Funnily enough, back then Quantum was slammed for having the most unimaginative villain. Turns out art was imitating life, given how Nestle and The Coca-Cola Company were doing exactly that.
Casino Royale was so bad ass. That scene where he gets poisoned while playing and then gets fixed and he comes back to the table all disheveled, pale and ready to play. Iconic.
The biggest disappointment for me is that the relationship between Bond and Vesper was done 100% well enough that a full exploration of his loss in the follow-up movie was a fantastic idea, and it's just oddly wasted. Vesper's death was the catalyst for Bond to become Bond as we know him, so if the final scene in Casino Royale was the beginning of that transformation, Quantum should have solidified it with a journey from emotionally compromised Bond to emotionally detached Bond, forgiving Vesper and himself but not forgetting. That's also why I dislike Madeline Swan in the last 2 movies, theyre trying to make her be this great love of Bond's but in doing so they neuter Bond's arc in the Craig era
Is it though ? I think the story arc of bond is absolutely amazing especially how they played it out in NTTD. How a person who once was betrayed by his true love and became cold finally becomes more vulnerable.
Well what can we say, that's what happens when you have writer's strike, the producer said the writer just droped the script took the money and left, he cleary didn't care about the quality of the script. And yes, I concur with what you say: an emotionally detached Bond, forgive but not forget and all, but after the death of M that shell broke and was more like he force himself to chose Madeline over everything else, like he wanted that happiness, that love. But hey, the movie hasn't been premiered in Mexico so I can't solidify my stand
They "wrote" this movie like a level based shooter. Give context on why we're fighting, then let us get to the fighting. Add a bit more information as a reward for that fighting. Repeat until the plot is done. It works well enough, especially if you have terrific gameplay to back it up. It's not the best way of telling a story, but if the story is simply context for the gameplay (think DOOM 2018) it works just fine. In a movie that is supposed to be about more than just action, it's nowhere near enough, especially since if the action is done as inadequately as it is in this movie.
You're correct in that good gameplay can absolutely make up for a lack of compelling story. However, don't sell the story short, either. An otherwise great game can end up sucking _because of_ the story and its writing. The best example I can think of *to this day* is Diablo III. That game series specifically does not have a deep story. What did they do for III? COMPLETELY FILL it with filler flavor text!! Even the main plot. Seriously, if you rush through that game, it's hard to get characters to _shut up._ The bad guy of act III _actively taunts you_ while you're mowing through his army on your way to kill him. What a poor decision. The writing in that game is _actively detrimental_ to the experience.
That's actually a great analysis of Quantum of Solace. You're exactly right in that it really is structured unlike any other film they ever did. I think the biggest downfall is that Marc Forster was clearly either not comfortable or not good at shooting action scenes and you can tell he just let the stunt coordinators and 2nd unit just do whatever they wanted. The editing is just atrocious in thos scenes, it almost reaches Taken 3 levels of insanity
@@ashkebora7262 That's because Diablo is an RPG, where story and writing are meant to be part of the experience. But in a game like, say, Mario or Mega Man, who cares about the story? Jump on the things, get to the end, have a great time doing it. Done. That's pretty much how I feel about Bond; it's kind of always been a thinly-veiled vehicle for cool action setpieces and badass one-liners. Craig's era changed things up a bit, but that's part of why it's been so divisive.
I'm still baffled as to how a movie with a budget of more than $200 million has awful quick-cut editing that makes every action scene a jumbled nightmare.
@@oeljay I think Marc Forster is a competent drama director, but he really doesn't understand how to create compelling action scenes. You can clearly see that in Machine Gun Preacher and World War Z.
Because he wilfully didn't care enough to get the basics right. Spends $200 million to make a $30 million movie. I wonder how much they blew on that "hotel." Goldeneye spends $60 million to make a $200 million movie. Every single dollar is on screen.
@@thedexterbros I can understand that, but I think that kind of editing can inadvertently make a movie look cheaper than it really is. It looks really incompetent in how it's all put together. When Bond's plane passes a rock structure during the plane scene, there's a mistake when the structure overlaps onto the next few frames.
I love the faded micheal bay in the background of the thumbnail as a reference to "Transformers 2 - What Happens when a Movie Isn't Written | Anatomy Of A Failure"
One of the things I always found movies made during the writers' strike had in common was their obsession with changing the setting every single scene without coming back. In both Transformers II and Quantum they go from one location to the next compulsively and after a while I really don't care where they are or why they're doing what they're doing. In Transformers I, the house was the starting point for Sam Witwicky and then it got messed up by the robots, and in Casino Royale the same environment that could host a thrilling game of cards could also be the setting of an amazing stairwell fight. In the movies made during the writers' strike there is no emotional connection with the setting because they just keep jumping around and it becomes mind-numbing.
I liked how the villain was essentially this beta male dude. He was more of a Zuckerberg type - someone relatively young who happened to get super rich. The part where he hits himself in the foot with the axe when trying to fight Bond is hilarious.
You know I always wondered why the Quantum of Solace game was so good even though the movie wasn't, and now I know: It's literally structured like a video game: Cutscene/Gameplay/Cutscene/Gameplay/etc.
Its why I love the plot. This feels like the most realistic plot Bond would have and apparently a similar situation in South America took place to inspire idea.
Ideas are a dime a dozen. Their execution is what matters. This could have been exploited for high stakes and emotional investment. I like the criticism that if everything takes place in fancy high-class establishments, the plight of the thirsty poor is far away. It's a bit like telling a ghost story with a cool premise in a sloppy way. "So your grandmother who died after having been mentally ill for years, she came back from the dead. It's because she was a necromancer and lost herself to a demon who now controls her. Oh no, there she is now, outside the window!" Such spooki.
It still blows my mind that this seems to have gained a more positive reception over time. I am shocked every time I watch it, it feels like incoherent gibberish - admittedly quite attractive and fun gibberish.
@@AndAllTheWhileAnimalsSuffer Aye, after Spectre, the Craig films were becoming as disappointing as a series as the Brosnan ones, but without the kitsch charm to make up for it. Still no idea what I'll make of the new one, it must be over-stuffed given how much time it's had in the editing room.
It is all gibberish. I've never watched an action movie that put me to sleep until I watched this. It's all action, and it's all boring. I'd honestly compare it to Parole Violators if you've ever seen that horrible movie.
The interesting thing is that with hindsight this is the only "normal" Daniel Craig 007 adventure. The first is an origin story and the next three after Quantum are Bond is retiring/too old/done. So this is the only film with Bond on his prime.
@@Ben-pd2bx Do you like Skyfall? I know it's not Bond in his prime and it has some pretty obvious plot holes, but I've always found it enjoyable. Definitely not on the level of Casino Royale of course.
@@Ben-pd2bx I forgot about him pretending to be dead at the beginning! You're right, that could have been really interesting to explore if they'd focused on it. I more or less have the same thoughts on Skyfall overall. I absolutely loved it the first time I saw it in the theatre, but the plot contrivances only become more glaringly obvious with every rewatch. Still, I'm glad Craig had at least one other decent outing after Casino Royale. If only Quantum of Solace was nearly as good as CR, I feel like I could somewhat overlook Craig's Bond never getting his 'prime' years shown on screen. I really feel like QoS could sort of be that 'missing' movie, if only it had been handled with more care. Each film in Craig's era (at least the first three) seems to center around Bond going through major character changes. In Casino Royale he goes from a rookie to the Bond we know, but he's still basically new in the role. Quantum could have seen him truly become the iconic 007, before Skyfall handled his fall from grace / redemption. Spectre ruins the whole progression, but hopefully you can see what I'm getting at. Quantum could have been Bond at his prime. Of course, I would have loved more movies in between QoS and Skyfall too, but it's just frustrating because Casino Royale, Quantum of Solace and Skyfall could have been the ultimate Bond trilogy in my opinion. Luckily like you said, Casino Royale will always be a masterpiece.
@@i_am_tomatosoup Skyfall, could be his prime. Again, he's not completely "washed up" more like wounded, and leaving him for dead. It's not the best premise, but it worked better than most people expected. Spectre, is whole different can of worms.
@@luchomscyfy That's fair, although I feel like they emphasize Bond's age a lot in Skyfall. I try to find positives in all the Bond movies, but Spectre is... actually I don't even want to think about Spectre. I just rewatched Goldfinger though! Can we just forget that Spectre happened and talk about how good Goldfinger is? Connery is just too damn cool. That fight at the end with Oddjob is sooo good. Sure, it's pretty dated but that whole film is iconic. Or let's talk about Goldeneye. Unpopular opinion: I think it's overrated - good, but overrated. Pierce Brosnan is probably my personal favorite Bond, but even Goldeneye isn't that great to me. Sorry, PB Bond fans. Please, please let's talk about anything other than Spectre. I would rather watch Never Say Never Again on repeat than think about that movie again.
@@i_am_tomatosoup Goldfinger is awesome. Goldeneye is pretty good for me, probably my favorite in the Brosnan era. The rest are meh. Never say never again have Max Von Sidow as Blofeld, which is a must-watch.
For me ironically what makes Quantum not good, it's worst aspect, is its action. A movie can have a meh script but still work well if the action is good. But the action in Quantum is so strikingly incomprehensible.
