Not really bad... but predictable with wayyy too many cuts

Rating: 3/10 (8 August 2007)

OK, I know how much people generally love this movie, already voted into the Top 250... But it's predictable in that it doesn't deviate from the standard way movies like these and James Bond films do. That's not to say the action in between isn't bad, it just feels unnecessary and bland because we are already 99% sure how it's going to end. And we're right.
Even still, trying to enjoy it anyways is hard. Someone, and I think literally, went insane in the editing room. What is the average shot time? Can't be more than about 1 & 1/2 seconds. Warning, this movie is likely to induce headaches for those of us old enough to remember when films weren't afraid to move slowly, or at least at jogging pace. Without so many cuts it would be much easier to appreciate the story and the locales. But maybe nobody really cares about those types of things anymore. I don't mean to be a killjoy, although this movie deserves it.