Beth and I finally went to see the latest Bond movie, “Quantum of Solace.” I enjoyed it quite a bit more than I expected! Everyone I talked to said it wasn’t as good as “Casino Royale” but I’m not sure I agree. And if you’re having trouble parsing that sentence, it means I think it may have been as good as “CR”.
After you told me that pre-production for Quantum began before Casino Royale wrapped, it confirmed what I was feeling: those two movies are a pair. I thought there was too much in the second that was similar to the first (the opening sequence went on a bit), but Quantum was very interesting to me and had three strong female characters.
I have always loved Bond movies despite their sexism, because I wanted to be Bond, but Bond movies are even better when they have great female characters (e.g., For Your Eyes Only).