Let’s face it, Quantum of Solice was a let down. I’m not saying it was a “bad” movie (it was actually ok), but coming off the awesomeness of Casino Royale, just “ok” doesn’t cut it. Still, with Daniel Craig still wearing the shoes of Bond there are a lot of reasons to continue to look forward to the next installment. And the next installment just got a little bit closer.
Our friends over at Cinematical are reporting that a writer for the next Bond film has been brought on:
producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli have looked again to the cream of Britain’s film crop and hired a man who’s gotten some attention at the Oscars lately: Peter Morgan. Few of his scripts have gone wrong (The Other Boleyn Girl is one mark on an otherwise impeccable record .. and even then, it’s not that bad) and he’ll definitely lend a lot of gravitas to the project. A lot.
Morgan won’t be penning 23 solo, however. He’s got some old hands in
Neal Purvis and Robert Wade (the pens behind both Quantum and Casino Royale), who are returning to the franchise … and well, so long Paul Haggis. I guess he’s taking the fall for Quantum.
Sign me up! I am a big fan of the new Bond franchise and the new Bond himself, so until one sucks, I’ll continue to be excited about the upcoming installments.
Sorry, but Quantum of Solace was great. Not as good as Casino Royale, but still very good.
Haven’t seen Other Boleyn Girl, so I really can’t give much of an opinion on choice.
I was very dissappointed with QoS, not that it was bad, but CR had such a great script that really took inside the world of Bond and being a spy. Quantum had very little of that and the plot was almost non existent. It starts out with Bond trying to kill the people that killed his lady friend and it ends with him having done so, thats about it. He stumbles upon a network organization in the process but never really g o anywhere with it.
To me QoS felt more like the first act of one movie. The whole film could have been condensed to about 30-35 minutes and lead into the heart of a very good story. Instead we got an hour of filler and nothing really has changed at the end.
I hope they get back to what made Casino so great with the next installment. Build the movie around characters not explosions.
Poor Paul Haggis. I extremely doubt it was his fault.
I was initially let down by Quantum, but now I own it and love it more every time I watch it.
Casino Royale set such high standards that Quantum was always going to find it hard to match it. However it was still a good movie, just not yer typical bond though. More like a good action film with the purpose of putting an end to the previous story line. I would like to see a better villian in the next one as I miss the mad man taking over the world type like Blofeld or Goldfinger.
QoS was a disaster for the bond franchise and for me it was the worst film after die another day. This was such a blow to me after being frilled by Casino Royale.
I hope the new writers can realise where they went wrong with QoS.
As do I.
I wouldn’t so much to say that Paul Haggis is the scapegoat for the problems that QoS had. “Problems”, gosh, what a word…overall, Quantum wasn’t a bad film. It just wasn’t good as Casino Royale. I think Haggis had other projects, it’s not that big of a deal. But it’s unfair to point the finger at any one person.
Shouldn’t the director take some heat for Solace? Were the other scribes a party to it as well?
@Cinematical :
“Few of his (Peter Morgan”) scripts have gone wrong (The Other Boleyn Girl is one mark on an otherwise impeccable record…)”
Either Cinematical :liked that film or you didn’t, and are you talking about Morgan’s script or how well/ not so well the director filmed it?
I agree Forester is to blame as well as his DP it was way to tight you could not see half the action.
This back Quintain Tarentino When he said “I believe that action Directors are the best in the business” he is right you need lost of Coverage good angles and not having all this metaphorical bull shit that Forester put in It other than that I enjoyed the movie.
Who was it rumored to direct it was Danny Boyle right well he did an amazing job With 28 days later so I think he would be perfect for it. Or get the man who got rejected 20 years ago so he went and maid some little movie about a Teacher who travels the world finding treasure and killing Nazi.
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QoS was a good movie…but it shouldn’t have been a “movie” of it’s own meaning it should have been added to CR, I don’t know if that makes any sense to you but it does to me…lol. That being said I’m really looking foward to the new bond and hope they do the 007 franchise justice
I LOVE The Other Boleyn Girl.
Guess I am in the minority because I really liked QoS.
No, man. I liked it too! Not as much as Casino Royale, but I did enjoy QoS. And out of 22 movies it definitely isn’t the shittiest either.
I actually prefer QoS over Casino. Casino might be viewed as the better film but I’ll easily throw in QoS in the Bluray. Casino just slows down terribly throughout the movie and especially at the end where Quantum just keeps hitting you.
I’d have to disagree. Quantum of Solace had some impressive action, but the third act had next to no twists in terms of storyline, which is something very disappointing to see in a Bond film. Also, the ending pretty much invalidates the prequel (Casino Royale) as an installment. I wrote all about it in my original review when it came out, at:
http://mymoviespot.blogspot.com/2009/01/quantum-of-solace-review.html
I gave it a 7.
“It’s a shame really, because Quantum Of Solace got so many things right. It blew you away with breathtaking, edge-of-your-seat action. It grabbed your attention with intoxicating and genuinely interesting female characters who you actually cared about. It knew how to build suspense. The pacing was masterful at times. Where it really messed up was the part about a meaningful plot, which is something it appeared to work so hard for.
“Casino Royale changed James Bond forever, because the films always ended with our hero, Bond, holding a lady in his arms and enjoying the payoff of all his work. Casino Royale did end end with James Bond holding a lady in his arms. However, James Bond was sobbing and the woman was dead. It was a powerful ending that lent so much new depth to the character we know to be James Bond.
“Quantum Of Solace had a heck of a lot to live up to. It should have brought something new forward, more great and powerful and impacting than what Casino Royale did, or at least just as much so but in a different manner. Is that not what we expect from a sequel? Instead, Quantum monopolizes on Casino Royale’s storyline by integrating a sappy subplot that, while easy to relate to if you’ve seen Casino Royale, doesn’t go anywhere we haven’t been to before a dozen times over. For the majority of the movie we watch Bond mourn the woman’s death from Casino Royale, the culmination of this subplot being an all-around terrible ending that not only monopolizes on Casino Royale’s success but also at the same time invalidates it’s meaning as a movie. And seeing as the whole point of a movie so often happens to be it’s meaning and the successful expression of it, it’s a crime I find very hard to forgive.”
what would you’ve given quantum from 1-10 john?
Quantum was horrible. I love Craig as Bond but another movie like that and goodbye Bond.
Cool news, i’m sorry John but for me quantum was crap, hopefully this will be better
Most excellent. Very good start.