Quote Originally Posted by Nice View Post
I understand your point of pacing and sure, that works for some movies, but QoS is to slow! Here's the plot if you don't believe me, (SPOILER)Bond learns of a secret organization, he travels to Haiti in pursuit of a turned agent, meets up with a chick, saves her, flees somewhere meets some guy and heads to South America and sleeps with one chick, meets chick #1 and confusing things happen, guy he meets dies. Ends up in the desert, explosions, omg its the climax already!?! Movie's primary villains are all killed. What's next, a bid to destroy all the soda's in Europe and sell it to them at an outrageous price?
Your synopsis shows exactly how necessary seeing Casino Royale is to QoS's plot. That's all I'll say regarding that.

As far as QoS not being a "good Bond movie." I think the problem here is that I think Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace are two of the few examples of good Bond movies. What most people seem to think makes a Bond movie a Bond movie are the same things that tend to make me think they're nothing more than mediocre spy movies.