Comments on: A Completely Oblivious Martin Campell Says Marc Forster’s ‘Quantum Of Solace’ Was “Lousy”

By: wes

wes — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:20:54 +0000

unless everything you\’ve ever done has been a masterpiece, you are not allowed to have an opinion on movies.

-The Playlist

Campbell is allowed to like/dislike whatever he wants, you guys spew nonsense opinions all day on this site, without ever having made a movie, yet Martin Campbell isn\’t allowed to have an opinion? please.

By: Edward Davis

Edward Davis — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:20:54 +0000

Charles, it\’s just a little winky joke seeing as you attributed some wild, random quote to us which seemed rather absurd. Drink a glass of cool milk and look outside the window for :30 seconds and then come back and lets be friends.

By: Charles

Charles — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:20:54 +0000

Wow, Playlist writers have stooped to calling their readers \”gay.\” You guys are so cool.

By: Charles

Charles — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:20:54 +0000

Quantum of Solace is easily one of the worst James Bond movies. Campbell, however, has made two in the top ten. He has every right to criticize Bond directors because he\’s saved the franchise twice. I just hope they\’ll hire him again after Mendes screws up the series even more.

By: Edward Davis

Edward Davis — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:20:54 +0000

i love that random quotes being written in the comments section are now being attributed to us.

Fun, oooh Let me try, let me try!

\”What\’s the most difficult part of rollerskating? Telling my parents i was gay.\” – Charles

By: Charles

Charles — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:20:54 +0000

My favorite comment ever:

\”unless everything you’ve ever done has been a masterpiece, you are not allowed to have an opinion on movies.

-The Playlist

Campbell is allowed to like/dislike whatever he wants, you guys spew nonsense opinions all day on this site, without ever having made a movie, yet Martin Campbell isn’t allowed to have an opinion? please.\”

By: Nkutz

Nkutz — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:20:54 +0000

I seriously dont appreciate how you say Quantum was awful as if it were the truth- I love that movie, as much or more than Casino Royale. Case and point- the villian looks like a cat and squeals while he throws his axe into his own foot, and he doesn\’t have an inhaler. Moreover, it follows and expands on the story of Royale, including the dangerous nature of trust that arose at the end.
Agreeable point though- Green Lantern in terrible.

By: bonzob

bonzob — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:20:54 +0000

Absurd article. Campbell has every right to his (accurate) opinion, just as Marc Forster has the right to call Green Lantern lousy, if he chooses.

By: Catie T

Catie T — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:20:54 +0000

Karma, Mr Campbell. Even with the charisma of the very underrated Ryan Reynolds, Campbell did everything in his power to let us know he was slumming. What an unholy, boring waste of hundreds of millions of dollars, and an unmitigated disaster. He wins this years \”Stop Them Before They Direct Again\” award. He makes Quantum of Silence look like Lawrence of Arabia.

By: Nathan

Nathan — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:20:54 +0000

LOL @ the comment section. I don\’t really need \’fair and balanced\’ from a film blog. If a big hack is criticizing another director for hack-ish hackery, please, point out the irony so I too can enjoy it.

By: simon

simon — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:20:54 +0000

\”which limped into theaters this weekend with dreadful reviews and a thoroughly adequate box office haul\”

I\’m guessing it was supposed to read \”inadequate\”?

whether or not Campbell made a better Bond move that QoS, his timing on coming out with this makes him seem kind of clueless.

By: John

John — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:20:54 +0000

A little late, no?

Also, QoS is such a whipping boy, it\’s ridiculous. The movie is the action revenge closing act of Casino Royale, it\’s all one story and I thought it did a great job handling the gritty version we\’d seen in CR and bringing in some of the old-school ridiculousness of Bond like the world-dominating secret organization. It\’s also a hell of a lot more streamlined and rapid-fire paced than any other Bond movie. Oh and Kurylenko\’s character gets big points for being a character of depth that isn\’t bedded by Bond in 2 minutes (or at all in this case).

Also, it\’s the most stylish James Bond movie ever. Now, all that said, yes CR is better, but QoS is not terrible and yeah Campbell is just looking to deflect at the moment.

