Badly disappointed

Rating: 4/10 (2 November 2008)

I also took my son to see this film and was dreadfully disappointed. Casino Royal was an interesting change to the previous James Bond films and gave us hope for more action and real life grit for the modern audiences. Bond has obtained his 00 status and now I was ready to see him on a mission. But this mission was just a series of story board pieces. Let's do a car chase, an aeroplane piece, a boat chase. The only thing they didn't fit in was a train sequence.
I agree totally with the previous writer that the James Barry theme, the theme for James Bond was absent as was that emotional feeling from the point of view of an audience member of 'Go James Go'. The hero that was James Bond was drained from this movie. He was an angry and aggressive spy for whom I didn't have much affinity with. To be honest, if he had lived or died I wouldn't have minded.
I do think Craig has potential for James Bond. I like the more physical aspect, but this clearly missed. It was a gritty action film with no heart.
As for the story - it sucked big time and so much didn't flow. I can only assume this wasn't a Ian Flemming novel and the title, Quantum of Solace? I may have missed it, but that wasn't explained at all in the film.
For me they have bled the fun and special quality of a James Bond film and as my 13 year old son said, 'I can't be bothered to watch the next one'! And neither can I!