The rebooted Bond is much more of a human being than the icy hatchet-man of the previous iterations, and I like that. It brings the character up a notch on the scale of realism. But his evolution as a person and an agent, first denying and then finally releasing his grief over the death of a loved one from Casino Royale, the prequel, is marred by the shaky-camera, too-tight-focus, seizure-inducing-shot-cut rate that plagued too many action movies of the first decade of this century. Thankfully, that Paul Greengrass-style, nausea-inducing action shooting style is slowly waning.
If you enjoy Bond as a character -- perhaps as presented in the original Ian Fleming writings -- just grit your teeth and squint through the sports, like I did. Then go watch Casino again for a proper dose of properly-filmed action.
Review of Quantum of Solace
Quantum of Solace
(2008)
Another Strong Story Ruined by Unwatchable Action Sequences
3 September 2020
Warning: Spoilers