I may be wrong, but I blame this all on Michael Mann. Normally a very entertaining director, he must have worked very hard to control and reign in two of the most charismatic actors working today, Johnny Depp and Christian Bale. Somehow both came across as very bland and boring. The only real emotion seemed to come from some of the supporting cast.
All in all not a bad movie, but certainly not what I was expecting given the combination of Michael Mann, Johnny Depp and Christian Bale.
Overall I enjoyed the movie. Daniel Craig is making a great Bond, and I'm getting used to Judi Dench as M. The story is good and all the acting is good. The only problem is that the director is too frenetic in the action scenes. There are FAR too many quick cuts which makes any sense of continuity impossible during a chase. Instead of being excited during the chases, I just wanted them to be over so I could understand what was happening again.