On the new Bond movie "Quantum of Solace"...

Feelings and emotions run high, on the new Bond movie Quantum Of Solace which opens in US today. I must confess I had little confidence in Daniel Craig being cast as the new Bond in his first endeavor in Casino Royale. In fact, I was so pessimistic about his future chance of success that I sold my Omega Seamaster which is the official watch for Bond in the movies.

But I was wrong on Craig who brought new life to the Bond franchise in Casino Royale, which turns out to be pretty intense for a Bond movie. Craig also brings certain seriousness (much more so than Pierce Bosnan) and more depth to a character that is supposed to be a spy (for Christ sake!) than Roger Moore could muster.

Maybe the spin of Roger Moore's Bond on the fancy side of spywork (the shaken-not-stirred martini part, bedding of only the most gorgeous women in the world, and the My-Name-Is-Bond-James-Bond mantra) works so well in tinseltown as a happy escape for audience in the fantasyland, that we don't care much about (or happily ignore) how dangerous and grim a spy can be for so long.

Pierce Bosnan had tried his best to frown more often than Moore, but his image from his The Saint days just couldn't seem to shake.

Which is where Craig came in, with a heavier dose of grimness in spywork. I don't think anyone would complain or argue about that. But there's a lot of complaints about the role of Bond girls, since the main Bond girl in Quantum Of Solace doesn't even bed with Bond - imagine what Moore is supposed to do, if that were to happen. I'm sure that would not suit the past generations of diehard Bond fans who love the fluffy, bubbly Bond, looking through a crystal champagne glass. But it might just as well, if Craig is to bring new life and excitement to Bond, the new Bond and his girls will have to move with times. It's just a matter of time.