I saw it a couple of weeks ago, and while it's undoubtably the best of Craig's films and there's even the argument that he is now the best Bond... there's still something missing for me. I thought the opening sequence was absolutely outstanding, but the movie seemed have shot it's wad with the initial chase - none of the other action scenes lived up to it for me.
Also, as a fanboy of the entire series, there's a couple of things, that are starting to grate - the overlapping of characters (ie Judi Dench playing M in Brosnans movies) the inclusion of the old Aston (does that mean Goldfinger existed in this universe and it was Craig driving it?), and I'm sorry, I'd like more gadgets - I'm not talking Die Another Day silliness, just a couple of interesting weapons using believable technology would do - this is Bond, not Bourne. I know, that characters have overlapped over the entire series, with M & Q etc but post Nolan' Batman films, I would much rather have seen a proper, from the start reboot - it seemed to hint at this in Casino Royale, but then on that front it's been a bit half arsed for me, which is a shame as the movies have been very well made otherwise. I don't think any of the 3 theme songs have been anything special either.
I sound like I'm being down on the movie - I'm not, I enjoyed it and would give it 7 out of 10, but when I compare them to the Bourne Trilogy, I'd give them, 9, 9 and 10 respectively, and I'm struggling to criticise them much beyond the camerawork. These new Bonds seem to be part copying them, part throwing nods to the older films, and don't have a strong enough identity as a result. The Connery/Moore films copied no-one!
