I’ve never been a fan of the 007 franchise, and “Quantum Of Solace” is no exception. As always, he’s a charming womanizer, or, in my opinion, an insouciant chauvinistic pig. I’m very prejudicial about men like that, because it reminds me of someone. I just don’t like the character. As for its plot, I’d have to say it was mediocre.
I rate it C-.
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Sigg3 » Women are merely sex toys in a way or another in 007. Well, most of it anyway. I saw quite a lot of its series since I was in high school, but I didn’t like a single one.
The whole franchise is only about a womanizing and efficient killing machine, so I don’t think you’d expect such a rich plot.
Well, it depends. I don’t know how you can draw a distinct line between the two.
In one episode/book he sleeps with a woman before shooting her in the head. He knew she was an agent but just wanted the spoils of war for himself. That’s pretty cold, if you ask me:)
But I had hoped that they would continue the “beginning of” that we saw in Casino, to underline _how he got to be_ a coldblooded killer. It’s this development of character that makes Bond interesting.
That and the fancy enemies, whom we haven’t seen for a while.
Sigg3 » As I said, I’ve never been a fan. However, I think he’s borderline rather than a full psychopath.
Like my 15 yo cousin told me: It’s a good action movie, but it’s not a good Bond movie. I wholeheartedly agree with that. Having seen the Casino-movie one (1) year ago, I couldn’t remember all the references in this shameless sequel. Will it ever be aired as a Sunday matiné, a single feature? No. Because it’s Casino Royale Part II.
That said, have you read Bond books?
I can’t stress this enough; he’s a clinical example of a psychopath. In Casino his personal problems begins, and as we saw in this flick, it develops from being about her/love to revolve around him. That’s why he’s a double-oh agent. He doesn’t have a conscience unless it suits his vanity. Whether prior movies have tried to take this into account is another question..
I give it the same. Mediocre, C-.