition of the bond genre. I grew up on these movies and loved the gadgetry, the cool stunts, the suaveness of the bonds, the one-liners, the maniacal bad guys, etc. There was none of this in this movie, the producers said when Daniel craig came on board, they wanted to make Bond hard-edged, more gritty, more of a regular bloke I guess who you could identify with more. But whats the point of that, movies are about escapism, part of the appeal of the bond genre is the whole mystique, the very fact that this guy is so debonair and stylish and is jetting all over the wold and he can can have any woman he wants. Bond getting drunk on the plane and not drinking a vodka martini, shaken not stirred had the child in me screaming for the return of moore or connery who would never have done this. Anyway, rant over, this movie is just a regular action movie like say "the transporter" but not as good as the bourne identity. Action movies are ten-a-penny these days and bond movies always had a leg-up on the competition for the reasons in the first paragraph. I'm a fan of daniel craig as he is extremely fit and athletic and does the role he is given well but unless there's a big improvement, i wont be seeing the next installment. This movie has little to recommend it even as an action movie, the plot is complex and bewildering and while the stunts are good, they don't blow you away and you couldn't care less about the characters, without sounding too clichéd, ian fleming would be turning in his grave