Exactly, I noticed it recently when watching Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace back to back. The difference in filmmaking was striking, especially the editing of action scenes. There was one moment in Quantum of Solace however which surprised me during all the incomprehensible chaos [03:57]. :)
D. C. hace 2 horas It's not great by any means but nothing is as bad as spectre and his brainwashed nintendo 64 pve ending destroying a base with a single bullet like he used the force and chasing a helicopter
The whole "action - info - action - info" thing just makes me think of something like video game loading screens. Like, you load up a game of Smash Bros or something and in between rounds you get lil loading tips that are like "Donkey Kong's down air and fowrard air can spike opponents."
What's interesting about this film is its original screenplay ultimately became the basis for No Time to Die. Everything except the fight at the Palio and the opera house is tossed aside in favor of a shorter runtime, action sequences symbolizing the four important elements, and the Bourne crew being recruited. It's still a good film, with this being the first Bond sequel, and the villains' plan being actually realistic and ahead of its time.
D. C. hace 2 horas It's not great by any means but nothing is as bad as spectre and his brainwashed nintendo 64 pve ending destroying a base with a single bullet like he used the force and chasing a helicopter
@@a.39886, the worst part is there are multiple versions of the ending. One where Blofeld dies, one where Spectre went to London because of a file or something, one where the base resembled thr one in You Only Live Twice (Q getting tortured and Blofeld draining Bond's blood because of a file or something). It was only made because the rights went back to the studio, and tried to modernkze it. Liked the film, despite of those flaws.
@@dylana.9057, it certainly feels like the early 70's Bond films if the action scenes are edited in the vein of On Her Majesty's Secret Service: down to earth, gritty, and believable schemes.
@@funwithtropes69Spectre is 8.5 of 10 just up to the train scene then it goes downhill they didn't have any idea how to close the movie is so sad because as you say just because they got back the license to spectre they thought the movie will write itself and was a complete traincrash in the last 30 minutes
As much as I have enjoyed watching QoS, I won’t disagree with your points. I will add this though: one of the things that made Skyfall good was that it detached itself from Quantum. Then Spectre came and reattached it, for no good reason. So…. maybe an Anatomy of a Failure for Spectre next?
@@diaboruimSpectre is for me the worst Bond movie. And ik thats shocking but as a major Bond fan it completely lacks passion or fun or entertainment value. Ffs Never Say Never Again and Diamonds Are Forever are fun, absolutely fun, even if commonly pointed to being the worst. But Spectre is so soulless, the action should be exciting becuz the stunts are grande and shot well, but the story is so fucking dull, idk it just feels like it had the life sucked out of it all because they wanted to imitate the MCU with the shared universe (yes Skyfall and Quantum were continuations, but they had completely different villains and plots, the new Blofeld will always be Craig era’s greatest flaw for me). Like really everything we’ve seen up to this point is because a long lost secret stepbrother had a childish grudge over his dad liking Bond more, a fucking childhood jealousy leads him to make the biggest secret crime organisation of all time just to punish Bond, its a joke
I love that you can always tell exactly when a writers trike happened because of the plots that their replacements come up with. One also happened in the early 2000s and affected lost, heroes, 24 and countless other shows who went braindead for a couple seasons
Fun Fact: Jack White didn’t want to release “Seven nation army” cause he wanted to use it (or parts of it) if he’s ever to compose a James Bond movie, but after some thinking and convincing he released it. After it was released he was offered to compose this movie.
It's not great by any means but nothing is as bad as spectre and his brainwashed nintendo 64 pve ending destroying a base with a single bullet like he used the force and chasing a helicopter
@@mistersippi2945 I like spectre. I mean, it's stupid and it's definitely the worst Daniel Craig Bond movie, but I enjoyed Christoph Waltz, and Dave Bautista character was pretty fun imo.
Casino Royale was so good because Bond actually does some detective/investigation work of his own to uncover the terrorist plot at Miami airport. He didn't have any help from Mi6, he didn't have any resources. He just uncovered everything through his own resourcefulness and skill and then foiled the plot. The rest of Mi6 doesn't get invloved until after the attack was stopped. He was on his own. In QoS, all the info was basically handed to him on a platter. He didn't feel like the same the character. It was just like "OK Bond. The bad guy is here. Go take care of it". They could have sent any Mi6 agent to do that. It didn't feel like Bond was putting any effort in.
I saw this recently and forgot how crazy the editing is in this. The scene at the start from where the MI6 agent shoots Mr White to when Bond shoots him hanging from the rope...it's 4 minutes and 20 seconds with about 270 cuts. It just cuts back and forth between the chase and some horse race outside for no reason, the race serves nothing to the plot or location it's just so random and weird.
I wonder how it feels being a Hollywood movie maker and realising "There's ppl out there who will never watch my movie, but would much rather watch Filmento tear it one."?
Makes me wonder about the lingering spectre of internet regulation and censorship and how far it would truly reach. Moneyed parties cant afford long term to have wisened average people pointing out the emperor has no clothes with flubby releases and losing influence. If their return on investment comes at the cost of the public losing brain cells. Then lose brain cells they must.
I've never watched Quontum. I've read one Bond novel (Casino Royal) and watched one film (I can't remember what it was called, it involved a metal sphere). But I'm watching this.
The irony is, for all of its weaknesses as a movie (and there are many), Quantum of Solace was still a far better movie than Spectre, which actually had a writer and several years of pre production. I would never call Quantum a great movie, but at least it's tonally consistent and fairly grounded if you accept the movie's logic on its own terms. Even if you hated Quantum, it's also at least a mercifully shorter ride to slog through than Spectre. How the same director can give us Skyfall, then Spectre right after is honestly a case study in itself.
Well, Skyfall isn't exactly well written either. Has quite a bit of stupidity in it. Heck, they don't even show us how the bad guy got out of his glass prison cell, because, well, he'd be dead if he tried. So it happens off camera. It does, however, have great cinematography, and as other poorly conceived movies, like The Last Jedi, show, that can go a long way.
@@Axterix13no doubt Skyfall had its own logical gaps. I still consider Casino Royale to be Craig's best Bond outing yet. Skyfall is second best simply because it's a more watchable movie than Spectre or Quantum overall, not because it's spectacular. Skyfall had some good set piece action, beautiful cinematography, and excellent performances Dame Judi Dench and Javier Bardem, But while I'd grudgingly say I like it, I also can see enough of its flaws not to give it a free pass. Quantum of Solace could have been a good movie. Even in all of its mediocrity, you still can imagine what it could have been if it wasn't made during a writers' strike. And that's why I never hated it, even if I can readily admit it was a huge step down from Casino Royale. Spectre however, was bad by poor design, and all of its beautiful cinematics couldn't save it from being a poorly paced, scripted and designed movie.
Writing is only 30% of the film, 30% acting, and 40% execution and cut. Skyfall is great because of the execution, Spectre not so much is too overstuff and the film was boring lacking an appeal. Same shit in No Time to Die, that movie just don't have enough time, and felt like it should have been split into 2 movies.
Spectre was actually quite enjoyable and, to some extent, brilliant until you reach the final act, which killed off the movie. It's too long, too illogical, too easy, and too cheesy.
Quantum of Solace and Spectre both were not just bad Bond movies, they were boring. Sure, you could say the same for a lot of Moore and Brosnan flicks but they weren't boring, some had that campy "so bad its good" charm to them
@@quak8246 Drawn out at times, anyway. There's definitely suspense, and some stakes. Needed editing a good deal though, especially the loooong pre credits section. Myself I don't find Spectre that bad, but it also needed more work.
Agree , it actually reflects his recklessness in his state while being an alcoholic and torn from vesper. Seeing people die around him while still trying to proceed the mission even though he is put on hold by mi6
I like the fact that it's almost all action. Several Bond films have received criticism for essentially not being like the previous film. Then, years later, when people see them out of sequence, more people go, "I don't see what the hate was about". Both Timothy Dalton films were roundly trashed at the time, and "Dalton is not James Bond". Except, he played Bond as close to the books as he could, he looked like Bond from the books. No-one says that now because Daniel Craig exists - the concept that Bond has to be like Connery/Moore has been revised, and at least one Dalton movie features on a top ten Bond list, sometimes both.
That's not the problem with the movie. The problem is the editing, the poorly written action, the writing in general, the story telling, the supporting actors and much more. I am almost tempted to call it an objectively poor movie. I am glad you liked it though. You have questionable taste, but hey, so do I most likely.
@@niekdejong9360 your seeing what you want to see which is fine it’s art but that clearly wasn’t the intent it’s just that action movies in this time we’re heavily over edited
"If you're given a gun full of incredible story MO, your movie's only practical action cannot then be to just eject the magazine without ever firing a shot, and say PEW PEW PEW." gosh
It's not great by any means but nothing is as bad as spectre and his brainwashed nintendo 64 pve ending destroying a base with a single bullet like he used the force and chasing a helicopter
It's really more of a sequel to Casino Royale, and a rather mediocre one at that, than a stand-alone film. Watch the two back to back and QoS makes a lot more sense than it does on it's own.
What is there you don't understand? Huh? They caught White and found out he was a part of the organization that has members everywhere around the world so they are always few steps ahead. They had a member even in MI6. This organization also manipulates with elections and regimes to gain power and valuable resources like water in this case. They basically control the world. They cooperate even with CIA to achieve their goals. MI6 find out connection to the MI6 traitor that leads to Haiti. Bond goes there, finds another member of the organization who is a geologist, kills the him and pretends to be him.... Then he finds out this organization is trying to reinstate a dictator in Bolivia to get water resources in exchange = big money. The plot is very demanding which makes it quite interesting.
