Sound movie leaving no traces in memory

Rating: 6/10 (9 November 2008)

Action and chasing scenes are professional, no problems with them. Plot and script either boring or little stupid. For example at the very end of the movie Bond with 100% confidence tells a girl she is from Canadian intelligence service, but at the same time asks "what's your name". So he knows everything about the girl but doesn't know her name? Very funny. Scene when two (Bond and Bondgirl) attack hotel packed with armed guards looks like pure "Matrix" parody. Greene is not afraid to be killed by dictator but afraid to be killed by Bond. Dictator knows less tortures or it's assumed (contrary to real life) that all dictators are inherent cowards? Such episodes are not really goofs but leave unpleasant aftertaste. Seems that imagination of Ian Fleming in the 50-ies created more "realistic" and attractive plots than imagination of today's authors using quasi-real background. Some episodes are on a bright side of life: whole "Tosca opera" thing - nearly brilliant; short martial combat in elevator and subsequent corridor conversation with "M" - very "Bondish" because supplemented by nice 007 theme remix; final episode with Mathis - really touchy. It also has touch of hidden humor in fact that secret organization is called "Quantum" ("Quantum" is real name of secret offshore company and fund of "realworld" George Soros used to perform his operations so it's a strong allusion). Also a fine joke when police chief takes money and says that "corrupted government cannot be tolerated". So of course there's no chance that Bond fans stop watching 007 series, but this franchise turns more and more into something similar to X-Files. Good for single evening, no wish to leave it in DVD library like it happened with "old good" 007 movies.
Also it's nice that Broccoli & team secretly accepted that "Never Say Never Again" was actually the best Bond movie ever :) - Dominic Greene is mirror copy of Maximillian Largo.