I really enjoyed the realism in the first movie (aka Bond gets into a fight and he sweats and bleeds). It was refreshing to see a hero that is human and dealing with personal issues while still getting on with things. He loves Vesper, she is gone, that hurts him, and yet he gets on with it. All in all, very good second effort for the cast and crew of QoS.
Smart, very well written, subtle, and very, very entertaining. Robert Downey Jr. was perfect as Tony Stark - I haven't seen casting like that since Christopher Reeves got to be Superman. If you are any kind of Comic book fan then this movie is one that you SHOULDN'T miss.