A troubling and dark Bond movie.

Rating: 7/10 (13 November 2012)

This is an excellent movie. The acting is basically flawless, with Craig giving his very best, and the excellent villain and supporting cast. The music is outstanding, especially in the first part of the movie in my opinion. The opening sequence is a smash and keeps you staring at the action... the opening credits are, as always, a work of art.
Unfortunately, despite superb cinematography and very interesting shooting locations, because of the storyline I find the movie fails at being a simple Bond movie with exotic day time locales and I was expecting a less "realistic" movie for lack of other word. You're treated with something very grim both emotionally and in terms of events and there's nothing pretty there. This movie is simply troubling... draws comparisons in some respects with movies like those based on Ludlum i.e. Bourne or something like Ronin... I really don't get why the critics treat the movie as if it were business as usual. It's dark stuff.