Quantum of Solace

I saw Quantum of Solace the other day, and without reading oen review. Now I make my own Judgement.

Quantum of Solace is a direct sequel to Casino Royale, and takes the new 'rough around the edges' Bond and takes him on a journey to find out who is responsible for the death of Vesper, and behind LeChife. The story takes place in 2006 20 minutes after the ending of Casino Royale. Unfortunately that is where the similaraties end. I'm going to skip the possitive and go straight to the negative.

1) The Title sequence. although the typography was very good in this film and the pace of the sequence went with the song, I really felt that the CGI sequenceing was nothing unusual in today's films and I feel that the way the camera moved made me feel incredibly dizzy and nausaus.

2) The first hand to hand action sequence made me feel even more sick, I mean Mark Forster just wen hack crazy in the avid suite, the fights were very quickley cut and filed at mid shots or close ups. There was very little time to see who was punching who and the edits were so fast that my brain had a hard time catching up: With a film like Batman Begins some of the fight scenes worked because Batman was supposed to be a mysterious figure who spread confusion amongsed enemies, this style of directing didn't work for the action, especially in this sequence.

3) The ridiculous action scenes. It seemed that Casino Royale had bought forward a gritty, real style to the genre, like Ian Flemming's spy. This time they went back to Die Another Day with ridiculous situations to put Bond into. Now here come spoilers so highlight to read.

There are to particular scenes which I hated. The first one is Bond opening a parachute at the last second. Not only does he and said company survive impact, they don't have a scratch on therm, and their clothes are relatively clean. The CGI in this scene is awful too.
The next scene is the fanalie action scene inside the fuel cell fortress. It's just so ridiculous I went from crying inside to laughing. Bond has gone completely the opposite of the gritty Casino Royale.

4) There is a thread thin plot, in which you barely know what is going on. Not to say that you can undertsnad it, but your brain switches off and you just end up watching Quantum of Solace like a pop-up picture book. Not something I expected after Casino Royale.

5) Marc Forster explained that we would see a Bond Villian who is very normal, and very unlike any previous Bond Villians. However he has and underwater dam, and his 'SPECTRE' (aka Quantum) group all have 'Q' badges just so you know who they are. Kinda Cute.

6) Contanuity has changed alot, since MI6 has completly been refurbished since Casino Royale, and has installed the table computer by Windows, and M has a completly new flat. I mean what he hell?! This took me completely out of the story, as every time I say a contanuity error my head just screamed.

There are many other things that bug me, but I'd be writing for too long. Quantum of Siolace is a step back from Casino Royale, it wasn't as bad as ome of the Bond Films that have come and gone, but certainly after such a gritty intersting film such as Casino Royale, this one just seems to be no way near as good. If you are not a Bond fan, it may be worth downloading or renting, but to a Bond fan it's worth adding to your DVD collection.