James Bond Will Return

....and hopefully with more plot to fill up an hour and 45 minutes. I just saw Quantum of Solace, which is very much more of the sequel to Casino Royale than just the next Bond film. The film takes off exactly where Royale left off and if you plan on seeing Solace I strongly recommend holding off until you see Royale again or for the first time. The revamped Bond in Royale has been more interesting and believable than Brosnan's last few forays with 007. Solace seems to continue with what was good with Royale, the story and the new Bond, and use them as bookends for the film. It places what should be important in this film in the beginning quarter of the film and the very last scene. The rest of the movie is action scene after another, using way too many quick and shakey camera shots. I guess the director has to blame for this, unlike Royale so many of these scenes seemed too confined and you seem to miss the big picture of whatever locale they were in. Since it was only the director that changed and not the writers, I'm hopeful that the next film made will continue and develop the story and current state of the revamped Bond character much further than Solace did. All this Bond reminds of the best Bond, Sean Connery.....and Celebrity Jeopardy from SNL. There were many of these sketches with or without Connery (played by Darrell Hammond), here's my fav 5 w/ Connery:

Tom Cruise (Ben Stiller), Adam Sandler (Jimmy Fallon)


Keanu Reeves (Tobey Maguire), Hilary Swank (Jimmy Fallon), Ricky Martin (Chris Kattan)


French Stewart (Jimmy Fallon), Burt Reynolds (Norm MacDonald)


Jeff Goldblum (David Duchovny), Minnie Driver (Molly Shannon)


Robin Williams (Jimmy Fallon), Catherine Zeta-Jones (Lucy Liu)