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Rating: Null/10 (17 September 2011)

Quantum of Solace is a disappointment compared to the amazing film, Casino Royale. It doesn't match up at all. It doesn't even feel like a Bond film. It feels like a boring action film. There is some great action, but some action scenes are just horrible. I swear, one scene tried to be artistic and failed miserably. The camera switches back and forth every millisecond during some scenes so you can't tell what's going on. No joke. Even the opening car chase suffers from this. It is quite sad when the first 30 seconds of the movie are bad news. One action scene is just a poor copy of the amazing construction site chase scene from Casino Royale. The actors try here and they do good, but not enough to save this movie and I found the Bond girl to be very uninteresting in comparison to Vesper. Quantum of Solace isn't bad at all and I am being a bit unfair because I loved Casino Royale so damn much, but it is very hard to not be disappointed. This movie drags at too many scenes, the action sequences are very mediocre with the only outstanding action scene being the very last one, and the plot never seems to explain itself fully. Why can't the movie explain things to me instead of passing by something very important in just one second? If you miss one sentence of dialog, you are screwed as the movie ends up going to places where you wonder, "Why is the movie here now?" It is things like that that make this Bond movie just boring. It tries to be realistic, but it spoils the movie. We want Bond. We want gadgets. We want great set pieces. We want great villains. Oh and the villain, Mr. Green, never manages to be as interesting as Le Chiefe or most of the Bond Villains for that matter. He is just so plain, boring, and nothing about him is memorable. Oh and back to the bad editing. The plane scene is VERY boring and that was supposed to be one of the standout set pieces. Instead, you can't even tell what is going on. I despise this movie for trying to be something it is not and for taking a realistic route than the Bond route and I am sick of it. Hopefully, Bond 23 will fix things. And this realism is also a problem in Casino Royale too, but not as bad. GIVE HIM A JETPACK OR SOMETHING PLEASE!!! I am being a bit unfair, but it is hard not to get angry with this movie, especially if you are a fan of Bond. I am hoping the next Bond film will fix things up. Quantum of Solace is okay. If you can see past its problems, by all means, watch it. I give this movie a 6 out of 10.