WTF Happened to Quantum of Solace?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 13 ต.ค. 2024
- Quantum of Solace is one of the most divisive movies in the James Bond franchise. The movie was intended to be a direct sequel to 2006’s Casino Royale, which successfully launched Daniel Craig as the new 007, but in a rush to get it into theaters within two years of that movie, the budget ballooned to make it the costliest film in the series up to that point. It didn’t help that it was filmed in the middle of a writer’s strike (history repeats itself) and had a director in Marc Forster that had never made a film of this scale before. When it came out, the short length (106 minutes) and Bourne-style action scenes were criticized, with many saying the film was a mind-numbing mess. Plus, there was a wimpy villain, a Bond girl that had no romantic relationship with 007 and a theme song people mostly hated. What went wrong? We’ll dig into it in this episode of WTF Happened to this Movie, which is written and narrated by Mathew Plale, and edited by Cesar Gabriel.
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Had either the writers’ strike not happen or the movie was delayed, Quantum Of Solace might have been on par with Casino Royale
Or- it just sucked. No excuses.
@@patrickaker4380Lazy. Omar’s got the better comment.
Writer strike was the biggest problem, but along with it there were other problems, like the movie was the biggest imitiator of bourne- heck, even casino Royale was a bourne/batman like origin story but was completely a bond film. Qos, was just bourne, be it action, editing, his relation with M/Pamela etc.
That's the problem with qos
This has the best opening scene ever imo. Honestly best bond scene, knowing where it just came from and the Mountain View ending in him popping the trunk and the song. It’s just my fav
Roberto Schaefer's cinematography deserves better recognition
He gave this movie the cleanest and sharpest look in the entire James Bond saga
Really? To me, Skyfall is the cleanest and sharpest looking film in the Craig series since it was shot digitally. I loved the looked of this film but it was shot on film and it has that filmic and gritty look to it.
@@Bluboy30 but in dark scenes, Quantum of Solace is sharper
It had higher contrast
@@LeonardoKlotz Well I can't really argue with you here since I don't know what type of display you're watching it on. But to my eyes, Skyfall has the deepest black in dark scenes and I'm watching it on my JVC projector. Of course, it may look different on your display.
@@Bluboy30Skyfall was mid at best
I loved QoS. It’s not the best Bond, but it’s a great sequel to Casino Royale, and it has one of the more true themes to date. Governments, companies, and villains alike are now fighting over water and the rights to water all over the world. This film captured what was not well known in the mainstream and talked about it.
As a 'Casino Royale pt 2" this film is great. On it's own it has it's issues, but there's 3 things that make it stand out. The arc with Mathis is great. The fact Bond doesn't sleep with Olga due to his loss of Vespa is good character growth. And finally the action scenes with Craig front and centre are great. Without this film we wouldn't have Skyfall and all the course correction that helped that become one of the best Bond films.
"the Olga & the Vespa"
I actually really enjoy QoS. It gets better with each viewing.
I honestly like this movie.. to me it just had the bad luck of being sandwiched between 2 of the best action films of the century in Royale and Skyfall... Sure, the editing is rough and reflects the time in which it was made, and the villain is weaker, but at worst it's a well-acted, passable action flick with a plot and lead that I found interesting.. It's good looking when the editing let's you take in the cinematography. Also probably my favorite score of the Craig era.
I think you best 2 action films of the century assumption is a tad over the top
@@stevelawson911yeah. Well "action" isn't the right word, we must say "spy thriller" or "bond" to be more apt, as bond film is a genre on its own
Also, what the hell is an “M16 agent”? She’s an MI6 agent, as in M Eye Six.
This movie gets a ton of crap and certainly had its production issues with the writer's strike, but it's my favorite Bond of the Craig era. Loved the action, loved Mathis, loved Mr. White, tight runtime, the rope fight, airplane chase, Tosca were tops and Craig's Bond was ferocious and bent on revenge. Really good follow up to Casino Royale.
You guys should do a video review on 'The Quick and the Dead'. I just watched it for the first time in maybe 20 years and it was great. All 4 leads do an excellent job. I think it was mainly sold as a Sharon Stone vehicle, as both Crowe & Dicaprio were up and comers, but she nails it. And of course, Hackman doesn't disappoint. I will say they maybe could have cut out 10 mins to tighten it up just a bit in the first half, but the last hour hits its stride and it's a great ending.
Plus it's a Western directed by Sam Raimi.
What else do any movie fan want ?
It's a really good western movie
I always forget about that movie, but man is it great! That and The Usual Suspects are my biggest father-daughter watches.
Not even James Bond can handle the 2007/ 2008 Writers' Strike.
