James Bond

Quantum Offers No Solace

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  • Title: Quantum of Solace
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“There is something horribly deficient about you.”

One word summarizes the latest Bond film – disappointment.  If Casino Royale was a step in the right direction in rebooting the franchise Quantum of Solace takes at least three steps back.  In the hands of a director who had never helmed an action picture, with a script not based on a Fleming story, and with few (almost none) of the Bond trademarks, Quantum of Solace fails to impress.  And the real tragedy is they should have known better…

The film picks up immeadiately after the events of Casino Royale (read that review).  After the worst car chase montage ever shown in a Bond film, more on that later, 007 (Daniel Craig) delivers Mr. White (Jesper Christensen) to M (Judi Dench) for interrogation.

Before escaping, with relative ease (and a confusing moment where no one, including the director or the four screenwriters it seems, are sure if M is shot), White informs MI:6 that they are hopelessly outmatched by his secret origination with its hands in intelligence organizations worldwide.

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Untempered Bond

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The year was 2002 and the 20th Bond film Die Another Day was a hit at theaters 40 years after Bond first picked up his Walther PPK in Dr. No.

There was much discussion about where to take the character.  Many were in favor of bringing back Pierce Brosnan who had some early misgivings about returning for another Bond film, but instead the franchise decided to move in a new direction by allowing Die Another Day (which had paid homage to several of the previous films) to be the swan song of the old Bond flicks and reboot the entire franchise with a new rougher and less sophisticated Bond.

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RF’s Top 7 Bond Villains

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Who says seven is lucky?  Seven is a dangerous number.  The seven deadly sins, the seven evil dwarfs (um…maybe I’ve got that one wrong).  As part of our continuing Bond Week, today we give you the seven deadliest and most memorable villains of the Bond series.

Here are seven of the deadliest and most memorable Bond villains.  Did your favorite make the list?

Ernst Stavro Blofield

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