Quantum of Solace (2008)
I liked this considerably more this time around continuing off right where 2006's Casino Royale finished.
Marc Forster's direction veers from the very good - all the quieter moments especially the dialogue and chemistry between Daniel Craig's Bond and Judi Dench's M and later with Giancarlo Giannini's returning Matthis - to the really quite poor - The action sequences are terribly edited with far too many cuts that they simply go by in a blur which isn't helped by the fact a rooftop chase is cut up by crowd scenes below and an action scene at an outdoor opera is cut into by scenes of the opera. Seriously. Who gives a damn about the opera when Bond is dashing about on gang planks back stage.
Other than that though it simply seemed to gel more than previous.
This viewing has elevated it from worst Craig Bond film to now better than the lackluster SPECTRE.
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