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In his first mission, James Bond must stop Le Chiffre, a banker to the world's terrorist organizations, from winning a
high-stakes poker tournament at Casino Royale in Montenegro. |
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Quantum of Solace
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Last night, almost directly after seeing the new James Bond flick, Quantum of Solace, I posted the following on a message board that I frequent: “Well, it’s definitely a James Bond movie, but it feels like a minor step back from the emotional gravitas of Casino Royale to the almost nonsensical high-octane of the Brosnan Bonds.” It’s a wordy way of trying to get a whole review down to one single sentence, but it’s true. Quantum of Solace is disappointing, despite delivering all of the action you’d expect from a Bond film, because it lacks the things Casino Royale had going for it, and never replaces the loss of those elements with anything new.
Craig returns, but the fiery-eyed thug of Casino Royale seems almost lifeless here. He’s still a killing machine, slightly more bulletproof and unstoppable than Casino Royale, which frankly strips him of the haunted humanity we saw in that film. He’s a much more generic character here. When M (Dame Judi Dench) tells him at one point that he is fueled by rage, you just don’t see it in him, not like you did in Casino. Judging from the screenplay, it’s obvious that he’s written to be the Casino Royale Bond, but director Marc Forster directs Craig as if he’s in any other Bond film. He’s just a guy in a tux with a cool phone that is really good at beating the ever-living crap out of people.
Why am I griping about characterization in a James Bond movie? Because Casino Royale had it. I just assumed it was going to be part of the new and improved James Bond films, and I was apparently wrong. It’s back to the simple thrills of bouncing bullets, globe-trotting espionage, and big explosions. For mo...
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reviewed by filmcans (Filmaster.com) on the 7th of June 2009
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I'd like to see Craig lighten up a little more, and some of the poker stuff was silly, but what won me over was the dynamite chase sequence near the beginning; without a doubt one of the best chases I've ever seen. The other action scenes in the movie were satisfying, but paled in comparison to such an exhiliratingly choreographed chase. The movie avoided the convoluted plotting of some of the previous entries... the story was simple enough to follow, but complex enough to stay interesting.