MOVIE REVIEW: QUANTUM OF SOLACE

OH GOD! I cannot stay silent on this anymore: QUANTUM OF SOLACE IS THE CRAPPIEST MOVIE I HAVE SEEN THIS YEAR!

Wow! That felt good. I have always maintained that Casino Royale was interesting mostly because of Eva Green. She magnetized the screen and had such good chemistry with Daniel Craig. Eva Green carried Casino Royale in equal measure as Daniel Craig.

On his part, Daniel Craig was excellent in Casino Royale because he was so refreshingly thuggish. I had gotten sick of the "wimpification" of James Bond by Pierce Brosnan and Daniel Craig was so refreshing as the devil-may-care-if-I-break-every-bone-in-my-body-doing-these-insane-stunts Bond.

Now, in Quantum of Solace, the James Bond franchise has hit a new low. Quantum of Solace is crap in terms of it storyline. It is crap in the constant stream of can-I-trust-you-Bond? pathetic lines from M. And it is crap in terms of bad direction.

Daniel Craig (no thanks to the double whammy of a lame-ass script and lousy direction in Quantum of Solace) is in serious danger of being a one-note-wonder type of James Bond.

(Photo from http://teaser-trailer.com/2008/09/quantum-of-solace-trailer.html)

PEOPLE MAGAZINE'S SEXIEST MAN ALIVE 2008...

The list that the whole world has been waiting for with bated breath (YAWN!!!!!!!) is finally: People magazine's Sexiest Man Alive 2008 list. At the top in numero uno is Hugh Jackman. This Aussie actor stars in Baz Luhrmann's Australia. Somewhere in there, are also James Bond Daniel Craig and Twilight star Robert Pattinson.


(Photos are from people.com)

ALL THE BONDS ARE COMING OUT OF THE WOODWORKS...

Hmm, the release of the new James Bond film Quantum of Solace (starring Daniel Craig), is seeing many of the other bonds suddenly surfacing in a timely fashion in the media to partake of the sudden surge media interest in all things Bondian.

First, there was my favourite Bond of all, Roger Moore (who gave us a suave Bond with memorable one-liners), in the news in October because France honored him with an Order of Arts and Letters. France claims it is one of its highest honors.

Then, Pierce Brosnan, who I though gave us one of the wimpiest Bond, came up promoting men's facial products from L'Oreal with television ads.

This was followed by Sean Connery promoting Louis Vuitton baggage in print campaigns.

Naturally Daniel Craig is in on the action and appears in an utterly classy Sony television ad for Sony's flatscreen TV. One of the best ads I've ever seen.


(Here, feast your eyes on the past bonds.)

DANIEL CRAIG LOOKS SET TO ROCK AS BOND!

DANIEL CRAIG appeared on Jay Leno recently and he came across winningly as a man who is a credible James Bond. He was natural and came across as a dignified man. On Leno's show, aniel Craig had on a modern looking arm-sling for a shoulder injury and he also spoke of the injuries he suffered on the set of the latest bond film, Quantum of Solace.

The clip shown on Jay Leno's The Tonight Show promises an adrenaline-pumped Bond outing! Bet it is gonna break records during the opening week!