Ceticultsot Beautiful, moving film.

Cem Lamb This movie tries so hard to be funny, yet it falls flat every time. Just another example of recycled ideas repackaged with women in an attempt to appeal to a certain audience.

Deanna There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

Francene Odetta It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

theresamgill To understand this film, think of it as a trigger-happy Bourne film. And I mean that in one of the worst ways possible. The editing is atrocious. The film takes a Matrix Reloaded approach and stacks action on action; however, it's not even as successful as that film. The opening action sequence has one decent moment, but anyone able to follow the rapid edits deserves an award. What such rapid editing tends to correlate with is weak content to begin with. Some well thought out long shots could've worked effectively, but the truth is that there just isn't anything special about the action set-pieces besides perhaps locale. And don't even mention the parachute opening 10 feet above the ground. You can't walk away from that without an injury.Although I can appreciate some of what Jack White accomplished with "Another Way to Die," Alicia Keys only takes away from the song-- making it and the corresponding animation the worst theme as well. The Bond Girls are the worst as well. Let's see, what other worsts does it have... Oh yeah! The villain is so uninteresting. And it's so obvious during the climax that there's no way he could even put up a fight against Bond.Despite going for the darker, remorseless tone, I actually felt that Daniel Craig brought some of his greatest charm in this film. Even though there really isn't any cool dialogue to accompany him, I feel that after already having one round as the famous Brit, Craig was tailored in his approach to the character, and it's one of the aspects that pays off for the film.But enough praise. The film has annoying characters, and even when trying to fit elements from the previous film, the plot is so basic and not memorable in any way. But when you have an action flick, almost all can be forgiven with quality action. And the film just falls flat. Not only is this the worst Craig Bond film, it just isn't a quality picture. It's a misstep, and that probably contributed to the gap between this film and the next one. You can find this review and dozens of others at gillipediamoviereviews.blogspot.com

cinemajesty Movie Review: "007: Quantum Of Solace"Since Columbia Pictures supported Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in distributing "Casino Royale" from November 2006, here comes the first back-to-back sequel in James Bond history in which actor Daniel Craig gives his second performance as 007 by bringing the world-famous character in another state of hard-boiled female-drop-off manners after Sean Connery in "Diamonds Are Forever" (1971) and Timothy Dalton in "Licence To Kill" (1989).Producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson land major deals with product placement companies from car manufacturer Aston Martin to Omega Swiss watches in order to raise an over-paid 200 Million Dollar budget for director Marc Forster, at age 37, who together with long-term collaborators Roberto Schaefer for cinematography and Matt Chesse in the editorial department are unable to deliver an exceeding successor for a calmly-received over intensely thrilling to throughout suspenseful "Casino Royale" directed by Martin Campbell. The first-look editorial of "Quantum of Solace" became a vast machine of high-class action coverage with the most innovative camera movements and shot angles, which even in this suspenseless high-speed, less then 1.5 second shot-paced editorial of a minot hundred minutes, polished by second-hand editor Richard Pearson leaving the audience in a fair state of action-movie splendor, which could have been a Bond movie for the ages under stricter direction.The original screenplay by Eon Productions staff-writers Robert Wade & Neal Purvis, which needed the support of superior-screenwriter Paul Haggis in order to come to terms concerning the producers approval. Director Marc Forster shows his strong suit in some single scenes of directing a fine supporting cast featuring 22-year-old newcomer Gemma Aterton as uplifting character Strawberry Fields, Jeffrey Wright as reprising character Felix Leiter, sitting with 007 at a bar counter with just 30 seconds left to make a major decision and always-professional actress Dame Judi Dench as "M", who cannot convince James Bond to leave the past behind after Vesper Lynd's death in Venice before a pale-appearing character close-to-be a larger organizations' henchman character of Dominic Greene, portrayed with nevertheless French-charms and some sophistations by actor Mathieu Almaric, who has the looks, but does hardly put 007 into any life-threatening danger, when Bond meets the character of villain-deserting Camille, given face by actress Olga Kurylenko, who again is no match for the car over to foot-chasing and then getting-chased into plane crashing constant-striving Bond portrayal ingnited by relentless Daniel Craig.Why "Quantum of Solace" stays watchable after 10 years on the market lies with the beyond-belief job executions in the 2nd unit department directed by Dan Bradley and torch-receiving production designer Dennis Gassner, who continues in best tradition the work of nine times collaborating production designer Peter Lamont, when the music composed by David Arnold elivates the overly-done soundscape of Bond 22 with another classic-enough main theme sung by Alicia Keys and Jack White.© 2017 Felix Alexander Dausend (Cinemajesty Entertainments LLC)

Giallo Fanatic This is not the best Bond movie, but it is not the worst either. Ever since I saw it the first time when it came out to the cinemas I have been liking it. The reasons were the gritty tone from 'Casino Royale' continued here in this movie. But bleaker and darker in comparison to 'Casino Royale. The second reason is we saw a bitter Bond. He was hurt, desperate and out of himself. I could almost say Bond was pretty personal here, looking for the answers for why the lady he fell in love with died in front of his very eyes. No, we did not see the usual charm or elegance that Bond usually has in the movies, but that is refreshing. Ever since I have read the first four novels written by Ian Fleming, my views on James Bond had changed. In the novels he was much more complex and nuanced, rather than the dry humored, womanizing and charming Bond we grew to be used to. In the novels he was described as an alcoholic, cigarette smoking, drug abusing misogynist who was both intelligent and cold at the same time. Bond is also a very bitter man in the novels, so I think it is great to see him being as bitter as he is in 'Quantum of Solace'.The plot is pretty simple: chase down the Organization and find out why Vesper got killed. Now I like the simple plot, it made the movie much more focused. But unfortunately the story wasn't so good. It was sufficient, but it did not have the impact it set out to have. So the ending wasn't as emotionally charged as one would expect. I felt relieved but I also felt there could have been more to it. Some more emotional impact. But anyway, I think it is pretty neat it started with a vicious car chase. I was kind of dizzy after that. That intro was pretty exciting to me. Yes, the shaky camera can be quite annoying. But it gave me a pump of adrenaline so I would say it is acceptable here. Also the editing was kind of clumsy, it kind of felt like the editing was rushed. But it was probably just the shaky camera. Oh, the soundtrack by Jack White and Alicia Keys? It was interesting but it wasn't a good idea to mix White and Keys for the soundtrack. The movie ended up having a clumsy main theme. I think it would have been better with just Jack White.Anyway, Daniel Craig did a good job portraying Bond here. A gritty, hurt, bitter, sorrowful and vengeful Bond. We don't see him like that often. I think Marc Forster did an okay job with the movie, I really don't have any praise for him but I don't have any complaints either. But the script and story could have been better.Not the best Bond movie, but not the worst either. 7/10

jameslinton-75252 I was warned that Quantum of Solace was one of the worst James Bond films, but I thought that I would give it a shot anyway. Oh how I regretted this decision.Quantum of Solace is just bad. Daniel Craig's James Bond is a clumsy fool, the film is bloated with explosions and action sequences and Dominic Greene was a crap villain. What got me was how SPOILERS Bond leaves him to his fate at the end of the film. What if Greene returned in the next film to wreak vengeance on Bond? (thankfully he doesn't') I bet bond would be feeling pretty stupid then.Read my full review here: http://goo.gl/leRsrk