Bond is Bourne Again!!!

I am one of the biggest James Bond fans around. I loved Sean Connery! I grew up with Roger Moore... I even kept my lunch down as he made love to Tanya Roberts and Grace Jones... although it was more like watching my grandfather ... oh well never mind.... too sick to bring up. I loved Timothy Dalton, the "The Living Daylights" was a slick and entertaining bond even with A-ha warbling that ridiculous theme song which you can tell was penned by someone who barely understand English (I swore the song is more about a car's headlights than Bond.. headlights...daylights 'what do you mean they're not same?)! Anyway, loved Pierce too!

So when I had a chance to see the new Bond "Quantum of Solace" in France last week, two weeks before it came out in the U.S. I jumped at it! So how was it! Well first of all, before you go see the movie watch "Casino Royal" again. The movie starts at the end of the last movie and there is little exposition in reestablishing the characters and major plot points of the last film.

Now about the movie itself and the latest bond, Daniel Craig. The movie is fast, frenetic and fun. The style is similar to the Matt Damon "Bourne" series with fast cutting, quick camera movement and lots of "now what just happened moments." While there were points I feel story and plot were sacrificed for action, I didn't care. The action sequences are by far some of the best in any Bond movie I've seen. I was totally entertained!

Craig once again is brooding and dark Bond. But he's probably the most realistic Bond and according to fans of the novels, the closest to Ian Fleming's 007. I also have to say, after seeing Craig once again take off his shirt a few times in the film, I'm putting down my PopTart and running to the gym. He's over 40 and doesn't have an ounce of fat on him! A lean mean spying machine. I feel sorry for all my peers who let their wives see this one with them only to have their popcorn pulled from their paws. So.... in all "Quantum of Solace" is not your fathers Bond but it's well worth the price of a ticket, fun and riveting from beginning to end.