A soulless successor to an impressive predecessor, Casino Royale

Rating: 5/10 (6 January 2009)

I am a huge James Bond fan, thanks to my father sharing this impressive franchise to me in my past youth. Not all the entries, however, where great but at least they had charm and soul, especially from the character James Bond. Each actor bought some sort of charm and uniqueness to the character which kept the viewers entertained despite the flawed script.
In that regard, Quantum of Solace lacks soul, a soulless sequel with a lot of action and zero personality and lacking any elements that establishes that this is a James Bond film. No humor, no Q, no witty lines, lack character development and little leeway for James Bond to breathe and unwind and be "James Bond." Everything that we love about James Bond has been stripped away and all is left is a boring generic film that will be etched out of mind.
Danial Craig is fitting for the role and I hope his third outing as James Bond is more reminiscent of what we love of the franchise than this garbage. The franchise prospered as long as it did because of the character, James Bond. Many film makers tried to adapt this character's charisma in their films but they could only be one James Bond. Though their direction is promising, they should look back at Casino Royale, Goldfinger, For your Eyes Only, and The Living Daylights to remember what James Bond was and should be and not stray away from the key characteristics of what makes James Bond film, fun.