Quantum of Solace - Movie Review
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- Chris Stuckmann reviews Quantum of Solace, starring Daniel Craig, Olga Kurylenko, Mathieu Amalric, Judi Dench, Gemma Arterton, Giancarlo Giannini, Jeffrey Wright, David Harbour. Directed by Marc Forster.
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The look of sadness on Chris' face in the thumbnail is KILLING me.
Same bro. 🤣
Same. I'm like. "Uh oh. He doesn't like it."
@Classic Male Sex Icon Another month of "stay at home" order.
Chris' response: thumbnail.
Rodney Jean Baptiste lmao hahaha I say the same thing
He looks like he's in the middle of an existential crisis. "What have I become...?" 😂
I had completely forgotten everything about this movie except for the fact that the camera angle changes on average once every 0.3 seconds (I'm not exaggerating, it's literally that frequent). I couldn't focus on anything except the constant shifting camera. I had absolutely no idea what was happening.
Agreed!
@Brandon Hollis Good to know it's not just me. I'm always willing to consider the possibility that I'm just having a slow moment.
Lmao, I just had flashbacks of Moulin Rouge.
I am so glad that Hollywood isn't using Shakey-Cam® as much. That was so annoying. 😖
All i remember from watching this movie is that i got sick from the opening car chase
The worst mistake in this film was the shaky camera. That single thing ruined the movie for me.
It's a product of its time. Thank goodness The Raid and John Wick movies reaffirmed faith in action films
I'm not a fan of shaky cam either.. but I still enjoy the action scenes.. maybe you can't if your brain just can't follow the action? (it's hard, but I still follow it)
If you imagine... what being in real action like this would be like in real life.. it would be VERY frantic, and fast paced.. just like the editing of the car chase scene. Frenetic.. hectic, shaky, jarring, very fast paced.
Combined with the more gritty realistic Bond, the immediate continuation of the drama from Royale.. and Bond having to get over his love, and simply man up and kick ass in that wake... provides a real setting for this action movie.
@@Frejborg in this movie I couldn't tell who was winning the fights when they were happening. Even after some minutes it wasn't clear who died or got away.
This. Could have been really special with more restrained camerawork/editing/direction.
@@paisastic You mean the opening car chase? The rest of the action is easier/easy to follow.
I always saw Quantum as Bond just dealing with the aftermath of Casino Royale. It felt personal and low key. It was decent, certainly not laughable and most importantly didn't ruin Casino Royale.
Fam, it's complete asscheeks🤣
Unlike Spectre
I agree. It is a perfectly acceptable revenge story to Casino Royale.
The movie is a complete mess
@@RuanAntunes7 Agreed. But I think you can skip Quantum of Solace and you won't be missing anything in the Craig timeline.
I’m glad you’re making these videos for us during this Quarantine of Solace
And the pun of the day goes to...
Beautiful
Yes Man - I don't know if you meant it intentionally or not, but 'Solace' sounds like 'Solus' which means "alone or unnacompanied", which makes the quarantine pun even better.
I see what you did there....
lmao
2:14
"Women aren't gonna have weird names"
Has a woman called Strawberry Fields.
Walder Frey of the Twins. I immediately thought the same thing.
Did the movie actually call her that, though? I know she's listed that way, but I don't remember her being referred to in the dialogue as anything other than Agent Fields.
@@jculver1674 I mean there was an old character called Pussy Galore so 🤷♂️ They like an innuendo in bond
The movie itself just called her 'Fields.' Regardless of what the end credits say, she was never actually called Strawberry Fields in the movie.
Chewable Jim if you go on fandom or the internet she’s listed as Strawberry Fields
“Quantum of solace feels like a bond story that happens between movies”
That’s not a quote from anyone. Just felt quotable
Brian Egendorf Respectfully, I don’t agree that there wasn’t a great villain BECAUSE they were waiting until the next film. I think they just wrote a shit villain.
totally see that
I remember this movie being 3 hours long.... then he says "an hour and 46 minutes" I was like WHAAAAAA
Quantum of Solace felt like, something.
Something. Not a movie. Just, something.
Brian Egendorf that’s cause of the writer strike. It sucks cause the movie could’ve been so much better but what we got really kinda sucks
Minority opinion: the Bourne-style hotel room fight is pretty great.
Agree! 👍
That is probably one of the best action scenes in the movie.
^big shit
Though for me that scene didnt feel in tone with the rest of the movie. Great fight scene tho
Eh, no. Couldn’t tell how the guy died until I freeze framed the entire fight!
I always took Bond saying Vesper didn’t seem the sentimental type as him lashing out at her betrayal and it being a portrayal of how that broke him, not a contradictory plot hole.
Brad Alkire That works, which would also tie in nicely to him “letting go” of the necklace and of that pain when he finds that Kabira has been doing this to plenty of women in order to gain access to intelligence agencies for Quantum/Spectre, and that really, despite the betrayal she helped him find their trail. It makes me wonder if she had some knowledge of Oberhauser and his plan for Bond (this would obviously be a retcon, but it works), and sacrificed herself to eventually lead Bond to him as she knew he would be the only person who could stop him. Maybe not, I feel that Vesper wouldn’t have knowledge of the organisation past Gettler, Kabira and White, but it’s a compelling idea at least.
GiRayne Exactly. While no time frame is given for the time between Vesper dying and Bond being on the boat going through her belongings, it’s reasonable to assume it wasn’t that long. In that short space of time, he went from distraught to calling her a bitch. He was using that sudden change in visible emotion to mask his true feelings. He genuinely loved her, and her death and seeming betrayal hurt him. But he felt emotions compromised his ability as a 00 agent so he masked them with hatred.
