Yeah, I know I’m pretty darn late with this one, but the fates seriously seemed to be against me getting to see this movie, with sickness and weather and lots of other things keeping me from seeing it in a timely manner. And to add insult to injury, this is going to be a lightening quick review. Just deal with it.

Overall, this was a solid film, and a good follow-up to Casino Royale. It was not however, as good as it’s predecessor. Casino Royale was gritty and dark but it also had a very raw feel that I for one really loved. QoS was also gritty and dark, but it also was very oddly put together. Marc Forster, the director, had done mainly smaller, independent movies before taking on this big-budget action flick, and the way that some of the intense action sequences were edited together was downright distracting. I appreciate that they tried to do something different with the visual story-telling, it just left me a little confused as to what was going on in a few occasions.

Story wise, the flick was great, and I loved the way that it so closely followed up with the events and characters of Royale. A large network of bad guys has been discovered, but Bond, MI6, and even the Americans know next to nothing about it. Well, until Bond gets on the case, of course. The movie’s environmental message, that water is the most precious resource on earth, felt slightly heavy handed, but in all honesty, it’s probably true that water is worth more than oil.

And yeah, the action was fun, Bond looked cool, and the girls were all hot, which is what you really need in a Bond movie. There are some elements of the rebooted franchise that I can’t help but think are a bit reminiscent of something from a 24 story arc – with there always being a bad guy behind teh bad guy, and with our hero being hunted and having to work outside the rules of his department and of his boss, but I suppose those elements aren’t exclusive to 24, that show just made them popular again. Anyway, I’m rambling. Bottom line was the movie was good, though I would have preferred less of the artsy-fartsy editing style.