Not bad at all... And less emphasis on state-of-the-art widgets

Rating: 8/10 (6 January 2013)

Despite different times, incl. changes in audience and getting used to digital opportunities, the Bond-series has maintained its traditions, repetitions and composition. Adele's song was nice - and the pre-story was also thrilling to follow (the fastest part of the film).
Daniel Craig has improved a lot (he was very unaccustomed to me in his first Bond performance), but I still have to admit that several supporting actors outperformed him: Judi Dench as M, Javier Bardem as Raoul Silva and Ben Whishaw as Q, above all; Ralph Fiennes could have been spent more time on screen, but he will certainly do in next Bond films... Young female characters, however, were too brief and not convincing, the Bond-girl Sévérine (by Bérénice Marlohe) was rather inexpressive. Perhaps the film could have been shorter and with less unrealistic scenes, but still - it is worth watching and definitely in the better half of the Bond-films. 007 can continue, no time to discard him yet.
I am looking forward to the next film already.