The hate is really exaggerated. A lot of people I know who have seen it, even those who aren't Bond fans and have seen very few of the movies, enjoyed it. The action was great, the return characters hearkened back to Casino Royale, and the villain was classy and creepy (a great combination). Seriously, he was a wimp? Goldfinger was a wimp by many standards but many people consider him to be one of the best Bond villains. If you saw the climax, you would know that Greene is anything but a wimp. How many people can take on a secret agent with years of training in fighting and hold their own?
By the way, if you really think this is the worst Bond movie ever, you obviously haven't seen more than a couple of the films. Die Another Day was vastly worse and that came out only a couple years ago. If you want to go farther back, I could name quite a few of the movies that were worse than Quantum. The intro song was great though, I'll agree with you on that.
As a Bond fan, I can tell you that this is, as shocking as it may sound, one of the better movies in the series. The movie was based off of absolutely nothing (it got the title from a short story in the novel "For Your Eyes Only," but the plot was made up) and the person who directed it didn't even think of doing it until asked. The director (Marc Foster) isn't even a fan of the series!
Well, I'm done. Let the box office figures speak for themselves.
