The Craig Reconstruction: Quantum of Solace Review (Part Three)

[@HoustonSoto]

I’ve actually listened to your Craig era Bond deconstructions multiple times, and I never get tired of them. Very tightly written and thought out.

[@moviemanreviews5577]

I always took that last moment with Mathis as Bond trying to be humorous. He knows Mathis is dying so he tries to soften his passing by trying from It. Is it a bit awkward? Maybe but it feels as if Bond feels something for Mathis, maybe something akin to friendship and this is later proven by the fact that when kills the General that betrayed Mathis he tells him: "You and I had a mutual friend" this line demonstrates he was avenging Mathis. So when this person whom Bond views as some sort of friend is dying in his arms and he says that line it shows that he doesn't really know what to do and simply says whatever anything that comes to mind. Honestly this whole film has Bond coping with guilt. Guilt from the death of Vespa, then Mathis and heck even Fields it seems. And every time it shows him not knowing how to react or cope with it. And him throwing Mathis body in the dumpster further proves this. He feels guilt and doesn't know how to cope. He wants to be cold and heartless in an attempt to not care and hopefully not feel guilty but it doesn't seem to work bc when Camille calls him out he tried to justify himself by saying: "He wouldn't care".

[@armands3153]

When we should expect the review of Spectre? Been doing a marathon of your 007's videos these last 2 days to refresh my memory of the movies and your opinions/jokes about them and i want more! :D

[@alfredvalrie5541]

Armands 17 it was my understanding he would tackle Spectre after Bond 25 for proper perspective

[@alfredvalrie5541]

Attlanttizz how is that helpful? just tell them what he said

[@armands3153]

@@alfredvalrie5541 THANK YOU.

[@HaphazardStuff]

I did a write a up about Spectre after first seeing it. I'm going to wait on a video project of it to see how they follow it up. In the meantime, hopefully I can find the time to do some other Bond-related projects.

[@alfredvalrie5541]

HaphazardStuff love your stuff

[@SuperGrumpyDaddy]

I just spent most of last night watching these excellent videos. You have said just about everything that I think about this Bond film. Thanks. I remember coming out of the cinema at the time and thinking ‘what the hell was that all about?’. Too confused and confusing to be an enjoyable experience - not that that stops me watching it again.

[@WhiteJarrah]

I actually had deja vu with Quantum of Solace' storyline. This whole plot of holding water supply for ransom was borrowed from an episode of James Bond Jr.

[@lespaulranger]

Lol i love 17:00 with craig polishing off his drink. I watched this movie recently and was just confuddled by this. What is it trying to tell me???

[@lovablesnowman]

It's just absolutely incompetent editing. There's no more to it

[@masudashizue777]

My opinion is that a perfect Bond film has never been made, and they will keep trying until they have the right Bond, right Bond girls, right baddies, right music, and right plot at the best possible length, without being too long or too short. And most importantly, right editing.

[@NathanielWhittoUpdates]

The most frustrating thing is that a lot of the stunts and some of the original footage/photography is quite cool. If they didn't use shaky cam and stuck to those wider shots that Foster CLEARLY knew could be effective, the action would be thrilling. Usually shaky cam and quick cuts can be used to hide poor stunt work or make something dull more exciting. In Quantum, the editing makes something exciting completely baffling. The editing is actually shameful. Shameful!

[@darkhall8227]

even though this is not a great bond film i would still watch this over Die another day

[@tradeofalljacks4358]

19:50 whats that background music?

[@lespaulranger]

Casino Royale soundtrack or opening title, the comedy movie from the 60s

[@lespaulranger]

Maybe not.

[@arturkarpinski164]

Sometimes you have to plow the "Fields".

[@markborishnikoff5485]

Why does he keep calling Vesper Vespa? Its not a scooter, and I'm getting distracted.

[@SmartFabian007]

i love that trumpet theme song you juse in bolivia shots with fields, forgotten WHat it called, seen it, heard it some old movies from the 60s

[@jayukryn9077]

The hook/anchor is ridiculous. I've watched it dozens of times and still don't get it. Whose hook/anchor was it? It looked more like Bond threw his own boat's anchor into the other boat. If it was the other boat's anchor, how did it end up in Bond's boat? Something that heavy would just fall overboard, rope and all and land in a convenient position in another boat? And Bond threw it into the other boat. Even if he'd thrown it into the water, there wasn't enough time for it to sink to the bottom and get dragged along until eventually catching on something to stop the bad guy's boat cold. If it popped the bad guy's boat, as one commenter said here, why did the boat suddenly go vertical so abruptly? But that's as good an explanation as any.

[@torshots]

The speed boat is full of air, the hook/ anchor tears it releasing the air thus flipping the boat...should of added a tearing sound

[@chatty5xg]

That henchman remember Vector from Despicable Me? Lol

[@Peter-Oxley-Modelling-Lab]

Agree with you. The Mathis death scene ends with one of the most pointless and bizarre moments in cinema history! 😖

[@johnmoore2910]

Great work. But just FYI: it’s Vesper

[@thebear6863]

VespER! VespER!!! She's not a scooter! Otherwise, great review! ; )

[@qbranch2405]

How'd he get all these details right, but confuses Bond's girlfriend with an Italian scooter?

[@Unclejack328]

Never seen a movie where the actors look confused 😂😂

[@DarcyCardinal]

Two years until Spectre review!

[@AJ_Jingco]

James Bond 007; George Lazenby; On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) Timothy Dalton; The Living Daylights (1987) Licence to Kill (1989) Pierce Brosnan; GoldenEye (1995) Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) The World Is Not Enough (1999) Die Another Day (2002) Daniel Craig; Casino Royale (2006) Quantum of Solace (2008) Skyfall (2012) Spectre (2015) James Bond 25 (2022)

[@tank3143]

@@jackevans1092 well they pushed it to November

[@timothythomas1626]

If I were Mathis I would have told Bond. Sorry You need to Put on Big Boy Pants. I have this Hot Chick and a Mediterranean Villa on a mountain. I am going no where but to put my Hands on Her.

[@andrewsalvatore2174]

Why are you saying vespa!? It's Vesper! Vesper!!!

[@SoftwareAgentsTV]

16:33 just a terribly edited scene

[@CrashManUltra]

quantum keeps taking down these videos

[@thomasthomas2418]

Let's see...Red Grant, Oddjob, Rosa Klebb, Vargas and....Elvis. Okay. Yeah. F@#k this movie!