Quantum of Satisfaction …

Quantum Of Solace - A Sequel to casino Royale movie, as always a Sequel movie rarely outsmarts the original version.

It’s a good action film with one of the best plot to make the movie goers thrilled and NOT a bond film which we always wanted to see. The story had all the elements to keep our eagerness growing. One of the big reasons being it’s one of the shortest bond movies running for just 106 minutes.

In the film Casino Royale, Daniel Craig has been portrayed as the MI6 agent who took the 007 status recently and he is maturing as 007 through his assignments. As he is the new 007, he is reckless, emotional and vulnerable, which was evident from his love and trust on Vesper Lynd (Eva green).

In QOS he is chasing the secret behind his lover's betrayal, which also coincide with his next assignment of identifying the organization and its motto, which wanted to loot his winnings from Casino Royale.

As he chases down Mr. White (one of the member of Quantum organization), plot for QOS widens where he meets one of the daring members of the organization - Dominic Greene.
-Greene's character is portrayed as less competent person which is one of the big draw backs of the movie. Generally Bond villain will be equally competent as he is.
-Bond is sleepless (because of vesper’s death) and has been portrayed as a man with vengeance; this portrayal itself is not quite expected for the role of bond, who is expected to be more than a normal human.
-Also madam M's role of trusting and distrusting bond in each other frames is less seen in other bond movies. I guess madam M is given more screen space in this movie and that can be avoided in future editions.
-Lot of efforts has been spent in the Stunt scenes, yet the outcome is less impressive.
- The locations for this film (although shot in six countries, more than any other Bond film) give us a feel, as if we are watching an old bond movie. Probably the plot demanded such locations and scenes.

The film revolves around the concept of scarcity for natural resource WATER (which is some what a relief from watching only oil as the important natural resource and also as the only resource which is scarce in availability).

Bolivia with scarce water supply suits the plot but then the country with less GDP per capita, sounds little odd for an internationally daring and dangerous business organization (chased by MI6 and CIA) to go behind its water supply to draw money from this country.

Daniel Craig has done good justice to the role and performed to the scripts demands; in fact he is excelled in all the stunt scenes in both the movies. This bond just needs a right director to cast him as the bond that we always wanted to look.

There will be sequel to this version, where bond might identify the Quantum organization and will destroy it.

Hope in the next sequel probably they can portray bond as more matured 007 (who is not just a cold hearted (Serial) killer) and who is less vulnerable to enemies and to emotions. Probably the next film might satisfy the thirst for watching a charismatic bond (which we got to see in Sean Connery and Pierce Brosnan editions).

Directors should understand that there are more action heroes (like tom cruise . . .) nowadays, who does actions in an international plot to rescue the world. Their films too are welcomed well in box office.

Not just the international plot which is expected from a bond film, people expect bond to be little more elegant and charismatic than the normal action heroes who also save the world from crisis.

When pierce brosnan left the bond role, director & production team have already uplifted the role of bond and he has become too smart for his enemies and can never be defeated easily.

Director and production team claim that they stick to the original portrayal of bond character. But had Ian Fleming be present now, he might have given more elegance to the character and the bond’s portrayal might have gone beyond what directors imagine now.

This film just console our thirst for seeing the bond (more action and less elegant) once again in the screen, could not make us more happy. Yet it’s always pleasant to watch bond films. Meanwhile, Where is the catchphrase, “Bond, James Bond” in this movie QOS?????????

With quantum of satisfaction and immense of eagerness to watch the Bond 23 on big screen...