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Ulf Johansson 2012-05-25 09:34:03

This is not good!

Craig is too plain. He's acting with the same face expression throughthe whole movie. What we got here is one long explosion of fast cuts.Even the dialogue is cut like it was a car chase. Where is the story?It is so thin that you can see right through it right away. The actionscenes are generally okay, even if the cutting pace would havebenefited on being slower and the camera shots wider so the viewercould grasp everything that's happening. What's the point of coolaction if you can't see what's happening? Olga Kurylenko is a good bond chick, good looking with an exotic touch.But where's John Cleese and his gadgets.? I miss the bickering withMoneypenny and the humor. A lot of the magic is gone and Bond has justbecome an ordinary action guy. I can understand that the writers wantedto modernize Bond, but this is gruesome.

jemps918 2012-05-25 02:08:54

Not bad...

I actually liked the title theme song by Jack White and Alicia Keys; Ithought it was modern, evocative and punchy, not too dramatic. Orperhaps because I respond well to the White Stripes' brand of music.But while the sexy sand women were cool it wasn't as imaginative asCasino Royale's. Goldeneye's theme song is the most brilliant for me, Ithink.As for the villains, I think General Medrano was overshadowed by thecreepy Dominic Greene, played by the peerless Mathieu Amalric (TheDiving Bell & the Butterfly). Casino Royale's first half was also moreaction packed and impressive with its parkour exhibition but Quantum ofSolace is more consistent in its exposition.Bond-girl wise, only Fields (Gemma Arterton) played it 'the usual way'.Olga Kurylenko (Paris, je t'aime, Hit-man, Max Payne) looked theunbelievable part of the usual model-with-an-agenda Camille but thelack of chemistry with Daniel Craig's Bond makes their tandem onlyshrug-worthy. At least Craig is finally slowly transforming into therole and isn't looking as primitive and thug-ish as he did in CasinoRoyale; he now looks more comfortable in a suit or out of it.Overall, I think Quantum of Solace succeeded in cleverly staying awayfrom the misogynistic theme while still retaining a little bit of theold fantasy image of James Bond, ladies' man. The old Bond flicks maybe classics but aren't politically correct (even satirically), lendingit a dated DOM-ish air. I think the brilliant direction of Marc Forster(Stranger than Fiction, Kite Runner, Monsters Ball) is what gave thisfranchise a bit more depth than usual.

2012-05-22 07:14:39

Quantum of Soultasticness

This review is from: Quantum of Solace [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray) Its a real good move, very entertaining. Shows how bond became so calous from the events of Casino Royale as well as its the only true sequel in the bond series... I am a big fan of the amazing action sequences, fantastic cinemotography and pretty decent acting and the bond girls are yummy too.

Wass89 2012-05-21 19:44:26

Why this is better than "Casino Royale" (SPOILERS regarding "Casino Royale")

