quantum of solace

directed by marc foster
written by paul haggis, neal purvis, and robert wade
starring daniel craig (um hello! imdb.com if you don't know him) as james bond
olga kurylenko (max payne) as camille
mathieu almaric (diving bell & butterfly) as dominic greene
dame judi dench (too many to name) as M
gemma arterton (rock-n-rolla, which i still need to see) as fields

so my friends thought that there were too many chase scenes and not enough plot nor nearly enough half-naked daniel craig. and they said that they could see casino royale over and over, but would not watch quantum of solace again. although i agree that there weren't enough daniel craig body shots and there were some gaps in the plot, i really liked quantum of solace. it is more somber and subtle than casino royale or any of the bond films. there wasn't the usual amount of tongue-in-cheek bond humor and the bad guy (almaric) is more sinister because he is more conniving than brawny. i loved the parcours (free running thru urban obstacles - jumping from balcony to balcony) sequence and the scaffold fight and i didn't mind the many chase scenes, but i like me some action. oh and the opening scenes were filmed in italy!!! (shout out to my cousin who took me to siena and rome this summer) i also liked that olga's character, camille, was a very strong and smart woman. not all bond girls should be helpless damsels. fields wasn't necessarily helpless, but she succumbed to bond's charm and ultimately the curse of being in proximity of bond... i know that i wouldn't be able to resist bond, in the form of daniel craig, if he asked me to his hotel room. i'm just sayin'! overall marks: good solid action flick. if you want more "fun" bond, go back and see 'casino royale' or 'from russia with love' (sean connery) or any of your bond faves :0)

ciao for now!