I really liked it. Much better than any of the recent Bond movies.
The good:
Daniel Craig: I was skeptical coming into the movie. I left convinced that they picked the right guy to play Bond in a reset storyline. He doesn't have the traditional Bond looks, but has the right demeanor and an appropriate build.
Eva Green:
Storyline: Nice adaptation from the book, with good modernization work. The absurdities from the Brosnan Bond movies have been minimized. There is some incongruity with the Cold War to modern day transition though. If Bond's start as a double-oh agent were in the final days of the Cold War, he be an experienced agent by the in the movie. He clearly wasn't. Inside Man was far worse at this though.
Neutral:
Gadgets: No funky gadgets this time. Wouldn't make much sense in the storyline, but there's something odd about a Bond without gadgets.
The bad:
Overcommercialization: Yes, I know Bond likes Sony gear. I don't need a clear logo shot every 30 seconds. Also, I don't need to be reminded that Ford paid for car advert rights throughout the movie.
Gun handling: Atrocious. Craig's Bond runs around with his finger on the trigger pretty much 100% of the time. Even when dropping the slide on a fresh magazine. There was also one absurdly long reload during a fight scene. I really expect better from a world class assassin, and this sort if thing is really easy to fix. There's also the usual complaint about clacking guns and odd sounds emanating from silencers, but I suspect those will never be fixed. And even though it was promised, no PPK appearance either. On the plus side, Bond never uses a holster. (Sidenote: Really, even the PPK would have been out of place. He should have had a Beretta 418 (or it's successor, the Jetfire) like he had in the original book.)
