Boum pa-ta boum
John Scalzi's blog Whatever had an interesting mini-review on the newest flick in the James Bond opus: Quantum of Solace.
Now I haven't seen it yet, but there was a part that truly reflected how I felt about the James Bond franchise until Daniel Craig stepped in.
Quote from Quantum of Solace: the Mini-Review:
I’m aware there are a lot of critics who seem to be under the impression the new leaner/tougher/marginally more plausible Bond is not what people come to Bond films for, but my two responses to that are
a) speak for yourselves, you chunky sex-and-gadget obsessed dweebs
I had always felt quite the loner for not appreciating all the sex!gadgets!sex!guns! theme 007 had going; thank you John Scalzi for pointing out that other people feel the same way. However, this revamped version might not be enough to get me into a popcorn seat anyway, because I get easily bored by long,long, long car chases when they serve no purpose in being so drawn-out.