James Bond is dead so why did i watch this?!!!!

Rating: 4/10 (6 December 2008)

Yes i did watch this movie with a negative bias.
I knew when i watched Casino Royale that the new guys in charge of bond has purposely changed as much as they could about the franchise with intent of widening its audience under the guise that bond had to change with the times.
And even though i normally don't read normally read reviews before i watch a movie, in this case i made an exception because bond is one favourite franchises (others include the original star wars, indiana jones, and other classics of the 70s and 80s).
And when i the reviews confirmed my suspicions about almost every sacred relic in the bond franchisee being destroyed I made up my mind not to see this movie.
But humans are self destructive and i found myself in a theatre watching this movie.
When bond didn't pounce and shoot at the beginning of the movie i knew i was in trouble.
WITHOUT GETTING INTO DETAILS ITS SAFE TO SAY ALMOST EVERY BOND STEREOTYPE AND SIGNATURES HAVE BEEN DESTROYED IN THIS MOVIE.
Its been said before and i repeat that this movie feels more like the bourne series than bond series, (which were very ordinary films compared to the books), which is no surprise considering that so many people from those movies find themselves here.
The length allows for no story telling and it feels like a chapter in a book rather than an entire story.
The lesser said about the villain the better gone are the days of the bond super villains who inspired as much interest as did bond, there is an attempt to resurrect spectre in this movie but given the new teams ruthless attempts at changing everything i don't see many positives there either.
The villain feels like a puny lackey than a menacing ganglord whos worthy of bond.
AND They've TAKEN OUT THE INTERESTING AND Powerful STRONGMAN AWAY TOO.
I CAN KEEP ON RAVING ABOUT HOW THE MAKERS HAVE A BIGGER BOURNE HANGOVER THAN MAKING A BOND FILM BUT WILL REQUIRE PAGES AND CAUSE AN EMOTIONAL BRAKEDOWN.
So lets get to the good parts.
Miss fields looks gorgeous but is compensated to some degree by the normally vexing olga looking ordinary.
Even though the action scenes feel like bourne some of them are quite good especially if you like the shaky camera which im not too found off.
The acting is top class as far as standalone acting goes but lacks the flamboyance and flare that came to be associated with bond.
Not a single character can be termed as interesting.
IM STILL COMPLAING IT SEEMS TO STRAIGHT TO THE CONCLUSION.
FOR THE CLASSICAL ROMANTICS THIS MOVIE IS A BIG DISAPPOINTMENT.
FOR THOSE WHO CELEBRATE CHANGE REGARDLESS OF ITS RESULTS THIS IS A GOOD MOVIE.
FOR THOSE WHO WATCH IT LIKE ANY OTHER MOVIE ITS MERELY OK.
Please proceed with extreme caution if you fall in the first category.
-s bond is dead, lousy villains, no character is interesting, no storytelling.
+/-s shaky camera, how much change is good????.
+s good acting for any other movie, some good action scenes.
total 4/10 ( factoring in the fact that it fell below my expectations however if i fully factor in how much this movie has disturbed me I would have given a much lower rating, please watch this movie as any other spy action flick if you wish to derive maximum pleasure from it, I STILL WISH THOUGH I HADNT WATCHED THIS FILM).