Early reviews out the UK for the new James Bond movie have give `Solace of Quantum` an overwhelming thumbs down.
Normally you would expect to see the elite media rubbishing a Bond movie because it is the cool thing to do, but the negative reviews for ‘Quantum of Solace’ are going across all publications.The Times says “It’s James Bond, licence to bore”.
The Daily Mail call is “A Quantum of Nonsense”. “About an hour in, I began to feel something I haven't for quite a few years in a Bond film - bored,” writes reviewer Christopher Tookey.
The Mirror writes, “Mostly it doesn't feel like a Bond film at all. Not once does Craig say: "The name's Bond. James Bond." There's no Q or his gadgets. Heck, we even see Bond in a cardigan”.
It is not surprising that the critics have turned on this Bond film. I thought they were remarkably polite about the last one ‘Casino Royale’.
‘Casino Royale’ wasn’t a Bond film, it was a 2 hour advertorial of product placement. James Bond driving off in a Ford with a close-up of the logo? Please!
And what about the villain? It was never really understood exactly who Bond was chasing. Bond is meant to chase terrorists and save the world, not petty thieves. The bad guy just wasn’t bad enough.
‘Quantum of Solace` is the 32nd Bond movie. It opens on November 19 in Australia.
