BOND PART III: Quantum of Solace (w/ Kate!)

A pretty good sequel. On paper.

CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of a cast member in brownface, racism, sexism, violence, drunkenness and drinking, grief, trauma, murder, revenge.

This week, long-time friend of the pod Kate Harlow of The Space-Agers is here to rein in our expectations with the messy, lesser sequel of Casino Royale that is still seen as a relative low point in the Craig era. Nothing about this movie is particularly bad or patently ridiculous, but the sum of its parts don’t add up to a cohesive Bond movie. Director Marc Forster isn’t known for action, and he wasn’t even a big fan of the franchise. Mix in some extremely problematic casting for our Bond girl, and it’s off to the races with a decent film that never really stood a chance. We try to make sense of what went wrong as we review Quantum of Solace this week on Macintosh & Maud Haven’t Seen What?!

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Intro music taken from the Second Movement of Ludwig von Beethoven's 9th Symphony. Licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Hong Kong (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 HK) license. To hear the full performance or get more information, visit the song page at the Internet Archive.

Excerpt taken from "James Bond Theme," written and composed by John Barry, and performed by the John Barry Orchestra. ℗ 1962, 2012 Capitol Records LLC.

Excerpts taken from the film Quantum of Solace, copyright 2008 United Artists Corporation, Danjaq, LLC, and Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc.

Excerpt taken from “Another Way to Die,” written by Jack White and performed by Jack White and Alicia Keys. Copyright 2008 Columbia PIctures Industries, Inc. and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc.