As a follow up to [i]Casino Royale[/i], the new James Bond movie, [i]Quantum of Solace,[/i] picks up where the last one left off. It’s basically Part II of the same movie, a straight continuation of this longer storyline.
As a movie, [i]Quantum of Solace[/i] was certainly entertaining. It kept my attention, and moving right along. But as a Bond movie, for me, it was a little weak. Had the producers slipped in James Bourne to this movie instead of James Bond, I’m not sure you would be able tAs a follow up to [i]Casino Royale[/i], the new James Bond movie, [i]Quantum of Solace,[/i] picks up where the last one left off. It’s basically Part II of the same movie, a straight continuation of this longer storyline.
As a movie, [i]Quantum of Solace[/i] was certainly entertaining. It kept my attention, and moving right along. But as a Bond movie, for me, it was a little weak. Had the producers slipped in James Bourne to this movie instead of James Bond, I’m not sure you would be able to tell the difference. There was no Q, there were no gadgets, there was almost no James Bond music.
And there wasn’t enough Bond being, well … Bond. And this is no knock on Daniel Craig. He’s a great Bond. It’s just that he didn’t get the chance to really be Bond. [i]Quantum of Solace[/i]–lousy title–was more of a straight up action movie calling itself a Bond movie. Whereas with [i]Casino Royale,[/i] where Bond could slow down and size up his opponents, being this international man of mystery, in Quantum of Solace it was pretty much run, fight, shoot, kill.
Repeat.
Repeat again.
And again.
I still liked [i]Quantum of Solace,[/i] and I’m sure I’ll be buying the DVD once it’s out, but I hope with the next Bond movie, they take their time to build more subtly into the story. Jason Bourne is a perfectly fine action hero, but James Bond is iconic. Whatever they come up with, they need to just let Bond be Bond, the reason we keep coming back in the first place.
