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Oh yeah, I liked the intro song well enough ... after hearing from many quarters that it sucked. It was not terrible, like many of the opening songs of the modern Bond era. And the title sequence was, imo, wonderful.
I don't understand about seeing the plot twists 10 minutes out. When has that ever not been the case in a Bond movie? They follow a predictable formula ... probably the most formulaic film series ever. This one followed the form to the letter ... every single plot point was by-the-numbers, hence knowable not only 10 minutes prior ... but 10 years prior.
The trick was to go through the standard Bond story with updated action style, quip style, and Bond style. I think that was handled brilliantly ... and the stylistic updates would have been less appreciated by me had they not been grafted onto what's been the by-the-book Bond story ever since Goldfinger.
To each his own, but I was hardly sleepy after seeing this movie ... and it was three a.m. when the theater let out. I am still jazzed on it 32 hours later, and intend on seeing it again before I see many a new release.
And like G.C., I have to keep Goldfinger at the top of my BestBond list, but Casino Royale is close on its heels at Number 2, with License to Kill in Third. I don't like my Bonds omnicient - where's even the pretense of danger with that? Roger Moore and Pierce Brosnon were sissy-boys, btw.
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