The new Bond may have scored the biggest UK 3-day weekend ever but that's surely only thanks to how great Casino Royale was.
Quantum Of Solace is such a drag. It is fine to be more serious, to throw out the silliness of Moore or the desperation of Brosnan adventures but to have zero sense of humour, to be so unrelentingly bleak - this is not Bond.
I found the new Bond completely forgettable. I enjoyed some of the set pieces while they were happening but to be honest two days on i can't really remember what it was all about, what the villain was up to, what the locales were, etc.
Craig was fine but didn't build at all on his fantastic turn in Casino Royale. Olga Kurylenko was suitably sexy. Gemme Arterton clearly thought she was filming a Roger Moore episode - awful. The saving graces here, who were both memorable and provided the rare wry smile the film could muster were the incomparable Judi Dench and the always reliable Jeffrey Wright (if only they'd give him more to do - maybe next time).
Forster brings some style and it is interesting to see what at times becomes the art-house Bond, but it is strange he's been saddled with a plot with zero character development. It's just one set piece after another and none are "wow" enough to make an impact.
Really disappointed in this one.
Awards chances: Strictly technical, sound mixing, sound effects and such maybe - although it won't even win these which surely only WALL-E and Dark Knight are really contesting (perhaps Iron Man). Craig may have been the first Bond to get a Bafta nom with Casino Royale but he won't see a repeat this time around.
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