This is why it’s so strange that he gets involved so quickly with another woman in SPECTRE. After the Vesper experience, you’d think he actually wouldn’t trust another person, let alone a woman he’s intimate with.
BatMadd Well until No Time to Die comes out and states otherwise, he hasn’t technically been involved with another woman from SPECTRE. Swann is just Mr White’s daughter who just happens to know of his dealings with SPECTRE (although the trailer obviously hints at secrets she has kept from Bond, so it’s likely she’s involved). Bond used Sciarra’s wife to get a location for the SPECTRE meeting, so she doesn’t count technically. Up until the end of SPECTRE, he has just formed a bond (hurrr) with Swann due to circumstance, and maybe he wants to drop his guard again because he has found... a quantum of solace... in her.
TheTCD I’m likely extrapolating Her Majesty’s Secret Service. You could be right. Trailers appear to suggest (to me) that they’re involved and then she betrays him somehow (or maybe already has by not coming clean about her involvement). I just hope it’s good. Craig is a great Bond and I want him to go out on top.
The editing in this film is monstrous, some action scenes are near unbearable to watch.
It's funny that Chris likened this film to Batman Begins in the video, because it just so happens that the actions scenes are edited similarly in both movies. In BB, I don't think we ever actually see Batman hit somebody, and in this movie, I literally felt like the cameraman was an epileptic. So yes, "monstrous" is a good term to describe this editing.
Without a doubt-I enjoy the movie more than Chris but the action sequences hurt your eyes and gives you a nasty headache!
What's so infuriating is that you can tell this movie isn't over-edited to hide a lack of production values or poor stunt work. It's clear that the second unit guys delivered quality stuff, but the director and editor butchered it.
TH3 F4LC0N At least Batman Begins actually had a great story and characters to make up for the awful editing during the action scenes, while this movie has none of that.
@@TH3F4LC0Nx he also said Stallone's cobra is sort of a guilty pleasure and the editing is choppy as hell.
They rushed it. They wanted to take advantage of the hype produced by Casino Royale. They should have waited to have professional writters to finish a good story to tell.
I agree but the studio wanted to take advantage of the movie by having it be released too early to earn more money at the box office.
How do they feel now with No Time to Die being released mAYBE next year now?
No Time huh
@@NumaanTahir Business that why.
@@RobertK1993 exactly. They know use gonna crank in more money because of the success of the casino royale.
@@NumaanTahir Daniel Craig has also said that there was talk of the actors joining in on the strike so if they didn't make when they did they may not have been able to make the film for even longer so they pulled the trigger early to make it
No matter how many times I watch this movie, I can never remember what happens in it.
funny you mentioned that neither can l
I finished watching it, and I don't think I can tell you what each character was doing in it...
True, when I watched a Bond movie, all I want to take away is the memorable action sequences. Here the action had so much potential but it was cut to shit
I love quantum. I can tell you exactly what happened in it lol. Quantum is just a criminal organization within spectre, which spectre retconned. i dont think that was planned from the start. They didnt originally have the rights to use spectre but then obtained them and wrapped quantum into it. Kinda lame
But the story in this movie is just about how quantum was trying to basically own the water in bolivia. Huge money making opportunity for quantum. And to get that land they helped collapse the bolivian government for a corrupt man willing to give them this land in return for helping him gain power. I like the story a lot. Its very kinda centered around the whole climate change thing and green energy stuff. Even the villains name is greene so theres a cool visual and story theme to the movie that a lot of other bond movies dont have. Skyfall to me doesnt have a theme. Casino royale does with the casino theme.
I didnt like Mathis dying , the only good scene was the opera .
Tim Dalton’s underrated License to Kill, is the 007 revenge flick that Quantum of Solace never managed to be.
I really liked both Tim Daltons bond films
very dark and gritty and dirty film. at the time a "weird" Bond film. but turned out as one of the best.
@@EastyyBlogspot i know. They are so underrated especially license to kill.
Overrated. Overrated as fuck. Love Dalton as Bond. The Living Daylights is my favorite. But License To Kill sucks.
His Bond is great. His first Bond film is the best.
Honestly based on everything Chris said about the film giving it a C- is actually a good score. I expected it to be a lot lower
Same , maybe a D
C- is the equivalent of 4/10 so that’s a bad score.
@@Nameless_h_007 I think C- is closer to a 5.
This was my Canadian friend's first Bond movie - and he loved it - said it was even better than Casino Royale by miles (after he got to watch that)! [I didn't agree - of course]
This is one of the worst Bond movies - but that doesn't mean it's terrible.
It simply means that it has fallen below a certain high standard that we expect from - what is - the pinnacle of action cinema for nearly 60 years.
Replace all of the character names and actors - and have the exact same script - and C minus is a particularly cruel rating for this action movie - which has TERRIFIC location work, an excellent female sidekick, and a terrific - but largely reserved - hero (actions more, words less).
I'm telling Chris that he would give this a B+ if it was anything other than a James Bond movie.
Vits Vicente Torres 4 or 5 out of 10 for a big blockbuster is embarrassing.
Me and my parents watching the early car chase:
My dad (a boomer): I have no idea what's going on
Me (19 at the time): I'm 19 and I have no idea either
That's wholesome
Yea, that was the only confusing part of the film. Almost migraine inducing.
