Good story line and good action sequences. Bond is updated for the new generation!

Rating: 9/10 (23 November 2012)

By Miguel Herrera www.thatsmye.com
Bond and Eve are on a mission to retrieve a hard drive containing the undercover identities of NATO agents, who have infiltrated terrorist organizations. A chase ensues and Bond is right on the unknown individuals tail, and eventually the chase ends up on top of a moving train and a fight begins. Eve gets ahead of the train and prepares her gun to take down the unknown individual if necessary. She gets the call to take him down but,unfortunately, she misses and hits Bond instead. A search for Bond begins but he is never found and is declared dead. Due to the mishap of unknown individual getting away with the hard drive, MI6 is under investigation and M comes under political pressure to retire due to this. Now M must do everything in her power to apprehend the person who stole the hard drive.
I was very impressed with this movie it had everything a Bond movie is known for, quite a bit of action, some drama, suspense and sophistication that only Bond can deliver. The overall pace of the movie was a bit slow in the beginning for my taste but it picked up after about 40 minutes. I enjoyed the story which was all about revenge and redemption for both M and Bond. M trying to redeem herself after that mishap with the lost hard drive, and Bond coming back after being declared dead has to prove that being an agent isn't just a young mans game. Personally I thought M (Judi Dench) was phenomenal in this role really liked her character and the things she has to go through. Much like in the past 2 movies more so in the first one, you got to see the vulnerable side of Bond one that has been beaten and must prove to himself and to others that he still has what it takes to be a MI6 agent.
I thought there was enough action to satisfy my taste and make it feel like a Bond movie, from him being stealthy to just going out with guns blazing. I also enjoyed Daniel Craig as Bond once again, and I think he simply is Bond and he brings the character to life quite well. I also thought Silva (Javier Bardem) did an excellent job as the villain in the film. I especially enjoyed the interactions he had with both M and Bond throughout the movie. As far as the action scenes are concerned I enjoyed them immensely, I thought they were excellent and somewhat over the top, kinda what I've come to expect a Bond movie to be. I thought the opening sequence was awesome, it was a cool chase scene that ended up with Bond falling off a train and into a river. Overall I thought the action was good and not too much, but enough when necessary.
While I did enjoy the movie I did think the movie started off a bit slow, but other than that it was a good Bond movie with a good story line. All the characters were great in this movie, but Judi Dench stole the spotlight in one of her best performances portraying M. I enjoyed watching Javier Bardem as the villain, I thought he was both witty and funny, and his first encounter with Bond will make you laugh. The action sequences were great and complemented the movie very well. Overall while this movie takes a while to pick up, it does, and it ends on a high note.