vehicle convoy chase makes no sense even in a Bond film, and perhaps only the Spy Who Loved Me tribute train fight affords some measure of impact, with Dave Bautista providing a powerhouse henchman for Bond to tackle.Īnd that's all before Christoph Waltz's ineffective Blofeld arrives on the scene to pose absolutely zero threat (did any of his torture actually have the effect he described?), and somehow find the time to plaster pictures of a Casino Royale-era Bond all over the shell of a blown-up MI6 building, and face off against Bond in the least impressive fashion ever.ĭespite all of this, Craig is still clearly trying his best to be the same gritty Bond we've watched in the last three films, even when the stunning Monica Bellucci is randomly melting at his feet for no apparent reason other than. The spectacular single-take-style Day of the Dead prologue ends up being just plain silly (at least Roger Moore's Bond had the good decency to have aerial 'fights' far from populated areas), the car chase is possibly the least tense of the entire series, and is utterly anti-climactic, the plane vs.

There's plenty that could have worked but unfortunately doesn't. It's a terrible script, desperately tying in plots that have no need to be tied together But, hang on, Quantum was just a part of a bigger organisation, Spectre, run by one guy who can't afford socks. Whilst Quantum of Solace doesn't work as any kind of solo Bond film whatsoever, it's an immaculately conceived direct sequel to Casino Royale, perfectly tying up the events in that with a grander scheme - and organisation, Quantum - that worked logically and thematically. And why? Because daddy treated him better than me.

It's a terrible script, desperately tying in plots that have no need to be tied together, and were simply never designed this way, undermining the importance of the death of Bond's love, Vesper Lynd, the motivations of the confrontation with his spy-gone-wrong antagonist in Skyfall, and suggesting that this grand scheme was predicated on an impossible knowledge that Bond would somehow always win against all of these impossible odds - and not die along the way (but, conveniently, all of the right people would die).

But Spectre sought to bring it all home in a package centred on Bond's arch-nemesis Blofeld, returning to the franchise 'officially' for the first time in decades (since 1971's Diamonds Are Forever) and now apparently the cause of everything that ever happened to Bond ever since Casino Royale. Love for Skyfall has always been in question but, for many, it cemented Craig in the classic role. Casino Royale was a tremendous debut, one of the best Bond films of all time, and - watched back-to-back - Quantum of Solace is a surprisingly effective action finale to the story. Craig had a good run up until this movie.

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