@@heeeeeresrossy how were u confused, mr white was in the car
how were u confused
I feel something worth mentioning that is at least one thing the movie does well is how it makes Olga Kurylenko's character the only (if not, the first) Bond girl who doesn't bang Bond. It respects the narrative's circumstances and kinda makes them both equals - they are both after the same organization that took someone close to them and are both out for revenge, and by the end of the film they simply part ways after helping each other reach their goals. I thought such a decision was kinda admirable, if there's one thing the film does that is interesting, it breaks the common formula and provides a Bond girl equal to Bond without coming up with an excuse for sex (and keeps Bond focused on the vengeance for Vesper). As generic and underwhelming the film is, it at least stands out for that.
And yeah, the theme song is harsh. Totally agree that the instrumental is nice, but the vocals really clash. They'd have done well to not have Keys and White sing on top of one another. The Shirley Bassey song is rather nice, and a bit of a throwback to older themes. It's a shame that some themes end up getting cut out entirely (Radiohead had a lovely tune for Spectre), you kinda hope they would at least include the rejected theme as a credits theme like they did with k.d. Lang on Tomorrow Never Dies when Sheryl Crow won out (both are spectacular themes, amongst a few more that were pitched, one by Swan Lee that ended up being the credits music for the video game Hitman: Blood Money).
Yes!!!! Thank you. Keys is one of the worst singers that makes money. She came out when I was in high school and her songs were ok. Buthshe does this popping sound when she goes up for high notes, and she does it all throughout this bond song with white. I'm like, does keys think that sounds good? And she sings flat!!! Don't believe me, just listen to her live album from 12-15 years ago... its bad.
Quantum of Solace was best Bond movie for a long time. Obviously it was insulting to everyone who expected it to be "Bond" movie. Kurylenko here is not "Bonds girl". She saves herself and takes revenge by herself. Villains are portrayed as they are - dirty criminals. Bond is driven by dirty taxi cab, tiny Fiat type car and even by a bus with commoners. He was mistaken for a driver - what an insult. I think Craig David was pissed off by scrip so he didn't needed even to act in that scene. And while he drives plane, but what a plane - peace of garbage. More, biggest problem Bond solves - stops water price rise in dirty Latina country, leaves his friend's body in a trash and even hacks laptop of his superior. I was genuinely surprised by maturity of this movie. Of course, there are silly moments such as slim Kurylenko beating a giant general, but overall for me it definitely was "down to Earth" one of the best Bond movies.
The Bond girls should be sleeping with bond lol
Thank you so much for mentioning K.D Lang's theme of Tomorrow Never Dies. It is absolutely CRIMINAL that that song was snubbed in favor of Sheryl Crow's version, which isn't terrible, but horrendously inappropriate and "un-Bond" like when compared to KD Lang's rendition. I like to call this an example of fame and money getting priority over actual quality and appropriateness.
This is straight out of Ian Fleming's "Moon Raker".
He wants to bang Gala Brand - even imagines being married to her ... but they just part their separate ways after the adventure.
I've never hated Quantum, but it's always been low on my Bond list. But, there's no defending the editing. It's bad. The elevator fight is awful.
I agree with this
Louise X Waltz’s Blofeld and the brother twist single-handedly ruined that film. Not to mention the tone is a little goofy out of nowhere.
Also, it really bothered me how he is able to sneak into the main Spectre cabal 20-30 minutes into the film. The whole charm of Spectre (the organization), is that they have basically infinite layers and agents everywhere.
Compare that to the excellent elevator fight in Diamonds are Forever 40 years earlier.
Louise X I have not seen Fast & Furious or Road to Perdition unfortunately.
Spectre teeters in and out of my top 10 Bond films but the rest of the series is so good that I wouldn’t blame anyone for putting Spectre near the bottom for messing up some of it’s potential, or because of things like the needle scene that Bond escapes because... because.
Louise X or it could’ve been even better. I mean, obviously it could’ve been so much worse, but it was the first Bond movie I was aware of coming out and I feel like I picked a bad time for that to be my first theatre experience in the series. I agree with most of the things in the Calvin Dyson review of it. One of the other things I didn’t like was how Bond comes up with C’s name. Like, I get it, it stands for cunt, and he was clearly eccentric enough to be a twist villain. But in his introduction scene, other than his acting, he’s just speaking normal dialogue. Like, there is no legitimate reason for Bond to insult him yet, it just feels like Bond is being the asshole. There aren’t many scenes like that in the films where what they were going for isn’t in sync with what makes sense.
I wouldn’t mind the film having such visceral action scenes...
If the editing wasn’t god-awful.
This movie has grown on me the more I've seen it though. I think the misstep was not staying with the idea of the Quantum organization. Why they had to morph that into Spectre later puzzled me.
QoS is excellent.
Because Spectre is more huge in pop culture. It's like if in they only used Kylo Ren because they somehow didn't have the rights to Palpatine or Vader..
Spectre was held up in rights issues for a while. If they were resolved by the time of this movie, it probably would have been Spectre here.
When I was growing up and really getting into bond, Quantum was the latest entry and naturally became one I watched a lot. I liked it then and I still do now - your criticism about the action being derivative of Borne or Taken is incredibly insightful because my younger self, having never seen those films or been aware of that broader Hollywood trend, found the flashy, disconnectedness of the action to be quite envigorating. When I was 11 I couldn't quite piece together the reasons for one of the fights being intercut with some kind of opera, but that slant, that wistfulness, is what I think I love about this Bond.
