"The Something of Boris"

This morning I opened the car door and my empty breakfast yoghurt pot was blown out by a gust of wind. As I rushed to grab it, my foot got caught in the strap of my handbag and I nearly fell flat on my face. After seeing Quantum of Solace last night, I had to finally concede that I am no Bond.

It was the first Bond film I've ever got really excited about beforehand, and it's good, of course. If you like ridiculously over the top, stunt laden, swaggering action (and I do). The plot was fairly incomprehensible, not least because I'd forgotten everything about Casino Royale except the unnecessary destruction of a beautiful Venetian building. They also seem to cut out any scenes that don't involve Daniel Craig jumping off a roof, smashing a bad guy in the face with handy blunt objects, or exploding something, which means the boring linking bits that explain how or why the action is moving from one continent to another are absent. I found this confusing, but it doesn't really matter. It's all about the explosions, and if you forget that, you're going to find it challenging or tedious.

Highlights:
- Hearing the theme tune really really loudly and being all tingly with anticipation.
- Daniel Craig being painfully good looking, what is it about his eyes?!
- Rufus Wright – actor and co-presenter of Stephen Merchant's excellent radio show – briefing M on something complicated to do with money and Haiti using a fancy computer screen. I'd forgotten he was going to be in it until a couple of minutes before his scene, and nearly squealed out loud when I spotted him.

Only one major criticism really, and that is that Adam and Joe's brilliant alternative theme tunes did not appear at any point. I rectified this by singing them repeatedly to myself throughout. Highly enjoyable.

“I need a quantum of solace, but no more than a quantum. I know they do big bags of solace, but I don't want 'em. I only want a teeny tiny slice of solace... before I SHOOT YOU.”