As Agent Fields, Miss Gemma Arterton brings a light and fun light to the film. Mathieu Amalic is appropriately slithery and devious as the villain Green.
Giancarlo Giannini redeems himself and is truly touching as Mathis. Judi Dench command attention as she always has as "M". All the principle players give superlative performances.
He captures the glorious Barry sound and builds brilliantly upon it. And since I mentioned music I cannot leave out the incredible delicious score by David Arnold who has infused his Bond scores with the much need taste of John Barry. This is inspired and brilliant film making taking in account all aspects of editing, cinematography, score, and acting. This is played without sound effect as the score of "Tosca" commands the ear and heightens the emotion of the scene. But perhaps the most stunning and original sequence is the gun fight in the restaurant at the Opera house. The stunts are breathtaking and propel the film at top notch speed. This too is then topped by the DC10 aerial battle towards the end of the film. The opening car chase is indeed a nail biter only surpassed by the Sienna chase moments later. The action in the film is superlative and stylish. Craig builds and molds a deeper, darker more complex Bond than we have ever seen before, a character more true to the books than in previous incarnations of Bond. Craig shows it in his eyes in the most marvelous example of his layered and subtle acting style. This is played out in the scene after the plane crash where Camille asks him about his past. Something of a human heart still exists in him. Yet if you pay attention the character of James Bond as played by the incomparable Daniel Craig he lets us see that there are cracks in the armor.
So in "Quantum" there is no reason for the old fashioned quips or much humor in this man. He is now becoming the Bond of legend and a man bent on revenge. In his words to her later on in the film,Vesper has "stripped me of my armor." But by the end of that film he is a man scarred by the death of his love, the armor is back on never to be penetrated again. This has made him a very guarded loner with a chip on his shoulder, a perfect candidate for recruitment by MI6. As revealed in the first film by Vesper Lynd's assessment of him upon their first meeting on the train, James Bond is a man who came up from humble beginnings and was given a privileged education but never allowed to forget his low origins. The film picks up only minutes after the end of "Casino Royale" and we are presented with a very damaged and changed James Bond. When Dominic Green says to Bond that he and Camille Montez have something in common, that they are both "Damaged goods" he has clearly put before the audience the crux of the film that is "Quantum of Solace". They have missed something important in their assessment of the film.
#007 QUANTUM OF SOLACE PS2 SERIES#
Some reviewers and fans of the Bond films have complained that this film is a lesser effort in the series and pales in comparison to "Casino Royale".
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