Where's Mr Bond?

Rating: Null/10 (9 March 2009)

Right. This one does not start with the typical but oh-so-lovely white ball rolling and the gun-barrel shot. The Bond theme isn't there either. Bond himself is too violent, too crass, too...americanized in his physical action sequences? Where's the suave intelligent British spy? Where's the impeccable Mr Bond that Sean Connery and even Pierce Brosnan made so famous? If you're interested in an action flick without any nostalgic nonsense about James Bond 007, then of course you'd be hard pressed to find anything better. This one's the perfect matinée popcorn action flick for action buffs, no question about it.
This erosion of the aura associated with an icon is becoming more commonplace than we really care for. Think about 'Superman Returns' which evoked gay sentiments by making a Superman with a narrower waist and a thinner underwear than we either were accustomed to or greatly cared for.
Watch Quantum of Solace whose showcase attribute is plentiful action, but which is not a Bond movie in the sense that it shows a man with a British accent named James Bond and working for the MI6, but who evokes no familiarity with the James Bond that we came to love over the decades.