I appreciate the way you offer practical productive solutions to a script, and don't just simply crap on a movie. To critique is human, to create, divine...
I will say though upon rewatch recently I enjoyed Quantum way more than I remember liking it at the time. I think now we have more distance from it it seems to be getting a reappraisal of sorts.
@@dereklewis4321 How did you feel about Spectre? I'm mixed on it because the cinematography is amazing and it has some spectacular action scenes like the train sequence but as many chances as I've given it it just undeniably falls apart the final 30 minutes or so. Goes on way too long and feels bloated by the end. QOS being one of thos shorter Bond movies ever worked in it's favor I feel like
You would think the filmmaking team would go into this with a mindset like, "Ok... the script we have is pretty weak BUT if we go all-in with the action sequences and really do something special with them, hopefully it'll make up for it." But with the exception of the car chase (which was pretty good but not great), the action was completely lackluster with nothing new or even exciting for that matter. Seriously? Falling off a building onto a car? Come on! ENOUGH with that bit already! And after that final shootout I was actually glad it just ended, loose threads and all. Considering how the big action set-piece was that boring and uninspired, it would have been painful to sit through ten to fifteen minutes more of wrap-up exposition. Plus, it's not like that would have saved the movie. I seriously doubt anyone would have reacted like, "Well, the movie was horrible but at the end when the secret water reserve is released, man, that made it all totally worth it!"
I don't want to be so negative, but you really pushed me to it. The car chase was absolutely terrible. I had no idea what was going on, there were 3 cuts every second, it made me sick watching it.
10:20 In Bond's defense several off those kills were during life-and-death stakes combat. When he confronted Vesper's blackmailer he had full, premeditated control of the situation and time to plan and reflect and compose himself without having to make any quick decisions (love this video btw)
@Sharon 20 y.o - check my vidéó Dissagree, I don't think they jumped around any more than other (and acclaimed) bond movies and I remember the locations. BUT, to each their own and yeah CR was masterful in part for the reasons you mention
I know that your “anatomy of a failure” videos do better but please make a video on dune. I loved it and it deserves a video by you (idk if u liked it but i think so)
You can't take for granted that he has already seen it, and rember that he makes videos on lessons that you can learn from a movie, so even if he liked it doesn't mean he'll find there is a lesson to be learned from it.
@@kylereese5841 a video about Dune would bring in a whole lot of views considering its one of the most important blockbusters of the year, maybe he'll wait for it to have been released in the USA
This movie is obviously no 'Casino Royale', but It's receiving way too harsh criticism. It does have a bit shaky cam and a not great, just basic plot, the villain is weak and forgettable, BUT it has a lot of fun action, all types of a chase scenes / pursuit, a clear character arc for an angry Bond, nice technology, nice sets, some really nice and funny lines, a good hand to hand combat, and the vague intrigue of a shadowy secret dangerous organization. It has resolution for the 'boyfriend' of Vesper from the first movie in a really cool scene were Bond has full control of the situation and warns the female Canadian agent and what happens to Vesper's boyfriend is the conclusion of Bond's arc in this movie being more cold and calculative instead of hot headed and extremely impulsive. I strongly believe that with all its problems is a very efficient and fun movie.
Fun fact: Daniel Craig initially rejected the part of James Bond, as he felt that the series had settled into a standard formula. He changed his mind when he read the finished script.
@@strikerbowls791 IIRC, Spectre was the one that made him want to quit. It was the final straw. The man literally fought like fuck to get out of the contract & is on record saying that "I'd rather slit my wrists than play Bond again". Spectre was THAT bad a movie. At least Quantum was just his 2nd movie.
I remember seeing Quantum of Solace in the theater. I was still a teenager at the time and I was a really big fan of Casino Royale. I just remember feeling, about an hour into the film, that it was just off. The pacing was all wrong, the story wasn't engaging, the villain was weak and uninteresting and the bond girl was just kind of there. I didn't know about the production problems of the film until years later. If I was the studio executive I would have just delayed it for a year and released a more satisfying project because honestly although it's kind of interesting that it's a direct follow-up to Casino Royale it has none of the charm of that film and it's just kind of a jumbled mess. Despite being the shortest Bond film it feels like the longest due to its poor pacing and convoluted script. While I don't think it's necessarily the worst Bond film per se it is still incredibly disappointing and I honestly put it in the bottom three of the entire franchise right down there with diamonds are forever and Moonraker.
@Domagoj Čović and they completely wasted the charecter.....Mr.White should have been revield to be Blofeld, he deserved to be the main Villian of a film. Quantum was supposed to be the reboots version of Specter organization and they completely trashed it.
@Derek Lewis. Completely agree with your post. Also hate the idiotic blofeld as long lost brother hack writing trope. Its like they were literally cribbing notes from Austin Powers.
@@rrmenton8016 Its like the watched the marvel movies and said "ohh we gotta make everything connect too"....like for fuck sakes it kinda ruins the motives of Sylva from Skyfall, actually he wasn't acting out his frustrations for M, he was just doing a mission for Blofeld..... so dumb...you're spot on, its like they actually took the satire of Goldmember and said "thats a good idea"
Dear Ian Fleming: Akin to Espionage an art form as film making, some folks get it, while others see only the failures, never seeing the wins - curious, it's a puzzle. The Quantum of Solace revitalized the Bond franchise with a grittier tone and more serialized storytelling. The film connected to Casino Royale , focusing on Bond's emotional journey after Vesper's death. As Quantum of Solace introduced key characters like M, establishing a larger threat for Bond to face. Key was the loyalty scene in the jet where Felix Leiter protects James. ( NTTD) they are brothers. 2006’s CR served as both an introduction to Daniels interpretation of the character, and a far grittier action film that finally took Ian Fleming’s source material seriously. It reached a level of success that was unprecedented in the franchise’s history, and thus the subsequent film Quantum served as a direct sequel to Casino Royale. Goal achieved.
I never could quite put my finger on why I didn't watch beyond QoS, but thanks to this I can say it was definitely the story structure and not just the fact that one guy in the background of the pier where Bond is in on the motorcycle is holding a broom and clearly not sweeping since he's holding it a foot off of the ground so as to not mess with the sound.
The movie was like FPS/strategy video game from 1995 mission debrief -> game level 1-> mission debrief -> game level 2-> mission debrief -> game level 3->..... where the mission debrief doubles as information dump and load screen wait. lol
Quantum is a vastly underrated entry to Craig's arc. Much better than No Time to Die. People whine about the writer strike, but to those who pay attention, Quantum is a tale of revenge and redemption that grows on you. It shows Bond's pivotal transformation from a rage-filled killer to a mature 007. Add to that plenty of action and well-shot set pieces, you have in Quantum a very solid Bond film. I rank it behind Skyfall and Casino Royale. In contrast, what good have the “writers” done for NTTD? A shoddy plot that's hardly remarkable when it's not paying homage to the previous films, and a shockingly generic villain that reminds me, of all things, the Brosnan era. Even the dialogues feel amateurish, and i honestly grimaced at the hamfisted ending (not what happened - but how it's told). Devoid of class, wit and nuance,, it's the absolute worst of Craig's Bond films. Which is sad because he deserves so much better for his epilogue.
Eh I still like Spectre over Quantum. The action may be a little underwhelming in Spectre but the action in Quantum actively frustrates me with how it is presented and most of the movie is action. I also enjoy Spectre's first third quite a bit.
Bond is an assassin, so he has to kill professionally to get the mission done. The point of Quantum of Solace is that despite Vesper's death, Bond keeps all his kills professional. M and MI6 are expecting him to be out for revenge which is why they assume that his kills were personal. By the end of the 2nd act M learns she can trust Bond to do his job and not let his emotions get in the way. Camille is the one out for revenge, not Bond.
Excellent points. It's a shame the writers' strike hamstrung this movie so badly, because it has some great ideas and the crumbs of a really satisfying character arc that needed fleshing out. That said, it's still my second favourite Craig Bond film.
Well, according to other RUclips channels, such as _Just Write, Tyler Mowery,_ and _Hello Future Me,_ exposition on its own is not inherently bad. It's about how you convey the exposition into the narrative. A key component to making exposition not boring is the mechanics of the plot must give the characters a desire to know the necessary information. Because if the character wants to know something, so will the audience. So, bad exposition is information that NO ONE demanded to know. Another way to make exposition actually matter is how it changes the narrative and/or affects the characters. If the exposition is crucial enough that it has a long-lasting effect on the character's beliefs, it in-turn affects what a character does next and therefore propels the story forward. I think the point of this video is the exposition in _Quantum of Solace_ is just dropped on us in-between action set-pieces that really don't move the story forward in a cohesive manner. The closest thing to a remotely good example of good exposition in _Quantum_ that I can currently think of is during the boat action scene in the beginning, when Camille is realizing Bond isn't trying to kill her and shouts _"You're not one of Greene's!",_ to which Bond asks in response _"'Greene'? Dominic Greene?"_ Because that more or less does propel the "plot" forward.
Quantum isn’t that bad considering their working conditions… Where the movie falls short to me is not in the overall story, it’s that Casino Royale had a better flow and structure, the dialogue was WAY better and the action was much better whilst still being just as brutal. Casino is just a more elegant film than this. But Quantum isn’t terrible and it still has its place in Craig’s Bond era as a continuation of Casino Royale.
