Jason Bond

I always thought Pierce Brosnan got shafted. When it was announced that he would be the successor to Timothy Dalton, I was more than pleased. Brosnan totally had the oily charm and the action chops to play the world's most famous British agent. The reason the Bond franchise died in his shadow was not that he couldn't carry the franchise; it was because he was working with shit. But when his four James Bond roles failed to ignite the public, he took (and still takes) the blame. Poor bastard. Enter Daniel Craig. Like the Christian Bale/Christopher Nolan revival of the 'Batman' franchise, the public looked up to Craig because it was very ready for a change. And with the unanimous comeback of 'Casino Royale', that change was more than welcome. But watching 'Casino Royale' and this season's sequel, 'Quantam Of Solace', it's hard not to notice the direction the franchise has taken. With it's slick editing and ice cold leading man, Bond cannot help but looking like Jason Bourne.
Gone is the irrepressible man. The man who can't help hitting on any beautiful woman who comes his way - no matter how frequently she rejects him and what her position is in this high stakes game of espionage. Gone is the man who can't help stealing a grape from his foe's hotel room, even when his henchmen are seconds from breaking down the door. Gone is the fun and imagination of Q's devices, which always felt like a glimpse into the future. Gone is the human Bond who made mistakes that would elevate the danger even higher. Gone is the element of chance, the coincidences that made us believe that Bond was the best because it was fate that he be the one who intervened.
Now, we're left with this cold, almost inhuman machine. A man who pretty much never drops the ball, and one who doesn't look like he's having ANY fun. Like Jason Bourne, he's tortured by his past and hell bent on revenge. There's little humor and no desperation to get laid. All the gadgetry feels like next year's iphone. There's not much creative glimpse into the future; the future is here.
Not that 'Quantam of Solace' isn't a lot of fun or that Craig is a "bad" Bond. But my god, man; he needs to lighten up. We need to see where he gets his change of clothes. We need some one-liners to make him look more at ease. He needs to get laid on the job. He needs a martini - shaken, not stirred.