I hope Bond will be returned to his former glory after Quantum of Solace!

Rating: 4/10 (16 November 2008)

Being a huge fan of Bond, I have as many others seen every movie with him ever made (even those not officially part of the series) many-many times. Watching a James Bond movie is supposed to put you into a special mood. A mood of mystery, of action, of beautiful women, gadgets, sarcastic humor and in fact make you feel a little bit as part of an agent who was a legend ever since we saw him in Dr No.
Quantum of Solace does not even come close to put me in this mood! We lack a good and thorough plot line, which always has kept us on our toe tips before. We barely have a bad guy who is either mad or extremely smart. The Quantum - now in place of the old Spectre - of course does give us a mysterious bad enemy to fight against, but very little has so far come out about them to make us really interested and excited about Bond cracking down on them.
We completely lack Q and the special gadgets that in part made it so cool to watch 007- movies. And where is Moneypenny?!! Furthermore, I could once accept that Bond falls in love and is hurt as a human being (this we have seen previous times as well - when his wife was killed), but to allow him all this rage and wish for revenge is just way too much. This also kills another cool part of Bond movies - that with beautiful women and the element of seduction. We barely get to see anything in Quantum - only a hint with regards to the British girl working at the consulate.
Also, where have the sarcastic jokes gone?! Nowhere is 007's specific humor to be found! Where is 'Dry Martini - shaken, not stirred' and 'My name is Bond - James Bond'?!! Whatever happened to the many cool action scenes that signify ALL Bond movies?!!
It is of course not possible to make each movie the same way, but whoever is out there that can take decisions on these things, I plead to you, PLEASE give Bond back his glamour and prestige, please give us back the Bond we used to have and be so excited about seeing at the movies! Please give us back our legendary James Bond for the next film, respecting the memory of Ian Fleming and Albert R. Broccoli!