The best thing about Quantum of Solace is the opera scene in Bregenz, Austria. It’s shot and directed beautifully. Almost like it was made by an entire different crew.
Marc Forster is the most underrated director of the Craig saga
Did he just say "M-16," instead of "MI6" ? lol
Yes 😂
Its ok to have issues, John. Most of us do. Recognizing them, confronting them are hugely helpful.
Wish you all the best. You're also great on the show! ❤ as always to both of you.
I remember watching this movie in the Theatre and at the end my buddy loudly exclaimed “So, what the hell is a Quantum of Solace?!”
So true!
The Illuminati but if you blink you miss it
Another Way to Die is my all-time favourite Bond theme song ... I played it over and over on youtube when it came out!! LOVE it!! And loved this movie too, despite the awful editing in parts!
This was so much better than the last one (Spectre), I refuse to even acknowledge that there was one after this. Although it sounds like without the cuts this would’ve been on a par with Casino Royale
No matter how many times i have watched this movie, I can't tell you what happens in it!!!
It's a nonsensical salad of everything. Took me 3 watch to finally remember what happens.
Ok, I hear that a lot but it's strange to me, the plot in QOS is the most straightforward of the Craig era. I have no idea what the heck is going on in Skyfall or especially in the last 2 and even CR is a bit all over the place.
@@terryf6696 agreed, No Time To Die and Spectre are boring
When Quantum breaks into the interrogation room and breaks out Mr. White. There’s a scene where Judi Dench reacts and a lot of viewers first thought that M got shot. But that’s not what happened.
The fact that so many people interpreted that scene one way when it wasn’t intended is an illustration of just how badly edited that scene it.
The film's music composer David Arnold once said in an interview for The World Is Not Enough that without the James Bond theme you got an action film, not a James Bond film. Well thats the very thing right here an action film with very few Bond elements.
One of the hightlights of this block of films was definitely Jeffrey Wright as Felix. So good.
Great concepts with horrible deliveries sums up Quantum for me. Daniel Craig totally should have had his own License to Kill/Man on Fire style entry that Quantum set up but couldnt deliver. Tony Scott would have been a perfect director for it.
I recall watching QOS at the cinema and noticing immediately how much cheaper and underpolished it was, in contrast to the terrific, surprising quality of CR just a few years prior.
Actually really like this movie. Almost a silent bond movie.
So happy this entry is getting some love in the comments.
Glad to see so many positive comments about this movie. I really like it, it's my favourite Craig outing by far, maybe because it feels more like a straight forward Bond, harking back to the Brosnan era. Anyways, let's hear it for this movie, it's just great.
The intro was great! "it's time to get out"
I don’t care what anyone say about Quantum, that car chase opening was stellar.
Exactly. It’s so perfect. Start and finish
The way that Alfa spins off the cliff after Bond shoots it gives me goosebumps every time.
@@michaelj7069 yes! 💯 it’s up there with Bullit and I hardly hear it ever referenced.
The poker scene was the best bit in the first one
Thank goodness I had a free movie pass with the purchase of the "Live and Let Die" DVD. Daniel Craig was good, but the film felt like the second half of "Casino Royal."
good stuff Mathew!
This is my 2nd favourite Craig Bond 👍🏼
I actually really enjoyd that film. It's gotta be one of the greatest opening sequences of all time.
I honestly didn't think this movie was that bad. There were certain issues with it but all in all it was a decent movie. It's definitely the weaker movie out of the Daniel Craig series of James Bond, but it was going to be very very difficult to top casino royale at that point because it was such a monster hit
You mentioned Dan Bradley @10:15 which is actually 2nd Unit 1st AD Terry Madden. Dan Bradley is @10:40 with the hat. Nice guy.
“Designed outfits for Bond and the females” Just say women. Dudes who called women by “females” just make me think of the Ferengi whining
Some Ferengi costume designers for the females would have made the movie more interesting.
Barbara WHO!!!??? 🤣
hint: 🥦
think this movie gets a bad rap, I find it to be an excellent action movie. Is it Casino Royale?...HELL NO! that movie is damn near perfect, but for a sequel I love it, this movie does not get enough love.
With every viewing, I enjoy this film just that little bit more. There's a decent film there, it's just hid behind some poor editing choices...
They should have delayed this film 18 months due to the writer strike, would have been a great Casino Royale sequel.
George Lazenby is the one true Bond
Worst bond
Is it supposed to be a joke?
