one of the better Bond films.

Rating: 10/10 (31 October 2008)

I saw the film on it's premiere here in Stockholm, and when the movie ended I was impressed. Daniel Craig is perhaps the best bond ever, his style and elegance is brilliant. The story starts of where Casino Royale ended. The plot is thin and concised compared to CR and It's plot is not near the high class of CRs plot, but still a plot that makes sense and thats good. But strong plots has never been a strong point in the bond series. Except for CR, am i right???
Although some reviewers has been criticizing the movie for not being bond, but simply being Jason Bourne and the humour is gone. I must say that i was very impressed with the movie itself and the directing by Marc Forster was better than i had expected. He's a director of dramatics, and we do get to see some character depths. The action is fast and shaky, but since i'm an Bond fan i can accept the James Bond of today, i really enjoyed the action very much. The opera sequence was top-notch.
Olga Kurylenko as Camille is good, Olga may be one of the toughest bond girls ever. Mathieu Amalric as Dominic Grenne makes a good and trustworthy act, just a simple villain with no plans of taking over the whole world, just like Mads Mikkelsen's Le Chiffre. Giancarlo Giannini, Jeffery Wright and Gemma Arterton (poor fields) does it well. And finally Judi Dench as M, does it with excellence.
Some true Bond fans may be disappointed, due to the film's action and little dialogue compared to Casino Royale, and the Bond...James Bond line has been removed, and Q and Moneypenny does not show up. And all the gadgets are non-existent. Well, I can accept this, Otherwise we would get the same pompous mess like in Die Another Day ( the film that totally killed James Bond).
I Give Quantum Of Solace 9/10, being one of the better bond films, and please accept it for being a sequel of Casino Royale.