Fred Topel: Daniel Craig: Quantum of Solace

I can't wait to see it!

Saw it last night. It was very smart. Very believable characters, with plot and camerawork that kept you guessing. I hadn't seen Casino Royale first, and found that I could follow it easy enough all the same.

i want too see it! i have a crush on daniel craig too

Just saw it. Loved it, but I really need it out on video so I can watch it back to back with Casino Royale, because they're really just one 4-hour dose of awesome.

Am I the only one who gets confused whenever I see a pic of Daniel Craig and mistakes him for Vladimir Putin?

This movie was A-Mazing....if you haven't seen it, you need to go see it! Craig does a great job once again. It's good to hear his favorite Bond is Connery too. I see him as a dark Sean Connery, with flashes of the classic Bond wit. I hope he signs on to do several more.

I get confused as he looks more like a builder than James Bond. I expect the proper one to appear at any moment only to end up dissapointed when it turns out he is in fact still James Bond

i want to see this movie RIGHT NOW!.....

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I have not seen the movie yet, but I will undoubtedly pay way too much money to do so some time in the near future, and here is why:

I agree with most of what has been said so far, particularly about Daniel Craig and Casino Royale. While I would hesitate to label the Craig Bond as "darker" he certainly is much harsher than we are accustomed to seeing. Roger Moore was probably a darker Bond as he carried with his overwhelming arrogance a smug cynicism toward everyone he met, and by extension life in general. He saw traps coming and still stuck his foot in as, of course, this is the best way to spring the trap and get the hunter to come running, but it also seemed as if his thought process was along the lines of: "Well, if I do get caught I can just cut off my foot to escape and that will be that." One of the crucial elements of Casino is that by the end Craig Bond's optimistic cockiness that everything would turn out in his favor was somewhat replaced by the more Mooreian distrust, but his previous state did not at all hamper his ability and affinity for wanton impromptu destruction.

Casino Royale's triumph was that it took a movie series that grew steadily more ridiculous during the Brosnan era, and brought it straight back down with a believable plot and a James Bond that bleeds, cries, falls in love, and is ripped - which is good because he gets tortured too - all of which are firsts or near firsts in the Bond line. The best part is that, except for the physique, they all come about due to his charming boyish arrogance which the film makers would have us believe is excised by the end, but we all know still lies under that groomed exterior. It may be immature to call this iteration the most complex Bond, but it stands to reason so much muscle is a cover for something.