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The New Bond
Monday, November 17, 2008 1:45PM
In the course of 22 movies some clichés are bound to pop up. Some might say that the whole James Bond series is a cliché. Possibly; but Bond is such a pervasive cultural wrecking-ball that clichés have infiltrated the critical discourse surrounding 007. There are a handful, but the two most oft-repeated are "Bond's enemies are always more interesting than Bond himself" and "Women want to be with him, men want to be him."
Love it or hate it, the newest installment, Quantum of Solace will at least make critics work a little bit. The sniveling Dominic Greene barely seems a worthy foil to the hero — if Bond actually is one — and there is no way in hell that anyone — least of all Pierce Brosnan — wants to be this James Bond.
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