Short, fast and explosive

Rating: 8/10 (28 April 2009)

The twenty-second Bond movie is the shortest, the fastest and the most action-packed Bond movie ever. It was mostly filmed with hand-held camera and there was about one second between every shot. It reminded me to the Bourne trilogy. Something I disliked in this movie. Bond is not Bourne.
Once again Daniel Craig played a very good Bond. His coolness, his hardness... but he has the charm of Bond. He's my favourite Bond. While not as good as Eva Green, Bondgirl Olga Kurylenko played her role pretty well. A little role was given to Gemma Arterton, but she did great! Her charisma with Craig was just perfect. In the scenes with her, Craig showed his charming side of Bond, which was a nice addition to the film. Then we had the villain, Dominic Greene. Many people think he's not threatening enough, but I think he was the perfect creepy, arrogant villain.
David Arnold's Bond music was good. He made some nice, raw themes and it fitted well with 'Casino Royale'. Also Vespers theme came back, from which I think is a very sensitive theme. It reveals the sadness in Bonds character.
The story was fine, but it was not fine for Bond. It wasn't a Bond story. The new realistic style works out very well (to me), but I think it's very risky too. A realistic story about water and oil shortage just isn't fitting with Bond. Where 'Casino Royale' did just the right thing with the whole poker thingy (that = Bond), this story is just a little too few Bond.
I love the new, more realistic style, but Bond 23 just has to be a little more Bond. I don't need to see Q and all his nonsense, but more in the direction of 'Casino Royale', which is the best Bond movie to me.
But... I think 'Quantum of Solace' is one of the best Bond movies to me. I really love the new style and Craig does a great job as James Bond.
***I'm from Holland, so it is possible that there are some mistakes in my review.***