This film is very different from the others and absolutely suffers from a simpler proto-narrative. The dialogue, plot, characterization is wishy washy and vague, absolutely. I still like the way the movie feels, though, the ambiguity and sentimentality of it all. Its a dystopian Bond, one where the world thrashes upon him instead of him having the world.
That ending scene - I can't get it out of my mind. It's so sorrowful and different to the "that's all for now folks" way the other films seem to end. I think this film is more worth a watch than Spectre, for example, which seems to pull every important character from thin air. Quantum pushes the foundational characters into that same oblivion.
100% agree with you
I love the grittiness of it.
You have a keen eye and excellent way with words...Perhaps you should start your own review channel/column.
I think it's dangerous to look at two films and conclude one film is good because the other is awful. That said, Quantum was the first movie I saw on my own in theater, so I've had it in my life for about as long as you have and I've aslo always enjoyed it: it has some great dialogue, the soundtrack is fantastic, and I appreciate that the "Bond girl" isn't just there for gratuitous sex. It's certainly not as good as Casino Royale or Skyfall but I do think it's a worthy continuation *of* Casino Royale, and it's a shame that narrative concluded with Spectre, because Spectre is one of the worst films I've ever seen.
I personally really love the opera scene, from Bond breaking up the meeting with one of Craig's best lines as the character ("Can I offer an opinion? *I* really think you people should find a better place to meet.") to the chaotic shootout that follows (and yes, I do actually like the quick cuts here: it makes the scene frantic, messy, and brutal; this isn't John Wick where everything needs to be hyper stylized.
@@AJadedLizard you really thought Spectre was the worst James Bond, much less any movie you've ever seen. Wow. Ha
I just watched Goldfinger for the first time and I laughed my ass off in the beginning when Bond literally uses the girl as a shield from the attacker in the room. You GOTTA review the classic Bond films, Chris.
The pre title credits scene of Diamonds are forever is next level and an explanation would not do it justice... its glorious
@@stevehewitt9140 and the ending fight was really good in that movie
Same thing happened in Thunderball
Bond used her as a shield because she set him up, hence why when she saw the henchman she wasn't scared.
@Patrick Whelpley A View To A Kill isn't that bad. Walken is amazing in it and the entire last act is great. Plus there's Grace Jones who is one of the best Bond villains of the franchise.
One wouldn’t mind a revisit on Skyfall. :>
Minder skyfaaaaalllllllllllll
Nah do a bond movie he hasn't talked about
@@smittywerbenjagermanjensen4737 this is the end....
Sharil Shahed Hold my breath and count to ten
Skayfall was boring as well
2:13: "Women aren't going to have weird names"
The woman played by Gemma Arterton who was assigned to bring Bond in was named Strawberry Fields
Well it's not a Double entendre i suppose [unlike say Pussy Galore]. I think even the film makers thought that name was too silly as she's never called Strawberry on screen.
don’t hate thus movie tbh, yeah it’s a *huge* step down from Casino but I just view it as an action movie that happens to have Bond as the main character. And I watched it when I was like 11 so it’s semi nostalgic at this point
I played the video game when I was like 8 yrs old, so it’s definitely a bit nostalgic for myself also.
It’s not a bad movie at all. It’s simply not as good as Casino Royale and Skyfall
kushtrimhasani the only Craig game that I like is goldeneye
@@jayjaysworld7110 you mean goldengun on the GameCube
@@captaincrunch7126 that’s nightfire nigga it’s on the GameCube
This always felt like a poor 107 minute epilogue to Casino Royale to me
It's the longest post credit stinger ever.
Casino Royale is a classic for all time - the next movie was always going to suck.
The writers strike gives it an excuse ... and I appreciate some of the experimental crap the director did. [not a lot of it came off - but you try these things ...]
"The women won't have weird names" isn't this the one with Strawberry Fields? lol
Yeah but they weirdly focus on the fact she is only called Fields because they are embarrassed of the name for some reason
@@GskitzIndustries I was expecting her at one point to say "Fields, Strawberry Fields"
Did you forget pussy galore? Maybe you should not.
@@avanishdutta2658 xenia onatopp...
Thanks for that, if octopussy would say.
I was never a Bond fan but when you reviewed Casino Royale I decided to give it a shot and ended up really loving it. I was incredibly disappointed with Quantum of Solace when I watched it immediately after. However, I completely agree with you, that Daniel Craig did a fantastic job despite the material he was given to work with.
"Quantum of Solace" and "Die another day" feel like the two extreme ends in terms of Bond film tropes. The former has basically none of them and ends up being really dull and bad and the latter is just littered with them to the point that it's really annoying.
The “former,” the “latter!”
This is a really great point.
PLEASE DO ANOTHER BLU-RAY COLLECTION VID DURING THIS QUARANTINE
Oh yeah, I’d love to see that!
He has like way too many. If he decided to do another one, it would be at least an hour and 30 minutes.
Dan Cast It’s not like we have anything else to do
Dan Cast No, just the latest blu-rays he bought since the last collection video.
Dan Cast Flick pick had one about that long
"Just because you're a plot doesn't mean you have plot." - Winston Wolfe
When the video game adaptation makes more sense then the actual movie, you know the movie has issues...
I remember the game kinda made me appreciate the movie more (which I still like more than the following Bond movies, and a lot because it was a direct sequel to "Casino Royale').
I remember that game. It was made by Treyarch, who did the Sam Raimi Spiderman games, as well as some of the Call Of Duty games. It was like a mixture of "Call Of Duty Modern Warfare" and "Rainbow Six Vegas," and the action scenes and storytelling were a lot better than this movie. You got to relive the best moments from both Casino Royale and QOS.
@@NexusKin what did you play it on?
@@VictorGreinvolfe48 Xbox 360
@@NexusKin aight nvm. 6th gen version is way different
It's a shame the editing of Quantum is so mangled because it distracts from the beautiful cinematography.
How can you distract a non-existent beautiful cinematography, most of the time it’s just flashy cuts & scenes you couldn’t make out, maybe it has like only 2 to 3 decent shots.
@Louise Sea yep lol, in fact I’ve actually seen all of Sam Mendes apart from his Bond movies, I just came to this review to see the disastrous comments about Quantum of Solace I just watched & of course to prepare myself for Skyfall, can’t wait to see Mendes’s take on it, his movies have the best camera work.
the thing about dark and gritty is you need some levity for godsake, or else the weight of the sober tone wears on you.
Speak for yourself. Dark films are fine as is. It does go very wrong if you expect a cheerful movie though.
AMEN!
You can clearly see a lot of the action scenes having potential, but being ruined by the editing.
The foot chase is actually Great !!!!!....ruined by the awful editing!!!
ygsr Exactly. The action scenes were very jarring to watch.
I recently watched this movie for the first time, and I agree. I felt that the choreography itself wasn't bad, but the way it was shot and edited was a nightmare.
Dude, the scene of him walking into the hotel to find the hitman at the beginning was quick cut
@Louise X /... not really
The producers created a classic with Martin Campbell's Casino Royale ... old-school breath-taking action ... like Errol Flynn, but at the top of a real-life 500 ft crane!
They then went very experimental for the next one - opera music, arty cuts, but TERRIBLE action editing (there's no excuse).
But then - it was tough - but I've decided that Skyfall is my second favourite James Bond film - a beautiful piece of work.
I still prefer Quantum to Spectre. Craig appears less tired of the role & at least it’s not long.
I honestly think both are roughly the same quality for different reasons. I quite like Craig in Spectre but I think he's quite brilliant in QoS. I think his single minded, wounded tiger version of the character was quite compelling. The story for Spectre is better and obviously the action is miles better but the last act sort of falls apart. QoS has obvious editing and story problems but its quicker pace helps you overlook some of that.
spectre is way better
@@aryankaushik93 i mean, he falls in love with a 20 year old , grim
@@aryankaushik93 i enjoy any daniel craig bond, the villian is spectre is shit, the car chase is awful
@@nikunjdixit1175 i enjoy any daniel craig bond, the villian is spectre is shit, the car chase is awful
God, I actually forgot there was a movie between Casino Royale and Skyfall.
I really like Chris' "Is life even worth living at this point face" in the thumbnail. 😂
I always interpreted it as the face as if he accidentally ran over a stray cat on the road, and got out of his car to see what he hit.
@@LordMalice6d9 Yeah, but while being in a mid-life crisis: "FML. I think that's Whiskers from the Millers. I'm getting drunk tonight and a divorce tomorrow. Screw the kids, I'll become a lumberjack in canada."
Soo true! 😂😂
This explains why when Skyfall came out, everyone suddenly acted like they were longtime Bond and Daniel Craig fans.
Nobody wanted to acknowledge this.
@@MTMinfiniti james bond + home alone
MTM they do blow the house up you git
Except for those of us who ARE longtime Bond fans and like the Daniel Craig movies.
I laugh every time I watch Spectre's opening intro...Royale and Skyfall are referenced, but no Quantum. They wanna pretend it never happened - even tho the plot is about how Blofeld masterminded all the events of Craig's Bond 😂
Louise X You had me until you mentioned Rian “I’m going to trash Luke Skywalker” Johnson.
I didn’t think there were “tons of jokes in Casino Royale.” Also there may be financial conflicts involved with waiting till the strike was over, especially when you have a set schedule of things (time is money) & don’t know how long the strike will last.
Craig & Dench’s performance keeps QoS from being a bad Bond film.
I didn’t think it Batman begins “Tons of jokes”
The opening chase scene literally gave me a headache watching it in the cinema. Terrible editing.
Haven’t seen this movie since it came out and can barely remember anything about it. Think that sums it up
I’m the same with all Bond movies tbh, it’s the main reason why I don’t like them. Things just happen, he kills people, he fucks people, whoop dee doo
@@worrywirt You took the words right out of my mouth. Goldeneye will always be a vital part of my childhood, but on the whole, I generally DON'T like Bond films.
@@worrywirt they're enjoyable films but I agree on the whole, very few are elite level cinema worth remembering as there's no continuity, kind of like a suit & tie Mission Impossible these days
Exactly the same here!
I remember it being really boring some of the locations were cool but it felt so long and it’s only 107 minutes long
I did love Olga's character in this film and how she wasn't just there for Bond to share a bed with.
Nick Kimball that’s fair but that’s like how Vesper was in CR and she’s just such a better character
Nick Kimball hell no olga’s character is super boring because she has way too much screen time
@@jayjaysworld7110 She's meant to be a foil for Bond: she's a younger, more idealistic distaff counterpart to him and I think that's why she and Bond come together in the first place.
This movie isn't as bad as the internet makes it out to be.
It's worse
It’s fine when I watch it, but a month later I forget almost everything about it
People like to give 1s and 10s just look at imdb. In reality this is a 6/10
@@Genevasplaytime There's lot of great movies that are 6s. (great in this case, meaning very enjoyable, and rewatchable)
It’s average, but it’s easily Craig’s worst.
This movie actually has an amazing opening car chase scene, once the title theme kicks in the movie does go downhill
I think it could have been good if they occasionally held on a wide shot longer, I think the editing really hurts the scene actually.
GODS OF EGYPT HILARIOCITY PLEASE
will never forgive whoever green lot that script & gave them 140 million USD to produce that atrocity, deserves every penny it lost
Honestly. I enjoyed the movie
It was a B moive on purpose. I mean, look at the designs, the dialogue, the story itself, I firmly believe they were going for that ridiculousness. Dunno. It's bad, but to me it's the fun kind of bad, and they went deep into it
@@someguynamedmike4766 Chris loved the movie because of how funny it was, and not in the way the producers intended. He mentioned he wanted to make a hilariocity episode on it but that video was like 4 years ago.
I liked it personally. It wasn't the abomination that some of said. it seems like some people are taken over by the mass vitriol just cause they want to be part of the in crowd to laugh at something. Hell I remember laughing at the movie BEFORE I saw it. But the movie was basically another Clash/Wrath of the Titans-type movie with big period special effects, mythology, etc...and they actually employ good actors. Jaime Lannister was in this and he was great, you could see for a first movie that he was a star.
2:13 "Women aren't gonna have weird names..."
There's literally a character named Strawberry lol....
It's barely mentioned in the movie!
I guess you could have the wierd lady name if her last name was
Monthly
Her last name in the credits I swear to god is, Fields. Strawberry Fucking Fields. 🤦♂️
It's not even mentioned in the movie.
@@WH250398 It's in the credits. I thought that was great.
The sad thing is that "Quantum of Solace" is by far my favorite Bond story. It was in "For Your Eyes Only" and is a great story. Would be incredibly hard to make a movie out of it though. There are aspects of this movie that are good but overall it is just okay. It is definitely in the bottom portion of Bond movies.
I actually think the opening car chase is really well done and intensely filmed. One part I actually really like from the film
It’s only just occurring to me that I have no idea what Quantum of Solace means.
It isn't the exact definition but quantum can refer to a small or limited amount of something, in this case a limited amount of solace. I guess they were going for the idea that Bond is searching for that small ounce of solace that is available to him, tracking down Vesper's former lover who was indirectly involved in her death
With a better script these ideas would have probably been better explored and I imagine that was really why Forster was hired, to explore a grieving Bond who will go so far for an act of revenge that is so meaningless. Of course, this doesn't come across in the final film at all and the whole thing feels like a confusing waste of time.
There was a short story Fleming published called Quantum of Solace about a couple who has marriage troubles and stays together for the sake of appearances.
@@illbebackeventually.9713 I thought the big bad organization in the film was named Quantum.
@@TH3F4LC0Nx The title still sounds like pretentious garbage lol
@@WH250398 yeah it's still pretentious
*This actually has one of my favourite opening Bond themes. I thought it was a kick-ass song*
Patrick Dempsey Yeah I like it too
Pretty forgetful. Best song is tomorrow never dies
Enjoyed it as well! Wasn't a fan of the movie but the title song is cool (even that got hated pretty harshly tho)
Same for me 😅
Compared to what? What’s the song Stuckman mentions that people say was rejected but they deny it?
I like this movie! I haven’t seen it in a very long time, but I remember liking it lol. I for sure like it better than Spectre.
True
I love qos i I don't care what people say.
I like this movie to dude.👍😎😎😎
Spectre is much better then Quantum of Solace.
I haven’t seen Spectre yet. It’s the only Craig one I haven’t watched yet but quantum of solace sucked
Thanks for still pumping these videos out! You're the best Chris.
Honestly, I would rather watch this over "Spectre" because at least "Quantun of Solace" kind of understood aspects of "Casino Royale" in a way "Spectre" really didn't understood the thematic point of "Skyfall".
As well as the fact that "Quantum of Solace" in mercifully short.
Yeah Spectre was trash
Idk why people don't like spectre because I remember liking it. I guess I should rewatch it. But this one I've never seen cause everyone said it's absolutely horrible and it remains the only bond film I've never seen.
@@thecrosader5181 Was Spectre the one where Bond survives a lobotomy?
but spectre was written and directed by like the same people that did skyfall : P
i personally would watch spectre over quantum of solace, but for the record i would much rather not watch either : PP
Although it's "mercifully short" it's still painfully boring. Not to mention the shakey cam the cut away every second makes this unwatchable, imo.
Its unfortunate that my first introduction to Daniel Craig's bond was this movie.
Am interested.....was Casino Royale just amazing in comparison when you saw it or was the sour taste too strong by that stage?
4:17: The elevator scene is one of the most egregious examples of shaky cam and quick cutting that I have ever seen. No matter how many times I watch it, I still can't figure out how Bond escaped or took out any of the other agents. It's impossible to decipher what's actually happening. It's like a twisted, sub par version from hell of the elevator scene from Captain America: The Winter Soldier.
Thanks for keeping up your quality content during these quarantine times.! Just Saw your old Skyfall review (hopefully you'll rewatch and make a full spoiler for 2020) and I'd like to ask you a somewhat "VS" review on Casino Royale and Skyfall. To me, the best Craig ones, BUT, I'd love to hear your take on that comparison!
Quantum of Solace: one of the very few instances where the video game adaptation of the movie is actually better than the movie
The only better example is X-Men Origins: Wolverine (and probably Riddick, even though I've never played them).
