Casino Royale begins with a gripping, neo-noir nested flashback of getting his 00 status, in which Craig commands attention in the scene with the section chief without ever getting up from a chair.
Quantum of Solace instead begins with a chase scene they is so frantically edited that it is all "sound and fury, signifying nothing".
Both opening scenes really set out how the rest of the film will work. Quantum of Solace tries to turn Bond into a Bourne-y…
Snipes is fantastic in this. There's a few treacly moments that hurt the film, but it is still a blast.
1) Lynch is not great at battle scenes
2) after a protracted Fall of House Atreides, the film turns into a slideshow summary of the book (which, to be clear, I've read). After saying three sentences to reach other, Chani and Paul Fall in Love! Alia is born and Jessica... Goes bald! Suddenly Paul is the leader of the Fremen! Suddenly they have nukes! Context is stripped and no one means anything to anyone; the dialogue they are forced to…