One peculiar shot pretty much makes up for the whole "Casino Royale"experience: as the foot chase in Africa goes on, Bond's opponent dodgesevery sort of objects and barriers using his amazing athletic skills;Daniel Craig, instead, just crashes through the walls as a newTerminator. Now, I realize I may be one of the two or three persons whodidn't enjoy "Casino Royale" that much, but I want to say it out loud,it is NOT because there were no gadgets, no corny villains, etc. Ithought the structure was just not balanced enough: started off with 40minutes of nearly endless action scenes which had completely no point(the before mentioned 10 minutes action scene in Africa, which ends upwith Bond just shooting his target), followed by other 40 minutes ofdialog (the best part, in my view), and then, in the final 30 minutes,the villain just gets shot in the most anti-climactic way, new bad guysWE NEVER HEARD OF just enter the picture, and the film, you know, ends. This is just not how you make a movie. A TV-series, maybe, but not acinematic experience. Therefore, I was a bit nervous about this newchapter in the Bond franchise, because, if I didn't like "CasinoRoyale", I mean, how many chances I had of liking this one? Well, Iended up liking it. Very much, actually. I may go as far as to say,this was the best action movie of the last years. In my humble opinion,also better than "The Borune Ultimatum", which is always quoted inrelation to this film without my understanding. What are we talkingabout? Bond has been around for much more time than Bourne did, andwhile a particular scene may be a reference to the other franchise (thefight inside the Haitian apartment), let's not forget physical fightswith no musical comment have happened many times in the Bond movies: Imean, is it forbidden to use new technologies? What, should haveForster filmed it with a 9mm? No, wait! MAYBE you would have wantedthose old diashows like in the era of silent movies! No no, NOW I getit! All you wanted was some kind of Adam West-Batman fight, with allthose "KA-BLAAASH!" or "SPLATATAT!" Right? Wrong. The fight is intense, realistic, well filmed, and wants toremind us, dear gentlemen, that Bond is no priest. He can be a ruthlessmurderer within the right occasion and mood, as well as a very damagedand sensible person. And "Quantum Of Solace" is much more deep inexploring this paradox. This is a Bond that doesn't drink anymore forthe fun of it, but to silence his demons. A Bond that is struggling torecognize the good from evil, and unwillingly makes the others sufferfor his mistakes. Some truly amazing scenes, in these regards, are theones with Giancarlo Giannini, who returns to play the role of Mathis:while not having much of a screen time, he manages to express so muchmore than in the previous chapter, and immediately gets our sympathy.The other characters reflect the shades of gray surrounding everythingand everyone: Mathieu Amalric, above all the others, plays one of themost convincing villains in Bond history. No, he doesn't bleed from his eyes. No iron teeth. No cat. Noover-the-top laughter. Frankly? Who gives a... What matters is that heis a PERSON. A person who is willing to make the other die to fulfillhis own goals, and THIS is EXACTLY what makes him more impressing. Theability he has to allow one of his friends to rape and kill his"fiancee" (even though she avoids all of this) is so much more chillingthan Mads Mikkelsen's Le Chiffre (who was good on his own, anyway)bleeding. And the fight he puts up all the more surprising. This was astory that managed to blend furious action scenes with touching drama,something Martin Campbell completely missed with his work. It is good,smart entertainment, and I wish the franchise proceeds EVOLVING, notFREEZING as many people would like it to (because maybe their brain istoo stiff to endure different emotional layers within a single movie).I hope you wish it too.

Dustin 2012-05-16 19:14:33

What the?. . . .

When did James Bond become Jason Bourne? James Bond does not run aroundfor, give-or-take, two hours, chasing people and then engaging in fistfights. He investigates, gambles, seduces the women, finds theoutrageous hide-out, sneaks in, gets captured, the master mind revealsthe whole plan, there's a countdown, Bond escapes, defeats the villainusually with a good one-liner, and then makes it out just in time withthe girl. And has at least one useful gadget. You will find none ofthis here. There is no clever (outrageously so)hideout, merely adictators compound that is so easy to locate and enter that Bond walksright in. Moneypenny? Who is Moneypenny? Q? Or rather his successor: R?Nope, Bond doesn't need gadgets, he likes his exercise. The women? Two,both with normal names. The Bond charm? He's too busy looking dower.The master plan? He's gaining control of Bolivia's water supply. Huh.Ooooookay then. This is not revealed until we've been subjected tohorribly shot hour-and-a-half of Bourne style action scenes. It ismentioned and then forgotten. James Bond was never an action hero, andhe never should be!! He is a sly, clever playboy who just happens to bea spy. The violence and mayhem just get in the way of his good time. Hedoes it so he can get back to the foreplay and his martini.

gmarr-1 2012-05-16 13:17:21

Bond is in trouble

Where has James Bond gone ? If anyone finds him let me know.No charm, no style, no wit. Please bring back Roger Moore (I can'tbelieve I said that).I am a massive Bond fan and have bought all of the DVD's twice over(and will buy them again on Blu-ray) and this is the first time I don'tthink I will buy the DVD. Unless Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccolimake a serious reversal to the style of the Bonds of old this series isgoing in the toilet. I want world domination not Bolivian water bills.Look, I love the Bourne movies despite Paul Greengrass' shaky cameffect on Supremacy and Ultimatum however when I go to see a Bond movieI don't want to see a Bourne movie. I also don't want any CGI althoughthankfully this is minimal in QoS.While Daniel Craig is a superb actor he lacks the sophistication andwit of a Connery, Moore or Brosnan. Remember how the Bond seriesappeared to be on it's last legs after Timothy Dalton left the role ?He was a fine serious actor as well. We don't want realism in a Bondmovie, we want to escape for two hours with an old friend.I really thought they were on to something with Casino Royale but now Ihave serious doubts. I could accept the reboot concept in Royale andwas willing to overlook the omissions (gun barrel, Q, Moneypenny,gadgets etc.) to bring us Bond as a raw MI6 recruit. The end of CR istotally setup to declare "hey look, Bond has arrived" when they showhim in the tailored suit, play the Bond theme, and of course utter theline "Bond, James Bond". Then they just throw it out the window in QoSto give us some XXX or Transporter clone.As for the song I have to hand it to Jack White and Alicia Keys, theyhave done the impossible and overtaken Madonna for the worst Bond themesong ever.I am really, really disappointed.

