Problem with Quantum pinpointed.

Rating: 5/10 (28 November 2008)

The movie itself isn't bad. It has all the elements that a James bond movie is supposed have. It has the the essential parts that a movie needs to be a success. The only problem is the execution. It has quite a lot of flaws. Although the flaws don't necessarily make this movie unwatchable.
It has the Bond Girl, Bond, the villain and the revenge plot. It has the action, the stunts, and the fast paced car chases everyone loves.
The only problem is that that's all it has. The direction is a huge problem. I feel like I came down with a case of ADD or that that is who this movie is intended for. The movie never stops moving, along with the camera movement. I feel like almost every shot in the movie is a track shot and it;s like there rarely is a single frame where the camera isn't following something. The movie itself I feel suffers from over editing. There's just way to much of it. Whenever someone enters a room or changes position there's a new angle or a new point of view. It's really annoying and unnecessary. These might be seen as nit picking but camera shots and angles are supposed to tell a story, to give more insight and possibly show some artistic side to the directors capabilities, possibly some class. Although there's some nice scenery in the movie I find there's just an absence of thought behind what's being shot. Like they just decided to put the actors in pretty locations hoping it might take away from the fact that that's all it is. Maybe what I'm getting at is that there's just a lack of focus in the movie. Casino Royal had focus and that's what kick started this franchise again. I feel now that they did that, I feel like everyone involved in this movie decided that there didn't need to be a lot of depth to this movie and that they could just get by with gratuitous money shots of everything expected in a James Bond movie. A bond movie, for a 007 movies sake. Not bad, but not great. A disappointment. I can see what other people didn't like about this movie.