Ian Fleming turned in his grave when this was released.

Rating: 1/10 (20 March 2012)

As a long time fan of the books (always valuing them higher than the books) I thought that finally the nail had been hit on the head when Danial Craig entered the role of James Bond in Casino Royale.
James bond isn't CIA, he isn't Jason Bourne and he certainly isn't IMF. The point of James Bond is that he is the Jeremy Clarkson of the spy world. He's politically incorrect, out of control and yet manages a swagger and style fitting of a Prime Minister.
This is lost in it's entirety in Quantum of Solace. Bond (who lost both parents as a child) is somehow grief ridden by the loss of a girl that he knew for all of 4 or 5 days. He then spends this entire film neglecting the very sense of duty that has always been instilled in Bond as a character to go on some revenge fulled conquest.
The plot is barely follow-able and where you manage to do so you wish you hadn't there is no "Bond girl" to speak of and any other elements of a good Bond film that you were hoping for are not present.
A catastrophic failure. Please bring back the Bond of Casino Royale.