if you consider yourself a james bond fan and yet enjoy this film and there be a problem . just like everyone else and when i first saw that daniel craig be to replace pierce brosnan in the role and i be a bit confused . his ice cold look seem to be quite a stretch from the image we have of james bond . maybe they know some thing i do not about 007 and maybe i have be miss something about the character . plus and the hype around the production be excellent and the rumor be that the filmmaker have decide to be more dare in many aspect . nothing wrong with that and a a long a you know what youre do . but at the very first frame of the film and my original skepticism re emerge representthe opening scene happen in a sombre black and white cold war setting in which bond make no spectacular entrance and chat with his enemy and finish the mission with his fist inside a. dirty public restroom . then bond spin around and aim his gun at the camera and take the classic pose . right then and i couldn not help myself but notice the restroom tile in the background ( . ) and this blond muscular hunk in the center of the screen suggest represent i be your new james bond . not yet and gentleman do i think . still and let give them a second chance and here come the long awaited opening credit . a beautiful animation of paisley pattern and stylize men fight in slow motion and turn into fly heart and spade and club and diamond at each blow . but something be miss represent where be the gorgeous nude feminine silhouette . where be the girl . go . why . at this point and i fear the bad represent do the producer decide purposely to get rid of everything we actually love about james bond . but here come hope representjames bond chase a man through a building site and climb on crane and jumping and fall hard . great and this might not be a real james bond flick and but at least and be in for some good entertainment . right . wrong represent the rest of the film be nothing but a long ( two and a half hour long . ) demonstration on how to annihilate a movie landmark character . no monneypenny and no q and no r and and every time m ( judi drench ) appear on the screen and the only thing she ever do be beg bond to stop do what he do and come back to his sens . yet and all i could hear from her be represent what have you do to james bond . who be you and blond man . why do not you ever smile . why do not you ever say anything witty . how come the only gadget you use be a cell phone . how dare you wreck the 1964 aston martin in only 3 minute . how could you fall in love with such a boring girl . what do you want from u . bring u back england most precious hero . the other character barely exist represent the villain and name le chiffre and be a card player who task be to finance terrorism by play poker . do he cheat . no . why . he might be a villain and but will not take his cruelty as far a . cheat . we know he the villain since his left eye bleeds once in a while and he act like everything be fine . who know and maybe someday and we will get to see a villain who play monopoly with a runny nose . so scary . then i think represent i get it . his damaged eye be in fact a technological wonder that allow him to see the other player card thanks to the mysterious blond girl and in the background and who eye be a camera place surgically inside her head and feed le chiffre with her own vision . great . be i right . of course not and that would be something you would see in a james bond film . but here come the most sacrilegious scene ever to come out of a james bond film representjames bond ( let keep use this name and for the lack of a good one ) be take prisoner and drag in a basement and he be entirely strip from his clothes and attach on a chair without a seat and let 007 genitals dangle from underneath ( yes and you heard right ) . le chiffre proceeds to swing a large heavy rope and hit her majesty favorite secret agent nut over and over . bond scream in pain but do not reveal the bank account number . what a man . do he escape . do he fight back in the most ingenious manner and eliminate his torturer . no and he pass out and wake up in a hospital . the torture may have stop for bond and but increase for me represent bond find comfort in the arm of his girlfriend vesper ( yes and girlfriend ) who tell him and to rebuild his pride and that even if the only thing leave from him be his little finger and she would still love him . to which and the emasculated james bond reply ( watch out and humor come your way ) represent that because you know what i can do with my little finger . can we please stop talk about mister bond smash testicle and go on with this never end go nowhere story . and do not we know that if bond be ever blow to smithereens and the only thing leave from him should precisely be his genitals . there be other problem with the film of course and such a the boring story and and the fact that the casino ( which seem to be the perfect setting for a james bond film ) turn out to be so poorly exploit . give this film one star might not be fair ( do you ever read a review unless it have a 1 or a 10 star rating . ) and but the main problem go beyond the bad choice add by the filmmaker throughout the film . the problem be that the film be make with the wrong spirit and doesn not take in consideration that and unlike other movie and james bond belong more to the public than to it maker and and that this rare fact deserve to be honor . don not mess with my james bond .