Your preconceptions have been ripped asunder, now get used to it.

Rating: 8/10 (17 November 2008)

Quantum of Solace
I am a self proclaimed Bond fan. The kind of fan, who on the second hears the very first few notes of the opening theme song is immediately donned a tux, with martini in hand, and PP9 close to my heart, right my under jacket pocket.
However I know the difference between Die Another Day and From Russia with Love. As amazing as Golden Eye was, we all know that Pierce Brosnan's grasp of Bond was loosing hold. Perhaps I'm being harsh, but the later Brosnan films were terrible. And it was with much excitement that Daniel Craig was able to pull off the most realistic Bond ever. As far as quality of movies is concerned, Casino Royal was the best Bond film to date.
I don't care what you say, I've seen Gold Finger a hundred times, and its personally one of my favorite movies, but Casino Royal's cinematic value cant be matched. That is until, Quantum of Solace.
Quantum of Solace is the most beautiful Bond movie ever. And while on first view, I was left wandering why I felt like the last 106 minutes were a trailer for some other movie called Quantum of Solace. It took me some time to figure it out. James Bond is not Roger Moore, he is not Sean Connery, he is definitely not Timothy Dalton, not Pierce Brosnan, and he's not Daniel Craig. James Bond, is Bond and he transcends just one movie.
Casino Royal, and Quantum of Solace did something no other Bond movies had ever done, and Im not talking about continuing story line. Im talking about rationalizing and fantasy and then utterly shattering it.
Bond is human, and then he isn't.
Your preconceptions have been ripped asunder, now get used to it.