This film really let me down

Rating: 1/10 (3 November 2008)

***SPOILERS*** I'm afraid this film really let me down (I'm crying), and, being very bored and lonely, I thought I'd tap it into a little review: I was worried within the first 5 minutes, opening with a highly stylized car chase that was billed as spectacular, but was in fact pathetic. The camera work on all the action scenes throughout the film is misjudged. It might just be me, but the action scenes left me uninvolved. The action is shot too close up and the editing is manic (I think the editor's been watching too much 'MTV Cribs' and the director thinks he's making a Guinness ad). I would rather the cinematographer took a step back and let us watch the action proper, rather than trick us with close up, shaky hand held camera work, that allow the director to avoid filming well, thought out, choreographed scenes that might warrant and 'show off' the $225,000,000 spent! Maybe a viewing of 'Crouching Tiger' or 'Ronin' might teach Marc Forster (director) a thing or two. Or, maybe I should have said Bourne Ultimatum as is seems the Bond boys are trying to make a follow up.
Daniel Craig is good and has obviously put a lot of effort into the stunt work but his 'ice steel' hard as f**k look, grows a little tiresome. As for Gemma Arterton ( Agent Fields) she simply can't act and her role was utterly pointless (god knows why she's starring in 'Prince of Persia). Olga Kurylenko is pretty good though, and just manages to convey the sense of her back story, although this not well realized by the screenwriters.
The story is very weak and un-involving. Something about a load of stupid nasty men who conduct meetings using radio earphone and microphone systems, given to them in gift bags, during an opera surrounded by 20,000 other people. I couldn't think of a more difficult and stupid way to conduct a secret meeting. Bond is clever though, and listens in, he then tells them over the radio system they're all stupid and he can hear what they're saying, so they all stand up and (unsubtly) walk out allowing Bond to photograph them all, like stupid idiots.
Most people have forgotten the details of Casino Royal (which didn't have the clearest of plot finishes) so to throw the audience straight back in, with lots of action and little plot felt like the film had been written by an immature kid, over a weekend, whist smashing Class A's. If I wanted to see a film like that I'd settle for Transformers any day.
The theme song (White and Keys) and opening credit sequence are possibly the most unimaginative Bond openers ever. As with the film, it's all very unoriginal. Seen it all before and done better.
This maybe a new type of Bond film but I'd rather watch Sean Connery, Roger Moore or Pierce Bronson doing 'Bond' and Matt Damon doing 'Bourne'. Maybe Daniel Craig just needs a new script and better direction.