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Quantum of Solace, the latest Bond flick and the first to serve as a direct sequel to its predecessor (in this case, Casino Royale) opens today with Daniel Craig reprising the iconic role. Robert Wilonsky at the Village Voice, who loved Casino Royale, is seriously underwhelmed: "Craig's second outing as Bond is as frustrating, sloppy, and brusque as its predecessor was engaging, sleek, and unhurried. At 106 minutes, it's the shortest of the Bond films, but it feels like one of the longest as it bounces hither and yon only to wind up stranded in a Bolivian desert, where baddie Dominic Greene is sucking the sand dry of its underwater river. Yawn. Used to be, Bond villains were larger-than-life Evil Geniuses who at least had Grand Aspirations to take over the world, bwah-haw-haw. Now, the bad guy's just a phony environmentalist with a thing for deposed dictators and dry wells."
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Saw Quantum of Solace last night. SOOOOOOOO GOOD!
good or bad, make up your own decision. casino royale cemented daniel craig's place as the only bond. forget connery- have you seen those laughable films recently? he can't punch his way out of a paper bag. those scripts were written by a bunch of idiots- c'mon- goldfinger...how corny was that!!!
austin powers showed us just how stupid most of the old bond movies were. daniel craig rocks.
If you've ever read any of Fleming's books, or Markham's Colonel Sun (Amis) then you know Craig is the best Bond ever. Lazenby was pretty good, but Craig is the best.
Wasn't there already an environmental badguy? Walken was sort of, right? And the stupid World is not Enough with media tycoons... oy!
Read Swarup's "Q&A" the novel on which Slumdog Millionaire is based.
Ditto #1
New bond sucks. All dark and serious. Daniel Craig is the new Timothy Dalton.