By: Kevin Jagernauth

Kevin Jagernauth — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:20:54 +0000

Kind of awesome how everyone conveniently forgets that Campbell also directed the kind of also terrible \”GoldenEye.\” Given his track record, he\’s got no right be throwing other people under the bus.

And \”Quantum Of Solace\” is still more watchable than either \”Green Lantern\” or \”Edge Of Darkness\” (I never got past the 1 hour mark of that movie).

By: Gordon

Gordon — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:20:54 +0000

I read The Playlist because its writers DON\’T usually write wankery like this.

Spare us this horseshit, please.

By: hmmm

hmmm — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:20:54 +0000

Forster made a piece of shit film that wanted to be like Bourne than Bond. I don\’t care if Campbell made Battlefield Earth, after Casino Royale he can say whatever he wants about the Bond franchise

By: Zack

Zack — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:20:54 +0000

Stuff I learned today: making a movie The Playlist didn\’t like disqualifies you from criticizing anyone ever.

By: Rszanto

Rszanto — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:20:54 +0000

To be fair, neither Marc Forster or Martin Campbell had final cut for those films (\”QoS\” and \”GL\”). When given solid material and some creative breathing room, Campbell puts out some really great stuff.

I think the lack of quality in both those films speak less about the directors, and more about the major studios\’ lack of faith in their hired talent.

By: Trent.

Trent. — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:20:54 +0000

I actually liked Quantum of Solace, it was a decent entry in the Bond series. Speaking of Mr. Campbell the only Good movie of his I\’ve liked was Casino Royale which speaks volumes of his own skills as a director.

By: wes

wes — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:20:54 +0000

Let\’s see, how about after you referred to \”A Completely Oblivious\” Martin Campbell and then said:

\”if anybody should be heeding to the rule of not throwing stones in glass houses, it’s director Martin Campbell.

Somehow completely oblivious to his own trainwreck “Green Lantern” which limped into theaters this weekend with dreadful reviews and a thoroughly adequate box office haul, Campbell seems to have gotten tired from being dumped on by critics and has taken aim at a colleague instead.\”

Green Lantern\’s performance has nothing to do with anything regarding bond, but you are clearly saying he can\’t say his opinion on it because somehow that\’s throwing stones at a glass house?

By: Glass

Glass — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:20:54 +0000

QOS wasn\’t bad, but it was trying to be Bourne way too much (actually making Dan Bradley 2nd Unit Director makes it obvious this was their intention). But Campbell resuscitated Bond TWICE (dude, Goldeneye was awesome – maybe I\’m biased cause the N64 game is still my favorite video game ever), so I\’ll accept his critique on another Bond movie. He\’s the only director who\’s done the series particular justice in a loooong time.

(I will never see Green Lantern or Edge of Darkness, so I sympathize with experiencing a movie that almost literally makes my blood boil, it\’s so bad)

And Charles chill out (I\’m positive you won\’t read this), Ed was quoting Human Giant, not calling you gay.

By: Rosie

Rosie — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:20:54 +0000

I also enjoyed QUANTUM OF SOLACE and believed it was a pretty good entry in the franchise. I have ranked it #10 out of 22 movies. Does Martin Campbell actually believe that everyone will automatically agree to his opinion of the movie, like some mindless drone? Because I am one person who does not consider herself a mindless drone.

By: Craig

Craig — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:20:54 +0000

They should reboot Bond and make it 60\’s retro. The current style is just too close to all the other action flicks these days (Bourne etc.) giving it that retro styling of the 60\’s (like OSS 117 except not a spoof) and it might have something.

By: actionman

actionman — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:20:54 +0000

Solace BEAT THE SHIT out of Royale, which was bloated and semi-boring, despite the rollicking opening action sequence. Too many scenes of people sitting around playing cards = waste of time. Forster\’s keen visual style made Solace an extremely entertaining action flick, with that incredibly well designed climax out in the desert.

By: Gabe Toro

Gabe Toro — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:20:54 +0000

Sorry, Martin Campbell logged in as me.

By: Gabe Toro

Gabe Toro — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:20:54 +0000

Mark Forster sucks cocks in Hell.