Monday, November 17, 2008

James Bond... 00 what the hell?

So the new James Bond film is different from the others, yes it is a good action film but is it a good Bond film? There are no gadgets that Bond gets, he is less Bond Like and more Jason Bourne. He kicks ass then asks questions, with no plan in mind.

What happened to the cool and collected Bond, the one who is not phased by anything? Not in this movie, he is apparently the Bond for today, or as I would put it the American Bond, Shoot stuff, blow them up and just don't care.

And he's apparently having a bad time, since this a true sequel, he is still sad/mad about Vespers death, and how do we know this? Because every damn character has to ask him or mention it to him, no we don't see emotion from Bond, but we're supposed to know he's mad because everyone else knows he is mad.

I thought Casino Royale was a great reinvention of Bond, I think Quantum of Solace is showing this new version is already becoming stagnant. If it were an action movie starring Daniel Craig it would be a pretty good movie, but because this is Bond, it's only okay at best. Here's to hoping that they can actually get better, but if this is what Bond is becoming, they might as well be called the Bond Supremacy or the Bond Ultimatum.

2 comments:

Sue said...

The new Bond sucks. I know Eric liked the first movie, but I fell asleep through it and I loved most of the ones before it. What is Bond without gadgets?? Sorry Eric, but I refuse to see this new one...

Tom said...

8===D ~~~~