I played the ps2 version first then the xbox 360
The ps2 version of quantum of solace was really fun along with the wii version . Similar to x-men origins wolverine tbh the game is good
I've watched that movie like 5 times. Still can't remember what was about...
something with crashing the oil market?
@@movieace1295 Yes and no, and yes and no, and who the fuck cares?
My only question is why watch this movie five times?
@@-hasamastersdegreeinwumbol8565 Because I didn't remember what was about ;)
@@acidtrungpa4760 Lmao! I guess that makes sense. I've only seen it twice, but I decided that if I didn't remember what it was about by the second viewing, my brain must have deemed it unnecessary to keep such information inside my skull.
Can you do a “movies/shows to watch while quarantine”?
This is the first Bond movie I saw and was bored to tears. Later, I was with a friend who is a mega Bond fan, and he showed me Casino Royale. If it weren’t for that and if I had only saw Quantum of Solace, I wouldn’t have ever given Bond films another chance.
I’m not going to lie but I really liked this film.
Same
why?
- Starts off right where Casino Royale left.
- Only James Bond movie where James, as a person is having to deal with the fallout of the previous movie.
- Great red herring making everyone believe some clichéd super rare fictional element or energy source was at stake.
- Actual spying and information gathering rather than just sabotage and assassination.
- Most realistic villains. There's actual private water monopolisation schemes in countries like Columbia. Not to mention philantrophism used as a front.
- Sheer unhinged anger from Bond. Complete loose cannon.
- Jaded bond girl that, much like bond is dealing with her own shit so they find companionship in misery without tacked on romance.
- Bond groupie gets completely screwed over
- Actual hostility against MI6
- The opera scene is breath-taking. It's deliberate chaos delivered perfectly.
- Beautiful contemplative moments with Rene Mathis.
ManofGears Same.
@@TunnelVisionAthletic It was "down to Earth" Bond movie not ridiculously stupid movies most Bond movies are. I extremely liked Craig-Kurylenko pair. For once, Bond didn't have a piece of meat alongside him through out whole movie. This was a pleasant surprise. For only second or third time in a whole series villains were showed who they are in real life - dirty cynical murderers with no sympathy for them. But mostly I liked it because it wasn't about f*cking Bond and his girls. It was about bringing criminals and corrupt officials to the justice.
This movie is a prime example of just because a movie has a plot doesn’t mean it has a story
Nup. Big downvote for this video. This is one of the best Daniel Craig 007 films. Water being the McGuffin? Genius.
Way better than the most recent 007 film.
Just like a porn movie!
Sure, it's no Casino Royale but nowhere near as bad as most say. I still think Spectre is Craig's worst.
Spectre was certainly a disappointment. Craig is consistently great - but such a poor script and poor choices in my view.
Spectre i found ok up until THAT Blofeld scene...from there it went to s**t in my opinion...
@@wmb1628 it was me James, it's always been me. The author of all your pain lol
@@elmoviemaster CUCKOOOOOO haha
When I first saw this movie, while watching it, I was thinking to myself I cannot tell what is happening in these action sequences. I am so glad you brought that up.
Loved Casino Royale! Then this was soooo bad lol
Then came skyfall the greatest james bond movie
@@theovaldes17 negative
@@taylorbernier7966 Positive
@@brucecrawford4948 Skyfall better than Casino Royale? Your 00 license is revoked
@@taylorbernier7966 its his opinion. I too think skyfall is the best bond movie
Loving these older movies reviews, Chris. Keep your spirits high during these times man!
Hi, I am trying to find a name of a movie, Chris Stuckamn said in the video posted by him (i cant find the video) that was similar to hereditary as the doll house is a part of the movie, even thought it was filmed before hereditary, a lot of people would think it was a copycat, can anyone remember the title of this movie?
I cannot WAIT to hear your review of Skyfall. These reviews are giving me life right now. Keep it up, Chris.
I actually remember talking with a friend about James Bond, after talking about our favorite films, moments villains etc. we eventually talked about Quantum of Solace (which was the first Bond film I saw in theaters) and we both agreed that it was by far our least favorite out of all of the Bond films, though we discussed that Die another day is ridiculous, makes no sense and sacrificed fan service over telling a good story. But I at least remembered Die another day. With Quantum of Solace I forgot nearly everything that happened immediately after I finished watching it. Even after repeated viewings
Agreed 😅
Camera work on this movie was bugged. I'll never forget that.
I fell asleep during Spectre, I figured that I shouldn't get my hopes up for this one either.
Skyfall wasn't horrible, it was pretty good. I liked the actors in the film.
Blue Crow I haven’t seen spectre because my dad made me watch it because I’m not a big Daniel Craig Bond fan as for skyfall the family saw it I fell asleep on it and it was so boring so boring
thank you for helping me make sense of the Casino > Quantum experience. Just watched CR and was floored enough to immediately follow up with QoS and then was like...???
Marc Forster: "I was never a fan of James Bond films" === Anne Heche : "I never saw Psycho".
great choices!
The only one who can get away with such a flippant attitude in regards to filmmaking, is Werner "I've never seen the original Bad Lieutenant" Herzog.
I was so let down by this movie after seeing Casino Royale, it was a mess. Too bad it was made during the writers strike.
Casino by far my favorite, it just doesn't end.
I actually really liked this movie. I think it’s highly underrated.
Tamer Ciftci what!!!!!! how come you’re not a bond fan dude the bond films are good i was a fan of connery and brosnan and not Craig which his films were boring
I remember watching this movie in the theatre with a friend and as we were walking out he said, ‘what did I watch for the last two hours!?’
It summed up my thoughts exactly.