2012-05-13 04:48:26

Under rated sequel to "Casino Royale" --looks great but underwhelming extras

The first Bond film that is a direct sequel to its predecessor, "Quantum of Solace" was criticized for what it wasn't--it deviates from the formula established with the Sean Connery films and refined through to the Pierce Brosnan films. "Quantum of Solace" features a more feral Bond just as its predecessor did. It's also the first Bond film in quite some time to run under 120 minutes and it's a very good one if taken on its own terms.First, the Blu-ray looks exceptionally good with a sharp, crisp transfer and it hasn't been overprocessed so the film grain has been largely maintained. The 5.1 high def audio mix is spectacular and will give your system a complete work out. The "special features" are largely underwhelming and hint that there will probably be a double dip--there's no commentary track and the featurettes are largely recycled from the website for the film from when it was released. In that regard MGM and Fox have done a largely disappointing job when it comes to arming this Blu-ray to the teeth.Nevertheless, this is a very good Bond outing and although signficantly different in many respects when compared to the last couple of Bond films, "Quantum of Solace" is a tightly plotted action film that nicely concludes the story set up in "Casino Royale" from three years ago.I am disappointed in the special features which combined run less than 50 minutes but the feature film itself receives a stellar transfer.Bond (Daniel Craig)brings Mr. White to "M" (Judi Densch)so White can be interrogated about the secret organization Quantum. When one of "M"'s men betrays her and tries to kill her, Bond and help White escape. 007 uncovers a plot in Bolivia masterminded by Mr. Greene who, on the surface, appears to be an ecologically minded businessman.4 stars for the film and transfer, 2 stars for the special features

2012-05-12 18:22:42

A+ movie for action;Daniel Craig shines by Ray Sipe

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Finlandia1907 2012-05-07 15:02:33

Montage failure spoils it

If it were not for one single overwhelming issue, this film would havebeen much more watchable. This issue, of course, is the montage duringthe action scenes. Now I'll admit that it might be stylish to have afew .3 second transitions, but it's simply unsustainable for longstretches, and these filmmakers have this go on for minutes at a time.So bad, in fact, is the outcome, that we left the movie before we werefinished watching.If you can stomach the strobe-light effect of the montage and not beturned off, you will find a fairly strong plot, solid performances bythe actors and the special effects team, and innovation in many otherareas.Unfortunately, this movie needs to be re-done to reach its fullpotential.

valleyjohn 2012-05-07 02:24:50

A little disappointing

I first came across Daniel Craig in the brilliant BBC TV series - Ourfriends in the north - back in 1996 . It was obvious to anyone thatCraig had the potential to go on to be a big star and what bigger rolethan to play Bond . Despite questions of "Craig who? from across thepond , he was a huge success in arguably the best Bond movie for 25years in -Casino Royale , but the burning question was 'could thestrangely named follow up - Quantum of Solace - live up to it'spredecessor? Sadly, in my opinion , the answer is no. Betrayed by Vesper, the woman he loved, 007 fights the urge to make hislatest mission personal. Pursuing his determination to uncover thetruth, Bond and M interrogate Mr White who reveals the organisationwhich blackmailed Vesper is far more complex and dangerous than anyonehad imagined.Forensic intelligence links an Mi6 traitor to a bank account in Haitiwhere a case of mistaken identity introduces Bond to the beautiful butfeisty Camille , a woman who has her own vendetta. Camille leads Bondstraight to Dominic Greene, a ruthless business man and major forcewithin the mysterious organisation.On a mission that leads him to Austria, Italy and South America, Bonddiscovers that Greene, conspiring to take total control of one of theworld's most important natural resources, is forging a deal with theexiled General Medrano . Using his associates in the organisation, andmanipulating his powerful contacts within the CIA and the Britishgovernment, Greene promises to overthrow the existing regime in a LatinAmerican country, giving the General control of the country in exchangefor a seemingly barren piece of land.In a minefield of treachery, murder and deceit, Bond allies with oldfriends in a battle to uncover the truth. As he gets closer to findingthe man responsible for the betrayal of Vesper, 007 must keep one stepahead of the CIA, the terrorists and even M, to unravel Greene'ssinister plan and stop his organisation. In my opinion there are five main ingredients you need to make a greatBond film. Great action , a good Bond , a gripping story ,a memorablebad guy and a rousing theme song. The problem with Quantum of Solace is, is that it falls short on the last three. The action is exactly what you would expect . Brilliant car chases ,plenty of punch ups and a this time a rebellious Bond has no qualms inKilling everyone and anyone who stand in his way . The problem is ,great action scenes are not enough . The story is a bit wayward andBond's enemies are just not interesting enough . You need to be able tohate the bad guys to feel part of the story , but i didn't. Also whatwere they thinking when they agreed to have that dreadful song by JackWhite and Alicia Keys? They are both out of tune!!!Don't get me wrong Quantum of Solace is not a bad movie , it's actuallyquite good, but i want my Bond movies to be great. Perhaps the bar wasset too high with Casino Royale?I also got the impression that director Marc Foster ( who incidentallymade my film of the year so far in "the Kite Runner") was trying tomake a film that looked like The Bourne Ultimatum . lots of quick ,short , difficult to take, in fight scenes but this is no BourneUltimatum. This isn't even Daniel Craig's best movie this year , that goes to thefantastic " Flashbacks of a Fool". To sum up , Quantum of Solace is afairly good action movie that is hard to dislike but i expected so muchmore.7 out of 10