It's not great by any means but nothing is as bad as spectre and his brainwashed nintendo 64 pve ending destroying a base with a single bullet like he used the force and chasing a helicopter
@@a.39886 even then like I’m not mad about Spectre, it still has its place and doesn’t make the series as a whole any worse, it’s just a really flawed movie. Pretty sure Filmento did a video on it already.
@@The_Story_Of_Us yeah I know but the think is that that movie has proper writers and the last 30 minutes are just downhill with no hope it has a 8.5 of 10 up to the train scene and after that they didn't know how to close the movie.
QoS should have dealt with Quantum infiltrating other intelligence agencies. They bring it up at the end but they could have done more with it. Instead we got bond stopping frog man buying water, which has what to do with vesper.
@@i3ar310 He’s fighting Quantum in that movie, the organization that blackmailed and got Vesper killed. Storywise it’s about him getting over his anger towards them and Vesper. It’s got everything to do with Vesper, but the movie just isn’t that great, despite being headed in the right direction.
I never knew this movie was the sequel to Casino Royale, like I never heard of it and for it, never exist for me. Literally I thought Skyfall was the second one
5:35 it's sort of like a video game, where you have a level, then a cut scene (which stops the action) , another level, another cut scene and so on. Just that often times, these cut scenes have a far bigger (and better) service than simply feeding you with new information
I saw Quantum of Solace in the theater when it came out and it's strange that I have absolutely no memory of it. It's like two hours of my life that are a blank void.
This is such a great lesson on why writers are always a necessary part of making a film. We can forgive a film for many flaws, if the story is told well, but a film with a poorly told story is worse than bad - it's forgettable.
Filmento, I hope you know that you could say EVERY movie is bad, and I would still watch your videos because you're still teaching really solid screen writing points. I still enjoy a lot of these movies, but I also enjoy hearing your opinion. Just encouragement that a lot of us are not here to argue whether you are right or wrong. We are here here because we enjoy listening to your opinion. Keep up the awesome videos.
Agreed! I much prefer Quantum to any of the movies that came after it. It felt true to Casino Royale while Skyfall felt like a reboot that threw out what the first two films established and turned the character and franchise into something else.
I prefer it even to the Casino. It is quite interesting contrary to what people say. I guess big tech had to bury the movie and gave it bad reviews. After all it is about organization that manipulates with regimes, ideas, people.....
What gets me about this film is, in every interview and in Casino Royale we're told that Bond is an adaptable brutal brawler. Yet, in this film, Bond constantly goes against that so much we never see him throw one haymaker. And, we get scenes where Bond entertains 2 Bolivian cops long enough for tragedy to strike when Craig bond would get out of the vehicle, knock them out in one second, get back in and drive away; The fight with the bad agent is bad character continuity because Bond, who has glass, wood, scaffolding, rope, and nails at his disposal, items he could use to turn the tides of the fight, instead reaches for his gun which is impossible to get to. Bond jumps onto a random boat and starts with one pull of the chord, how about it doesn't start and we get to see him hotwire it, then we see the mental gymnastics of trying to catch up to the boat. But, worst of all there's a scene near the end where he has to take out two security guards with jumpcuts. It's like Liam Neeson climbing the fence. Bond reaches out his arm, the camera cuts, guy is on the ground. Bond steps out his leg, the camera cuts, other guy is laid out on the ground. Also, Bond and Mathis were absolutely a beautiful pairing, fuck this movie for replacing him with a random Bond girl.
I will defend this movie until my death. Its fantastic, Its intense, its emotional. The plot feels so real, Carmella is an amazing Bond girl and I love the Quantum organization. Greene is great, Mr.White is great, the locations are great, the action is great. This is a great film. Craigs first 3 are a solid run of films.
I think you're right. It's much more Bourne than Bond but I have no problem with that. I didn't know about the writer's strike, I just thought it was Bond being an utterly single-minded thug in a Savile Row suit. He didn't care about Quantum, he wanted to pay his debt to Vesper's memory so he could be get on with his job.
Agreed! I actually enjoy Quantum much more than any of the Bond films that followed. While it was deeply flawed, it had scenes that progressed the themes and character arc established in Casino Royale in satisfying ways. There was some kind of emotional payoff and it felt real. Whereas Skyfall is a dumbed down reboot, It took a grounded, complex, emotionally rich character operating in a more or less realistic world and turned him into a third rate Christopher Nolan Batman fighting cartoon villains with stupid plots. Quantum built on what came before and I respect it despite it's failures. Skyfall and Spectre destroyed what came before and I loathe them.
I love how the bad guy is basically Nestlè
Oh damn 💀 . We live in scary times
someone at my cinema loudly whispered IT STOPPED when the water drop stopped
Funnily enough, back then Quantum was slammed for having the most unimaginative villain. Turns out art was imitating life, given how Nestle and The Coca-Cola Company were doing exactly that.
Over mein head
Kellog isn't just a cereal company - KBR are some of the bloodiest mercenaries in the world.
Casino Royale was so bad ass. That scene where he gets poisoned while playing and then gets fixed and he comes back to the table all disheveled, pale and ready to play. Iconic.
Now THAT I remember!
Oh yeah, the long ass, plodding, sleep inducing poker match that drags on for hours. Best Bond ever my hiney
“That last round nearly killed me.”
interesting
i'm sorry , that last hand.....
just nearly killed me
The biggest disappointment for me is that the relationship between Bond and Vesper was done 100% well enough that a full exploration of his loss in the follow-up movie was a fantastic idea, and it's just oddly wasted. Vesper's death was the catalyst for Bond to become Bond as we know him, so if the final scene in Casino Royale was the beginning of that transformation, Quantum should have solidified it with a journey from emotionally compromised Bond to emotionally detached Bond, forgiving Vesper and himself but not forgetting. That's also why I dislike Madeline Swan in the last 2 movies, theyre trying to make her be this great love of Bond's but in doing so they neuter Bond's arc in the Craig era
Is it though ? I think the story arc of bond is absolutely amazing especially how they played it out in NTTD. How a person who once was betrayed by his true love and became cold finally becomes more vulnerable.
Well what can we say, that's what happens when you have writer's strike, the producer said the writer just droped the script took the money and left, he cleary didn't care about the quality of the script. And yes, I concur with what you say: an emotionally detached Bond, forgive but not forget and all, but after the death of M that shell broke and was more like he force himself to chose Madeline over everything else, like he wanted that happiness, that love. But hey, the movie hasn't been premiered in Mexico so I can't solidify my stand
That blonde girl from the Spectre movie, is so boring, no expression and she looks like an android!!!!
@@enthomorf she always looks worried no matter what
@@sakarisippola5746 And unconfortable too. Hahahaha
They "wrote" this movie like a level based shooter. Give context on why we're fighting, then let us get to the fighting. Add a bit more information as a reward for that fighting. Repeat until the plot is done. It works well enough, especially if you have terrific gameplay to back it up. It's not the best way of telling a story, but if the story is simply context for the gameplay (think DOOM 2018) it works just fine. In a movie that is supposed to be about more than just action, it's nowhere near enough, especially since if the action is done as inadequately as it is in this movie.
You're correct in that good gameplay can absolutely make up for a lack of compelling story.
However, don't sell the story short, either. An otherwise great game can end up sucking _because of_ the story and its writing. The best example I can think of *to this day* is Diablo III.
That game series specifically does not have a deep story. What did they do for III? COMPLETELY FILL it with filler flavor text!! Even the main plot. Seriously, if you rush through that game, it's hard to get characters to _shut up._ The bad guy of act III _actively taunts you_ while you're mowing through his army on your way to kill him. What a poor decision.
The writing in that game is _actively detrimental_ to the experience.
That's actually a great analysis of Quantum of Solace. You're exactly right in that it really is structured unlike any other film they ever did. I think the biggest downfall is that Marc Forster was clearly either not comfortable or not good at shooting action scenes and you can tell he just let the stunt coordinators and 2nd unit just do whatever they wanted. The editing is just atrocious in thos scenes, it almost reaches Taken 3 levels of insanity
ayo what doom came out in 2018
Im assuming this was just a typo. Just making a joke fyi
@@TheRealPetraeus true, it was 2016.
@@ashkebora7262 That's because Diablo is an RPG, where story and writing are meant to be part of the experience. But in a game like, say, Mario or Mega Man, who cares about the story? Jump on the things, get to the end, have a great time doing it. Done. That's pretty much how I feel about Bond; it's kind of always been a thinly-veiled vehicle for cool action setpieces and badass one-liners. Craig's era changed things up a bit, but that's part of why it's been so divisive.
Things Filmento likes a lot:
- Transformers
- Michael Bay
- Michael Bay's Transformers
- Tom Cruise laughing
you forgot thonosrat
I am laughing like Tom Cruise right now
Thanks for the warning!
I'm still baffled as to how a movie with a budget of more than $200 million has awful quick-cut editing that makes every action scene a jumbled nightmare.
Forget the name of the director(s); but remember hearing that was their MO.
@@oeljay I think Marc Forster is a competent drama director, but he really doesn't understand how to create compelling action scenes. You can clearly see that in Machine Gun Preacher and World War Z.
Because he wilfully didn't care enough to get the basics right. Spends $200 million to make a $30 million movie. I wonder how much they blew on that "hotel."
Goldeneye spends $60 million to make a $200 million movie. Every single dollar is on screen.
