For every nice turn of phrase, exiting sequence, or interesting location there was a sexist, racist, or homophobic remark to pretty much cancel it out. Still, it's all so juvenile you only really want to give Ian a good spanking. It was a little better plotted than the first three Bond novels (I'm reading them in order) so, if you want to read one, of the first four I would recommend this one. It wasn't a very memorable film, sadly--I re-watched the first hour or so the other night and saw that it was kinda ruined by a case of the cutes. At least the novel has none of that nonsense.