I enjoyed Quantum of Solace in the cinema and felt it a worthy follow-up to Casino Royale, as commented upon in this blog. I recently bought the film on DVD and, having watched it a couple more times, actually find myself liking it more than I did the first time round. Watching it a second or third time, the visual detail and 'art house' sensibility that Marc Forster brought to the film are more strongly apparent: The 'flashes' of detail in the opening scene, the flight from the opera house to the tune of Tosca, the closing image of the necklace left in the snow - it's still a Hollywood film, but of a superior type.
The film has its weaknesses - it's too frenetic at times and could usefully have paused more often for breath, but this is a fine entry into the Bond series (with a truly classic car chase) and Daniel Craig continues to show he was the right choice to play the new Bond. I hope the makers of the series have the courage of their convinctions and continue down the road they have chosen - a harder, grittier, more realistic Bond; unafraid to portray the broken human that was so apparent in Flemming's books.
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