With the making of the 22nd Bond film, it may be becoming some what difficult to constantly attain the high expectation level of each and every Bond film. With the resuscitation of James Bond in “Casino Royale”, played by Daniel Craig, there seemed to be a new lease on life for the Bond movies. Making a sequel to it, may be their downfall.It seems as if the whole Bond mantra has been dumbed down and turned into all the other current high octane exploding, car chasing, roof jumping, mindless drivel we currently are subjected to at the theatres. Although Daniel Craig 
still portrays a very convincing Bond to my mind, he is all that holds this movie together. Once again the opening credits were even more bland than Casino Royale’s. As for the theme song “Another Way To Die", performed by Jack White and Alicia Keys, it is surely a misnomer. The theme songs were always the audio invitations to seeing the films. This is also David Arnold’s 4th kick at the sound track for the Bond movies, and seems to be his least compelling composition. The cinematography is once again excellent, but the locals are drab and dreary, and lacking the trademark exotic sites. The bad guys are like wall street brokers - hard to separate and identify from the mainstream of society. There is no magnetism between Bond and Camille Montes (Olga Kurylenko), and she has little impact in the whole story line, nor are there any witty or caustic exchanges between them. Thus the whole pictue winds up as a misplaced 007 agent, more suited to a Die Hard or Lethal Weapon series…………....... so sorry James!
still portrays a very convincing Bond to my mind, he is all that holds this movie together. Once again the opening credits were even more bland than Casino Royale’s. As for the theme song “Another Way To Die", performed by Jack White and Alicia Keys, it is surely a misnomer. The theme songs were always the audio invitations to seeing the films. This is also David Arnold’s 4th kick at the sound track for the Bond movies, and seems to be his least compelling composition. The cinematography is once again excellent, but the locals are drab and dreary, and lacking the trademark exotic sites. The bad guys are like wall street brokers - hard to separate and identify from the mainstream of society. There is no magnetism between Bond and Camille Montes (Olga Kurylenko), and she has little impact in the whole story line, nor are there any witty or caustic exchanges between them. Thus the whole pictue winds up as a misplaced 007 agent, more suited to a Die Hard or Lethal Weapon series…………....... so sorry James!
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