James Bourne

Rating: 1/10 (16 April 2009)

Absolutely dire.
The franchise has outstayed its welcome. Terrible credits and title-song, too much plot, no "Bond moments", no humor, MTV editing instead of direction; dull, plodding villains, and stylized location credits which kept popping up in every font under the sun.
The whole thing was like amateur night out. Daniel Craig is physically fine as Bond, but he has been lumbered with poor dialog and a dark psychology which has no place in this sort of movie. It didn't work with George Lazenby when Mrs Bond got popped in OHMSS and it didn't work here.
For the next Bond movie please find a director and script writer who understand the finer moments of the franchise. Otherwise, just let it die a peaceful death.