We went and saw the new 007 film, Quantum of Solace, and while it isn't as good as the previous one it was still good. The music in the opening sequence was, in my opinion, shit (especially compared to Casino Royale) and when I saw that it was sung by Alicia Keys I came to the conclusion that I probably wouldn't like any of her other music either.

In the beginning of the film there was a little too much driving/running around than was needed and the part where Bond and Mitchell are having their chaotic final confrontation was drawn out. We get it, it's chaos in there.

Come to think of it, the handling of Mitchell himself was heavy-handed in that both Bond and M mention him by name, the purpose of which I assume was to show they are both familiar and comfortable with him. When Bond said his name I knew right away something was up because he never mentions a nobody. By the time M also said it I was certain he was bad to the bone.

This was entirely unnecessary, the simple mention after the fact that he'd been her personal body guard for years (which they also do) is all that was needed.

M had some good bits in this film and I especially enjoyed her rant comparing a villain's mention that "we have people everywhere" to florists having stores everywhere.

As I said, it's not as good as the first film. Hopefully this is simply due to middle-child syndrome and the best is yet to come.