Quantom of DoomÂ….for archaic Bond lovers

Rating: 9/10 (24 November 2008)

To answer two questions in relation to the title.
1. The second of the new Bond franchise has broken the mould beyond repair. 2. If you're a Bond simpleton,who would like Bond to retain his foppishness and complete missions with little effort while acquiring a supermodel, this is simply not for you.
To start, this Bond film has broken all the rules of Bond films, predominantly the fact that this film picks up exactly where the last leaves off, quite frankly, it's a welcome change from the old format, where only likable villains( namely Jaws) would appear for some cameo slot.
Many feverant Bond followers have decried this attempt as more Jason Bourne than Bond, but lets be blunt, Jason Bourne is the real character James Bond should be, instead of this watered down Connery/Lasley/Moore characters that the franchise churned out, and yes churned out is the right phrase, the scripts seemed to come off a fairytale ending factory. And to be frank again, Bourne was so successful because that's the sort of secret agent that many of the 'fed up with Bond' gang could relate to and vigorously petitioned Bourne's style to be implemented to Bond.
Now it has been done, and I was impressed by Casino Royal and I did like QOS for the situation it was orientated to capture, an unrefined 007 looking for revenge at any cost. Of course the simpleton Bond lovers immediately jumped to the mantra of: 'no plot, who were the bad guys, why wasn't there any gadgets, why does Bond look like the bad guy'. In all honesty, these are the traits that kept the Bond film comatose from any life being breathed into it.
The new film removes the old stereotypical USSR as the bad guy and implants a modern slant, a more realistic espionage front, instead of the tired old turn up in a tux and drink yourself senseless before pulling the best looking girl in the room.
A new dawn for Bond!