Bond meets film making again

Rating: 9/10 (14 November 2008)

Casino Royale marked the rebirth of the Bond franchise from the clownish, cheesy action sequences and laughable gadgets, and barely hidden misogyny of the 80s and 90s, to serious action genre with the same qualities of the earliest Bond flicks. Quantum of Solace continues the evolution of Bond into the 20th century.
I prefer Craig to all previous Bonds. He is a nasty SOB but he is a good guy, he has a license to kill and he uses it. The Bond women are vulnerable but strong and equals not window dressing or disposable sperm bags. I don't miss Ms. Money Penny, I don't miss Q, these were vestiges of a sixties spy fantasy.
Comparisons to the Bourne trilogy is inevitable, these re-defined the spy flick, and in this case for the better.
QoS is Bond meeting good film-making for the second time this decade.