Good, but some things are missing

Rating: 7/10 (31 March 2009)

James Bond (Craig) is on the trail of Mr. Greene (Amalric) who may have led Vesper (who Bond fell for in Casino Royale) to betray Bond. Bond is after the truth and makes things personal.
Hey, we have a new action hero. Bond, James Bond. Now, he is more like Bruce Willis, and Matt Damon who plays the Jason Bourne character. The action scenes rival anything we have ever seen. They are really good. To play this Bond, Daniel Craig needs to be in top shape. Can he keep it up? Do we want him to?
No, we want the old Bond, James Bond, back, with less action, more calculating and, suave. Suave? Yes, suave. Gone are the facial expressions and quirky one-liners we have all come to know as the Bond, James Bond signatures. Where is Sean when we need him? We need change we can believe in. This Bond is not the Bond, James Bond we knew and loved. Oh, he's still good, just not the Bond, James Bond we crave.
Gone also is the humor the one-liners gave us. The Bond, James Bond twinkle of the eyes. Gone. Moneypenney? Where was she? Gone. The Gadget Guy? Gone. And, the Bond, James Bond music that we are all familiar with came when the credits at the end rolled on by. At the end, for God's sake! At the end!!! And, one more thing. Unless I missed it I never heard Craig say the line we always expect in a Bond, James Bond movie, "Bond, James Bond" when giving his name to someone.Okay, one more thing. Also no Baccarat or even Poker like in Casino Royale. Gone. Yes, Toto, this doesn't feel like Kansas anymore. These are not changes we like.
Overall, this is a very good production except for the things that are missing that could have made it a better production. Let Bruce Willis and Matt Damon do their things, but bring back the Bond, James Bond we grew up with.
Violence: Yes. Sex: No. Nudity: No. Language: No.