Moderate, but not an awful Bond film

Rating: 6/10 (1 December 2015)

OK, I have to be honest. When I first saw this Bond movie I was a bit disappointed. However Daniel Craig did a fantastic job in his first Bond movie Casino Royale, so it wouldn't have been easy to do better on his next film.
The film is mounted in a fast way. Sometimes too fast, if I'm honest. For instance: the car chase at the beginning of the movie is an incredible bit of craftsmanship but this just goes too fast. Also a few characters in the movie barely have the time to develop their selves. For instance General Medrano.
I think the general disappointing feeling of this film can be related to the director of the film, or at least the way they see Bond. Martin Campbell, who directed Casino Royale and Goldeneye, is more of a story teller. He really wants to tell a story within the film. this is the case with both Goldeneye and Casino Royale where there is a clear storyline involved. Along with the storyline, there's of course the usual Bond action involved.
On the other hand, there's Marc Forster, the man who directed this film, Quantum of Solace. Forster is a director who puts more effort into making this Bond film spectacular. In fact he tries to make it so spectacular that the storyline is a bit forgotten. After all: the film is just about Bond wanting to take revenge for the things that happened in Casino Royale and that's pretty much it.
However, there's no need to be only negative about this movie. A lot of actors did an amazing job trying to make the film as spectacular as possible. For instance there's this great ending battle between Dominic Greene and Bond, and also the battle between Camille and General Medrano. I also like the way Bond drops Dominic Greene in the middle of nowhere. It's, in my opinion a better and more inventive way to get rid of the evil than Bond for instance "just" killing the African generals in Casino Royale.