Bond is the new Bourne

Rating: 8/10 (1 November 2008)

My favourite movie of the year is the Dark Knight, I'm glad to say that Quantum of Solace came pretty close to that in terms of enjoyment, storyline and depth of characters.
Firstly, i don't like this film as much as Casino Royale. The reasons behind this are that it doesn't feel 100% like a Bond movie. They took away Moneypenny, Q, all the gadgets (except phones and a windows 7 touchscreen desk), the witty humour isn't there anymore and trademarks like 'Im Bond, James Bond' i was surprised to know weren't there anymore!
IMO this Bond film has been transformed into a Bourne movie - this is not a bad thing however. Without the cool gadgets (no matter how much i wanted them) the action is non-stop and really fast - forget martial arts style disarming etc, it is just beating after beating with anything you can find from your environment.
By taking a bit of Bourne, Bond is absolutely ruthless in this movie - which i think suits him. You really have to choose between slick Bond with gadgets and this new ruthless agent who is really hands on and bad ass - personally both kick ass but i like classic Bond even though the new one is brilliant too.
By discarding some of the above things, the film left more room for the story and characters - and you do get to a different depth with the characters this time round which i really liked. Its a really good balance of action and story which not many films can always balance out right. But again this is like Bourne.
Overall i'd give it 8/10 - Daniel Craig was brilliant in this film. This proves to me he was able to play a Pierce Brosnan style Bond in Casino Royale - but can also be a bad ass m.f in Quantum of Solace.
I hope thats OK for my first review ^_^