However every fan can be assured that this ranks amongst the very upper crust of Bond movies, and Craig is no Lazenby. Many will come out saying that this is the best Bond film ever. Great set pieces and one of the best chase sequences not involving cars ever put on screen, blended with beautiful locations and even more lovely women add up to the perfect cocktail with the twisting story line acting as the lemon peel in the martini, holding it all together. James Bond will live on for at least one more generation, and maybe forever. However I like to think that someone actually just got their act together and concentrated on the film itself as opposed to who they could get the most product placement money out of. Maybe it’s because this is the last novel yet to be filmed in the traditional Bond manner and it is Ian Fleming who has stolen our hearts not this incarnation of the super spy. For a while it seemed that he might not be able to well exist outside the confines of the cold war, but here we are given an entirely modern Bond with enough nods to the original that we can’t be too upset. Any questions about Daniel Craig’s worthiness are thrown out almost immediately as we are handed a film filled to the brim with exquisite action and explosive emotion. “Always Bet on Bond”…James Bond is back and he is alive and well.