It was popular at the time and they overdid it. Whole bunch of money doesn't really affect how well someone can edit a movie
@@thedexterbros I can understand that, but I think that kind of editing can inadvertently make a movie look cheaper than it really is. It looks really incompetent in how it's all put together. When Bond's plane passes a rock structure during the plane scene, there's a mistake when the structure overlaps onto the next few frames.
I love the faded micheal bay in the background of the thumbnail as a reference to "Transformers 2 - What Happens when a Movie Isn't Written | Anatomy Of A Failure"
@@AxxLAfriku what
@@leontriestomeme9712 He's done this before, just ignore him.
@@Roost-xr3lc ah
"Have you watched Quantum of Solace?"
Me: Yes.
"What's it about?"
Me: I have no idea.
"Something, something, drought bad."
Sony: "...that actually sounds pretty bang-on."
“Dunno… water or something I guess.”
@@carlosmontero6952 yes i do remember something about something about water being mentioned somewhere. And a hotel explodes!
It's not confusing...
I just watched it a couple of hours ago and I had no clue what the fuck was happening
One of the things I always found movies made during the writers' strike had in common was their obsession with changing the setting every single scene without coming back. In both Transformers II and Quantum they go from one location to the next compulsively and after a while I really don't care where they are or why they're doing what they're doing. In Transformers I, the house was the starting point for Sam Witwicky and then it got messed up by the robots, and in Casino Royale the same environment that could host a thrilling game of cards could also be the setting of an amazing stairwell fight. In the movies made during the writers' strike there is no emotional connection with the setting because they just keep jumping around and it becomes mind-numbing.
Honestly it seems like they kept this as they went forward into today.
transformers...all of it...lame haahahha
The sans talking sound effect never gets old.
Thank you, Toby Fox, for doing a service for all of us.
They give me flashbacks
I honestly thought that was Patrick Star played on a loop.
@@Nite-Mite well, you're not wrong... Sans' "voice" was sampled from Patrick
"Appear...Screw...Die". Definitely one of the funniest character arcs ever:)
Somehow, this movie have the most realistic villain motive in James Bond movies.
As dumb as Spectre is their plot is not so dissimilar to what governments are doing currently.
The plot was the same as The Winter Solider.
@Cutter for this, i'm agree
Casino Royale..
I liked how the villain was essentially this beta male dude. He was more of a Zuckerberg type - someone relatively young who happened to get super rich. The part where he hits himself in the foot with the axe when trying to fight Bond is hilarious.
Camera operator: “shaken, not stable”
You know I always wondered why the Quantum of Solace game was so good even though the movie wasn't, and now I know:
It's literally structured like a video game: Cutscene/Gameplay/Cutscene/Gameplay/etc.
That game was amazing
Tbh the idea of securing a mass of pure water for selling is actually very logical and scary
Its why I love the plot. This feels like the most realistic plot Bond would have and apparently a similar situation in South America took place to inspire idea.
I mean, Nestlé is literally doing it.
Ideas are a dime a dozen. Their execution is what matters. This could have been exploited for high stakes and emotional investment. I like the criticism that if everything takes place in fancy high-class establishments, the plight of the thirsty poor is far away.
It's a bit like telling a ghost story with a cool premise in a sloppy way. "So your grandmother who died after having been mentally ill for years, she came back from the dead. It's because she was a necromancer and lost herself to a demon who now controls her. Oh no, there she is now, outside the window!" Such spooki.
It still blows my mind that this seems to have gained a more positive reception over time. I am shocked every time I watch it, it feels like incoherent gibberish - admittedly quite attractive and fun gibberish.
Real life is often incoherent gibberish. At least Quantum of Solace was attractive. 🤣
It’s pretty fine if you watch it after Casino Royale
Still less boring than Spectre
@@AndAllTheWhileAnimalsSuffer Aye, after Spectre, the Craig films were becoming as disappointing as a series as the Brosnan ones, but without the kitsch charm to make up for it. Still no idea what I'll make of the new one, it must be over-stuffed given how much time it's had in the editing room.
It is all gibberish. I've never watched an action movie that put me to sleep until I watched this. It's all action, and it's all boring. I'd honestly compare it to Parole Violators if you've ever seen that horrible movie.
The interesting thing is that with hindsight this is the only "normal" Daniel Craig 007 adventure. The first is an origin story and the next three after Quantum are Bond is retiring/too old/done. So this is the only film with Bond on his prime.
@@Ben-pd2bx Do you like Skyfall? I know it's not Bond in his prime and it has some pretty obvious plot holes, but I've always found it enjoyable. Definitely not on the level of Casino Royale of course.
@@Ben-pd2bx I forgot about him pretending to be dead at the beginning! You're right, that could have been really interesting to explore if they'd focused on it. I more or less have the same thoughts on Skyfall overall. I absolutely loved it the first time I saw it in the theatre, but the plot contrivances only become more glaringly obvious with every rewatch. Still, I'm glad Craig had at least one other decent outing after Casino Royale.
If only Quantum of Solace was nearly as good as CR, I feel like I could somewhat overlook Craig's Bond never getting his 'prime' years shown on screen. I really feel like QoS could sort of be that 'missing' movie, if only it had been handled with more care.
Each film in Craig's era (at least the first three) seems to center around Bond going through major character changes. In Casino Royale he goes from a rookie to the Bond we know, but he's still basically new in the role. Quantum could have seen him truly become the iconic 007, before Skyfall handled his fall from grace / redemption. Spectre ruins the whole progression, but hopefully you can see what I'm getting at. Quantum could have been Bond at his prime. Of course, I would have loved more movies in between QoS and Skyfall too, but it's just frustrating because Casino Royale, Quantum of Solace and Skyfall could have been the ultimate Bond trilogy in my opinion.
Luckily like you said, Casino Royale will always be a masterpiece.
@@i_am_tomatosoup Skyfall, could be his prime. Again, he's not completely "washed up" more like wounded, and leaving him for dead. It's not the best premise, but it worked better than most people expected. Spectre, is whole different can of worms.
@@luchomscyfy That's fair, although I feel like they emphasize Bond's age a lot in Skyfall. I try to find positives in all the Bond movies, but Spectre is... actually I don't even want to think about Spectre.
I just rewatched Goldfinger though! Can we just forget that Spectre happened and talk about how good Goldfinger is? Connery is just too damn cool. That fight at the end with Oddjob is sooo good. Sure, it's pretty dated but that whole film is iconic.
Or let's talk about Goldeneye. Unpopular opinion: I think it's overrated - good, but overrated. Pierce Brosnan is probably my personal favorite Bond, but even Goldeneye isn't that great to me. Sorry, PB Bond fans.
Please, please let's talk about anything other than Spectre. I would rather watch Never Say Never Again on repeat than think about that movie again.
@@i_am_tomatosoup Goldfinger is awesome. Goldeneye is pretty good for me, probably my favorite in the Brosnan era. The rest are meh. Never say never again have Max Von Sidow as Blofeld, which is a must-watch.
For me ironically what makes Quantum not good, it's worst aspect, is its action. A movie can have a meh script but still work well if the action is good. But the action in Quantum is so strikingly incomprehensible.
Exactly, I noticed it recently when watching Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace back to back. The difference in filmmaking was striking, especially the editing of action scenes. There was one moment in Quantum of Solace however which surprised me during all the incomprehensible chaos [03:57]. :)
I'd say it's jarring, but never incomprehensible.
But the beginning car chase scene was good
@@stopreadingmyusernamebroth9090 It was ok. Choppy af tho.
D. C.
hace 2 horas
It's not great by any means but nothing is as bad as spectre and his brainwashed nintendo 64 pve ending destroying a base with a single bullet like he used the force and chasing a helicopter
The whole "action - info - action - info" thing just makes me think of something like video game loading screens. Like, you load up a game of Smash Bros or something and in between rounds you get lil loading tips that are like "Donkey Kong's down air and fowrard air can spike opponents."
_The fuel cells powering the building can be destroyed. Be careful where you shoot._
I loved when this channel was like this, then I saw the review of No Time To Die and that crossed the line.
Filmento always puts a smile in my face
Even when I don't agree with his opinions sometimes, his videos are always very well edited, really funny and entertaining.
@@lucas169 i agree
Smile even if your heart is achin...
What's interesting about this film is its original screenplay ultimately became the basis for No Time to Die. Everything except the fight at the Palio and the opera house is tossed aside in favor of a shorter runtime, action sequences symbolizing the four important elements, and the Bourne crew being recruited.
It's still a good film, with this being the first Bond sequel, and the villains' plan being actually realistic and ahead of its time.
It's not a good film tho .
D. C.
hace 2 horas
It's not great by any means but nothing is as bad as spectre and his brainwashed nintendo 64 pve ending destroying a base with a single bullet like he used the force and chasing a helicopter
@@a.39886, the worst part is there are multiple versions of the ending. One where Blofeld dies, one where Spectre went to London because of a file or something, one where the base resembled thr one in You Only Live Twice (Q getting tortured and Blofeld draining Bond's blood because of a file or something).
It was only made because the rights went back to the studio, and tried to modernkze it. Liked the film, despite of those flaws.
@@dylana.9057, it certainly feels like the early 70's Bond films if the action scenes are edited in the vein of On Her Majesty's Secret Service: down to earth, gritty, and believable schemes.