Every Bond movie is still a good movie in my opinion..I love 'm all! Yet it was the fast pacing throughout the movie and the smaller runtime wich gave me the feeling this movie was overrushed...also considering it's release date wich was a really quick follow up to Casino Royale, wich ofcourse the writers were going for in the first place ..I liked of course as in any Bond movie: The girl, the villain, the car, the whole setting and more...etc...so it wasn by any means a bad Bond film..I would have been more happy with a speedboat chase wich I could actually follow..for instance 'Face Off' or 'The world is not enough' were excelent!
I really wanted to like this film. I really did. I watched in theaters and then on a loaned DVD. It did nothing for me, just a jumble of stuff I couldn't get excited for.
I really didn’t think the movie was that bad
Admittedly CASINO ROYALE is about 10 minutes too long, but it's a banger. It's my favorite Bond movie that's why it's disappointing that the rest of Daniel Craig's tenure is poor. QUANTUM is a poor sequel. The idea is interesting but the execution is poor. Dominic Green is a dull villain and there's no big ending, Olga Kurylenko is a good actress but she is so muted here, the action work doesn't in places. For me, the biggest mistake was making this a follow-up to CASINO and then trying to make SKYFALL, SPECTRE & NO TIME TO DIE somewhat connected as a series. The series idea is a big mistake. Make them standalones. There's more freedom in the storytelling. Have to say though QUANTUM (for all its faults) stands up and is a more enjoyable watch than SKYFALL, SPECTRE & NO TIME TO DIE. When they reboot Bond they need to make sure they hire a good/proven action director and have some good escapist adventure stories for the character.
Massively agree. I'm not sure why Skyfall gets so much love. It has excellent performances but the actual plot is more like something from a comic book. And it is, because it's got elements ripped from The Dark Knight and the villain is just The Joker without the clown makeup.
I fail to see why people hate this film. It was different but I liked it.
One of my favorite Bond movies, and I'm an old grognard who started watching these films when Moore was fresh, Quite why I like it I'm not sure. I agree with Forster than Casino Royale was too long, particularly the 45 minutes of playing poker, which I understand was a popular game at the time but I had no interest. I think I like Quantum because it's different. I compare it to License to Kill, a better movie but similar in that it's not goofy, it doesn't involve taking over the world, the gadgets are practical rather than ridiculous, and the Bond girls are not just window dressing. Quantum is fast paced, it has a non-ridiculous plot that has more than a little grain of truth to it (with Billionaire's like Gates and Bezos buying up water and renewable energy production). I think the writers strike gets a lot of blame for how this film turned out, but given what the director said I doubt it would have been all that different. I don't see what's wrong with the script anyway.
Totally agree. People keep going on about the difficult plot but I find it really straight forward and I love the fast pace. The other Craig bonds are total snooze fests to me.
Indeed. That explains why the movie is so incoherent and without tension (for example, the..."villains"). On the other hand, the videogame is quite good; the gameplay is OK (though not groundbreaking) but most of all, the player is put in Bond's suit, both in Casino Royale and its sequel. Hours of fun!
Is Another Way to Die really that terrible? I kinda like it.
It's Barbara 🥦 not bracoli or how ever your saying it.
This movie is poorly directed, it's not a strong sequel to casino Royale, the editor should never work again. The villans are as memorable as the villans in the Living Daylights.
We got Skyfall because of this movie. So I guess that's a plus in its favor. 😂
Quantum of solace, isn't that the next antman movie😯
Love Quantum of Solace
Casino Royale was so fantastic and a fresh reboot for the series. But after that, the entire Daniel Craig era has been mediocre (outside of Skyfall).
Quantum of Solace just happened to be the most boring of the Craig films. Even the opening song with Jack White and Alicia Keyes was awful. Its especially bad when you listen to the 'rejected' theme song, which actually included the word 'Quantum of Solace' in it.
I think "Just Another Way To Die" is a great Bond theme.
It's M I 6, not M-16. The middle character is a letter, not a number.
I particularly liked Olga Kurylenko in this movie. I prefer take charge female characters. I liked this movie despite the criticisms, and I liked Daniel Craig as Bond.
QoS is great. They made Al Gore into a Bond villain. That’s literally the only reason people hate on it, it cuts too close to the bone
can you do wtf happened to race to witch mountain (2009)?
I love the theme song. Yep. I said it.
Tbh it’s no worse than any of the other recent bond movies…
I like this Bond film a hell of lot more than "A View to a Kill", where the audience I was with laughed whenever Tanya Roberts spoke.
But AVTAK is more memorable for better or worse than quantum
@@adamcade604I'll give you that, with Christopher Walken, Grace Jones and Dolph Lundgren's debut... as well as a much better theme song.
this Bond Movie is pretty forgettable and also forgettable villains
Shaken Not Stirred 🍸
Marc Forester has 2 action movies that were ruined by script rewrites and reshoots. This film, and World War Z.
