I saw this movie on Friday and was collecting my thoughts till today to write about it.
My writeup is not a criticism as as true Bond fan would like even Daniel Craig as James Bond in "Watching Paint Dry".
This is mega spoiler filled so dont even click on the next link if you havent seen the movie.
My writeup after contributing $32.50 to the Brocolli's :
http://mdsalunkhe.tr...om/bond/qos.htm
Yes, this was a great movie. Summary of my feelings-
A totally different Bond film. Almost like the creators of this movie wanted to strip all the extra fat from the character and make it a fat free, lean, mean movie. Following the trend of the earlier Casino Royale, the formula is out and anything is possible. Here Bond downs six drinks consecutively, is unable to sleep, and can’t stop killing the bad guys. This is until the end when he gets his closure and develops into the James Bond that we know for ages. Director Marc Forster sets his action sequences in the four elements – earth, water, air, fire. We have the entire movie without Bond saying his “Name is Bond, James Bond” introduction, no Q, no Moneypenny yet, we see Bond’s vulnerability and an emotional complexity which makes him human. We have Camille as a mirror for Bond who speaks words which Bond cannot speak because he is too tough to say these things. Wow, these are the levels to which a James Bond movie never went to. And it all feels good. Probably the Joker in “The Dark Knight” would have asked Bond “why so serious”. That would be apt for this movie which requires the serious tone (not that it doesn’t have some humorous one liners) and now that Bond has his Solace, he can chase Quantum next time with a grin on his face.
Do read my webpage to get a bigger view into my "why so serious" writeup.
Thanks Daniel for the great acting...