@@funwithtropes69Spectre is 8.5 of 10 just up to the train scene then it goes downhill they didn't have any idea how to close the movie is so sad because as you say just because they got back the license to spectre they thought the movie will write itself and was a complete traincrash in the last 30 minutes
As much as I have enjoyed watching QoS, I won’t disagree with your points.
I will add this though: one of the things that made Skyfall good was that it detached itself from Quantum. Then Spectre came and reattached it, for no good reason. So…. maybe an Anatomy of a Failure for Spectre next?
Agree, i consider spectre to be the worst imo, i really enjoyed QoS despite the problems it has, at least is better than spectre.
@@diaboruimspectre is clear of quantum.
@@diaboruimSpectre is for me the worst Bond movie. And ik thats shocking but as a major Bond fan it completely lacks passion or fun or entertainment value. Ffs Never Say Never Again and Diamonds Are Forever are fun, absolutely fun, even if commonly pointed to being the worst. But Spectre is so soulless, the action should be exciting becuz the stunts are grande and shot well, but the story is so fucking dull, idk it just feels like it had the life sucked out of it all because they wanted to imitate the MCU with the shared universe (yes Skyfall and Quantum were continuations, but they had completely different villains and plots, the new Blofeld will always be Craig era’s greatest flaw for me). Like really everything we’ve seen up to this point is because a long lost secret stepbrother had a childish grudge over his dad liking Bond more, a fucking childhood jealousy leads him to make the biggest
secret crime organisation of all time just to punish Bond, its a joke
I love that you can always tell exactly when a writers trike happened because of the plots that their replacements come up with.
One also happened in the early 2000s and affected lost, heroes, 24 and countless other shows who went braindead for a couple seasons
It's the same one, and happened in 2007.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effect_of_the_2007%E2%80%932008_Writers_Guild_of_America_strike_on_television
Fun Fact: Jack White didn’t want to release “Seven nation army” cause he wanted to use it (or parts of it) if he’s ever to compose a James Bond movie, but after some thinking and convincing he released it.
After it was released he was offered to compose this movie.
1:48 Extra in the back right brushing the air :P
I loved this movie, but I believe that the performance of Craig and the actors that supported Bond that makes it good to watch, I guess
It's not great by any means but nothing is as bad as spectre and his brainwashed nintendo 64 pve ending destroying a base with a single bullet like he used the force and chasing a helicopter
@@a.39886 I was just thinking “What’s the one I forgot” and you mentioned Spectre! That was the one that Adele did the intro for that people hated?
@@mistersippi2945 I like spectre. I mean, it's stupid and it's definitely the worst Daniel Craig Bond movie, but I enjoyed Christoph Waltz, and Dave Bautista character was pretty fun imo.
@@mistersippi2945 Adele didn't do a intro Spectre, she did an intro for Skyfall & it's still considered one of the best Bond intros.
@@mistersippi2945 No, Adele did the intro for Skyfall, which was pretty well-received
Casino Royale was so good because Bond actually does some detective/investigation work of his own to uncover the terrorist plot at Miami airport. He didn't have any help from Mi6, he didn't have any resources. He just uncovered everything through his own resourcefulness and skill and then foiled the plot. The rest of Mi6 doesn't get invloved until after the attack was stopped. He was on his own.
In QoS, all the info was basically handed to him on a platter. He didn't feel like the same the character. It was just like "OK Bond. The bad guy is here. Go take care of it". They could have sent any Mi6 agent to do that. It didn't feel like Bond was putting any effort in.
I saw this recently and forgot how crazy the editing is in this. The scene at the start from where the MI6 agent shoots Mr White to when Bond shoots him hanging from the rope...it's 4 minutes and 20 seconds with about 270 cuts. It just cuts back and forth between the chase and some horse race outside for no reason, the race serves nothing to the plot or location it's just so random and weird.
You got me with that USB Disconnect sound effect, ngl
Screw the exam in 3 hours, this is more important
Yeah same with ya
Man knows his priorities
Right here with you guys
I wonder how it feels being a Hollywood movie maker and realising "There's ppl out there who will never watch my movie, but would much rather watch Filmento tear it one."?
Makes me wonder about the lingering spectre of internet regulation and censorship and how far it would truly reach.
Moneyed parties cant afford long term to have wisened average people pointing out the emperor has no clothes with flubby releases and losing influence.
If their return on investment comes at the cost of the public losing brain cells. Then lose brain cells they must.
I've never watched Quontum. I've read one Bond novel (Casino Royal) and watched one film (I can't remember what it was called, it involved a metal sphere). But I'm watching this.
i doubt they would care at all
I also thought wtf with that Tarzan scene in octopussy
The irony is, for all of its weaknesses as a movie (and there are many), Quantum of Solace was still a far better movie than Spectre, which actually had a writer and several years of pre production. I would never call Quantum a great movie, but at least it's tonally consistent and fairly grounded if you accept the movie's logic on its own terms. Even if you hated Quantum, it's also at least a mercifully shorter ride to slog through than Spectre. How the same director can give us Skyfall, then Spectre right after is honestly a case study in itself.
Well, Skyfall isn't exactly well written either. Has quite a bit of stupidity in it. Heck, they don't even show us how the bad guy got out of his glass prison cell, because, well, he'd be dead if he tried. So it happens off camera. It does, however, have great cinematography, and as other poorly conceived movies, like The Last Jedi, show, that can go a long way.
@@Axterix13no doubt Skyfall had its own logical gaps. I still consider Casino Royale to be Craig's best Bond outing yet. Skyfall is second best simply because it's a more watchable movie than Spectre or Quantum overall, not because it's spectacular. Skyfall had some good set piece action, beautiful cinematography, and excellent performances Dame Judi Dench and Javier Bardem, But while I'd grudgingly say I like it, I also can see enough of its flaws not to give it a free pass.
Quantum of Solace could have been a good movie. Even in all of its mediocrity, you still can imagine what it could have been if it wasn't made during a writers' strike. And that's why I never hated it, even if I can readily admit it was a huge step down from Casino Royale. Spectre however, was bad by poor design, and all of its beautiful cinematics couldn't save it from being a poorly paced, scripted and designed movie.
Writing is only 30% of the film, 30% acting, and 40% execution and cut. Skyfall is great because of the execution, Spectre not so much is too overstuff and the film was boring lacking an appeal. Same shit in No Time to Die, that movie just don't have enough time, and felt like it should have been split into 2 movies.
Spectre was actually quite enjoyable and, to some extent, brilliant until you reach the final act, which killed off the movie. It's too long, too illogical, too easy, and too cheesy.
@@Axterix13 What do you mean how did he got out? His virus hacked their system and unlocked all the doors. Did you even watch the movie?
Quantum of Solace and Spectre both were not just bad Bond movies, they were boring.
Sure, you could say the same for a lot of Moore and Brosnan flicks but they weren't boring, some had that campy "so bad its good" charm to them
Wait until u see no time to die 😂
@@rotongu why? is it boringg?
@@quak8246 Drawn out at times, anyway. There's definitely suspense, and some stakes.
Needed editing a good deal though, especially the loooong pre credits section.
Myself I don't find Spectre that bad, but it also needed more work.
@@quak8246 It had it's slow parts but overall I thought it was good. Definitely not as boring as Spectre
@@Jluyoungzone alright thanks both of you hope I can give it a watch next week
I like Quantum of Solace, I dont care what anyone else says. Its fractious and aggressive perfectly reflecting Bond's mental state at the time.
Agree , it actually reflects his recklessness in his state while being an alcoholic and torn from vesper. Seeing people die around him while still trying to proceed the mission even though he is put on hold by mi6
I like the fact that it's almost all action. Several Bond films have received criticism for essentially not being like the previous film. Then, years later, when people see them out of sequence, more people go, "I don't see what the hate was about". Both Timothy Dalton films were roundly trashed at the time, and "Dalton is not James Bond". Except, he played Bond as close to the books as he could, he looked like Bond from the books. No-one says that now because Daniel Craig exists - the concept that Bond has to be like Connery/Moore has been revised, and at least one Dalton movie features on a top ten Bond list, sometimes both.
That's not the problem with the movie. The problem is the editing, the poorly written action, the writing in general, the story telling, the supporting actors and much more. I am almost tempted to call it an objectively poor movie. I am glad you liked it though. You have questionable taste, but hey, so do I most likely.
@@niekdejong9360 your seeing what you want to see which is fine it’s art but that clearly wasn’t the intent it’s just that action movies in this time we’re heavily over edited
@@albus6130 maybe you are seeing what you want to see, ever thought about that huh. Take that, you peasant
"If you're given a gun full of incredible story MO, your movie's only practical action cannot then be to just eject the magazine without ever firing a shot, and say PEW PEW PEW." gosh
I never thought someone saying "pew pew pew" could be so dramatic
One of rare times where a big budget blockbuster is both unwatchable from storytelling and technical perspective.
It's not great by any means but nothing is as bad as spectre and his brainwashed nintendo 64 pve ending destroying a base with a single bullet like he used the force and chasing a helicopter
Most of Hollywood was this in 2009.
Quantum of solace is the most overhated and underated movie EVER
Filmento, you are my favorite youtuber. I love you
I never understood Quantum of Solace as a kid and I still don't understand it now.
It's really more of a sequel to Casino Royale, and a rather mediocre one at that, than a stand-alone film. Watch the two back to back and QoS makes a lot more sense than it does on it's own.
@@mariusdufour9186 Even as a sequel, I still don't understand it.
