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007: QUANTUM OF SOLACE - REVIEW
November 4th 2008 12:54
This time, directed by Marc Forster, we get a different style than what we're used to. There's a lot of action, too much at times, and the editing is as if it was made by a hypochondriac. Think "Jason Bourne", but even more of that. It's fast paced and a lot of action. So much action that almost every scene ends up with someone being killed, or something in that direction. It's not bad, but unfortunately it causes the story to sore. Marc Foster is a great director, I genuinely enjoyed his other movies, like Finding Neverland or Kite Runner, but looking at his previous work, I can't see a single action flick. Maybe that's the problem. Like a little kid that hasn't had candy in ages drops head first into it when it's finally offered.
Performance wise it was as good as usual, nearly flawless. I was pleasantly surprised by the so called Bond-girl Camille who gave great likability to her role. There's a fire scene towards the end where we can see through her whole character. Of course the real credit for that should also go to writer Paul Haggis, who really knows how to translate emotions into pictures.
As for the villain, Mathieu Amalric, I can now understand why they didn't need any scars or something of that sort to make him bad, because he is incredibly creepy as it is. My only problem with him was he never used this creepiness in action. We never see him do anything bad or disgusting (other than pushing forward his evil plan with verbal threats), but on the other hand, there are moments when he acts like a wimp. I'm not sure that's so good.
It was refreshing to see Judi Dench as always, you can see she really enjoys her part, and Daniel Craig as well, who played a meaner, more straight forward Bond. Yes, I miss the "shaken not stirred" (his drink this time is a coctail of a whole different sort) and the cool gadgets, but there are so many other new things to balance that out and make me wait for later installments to see that stuff.
All in all, an entertaining time, maybe not all the way up there with Casino Royale, but very close. I still hope Marc Forster does another one, because having had Quantum of Solace as his first big action experience it could blow our minds, hopefully more metaphorically this time.
3.5/5
Watch the trailer of Quantum of Solace here.
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