So I saw Quantum Of Solace on its opening night, and I must say that I was fairly disappointed in quite a few respects. This being the case, I will get what I liked about the film out of the way first: the acting. I still find Daniel Craig to be a much more interesting Bond than Pierce Brosnan was and this film did not change that for me. Sure, he doesn't score much in the way of suave, but no one can do that better than Sean Connery anyway so I don't really need to see another actor attempt to reach that level. Craig's Bond is a true action star and I can respect that. Aside from Craig, Judi Dench was excellent yet again as M, Olga Kurylenko played an interesting, and extremely attractive, leading lady, and Mathieu Amalric was a cold, sadistic, Dominic Greene.
Now, the bad. The camera work and editing for this film was absolutely terrible during the action sequences. From the very first scene I knew this was going to be the case because I had trouble following which car Bond was driving in the car chase and there were quite a few times when I thought that he was crushed in a horrific crash. Secondly, I just can not bring myself to accept this film as a true sequel to Casino Royale. A grandiose epilogue, maybe, but certainly not a sequel. The scope of the plot was fairly shallow in comparison to what was suggested in all of the trailers, and the villain was fairly tame as far as Bond villains go. He didn't even really have all that threatening of a master plan. Also, the super secret organization, Quantum, that the film introduced felt more like a teaser for the next film as opposed to an actual factor in this one.
So after everything is said and done, I am giving Quantum Of Solace three stars out of five for its great acting and characters, but shallow plot and convoluted action sequences. Maybe next time Mr. Bond? Maybe next time...
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