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As the continuation of Casino Royale, I was hoping for Quantum of Solace to be an improvement. At least with the former, one could forgive the puppy-Bond since he was a rookie. But the Bond in Quantum of Solace? He is just as bad and nothing like the original Bond.

For one, the villains were almost a joke, and not very memorable. Most Bond movies boast of villains that are quite spectacular, and quite evil, thank you very much.

And then the women. James Bond is a seducer. A man who has his way with women, and a lot of them at that. But Mr. Rookie Bond? Oh no. In the entire course of a 2 hour movie, he has sex with one woman. And he kisses just one other. Oh quite the seducer, that one.

Of course, there then is the violence. The QOS Bond was not a charmer, but rather a shoot-at-everything character. He was neither particularly suave, nor smooth.

He. Just. Kept. On. SHOOTING. Because that is so hard.

And then, of course, the question about his clothes and style. In an attempt to make him more “global”, the designers (I’m looking at you, Mr. Tom Ford), tried making him as generic as possible. The result? We have a bond who looks neither very English, nor very classy.

Now, to be quite fair, he was dressed quite well, of course, but there is more to class and elegance than just looking good. That said, I must admit that his ties had quite nice dimples — but makes one wonder if they were indeed the Four In Hand knots. After all, Mr. Bond always thought that the Windsor was the mark of a cad.

Then, there is the question of gadgets. Other than a snazzy phone, Mr. Bond had no gadgets on him. Who needs gadgets when you can shoot at everything, right?

No, this was not the James Bond that I grew up on. This was just a Jason Bourne with a better dress sense and an English accent. With a lot of product placements of course.

Vin Diesel could have played Bond and pulled it off. I was willing to let go the first time because it was the rookie Bond at play. This one? Not so much.

It was half decent entertainment, but nothing more. What a let down.

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