It's time to go!

Rating: 1/10 (8 November 2008)

This is without doubt the worst Bond film made in history, it only rates as a mediocre action film. As Judi Dench iterates, "it's time to go!" I think they should just allow the franchise to slip quietly into the night now.
I couldn't think of much I liked about the film, so I thought I would address my loathes first.
Loathed: 1) Daniel Craig - beaten with an ugly stick in the womb, wouldn't know the meaning of charm and sophistication if it came up and slapped him in the face. Hopelessly miscast. 2) Judi Dench as M - She's lost her edge and integrity in the role. 3) M's office - what's wrong with good old fashioned walls? 4) MK12 - Opening credits were uninspiring, the gun barrel was in the wrong place and was just an embarrassment. 5) The lack of a plot or any character development. 6) Jack White and Alicia Keys vocals - harmonisation may have been good. 7) David Arnold's score - did nothing to enhance any scene, instantly forgettable. 8) Editing - camera angle zoomed too far in all the time and cutting to another before the audience had a chance to compute what was going on. Confusing and more importantly left a sense of boredom. 9) Mark Forster - couldn't direct traffic let alone a car chase. 10) Daniel Craig's gun barrel walk, he walks like a constipated turkey!
Loved: 1) Gemma Arterton and Olga Kurylenko although they were scandalously underused. 2) Dennis Gassner's production design. 3) Jack White's "Another Way to Die" even though the vocals were shocking.
If they bothered to read Casino Royale for the last film, the producers would have realised that in no way did Fleming imply that it was Bond's first mission. As a consequence, this film would not have been necessary.