Really taking a step backwards

Rating: 3/10 (15 September 2012)

After the success of Casino Royale, you'd Quantum of Solace to do nothing but keep up the brilliant work that was put into its predecessor...
Oh how mistaken we were...
This film has really taken the subtlety and class of the previous film and thrown it away in order to accommodate some of the more idiotic themes of the previous Bond films we'd hoped never to see again. All of the moronic dancing girls in the title scene, the over the top killing scenes, the ridiculous one liners, the going to bed with every girl in sight that was taken away in Casino Royale has shamefully been returned when there was so much promise that could have been done. A majority of the criticism for this film came from viewers who didn't understand the story unless they watched Casino Royale before hand. Since I've watched both that's not a problem for me, however, everything else about this movie is...
Within the first 5 seconds, you can probably tell the one fundamental flaw with this film. The camera angles are so short and flashy, I'm surprised we all haven't been reduced to gargling simpletons on the living room floor. The camera's just cannot take a scene and develop it for more than half a second. One second Bond is being chased, less than half a second later and after a dizzy flash of about 5 or 6 shots, the bad guy's car is falling off a cliff. I really cannot fathom what is going on.
Overall, this is an unmitigated mess with no real originality. So much so they even reused the gag from Goldfinger where the girl is painted in Gold, only this time she's painted in oil. I'm not sure what Skyfall is going to be like, but I hope to God it goes back to the good old ways of Casino Royale in order to rescue the Bond Franchise once again!