Very good movie

Rating: 8/10 (27 October 2012)

First of all, I have to say that Daniel Craig now owns this part. He is the best Bond ever in my view.
This movie was very, very good, and deserves the accolades it gets. Even so, and this might be unfair, it didn't quite do the trick for me, and I prefer Casino Royale to this one. CR had the kind of gritty quality that this one lacked. For me, there was too much a return to the wise-cracking character a la the 80's and 90's. I preferred the deadpan seriousness of CR, which I would give 10/10.
As I said, it might be unfair to judge a Bond film this way, but even so, Casino Royale for me at least, transcended the Bond mold, and made it into an classic, even outside the Bond universe, whereas there was somehow too many one-liners from Bond and silliness in the villain (sorry Javier Bardem) for me to take it as seriously as CR.
It subtracted a little every time Bond delivered a zinger, as I really liked his more dangerous and dark persona in Casino Royale. But still, a very good movie.