Bond, bland Bond

Rating: 3/10 (30 March 2009)

Somewhat pleased with Craig's first outing as James Bond in Casino Royale (but not entirely sold), we took a chance with Quantum. It started out promising enough with the proverbial chase scene, but went downhill AND FAST, from there. This is unlike any Bond film that's ever been done; in fact,many will not even recognize Quantum as a Bond film at all. There is NO "Q", or gadgets, NO familiar soundtrack, NO Bond girls, NO intrigue, NO romance. What we DO get is the ever angry/beotchy "M"(Dench) and a bland, boring, and anything but suave and debonair James Bond. But in retrospect, what REALLY bugged me the most was the sporadic and frantic photography (ala Bourne Supremacy). It gave me a headache.