Ugh, ugh, ugh. I really, really liked Casino Royale but the more time has gone by, the more I’ve come to realise that it was more a case of pleasant relief that Their drastic tinkering with the formula didn’t completely destroy the franchise. The Broccolis etc acted with this series as though it was in a downward spiral it somehow could never lift itself out of, whereas in fact Die Another Day was just an unfortunate misfire … I truly believe that if they’d just forgotten about the whole invisible car incident, ploughed on and made a regular Bond installment (as opposed to “rebooting”, God I hate that word …), there’d still be a market for Bond.

Yes, yes – Daniel Craig is as perfect as anybody could be in this role. But this movie is just a boring mess from start to finish. The very idea of beginning a new Bond just hours after the previous one finished, once you get past the novelty of it, is just a crushing exercise in self-defeat. While this movie is as well put together as Casino was, that’s really all it is; and I haven’t even had the time to revisit that movie yet much as I’d like to. Apparently they intend to make the next Bond a similar continuation of this story – really? I mean …. really? Because I actually think I’ll be giving that one a miss if that’s the case.

On the positive side – though perhaps it’s its presence in “Guitar Hero World Tour” speaking – I’ve surprisingly really come to really like the title song.

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