A 9/10 story edited into an 8/10 movie

Rating: 7/10 (30 November 2008)

Well I had high expectations after Casino Royale as you can imagine. Royale had a brilliant storyline, which, under the direction of Martin Campbell, was made into a brilliant film. The best Bond there was in my opinion.
Two years later, Quantum of Solace was released. I was a bit worried about it because I knew that Campbell (one of my favourite directors) was not directing this time. I only hoped that the new director would know what he was doing.
Quantum had a great story behind it. One of the best Bond story lines that there have been (although not quite up to Royale's standards). It had great actors in it. Daniel Craig and Judi Dench are back as good as ever, but the outstanding performances came from Mathieu Amalric as Dominic Greene and Jesper Christensen as Mr. White.
The thing that really let Quantum down was the editing. The first scene and the last scene are the scene's one generally remembers the best from any film, and I must say this film's opening scene was horrible. Each shot was less than a second long, and the camera was moving far too quickly to work out what the hell was going on. When the car rolled off the cliff at the end of the scene, I was under the impression that there were still two more cars chasing Bond. The editing could not have made it less clear.
But enough of that unpleasantness; it is indeed a great film and a worthy follow-up to Casino Royale. A good 8/10.