alank-16 2012-05-04 22:37:44

Quantum Of S..t

Bad movie. To fast story, not deep. Daniel Craig is not suitable for acharacter of James Bond. Roger Moore was the heart and soul and Ibelieve the golden boy of James Bond Movies. He was a charmer, he wasfunny with his comments, elegant and extremely appealing. The only badacting and the only minus in former bond movies were fight scenes whichmore or less look childish. Everything else was very good. Craig isjust a brute and nothing more. The relationship between Q and Bond inlast two movies is very, very disturbing. All in all I personally thinkthey shouldn't make any more James Bond with Craig or with bad storieslike the last one which makes the movie even less enjoyable.

greasbyboy 2012-05-04 11:12:41

Continues the great work laid down by Casino Royale!!

After the heady critical and commercial success of Casino it was alwaysgoing to be a huge mountain to climb to top it and they haven't.However, they have come as near as dam it! It carries on the tone setby Casino perfectly. This is a bond for the real world. I loved andstill do love the first 20 Bonds, in varying degrees of course, butsomething had to change (Die Another Day...invisible frickin car!!!).And I for one am a big fan of the new style.Bond with a vengeance is a great watch, not since Connery knowinglyshot dead and unarmed man in 'DR. NO' has bond been so brutal and coldwhen taking somebody out and that for me is one of the main reasonsthat Craig's Bond is so good.If you enjoyed Casino? There's a huge chance you're going relish thistoo. If you liked Casino but were missing the old Bond come the creditsthen this wont convert convince you otherwise. If you disliked Casinothen you're not going to enjoy this either. And I for one feel sorryfor you if that's the case.P.S. Initially thought the title song was average but in the context ofthe opening sequence, really has grown on me.

