[Christien]

The opening sequence of any Bond film never has anything to do with the plot of the movie - it's usually him completing the previous mission, or just fun action stuff. It's been that way pretty much since the beginning.

QOS was a short story written by Fleming, but if you read any of the interviews with the director, screenwriter, etc. they all acknowledge right up from that the movie has nothing to do with the sort story at all, they just used the name. In fact, the name had been on the table for the last several films. They decided to use it for this movie because this one isn't based on any of Fleming's books, it's an entirely original creation, so they could make a sequel to Casino Royale. And the Craig Casino Royale also had very little to do with the original Fleming story.

I agree that the Ford product placement is silly - you just can't make a Ford sexy, period, unless it's a GT, but then there's not much point in advertising that model. But what are you going to do? Product placement is a sad fact of today's hollywood.

I would've liked to have seen more of the Aston - I loved how Casino Royale worked the 64 DB into the plot. In QOS you could count the seconds the Aston's on screen on two hands, I'll bet.

I also agree that leaving the whole Q-branch out was a bad idea. It's part of the fun of these movies. Though I did like the larger role M played.

So I agree with the opinions that while it's not the best ever made, it's far from the worst (cough-MOONRAKER-cough). I do think Craig was an absolutely great choice for Bond. I really appreciate the seriousness he brings to the role, especially after seeing a few Roger Moore Bonds over the last week or 2.