don't believe the hype

Rating: 2/10 (27 October 2012)

This is categorically not the best Bond film ever. The pudding is being over egged. It begins well with an impressive chase and a fight on a train but then it all somehow falls apart. With such an impressive cast you'd expect the film to be more memorable.
The running time is overlong and the final action scene drags big time.
Craig looks terrible here with his crew cut and too tight suits. Ralph Fiennes would surely make a better Bond. Thomas Newman's score is unmemorable. Naomie Harris is miscast. Berenice is underused. The villains plot is far too complex and makes the whole thing seem like a farce.
Wait for the hype to die down and this will be seen for what it is. A mediocre film that sits near the bottom of the middle quality Bonds.