Quantum of Solace (Directed by Marc Forster)

 

Quantum of Solace. Directed by Marc Forster. Written by Paul Haggis, Neal Purvis and Robert Wade. Starring Daniel Craig, Olga Kurylenko, Judi Dench Giancarlo Giannini, Gemma Arterton and Jeffrey Wright.  Cinematography by Roberto Schaefer. Music by David Arnold. Edited by Matt Chesse and Richard Pearson.

The James bond follow-up to Casino Royale, which was an impressive debut for Daniel Craig as bond, is not as efficient in telling the story, nor as creative, but it has much more action, eye candy, and a better homage to the older Bond films, especially the Roger Moore ones. As was the case with Batman Begins, and the Dark Knight, it seemed that Casino Royale set up the atmosphere for more action to come in Quantum of Solace, unfortunately Quantum of Solace wasn’t a masterpiece of scenes and sequences along with storylines as The Dark Knight was, however this was kind of expected as Casino Royale, a good film, was no masterpiece either. But to its credit, Quantum of Solace is far superior to any Pierce Brosnan Bond film, and a pretty entertaining movie.

Marc Forster is suppose to be a better choice for this type of film than Martin Campbell, I mean forster clearly has better films uner his belt, but it seems Campbell who is known for action adventure/films, would have probably been a better pick for this one as well. Forster made some decent dramas with Fining Neverland and Stay and a really good drama with Monster’s Ball. His vision is nice here in Quantum of Solace, but as far as direction, visual aspect and overall production, I liked Casino Royale more, but no doubt about it, all in all, Marc Forster is a better director, and it was interesting to see him direct this Bond flick. Both The Kite Runer and Stranger than Fiction are two of his films I haven’t seen, thus I didn’t comment on them and I’ve heard great things about his upcoming  project which is a collaboration with Michael Stracyzsnki who has adapted a Max Brooks novel and wrote last year’s Changeling script.

Back to this film, Its not supposed to be realistic, and its plot isn’t the most engaging, but it at least manages to do something that Michael Mann’s Miami Vice definitely didn’t do, and that is keeps us entertained throughout the entire movie. Overall, a must-see for Bond fans and action fans. 8/10 #433 on my list of favorite movies of all-time.