2012-05-02 01:34:06

Smart for once

I need to address something that seems to confuse people. It seems the lack of super secret weapons, ice castles, and James Bond being more suave than gritty annoys people. Well, after 50 years of the same thing I am superiorly happy to have the reboot of the Bond series continue in this newer, grittier, more true to the books version.I will agree that for action direction, Quantum Of Solace does fall into the one a second, jump edit, who the heck knows what's going on, school. It's annoying... very annoying. However on the smaller screen at home it's possible to follow what's happening. On the big screen at the theater... not possible. Seeing the whole frame at once just helps, a lot. After the first couple sequences (car chase and rooftop scramble), the action settles down even more and it's possible to understand what's happening.I love this movie. The writing is so smart. A real villain, a real goal that's attainable (controlling a country by controlling it's water), and actual (God forbid) spying! Somewhere starting with Timothy Dalton I think, the concept of being a spy was only mentioned in Bond movies. In Quantum of Solace, Bond actually runs around SPYING!!! It's something that had been sorely missing for so long.Most people have addressed the contents of the plot so I want to end discussing how brutal Bond is and the famous shot down the barrel at the end of QOS instead of at the beginning. I've read people call it "dumb" to have it at the end. Well, they are dumb. It's a brilliant move and here's why. The producers started completely over with Bond. COMPLETELY OVER. Like from the ground up. Casino Royale is an origin story. And after watching QOS, I understood that it's the conclusion of the origin story started in Casino Royale. The concept is that the Bond we all know from the past started somewhere. You're not a cold hearted s.o.b. for no reason. Kudos to the production team for taking their time. They wanted two movies to tell the origin and they took two movies. Two exciting and thrilling movies. By the time QOS ends, the Vesper story is tied off. All the people Bond cares about die around him. It's basically showing how and why he became so hardened and callous. It's a defense mechanism. And now that the origin story is complete with the end of the film, the producers stick the gun barrel shot to signify that the real fun is about to begin. It's saying "hey - you've always known Bond, the suave guy, after this point. So now that we have told you his origin, we can get on to the rest of his story, the one you're more familiar with." It's not signifying the end of QOS, it's signifying the beginning of Bond. It's a brilliant move, most likely chosen well in advance, and shows tremendous patience.Cause really - if you're going to start over, do it right. And I think these past two movies combine to really do it right. Let's face it, be honest, Bond had totally lost his way. Die Another Day is fun, but really silly. Para-sailing in front of a glacier melted by a death ray? Come on. And if we are being really, truly honest, most Bond films do not stand the test of time and are not that great. Quantum of Solace continues the trend of substance over style. Where style is defined by quality, not gadgets and stupid one liners. Hooray for Quantum of Solace. Flawed, yes. The action is poorly edited and the exploding hotel at the end is, well, an exploding hotel. But overall, smart concepts, smart dialog, grounded and believable acting (tell me you didn't think Greene was really creepy even if nerdy), and a story that fits within the realm of possibility.I'll be there for the next one for sure.

Manoj Aryan 2012-05-01 20:31:28

My name is Bourne! James Bourne?!

Bond is mourning, traumatized by love-betrayal of Vesper Lynd. He isnot sleeping much, drinking hard, haunted by Vesper. He is more andmore bitter, grim and murderous. There was a ring of ambiguity to heract but enough to torment for rest of his life. He needs to know. Nowthis should lay ground for a wired revenge picture given Bonds newwriters team and creators form in fantastic Casino Royale. Blowing allthat in pieces sequel Quantum of Solace is a nosedive. This is an'action film' constantly reminds you of Bourne flicks (a touchstone forfuture action films someone rightfully said) not at all reaching anynear of them. Biggest blame is director Marc Foster who seemed and nowproved unlikely choice (Finding Neverland and Stranger than Fiction).If there is anything that engages is Daniel Craig who is still solid inthis otherwise botched piece. Craig gives body and soul to hisperformance. Looking like hell and cruising like a mad storm, Craig isa raging bull here but sad thing is movie engages him only in fightsbut never pauses or shift gears in between fights to show haunting oflost love, the driving force of his vengeance, his mission. Allslickness, wit and class of Casino Royale is gone instead movie throwsus in galore of pointless action.

2012-04-29 03:00:22

Not What I Expected

About 45 minutes into this film I realized that this was not about cute dancing penguins and chimney sweeps. Yowza, was that a surprise or what?!About that time my wife came downstairs and said, "Why the **** are you eating ice cream directly from the container again?"So I called her over and said, "Hey, come here. Do you see any dancing penguins in this?" She then told me that I was an idiot and that the movie I was expecting was "Mary Poppins." So then where's Bruce Willis? This was totally not what I expected.

kenjha 2012-04-28 18:22:57

Not a Quantum of Fun

In this 22th entry in the series and the second with Craig, Agent 007is on a path of vengeance for the death of his girlfriend. A seriousand angry Bond is no fun. Perhaps that's why this is the worst entrysince "License to Kill," the last time it became personal for him as hesought those responsible for shooting his CIA buddy Felix Leiter.Leiter is fine now, except that he's turned into a black man. Theaction scenes are so poorly shot and edited that it's impossible tofigure our who's doing what to whom. Unfortunately the first 30 minutesis all mindless action with no discernible plot. Craig's Bond is dourand charmless. One positive is that it's shortest film in the series.

david-5226 2012-04-26 18:37:10

But it.

