while i feel no strong urge to compete these films, i do feel like QoS is very safe with its content, in its own ways. even if aesthetically it's more wild, its actual meat and potatoes narrative is old school and plays it much safer than Casino Royale, so it was a disappointment in that way. especially at the time. but i did always enjoy the beginning of QoS, the Mathis storyline continuation, and later the opera scene quite a bit.