Don't watch any Christopher Nolan films
What is there you don't understand? Huh? They caught White and found out he was a part of the organization that has members everywhere around the world so they are always few steps ahead. They had a member even in MI6. This organization also manipulates with elections and regimes to gain power and valuable resources like water in this case. They basically control the world. They cooperate even with CIA to achieve their goals. MI6 find out connection to the MI6 traitor that leads to Haiti. Bond goes there, finds another member of the organization who is a geologist, kills the him and pretends to be him.... Then he finds out this organization is trying to reinstate a dictator in Bolivia to get water resources in exchange = big money. The plot is very demanding which makes it quite interesting.
@@mariusdufour9186 i just watched CR and QOS back to back and I still had no idea what was happening
I appreciate the way you offer practical productive solutions to a script, and don't just simply crap on a movie. To critique is human, to create, divine...
I will say though upon rewatch recently I enjoyed Quantum way more than I remember liking it at the time. I think now we have more distance from it it seems to be getting a reappraisal of sorts.
Likewise.
Its a banger. Craigs first 3 films all super solid entries.
@@dereklewis4321 How did you feel about Spectre? I'm mixed on it because the cinematography is amazing and it has some spectacular action scenes like the train sequence but as many chances as I've given it it just undeniably falls apart the final 30 minutes or so. Goes on way too long and feels bloated by the end. QOS being one of thos shorter Bond movies ever worked in it's favor I feel like
You would think the filmmaking team would go into this with a mindset like, "Ok... the script we have is pretty weak BUT if we go all-in with the action sequences and really do something special with them, hopefully it'll make up for it." But with the exception of the car chase (which was pretty good but not great), the action was completely lackluster with nothing new or even exciting for that matter. Seriously? Falling off a building onto a car? Come on! ENOUGH with that bit already! And after that final shootout I was actually glad it just ended, loose threads and all. Considering how the big action set-piece was that boring and uninspired, it would have been painful to sit through ten to fifteen minutes more of wrap-up exposition. Plus, it's not like that would have saved the movie. I seriously doubt anyone would have reacted like, "Well, the movie was horrible but at the end when the secret water reserve is released, man, that made it all totally worth it!"
I don't want to be so negative, but you really pushed me to it. The car chase was absolutely terrible. I had no idea what was going on, there were 3 cuts every second, it made me sick watching it.
10:20 In Bond's defense several off those kills were during life-and-death stakes combat. When he confronted Vesper's blackmailer he had full, premeditated control of the situation and time to plan and reflect and compose himself without having to make any quick decisions (love this video btw)
@Sharon 20 y.o - check my vidéó Dissagree, I don't think they jumped around any more than other (and acclaimed) bond movies and I remember the locations. BUT, to each their own and yeah CR was masterful in part for the reasons you mention
Omg this is the best and funniest movie review I've seen in RUclips. When will you review No Time to Die????
This is why writers matter. They take the characters seriously as a whole so this doesnt happen
mind blowing analysis, you just got a new fan
I know that your “anatomy of a failure” videos do better but please make a video on dune. I loved it and it deserves a video by you (idk if u liked it but i think so)
Right, tho pretty sure he's just going focuse on the vids that bring in more views.
You can't take for granted that he has already seen it, and rember that he makes videos on lessons that you can learn from a movie, so even if he liked it doesn't mean he'll find there is a lesson to be learned from it.
@@kylereese5841 a video about Dune would bring in a whole lot of views considering its one of the most important blockbusters of the year, maybe he'll wait for it to have been released in the USA
He could do either the 1984 version, or the 2021 version, and I'd be fascinated...
This is the best Filmento ep. so far.
This is my favorite Craig Bond but I get that its a mess lmao
You are really good at sliding those commercials in. I never see them coming. Lol.
This movie is obviously no 'Casino Royale', but It's receiving way too harsh criticism. It does have a bit shaky cam and a not great, just basic plot, the villain is weak and forgettable, BUT it has a lot of fun action, all types of a chase scenes / pursuit, a clear character arc for an angry Bond, nice technology, nice sets, some really nice and funny lines, a good hand to hand combat, and the vague intrigue of a shadowy secret dangerous organization. It has resolution for the 'boyfriend' of Vesper from the first movie in a really cool scene were Bond has full control of the situation and warns the female Canadian agent and what happens to Vesper's boyfriend is the conclusion of Bond's arc in this movie being more cold and calculative instead of hot headed and extremely impulsive. I strongly believe that with all its problems is a very efficient and fun movie.
Nah, the criticism is well deserved
@@Reggie1408 agree
'Quantum' makes 'The Spy Who Shagged Me' look like, 'Thunderball!'
Fun fact: Daniel Craig initially rejected the part of James Bond, as he felt that the series had settled into a standard formula. He changed his mind when he read the finished script.
And then he didn't wanted to be Bond again later.
Yet he does films like Quantum/Spectre with unfinished scripts and ass writing
@@strikerbowls791
IIRC, Spectre was the one that made him want to quit. It was the final straw. The man literally fought like fuck to get out of the contract & is on record saying that "I'd rather slit my wrists than play Bond again".
Spectre was THAT bad a movie. At least Quantum was just his 2nd movie.
...And then they offered him the GDP of a small African country to play the role one more time, and he changed his mind
@@MrHantz101
Well that, & the major fact that he realised that contract breaching fines are a hell to go through.
idgaf, the opening chase is one of my favourite intros to a movie ever. That literally is all I can take from this movie.
I remember seeing Quantum of Solace in the theater. I was still a teenager at the time and I was a really big fan of Casino Royale. I just remember feeling, about an hour into the film, that it was just off. The pacing was all wrong, the story wasn't engaging, the villain was weak and uninteresting and the bond girl was just kind of there. I didn't know about the production problems of the film until years later. If I was the studio executive I would have just delayed it for a year and released a more satisfying project because honestly although it's kind of interesting that it's a direct follow-up to Casino Royale it has none of the charm of that film and it's just kind of a jumbled mess. Despite being the shortest Bond film it feels like the longest due to its poor pacing and convoluted script. While I don't think it's necessarily the worst Bond film per se it is still incredibly disappointing and I honestly put it in the bottom three of the entire franchise right down there with diamonds are forever and Moonraker.
How did I jus find out about this channel??? I love the way you break the movies down .. DEFINITELY SUBCRIBING
Please, please, please do one of No Time To Die.
I'll have to wait until it comes out on digital. What did you think of it Max?
I appreciate your work. It is like you are... well...”tellin’ it like it is...”
No way QoS is worse than Spectre.
At least the action in Spectre was comprehensible and not full of agonizing shaky cam
Specter is hands down the WORST bond film ever made.
@Domagoj Čović and they completely wasted the charecter.....Mr.White should have been revield to be Blofeld, he deserved to be the main Villian of a film. Quantum was supposed to be the reboots version of Specter organization and they completely trashed it.
@Derek Lewis. Completely agree with your post. Also hate the idiotic blofeld as long lost brother hack writing trope. Its like they were literally cribbing notes from Austin Powers.
@@rrmenton8016 Its like the watched the marvel movies and said "ohh we gotta make everything connect too"....like for fuck sakes it kinda ruins the motives of Sylva from Skyfall, actually he wasn't acting out his frustrations for M, he was just doing a mission for Blofeld..... so dumb...you're spot on, its like they actually took the satire of Goldmember and said "thats a good idea"
Filmento puts more effort into these critiques than many of these studios do with their movies.
This is SO SADLY true....
Filmento You really love Bayformers
Dear Ian Fleming:
Akin to Espionage an art form as film making, some folks get it, while others see only the failures, never seeing the wins - curious, it's a puzzle.
The Quantum of Solace revitalized the Bond franchise with a grittier tone and more serialized storytelling.
The film connected to Casino Royale , focusing on Bond's emotional journey after Vesper's death.
As Quantum of Solace introduced key characters like M, establishing a larger threat for Bond to face.
Key was the loyalty scene in the jet where Felix Leiter protects James. ( NTTD) they are brothers.
2006’s CR served as both an introduction to Daniels interpretation of the character, and a far grittier action film that finally took Ian Fleming’s source material seriously. It reached a level of success that was unprecedented in the franchise’s history, and thus the subsequent film Quantum served as a direct sequel to Casino Royale.
Goal achieved.
I never could quite put my finger on why I didn't watch beyond QoS, but thanks to this I can say it was definitely the story structure and not just the fact that one guy in the background of the pier where Bond is in on the motorcycle is holding a broom and clearly not sweeping since he's holding it a foot off of the ground so as to not mess with the sound.
Give Skyfall a watch
Skyfall is really good. You can skip the others.
The movie was like FPS/strategy video game from 1995
mission debrief -> game level 1-> mission debrief -> game level 2-> mission debrief -> game level 3->.....
where the mission debrief doubles as information dump and load screen wait. lol
Quantum is a vastly underrated entry to Craig's arc. Much better than No Time to Die. People whine about the writer strike, but to those who pay attention, Quantum is a tale of revenge and redemption that grows on you. It shows Bond's pivotal transformation from a rage-filled killer to a mature 007. Add to that plenty of action and well-shot set pieces, you have in Quantum a very solid Bond film. I rank it behind Skyfall and Casino Royale.
