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Soul Survivor.(Quantum of Solace)(Movie review)

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| November 17, 2008 | Lane, Anthony | COPYRIGHT 2008 All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission of The Condé Nast Publications Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Who wants to be James Bond? Everyone of the male sex, pretty much, in the old days. Schoolboys dreamed of growing up to be 007, and middle-aged men lay awake, in the small hours, and wondered why they had grown into something else--how it was that their wristwatches merely told the time rather than spewing out metal ticker tape or magnetically unzipping the back of a woman's dress. To sit and watch Bond's recent adventures, however, is to witness that reverie in decline. In "Casino Royale" (2006), he had his private parts given a thorough dusting with a hank of rope. Now, in "Quantum of Solace," we are taken on a journey into the even more private crannies of his soul--an ...

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