Your thoughts are garbage then.
Basically an extremely forgettable mediocre Bond movie. I mean, I watched Quantum Of Solace and I did not remember anything so remarkable for the movie especially at its action sequences
I like the conclusion to Vesper's story, in the very last scene.
The major plot point in qos could have made one of the coolest bond movies.
Hey Chris, thanks for bringing review like this still during this weird time. If you're looking for new video ideas, I have one I think you'd be interested in. You know how so many people made their favorite movies of the decade recently a few months ago? Well, instead of that, I thought why not do your favorite movies based on the genre of the decade (and personally I'm thinking more specifically Horror and Action because of your Problems With" " Movies Today videos. Just a thought! Can't wait for more videos soon!
You chose a couple of really 'challenging' Bond movies to review this week. Interesting to hear your perspective. Thanks.
Saw this in theaters and never watched it again. But I kept saying “Yes” and “Exactly!” During your review. I almost gave up onBond after this one.
Same
I bought the blu ray years back and haven't ever opened it.
You were spot on with everything, but i'm kind of confused about the c-. With all of the deep flaws it has it makes more sense to rate it a D.
I actually liked the Opera sequence when he's spying on them, well specially when he just casually interrupts and then takes photos of all of them
That was really good, and memorable.
Yooo! I love your reviews man. Keep it up! Was wondering if you would/could ever do a “Friday” by Ice Cube review. I know it’s an older movie but I’m Very/highly interested to hear your take on the film. A true hood classic but I need that unbiased detached opinion.
I remember being in high school how excited I was for this movie... such a disappointment after the masterpiece Casino Royal. What sucks is we only got 1 good movie before Skyfall did the whole "Bond is too old" storyline. Love Skyfall but looking back on it , that movie should have been the last one Craig made.
Wait for No Time to Die. You never know!
@@reshteenmal2620 I have hope but if I was a betting man I were would say itll be better than Spectre but not by much
@@Nicebitoftucka Ah, Come now, My friend! Pessimism never got anyone, anywhere. Billie Eilish's song was pretty good. It is Daniel Craig's last. They have got a good director. Phoebe Waller-Bridge did some rewrites. Those are good signs.
@@reshteenmal2620 I'll get back to you in November. But I'm honestly more excited about Godzilla vs Kong 😁
@Vinther1991 They royally messed up Blofeld in Spectre
I would really like to hear his thoughts on the two installments with Timothy Dalton. Both of them are really great.
He likes license to kill
Chris pls make a blu ray collection video in this quarantine. If its too long you should just do it in a couple sittings
Did you consider to make in depth review of Seventh seal? Because I would like to hear what do you think about it.
I am big fan of your work and I am following you for years.
Greetings from Croatia
I feel like I watch this movie but I honestly don't even remember anything about it
Your not alone.
Yep. Me too. I watched it at the cinema but have zero recollection as to what happened!
To this day, this is the only film to give me a literal headache in the cinema while watching it. The camera work in this film was truly, truly awful. My head was thumping by the end.
I had such a bad headache watching the beginning sequences of gravity, I almost walked out of the theater cause I couldn’t handle how quick the camera movements were with everything going on.
The camera work is actually mostly quite beautiful..... It's the editing that's the problem.
Hi Chris, do you have any plans to review Vivarium? My wife and I are watching it on demand right now and it’s pretty crazy, I’d love to see what you think about it, thanks!
That expression on your face is genius in steering traffic. Had to watch this one to decipher that look. Not disappointed.
Watched this movie a couple of times and I can't remember the plot at all. I recall it being ok I guess, but that's probably just due to Daniel Craig being a really good Bond. I couldn't remember the villain at all.
Was this the one with the extra pretending to sweep?
Please Chris, I want review for THERE WILL BE BLOOD.
One of my favorite movies of all time.
Yes!!!
I tried sitting through that movie more than once, and I just can't do it. Sorry if that makes me sound like a hater of artistic cinema, but that movie is just downright painful to me.
@@TH3F4LC0Nx This movie is not for everyone.
Has he reviewed No Country For Old Men? Cant seem to find it if he has...
@@TH3F4LC0Nx it makes you a pleb
TOMORROW NEVER DIES also had a rejected theme song. The k.d. lang song "Surrender" that plays over the end credits is a thousand times better than the titular Sheryl Crow song that plays over the opening credits. If "Surrender" had been the official song, it would have been one of the top Bond themes of all time!
Hey Chris love the MGS shirt. I remember buying the same one at an FYE.
Watching "Casino Royale" right before watching "Quantum of Solace " is basically setting yourself up to hate this movie.
Honestly, I've enjoyed all of Craig's Bond films, even QoS & Spectre, probably in the minority on that but I really enjoyed this film when it came out. I remember many of my friends and family saw it in theaters & thought it was good. I remember getting on IMDB to talk about it and everyone was bashing it lol. I still like this movie & the dark tone. The film's not perfect but it's okay IMHO.
The worst think to ever happen to a bond theme is Radiohead Being replace by Sam Smith On spectre
Sam Smith🤢... where did he go? I guess he tried to have another surgery to fix his aids butt disease
Radiohead's Spectre will forever haunt me. I have no idea how they went with Sam Smith...
Tru
Because gay was the way that year... and he sounded like a women
Humberto Pacheco that Sam Smith song was really good
Hey Chris! Can you please review The Last Samurai? Since it’s on Netflix, I’d love to see you review it
This movie is like a roller coaster.
Starting up high...and then plowing right into the dirt.