Entertaining, not very deep

Rating: 6/10 (30 October 2008)

I am very sad to say that this sequel did not live up to its expectations.
With too little depth and too much action, the Bond from Casino Royale seems to have gone missing. This movie lacks emotion, depth and Bond-humor. It surely tried to make the audience laugh at times, but even on this point failed to do so.
I also got the feeling that the director was trying to copy a winning concept, instead of coming up with more complex scenes and new camera-angles. I would define this as the director trying to create a safe success, but as we all know, no such thing exist.
The movie should have been built up in a different manner from the last movie, it should have contained less violence and more depth. But seeing this was the final cut it just leaves me wondering if it was even possible to create something as good as the prequel out of the script.
I sincerely hope that the director steps out of his comfort-zone until the next movie, and that it has a rock-solid base to build from so that they can create a movie of the same caliber as Casino Royale.
Even though lack of depth, its of course still entertainment, but nothing more than that.