This movie did not live up to neither its pre-release billing nor the bar set by previous movies in the Bond Franchise. The plot was very thin (Where did this Killer Death Ray Satellite and the Q-Branch-esque bad-guy's Jag come from?), and the character development was non-existant. Most of the time we at the very least get a briefing on a bad-guy before Bond circumnavigates the world to whack him! The guys at MGM need to spend less on getting big name actors and spend more on the Director and Screen-Play. And one more thing... Bond surfing? PLEASE! My suggestion: Hang-10 to the nearest video peddler and rent a classic ("From Russia With Love", "Goldfinger", "You Only Live Twice", heck, even "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" is better!)