What’s missing from the new James Bond films…
…is the exciting cheese.
Don’t get me wrong, I loved Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace as much as the next guy (and he seemed to like them a lot), but they didn’t feel like James Bond films… they just felt like generic action films, owing a lot to the Bourne series.
What I missed were the essential Bond elements of:
1. Super Car
2. Gadgets
3. Exciting Cheese
The first two speak for themselves, but to explain the third, I’ll simply use an example:
Notice the way the Bond theme music is used throughout, then suddenly comes in at the dramatic moment when you think he’s about to die?
Now that is James Bond.