What's with all the anti-hype of all this camera movement stuff? People, come on, it's not that bad. And it's only on a few smallsections, I feel it adds to the grittiness that Daniel Craig has addedto the bond series. And it's not used excessively. It does, however, forcibly make you pay attention closer to the actionscenes, to keep in control of what's going on. I think the editing isdone beautifully. Casino Royale had similar editing techniques, and they still pulled itoff fine. You can kind of think of it as the same editing style as theTransporter movies. Quick, precise, but still effective.This movie is incredible. Being a bond fan since the beginning, thisone fits in very well. This movie feels very "bond-like" at the lastaction major sequence. Especially concerning the location of the lastmajor action sequence. It sort of brings you back to the earlier days. I watched this movie 3 times when I rented it. And for some reason itgot better and better every time. Great action movie.

lumikangas 2012-04-26 02:34:13

Hotel in desert is made of gasoline!

That really tells something about this Quantum Of a Movie. CasinoRoyale (2006) was a huge stylish hit and it brought something very newto somewhat lukewarm bond-films. In fact it was a perfect start for anew golden age of bond. Well as it seems, it had to be spoiledimmediately. QoS is a tired and unprofessional montage of fast cuttingand a storyline which seems like a drug-related fairytale from ahomeless guy living under a bridge. Even the once amazing and devilishDaniel Craig feels bored. The main villain is as lame as ever, likeRoman Polanski with a urge to raise the price of water in Bolivia.Sorry to say, that was really so. Film starts with a straightcontinuation from Casino Royale, mr. Bond is being furiously followedwith a bunch of muscle cars on a winding mountain roads. Editing jumpsin, and suddenly you look of images which take a fraction of a second.It feels like watching Indianapolis 500 cars from a meter away, tellingreally nothing more than "this IS speed, get it?". My favourite partwas when Bond is chasing a guy on a rooftop and THEN film cuts to shotsof horse racing and back again! In the end, if you are still awakeyou'll see a hotel in a desert made of gasoline! Hopefully that saddrugged vino got a decent meal from telling out this crap, only for asake of humanity, nothing more. Obviously.

pizza_sky 2012-04-25 10:49:08

Great, love this kind of Bond

Quantum of Solace is the sequence of "Casino Royale", I didn't watchit, so I was a bit confuse with the storyline at the beginning, butafter 20 minutes, just realize that this movie is so cool. You justhave to concentrate hard enough to "get" the jumping time line andscenes.Daniel Craig is used to be considered not qualified to act in a "JamesBond" movie, but I think he did pretty solid. And people keep sayingthis "James Bond" movie doesn't fell "Bond" enough with no gadgets, nocheesy line. This movie actually don't have supermodel women that sleepwith the womanizer Bond, very uncommon in a Bond movie. But I like itbetter this way, stop showing women as a Casanova "trophy" in movies,OK? It has a scene of a women killed in bed and been covered with oilall over her naked body, they had the exact same scene in another Bondmovie "Golden eye" but not with oil but with gold. Because Quantum ofSolace actually talk about a mysterious organization controlling thewhole world, from oil to water, from CIA, FBI to European intelligence,from top 5 UN countries to 3rd nation countries.very nice, I want more of this kind of Bond movie

ksundstrom 2012-04-24 23:33:09

QoS suffers from Marketing Directors!

This comment is more about the conflict between the intellectuals andthe marketing people of the film. So the comments are more directedtoward the management of the new James Bond series starting with CasinoRoyal. Casino Royal was clearly a success, 9/10, primarily because ofthe intellectual input. The follow-up Quantum of Solace clearlysuffered from the marketing influence. Public opinion with a preferencefor action that dominates has determined the film QoS. Mass public foraction 70-80%, compared to 20% intellectual of public opinion surveys.(Proportions, uncertain, are known clearly by the marketing people.)However the reputation of James Bond is primarily determined by theintellectuals. IMDb full synopsis is essential reading. The action inthe film is too fast, too fragmented between places and people,dialogue too truncated. So, in my opinion, the management of the filmhave done themselves a disservice in going almost all out for actionand relegating the intellectual story line and dialogue to a minorrole. Hopefully, Casino Royal made more money than Quantam of Solacehas done so far. If so the the action wildies have also appreciated theintellectual strong story line of Casino Royal. Food for thought forthe James Bond management. The literature of James Bond series is, inmy opinion, down the path of the intellectuals, which just confirms theoriginal intention of the author! (You have my permission to send thiscomment to the management of the James Bond series.) Yours sincerely,KSundstrom (Nice,France)