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Originally Posted by stomachmonkey
I liked it
Great villain
But I don't like the tortured/flawed Bond
007 does not have baggage
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007 has always had baggage, and in this film, like all the others, he wasn't tortured by it - he's always simply had another martini and got back to work.
I thought the film was entertaining, but really it covered no new ground - it was mostly an exercise meant to reboot the series for its 50th anniversary by re-introducing characters, events and places. The theme of the film was "Meet the new James Bond, same as the old James Bond."
Semi-poilers below:
As much as I liked it, it was actually a little redundant - the villain was very similar to "Goldeneye," and even had similar dialogue, and we were
just re-introduced to Bond in "Casino Royale" when Craig's Bond achieved 00 status. When you take into account that "Quantum of Solace" takes place immediately after "Casino Royale," then we've seen Bond go from rookie 00 agent to old hand in what is - for the character - a fairly brief period.