In contrast, what good have the “writers” done for NTTD? A shoddy plot that's hardly remarkable when it's not paying homage to the previous films, and a shockingly generic villain that reminds me, of all things, the Brosnan era. Even the dialogues feel amateurish, and i honestly grimaced at the hamfisted ending (not what happened - but how it's told). Devoid of class, wit and nuance,, it's the absolute worst of Craig's Bond films. Which is sad because he deserves so much better for his epilogue.
This channel might have the best ad sections of their videos ive ever seen.
I unironically really like Quantum of Solace, it's way better than Spectre.
Me tooo
Not a chance lmao
Same here!
Quantum of Solace is the first James Bond movie where the action set pieces were filmed and edited by epileptics with Tourette's.
Eh I still like Spectre over Quantum. The action may be a little underwhelming in Spectre but the action in Quantum actively frustrates me with how it is presented and most of the movie is action. I also enjoy Spectre's first third quite a bit.
All the Daniel Craig 007 films seemed to last for eternity. But, "No time to (end a film) die sapped my will to live.
Bond is an assassin, so he has to kill professionally to get the mission done. The point of Quantum of Solace is that despite Vesper's death, Bond keeps all his kills professional. M and MI6 are expecting him to be out for revenge which is why they assume that his kills were personal. By the end of the 2nd act M learns she can trust Bond to do his job and not let his emotions get in the way. Camille is the one out for revenge, not Bond.
Say what you want but the opening car chase is freaking brilliant. The tension, the music, the savagery... I love it!
I remember going to see this with my dad. We both ended up falling asleep half way through lol
Excellent points. It's a shame the writers' strike hamstrung this movie so badly, because it has some great ideas and the crumbs of a really satisfying character arc that needed fleshing out. That said, it's still my second favourite Craig Bond film.
So basically,When there is to much exposition, YOUR'RE GOING TO HAVE A BAD TIME.
Well, according to other RUclips channels, such as _Just Write, Tyler Mowery,_ and _Hello Future Me,_ exposition on its own is not inherently bad. It's about how you convey the exposition into the narrative. A key component to making exposition not boring is the mechanics of the plot must give the characters a desire to know the necessary information. Because if the character wants to know something, so will the audience. So, bad exposition is information that NO ONE demanded to know. Another way to make exposition actually matter is how it changes the narrative and/or affects the characters. If the exposition is crucial enough that it has a long-lasting effect on the character's beliefs, it in-turn affects what a character does next and therefore propels the story forward.
I think the point of this video is the exposition in _Quantum of Solace_ is just dropped on us in-between action set-pieces that really don't move the story forward in a cohesive manner. The closest thing to a remotely good example of good exposition in _Quantum_ that I can currently think of is during the boat action scene in the beginning, when Camille is realizing Bond isn't trying to kill her and shouts _"You're not one of Greene's!",_ to which Bond asks in response _"'Greene'? Dominic Greene?"_ Because that more or less does propel the "plot" forward.
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@@BossMan-yu1og 😂
You're gonna hate No Time to Die then 😂
best part of your videos are the sound effects you add. lol, I love them.
Another day of “no more anatomy failure and film success in the thumbnails”
Cannot help but laugh every time that guy in the thumbnail falls asleep.😂
Quantum isn’t that bad considering their working conditions… Where the movie falls short to me is not in the overall story, it’s that Casino Royale had a better flow and structure, the dialogue was WAY better and the action was much better whilst still being just as brutal. Casino is just a more elegant film than this. But Quantum isn’t terrible and it still has its place in Craig’s Bond era as a continuation of Casino Royale.
It's not great by any means but nothing is as bad as spectre and his brainwashed nintendo 64 pve ending destroying a base with a single bullet like he used the force and chasing a helicopter
@@a.39886 even then like I’m not mad about Spectre, it still has its place and doesn’t make the series as a whole any worse, it’s just a really flawed movie. Pretty sure Filmento did a video on it already.
@@The_Story_Of_Us yeah I know but the think is that that movie has proper writers and the last 30 minutes are just downhill with no hope it has a 8.5 of 10 up to the train scene and after that they didn't know how to close the movie.
QoS should have dealt with Quantum infiltrating other intelligence agencies. They bring it up at the end but they could have done more with it. Instead we got bond stopping frog man buying water, which has what to do with vesper.
@@i3ar310 He’s fighting Quantum in that movie, the organization that blackmailed and got Vesper killed. Storywise it’s about him getting over his anger towards them and Vesper. It’s got everything to do with Vesper, but the movie just isn’t that great, despite being headed in the right direction.
those discord sounds at 0:33 actually bamboozled the heck out of me
Quantum of solace is a great film. Doesn't deserve the hate it gets
great video thanks for not half assing it and actually understanding how QoS plays out - also the sprinkled in humor is dope
I never knew this movie was the sequel to Casino Royale, like I never heard of it and for it, never exist for me. Literally I thought Skyfall was the second one
Skyfall is the 3rd one
5:35 it's sort of like a video game, where you have a level, then a cut scene (which stops the action) , another level, another cut scene and so on. Just that often times, these cut scenes have a far bigger (and better) service than simply feeding you with new information
I saw Quantum of Solace in the theater when it came out and it's strange that I have absolutely no memory of it. It's like two hours of my life that are a blank void.
Same it was very forgettable easily the worst Craig film
This is such a great lesson on why writers are always a necessary part of making a film. We can forgive a film for many flaws, if the story is told well, but a film with a poorly told story is worse than bad - it's forgettable.
You don't get it, he went crazy after his gf died
I really like filmento, especially when he does something ironic. Like when he says "make the information feel earnd" and then he goes into a add
When Filmento releases a new upload, I honestly feel like crying the tears of joy, I just know it's gonna be super enjoyable before watching it.
I don't have the time to watch this video now but I have to comment ! Thnx Filmento, I'm so into Bond these past few weeks, this is awesome 🤘🥂💯
I prefer QoS to Spectre any day of the week
It’s a great film from what I remember but I’m happy that you finally made a video that’s not comparing other movie(s) like in your other videos
What's wrong with that? I actually like it when he does it because it makes it much easier to understand what he means.
The opening theme is a banger tho
Hell yea Another Way to Die is my second favorite theme after No Time to Die (the epic cut)
Awwww, no mention of the broom guy in the background using the hover method of cleaning in the movie.
I'd love to see a breakdown on David Fincher's The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo at some point on this channel!
Filmento, I hope you know that you could say EVERY movie is bad, and I would still watch your videos because you're still teaching really solid screen writing points.
I still enjoy a lot of these movies, but I also enjoy hearing your opinion.
Just encouragement that a lot of us are not here to argue whether you are right or wrong. We are here here because we enjoy listening to your opinion. Keep up the awesome videos.
Quantum is my second favorite Craig Bond movie. Everything after was like any other action hero movie to me. Quantum completed Casino Royale.
Agreed! I much prefer Quantum to any of the movies that came after it. It felt true to Casino Royale while Skyfall felt like a reboot that threw out what the first two films established and turned the character and franchise into something else.
I prefer it even to the Casino. It is quite interesting contrary to what people say. I guess big tech had to bury the movie and gave it bad reviews. After all it is about organization that manipulates with regimes, ideas, people.....
What gets me about this film is, in every interview and in Casino Royale we're told that Bond is an adaptable brutal brawler. Yet, in this film, Bond constantly goes against that so much we never see him throw one haymaker. And, we get scenes where Bond entertains 2 Bolivian cops long enough for tragedy to strike when Craig bond would get out of the vehicle, knock them out in one second, get back in and drive away; The fight with the bad agent is bad character continuity because Bond, who has glass, wood, scaffolding, rope, and nails at his disposal, items he could use to turn the tides of the fight, instead reaches for his gun which is impossible to get to.
Bond jumps onto a random boat and starts with one pull of the chord, how about it doesn't start and we get to see him hotwire it, then we see the mental gymnastics of trying to catch up to the boat. But, worst of all there's a scene near the end where he has to take out two security guards with jumpcuts. It's like Liam Neeson climbing the fence. Bond reaches out his arm, the camera cuts, guy is on the ground. Bond steps out his leg, the camera cuts, other guy is laid out on the ground.
Also, Bond and Mathis were absolutely a beautiful pairing, fuck this movie for replacing him with a random Bond girl.
I will defend this movie until my death. Its fantastic, Its intense, its emotional. The plot feels so real, Carmella is an amazing Bond girl and I love the Quantum organization. Greene is great, Mr.White is great, the locations are great, the action is great. This is a great film. Craigs first 3 are a solid run of films.
I think you're right. It's much more Bourne than Bond but I have no problem with that. I didn't know about the writer's strike, I just thought it was Bond being an utterly single-minded thug in a Savile Row suit. He didn't care about Quantum, he wanted to pay his debt to Vesper's memory so he could be get on with his job.
Lmao stop
Like a possum in a dumpster, there you are defending trash. Godspeed to you.
Agreed! I actually enjoy Quantum much more than any of the Bond films that followed. While it was deeply flawed, it had scenes that progressed the themes and character arc established in Casino Royale in satisfying ways. There was some kind of emotional payoff and it felt real. Whereas Skyfall is a dumbed down reboot, It took a grounded, complex, emotionally rich character operating in a more or less realistic world and turned him into a third rate Christopher Nolan Batman fighting cartoon villains with stupid plots. Quantum built on what came before and I respect it despite it's failures. Skyfall and Spectre destroyed what came before and I loathe them.
Great analysis! My take on this: Revenge of the Fallen is at öeast a good fun to watch, wheres QOS is just numbing