It’s probably for the best he stick with Dramas.
I liked it very much unlike Skyfall ,NTTD were depressing......... C.R set the benchmark for all the Bond movies......not many came even close.
And this crap was extremely expensive: $230 000 000..............................
But somehow it's one of my favorites.
As a die-hard Bond fan, a lot of this movie is practically unwatchable due to the editing and some of the choices of camera/actor placement. It’s a bit too short and I think had the editing not cut every shot into a micro-second the movie would have been about a half-hour longer. I can not-pick too and mention the random shot of M reacting to apparently being shot, the guy sweeping thin air and the facial ID function Bond uses that can be utilised by taking the picture of the back of someone’s head as other elements that leave a bad taste, as well as the cringy homage to Goldfinger and Dominic Greene having no redeeming qualities other than being a little slimy.
One of the major issues I have with this movie is I cannot justify picking it out at random when I want my fix of Bond action. It can’t really be watched without first watching Casino Royale for a little context. Most Bond movies can be watched at random as they are only loosely part of a continuing narrative.
On the plus side, the cinematography gives the movie a vibrant and classy feel - unlike the urine-soaked sepia tone of Spectre - the climactic scene in the burning desert hotel is pretty spectacular, the fact that a lot of the stunts were done practically always rings true with me and I’m probably one of the few people who actually quite like the White/Keys theme song.
The action sequences are excellent. I would say they are some of the best in the Bond series. Unfortunately, due to the writers’ strike didn’t deliver to make the sequences being portrayed on screen coherent, let alone compelling.
"M16" agent. 🤣🤣😅😅😅
Not supposed to be eye candy...
hahahahaha!!
It's on my bottom five Bond movies. The movie died the day the producers decided that it was going to be a direct sequel to Casino Royale, who required no sequel. A whole movie with Bond pining over Vesper, filmed with shakycam by a director who didn't know what he was doing, and with no plot, that's a good way to summarize Quantum of Solace.
Casino Royale was the first Bond movie I actually enjoyed
I’ll have a steak with potatoes and Braco-oly
Wtf, indeed. Combine a writers strike with an inappropriate director (no disrespect to Mr. Forster intended) and chaotic editing and this is what you’ll get. The first ‘art house’, French Impressionistic Bond film.
I actually love the jack white Alicia keys bond song 😢
I walked out of this movie in theaters
"M-16" agent? Who read this voice-over? A human?
Greenwashing villain was to weak Nikola CEO in jail. Slowly slowly creeping in biomass in EV where demand can not pace technology for energy density. Villain is weak, but is is more realistic than we think.
The villian was so bad, he wasn't included in the montage at the start of "Spectre".
The writers' strike definitely hurt this movie it is the weakest of the Daniel Craig Bond movies, but it's still watchable
I didn’t mind it. It was ok. Not great, but not bad.
12:41 yeah, an awful main soundtrack in modern Bond films, along with Madonna's Die Another Day.
I don't think the quick cuts were that bad
When done right, each shot added a new element to the scene
I appreciate this video's content, but could you do a read through before you record so the narrator doesn't sound like he doesn't know the subject he's discussing? It's pronounced Em-Eye Six, not Em Sixteen. And Co-producer's last name is pronounced BRAH-cuh-lee, not broh-KO-lee.
My dislike for this movie has lessened over the years, but I do believe they should’ve held off until the strike ended.
I like Another Way To Die. I think it's a good Bond song.
M 16 ?
Joe Blows
Imagine if QoS would have been released today. The studio would have fired everyone and ret conned it. Good thing they didnt or we wouldnt have had the best Bond movie ever Skyfall
No script. Terrible editing. Shakey cam. Skyfall was a return to form. Craigs run had highs and lows for sure. Although it seems a lot of people like QoS and Spectre. Tony Scott wouldve been a far better director for this btw.
Broccoli***… like the vegetable, not Bruh-COE-lee
M-sixteen? Dude common it’s M I 6 😂
I liked this movie
M-sixteen!?!
I liked it
I watched that movie and did not like it. The amount of "action" was ridiculous.
M 16??? it's called MI-6!!!!(not 2 b confused with Mission Impossible 6), her name is Lindy & not Linda Hemming!!! doesn't any check the script b4 doing these videos?
I actually really enjoy this movie, although it is far from the best and not one of my favourites.
I really enjoyed this one when I saw it in theater. But on second viewing, I definitely thought it's one of the weakest in the Craig series.
The only Craig Bond movie I can stand.