3 days, that's all that's left until the latest installment in the James Bond series. After the success of the first movie of the Daniel Craig era, Casino Royale, the hype seems to be buzzing around the Quantum of Solace quite well. I believe that if this film performs as well as Casino Royale, it will be seen as the revival of the James Bond series from the Pierce Brosnan version. Brosnan didn't quite seem to fit the true mold of Bond, the charismatic portion of him was played well, but the ruthless killer aspect was lacking in my opinion. Everything in the Brosnan films was about getting the girl, the mission almost seemed like an afterthought in a couple of the films. While Bond needs to be smooth, there also needs to be some toughness and substance behind the tux. The previous version was also a bit too stylized for my liking, the transition to the more realistic setting, action and villians was a great move.The transition seems to be set to correct one of my biggest gripes about the previous films and its relatively unrealistic choice of weapondry. In most previous Bond movies, he fights off guards with a tiny compact Walther PPK, while the new poster features Daniel Craig holding a bit more suitable weapon, a HK UMP submachine gun which is much more realistic than Bond is making 30 yard shots with a sub-compact handgun without a second thought. Hopefully these small flaws have been corrected and Quantum of Solace sets the standard for many Bond films to come.
