When did mainstream cinema get this good?

Rating: 10/10 (9 November 2008)

I loved Quantum of Solace. But I'm totally bewildered. When did mainstream cinema stop using cartoon villains, stop casting women as boring helpless one-dimensional retards, stop using tedious cheesy bigoted dialogue and start using locations in the developing world without cringeworthy condescension? When did everything change so radically? This was an extremely tough, cool, exciting, sophisticated, international action film (with a feel bordering on futuristic) which I enjoyed from start to finish. What a blast! A totally engaging and impressive piece of work. Craig is complex, vulnerable, unbelievably tough, and for me, easily the best Bond of all time.