Quantum of Solace Quick Reviews - No Spoilers
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I walked out of there extremely underwhelmed.
Jason Bourne goes on a global terminator-style killing fest using his British alias James Bond, apparently on a character building quest for vengeance. Sadly, neither that nor much of a plot exist. As the shortest Bond film of all time, it's too long.
** - Wait for the DVD
I honestly think we'll look back on Craig's era and remember so fondly CR because it was so good, the reboot of the series and whatnot. I'm hoping they don't nose dive like Brosnan after a great start with Goldeneye.
How have you managed to see it twice when it just had its world premiere on Wednesday and only opens in the UK today? Even the pirates aren't that fast in getting a copy out.
Poor villain, competent females, looks good, plenty of action but feels like a very generic action movie.Theme sucks but Arnold's score is OK most of the time- although, as with the score to LTK it sometimes make the action seem overwraught.Major step down from CR..sorry.
Will probably end up seeing it again with family
1) Critical---and fan---response to QoS is officially very "mixed," from raves to a '1 out of 10' at the extreme ends. We're going to be talking about this one for a long time.
2) There will be a number of reviews that are completely predictable, in a BonditicalTM 'party line vote' kind of way, and others (such as M5's) which I take as significantly more credible. Tossing out the predictable slaggers, it remains clear that the new film will both please and disappoint in large percentages...but disappointments appear to have the early edge...
3) By the time we Yanks finally get to view the film, it ought to be fairly clear, based on the U.K. market, whether the mixed reviews add up to a financially depressed box office return...which leads me to
4) This is going to be a very long two weeks
I'm withdrawing from active participation in the 'QoS Review' threads until I'm able to render a verdict of my own...
"I am not an entrant in the Shakespeare Stakes." - Ian Fleming
"Screw 'em." - Daniel Craig, The Best James Bond EverTM
A worthy entry into the Bond canon and one that sets us up nicely for part three.
I think that if you look on this as the darker, middle act of a trilogy, then the newly re-booted Bond is now ready to be unleashed in the 'classic' Bond style that many of you seem far more comfortable with.
It's not as beautifully shot as CR,and there's a little too much 'Saving Private Ryan' type handheld camera work for my liking, but there are some wonderful moments of diaglogue and the laconic sense of humour is there.
Oh, and Daniel Craig is utterly superb. I'm hoping for four our five classic Bond films out of him now.
Like Craig said himself, I think they can do anything with him now, submarine bases, villains with white cats - the lot.
7/10 from me. I'm going for another look tonight.
(Oh - I noticed that the Universal Exports business card that Bond used at the quayside had the name 'R.Sterling' on it - I know Bond's used the name Sterling as a cover before but I can't recall the film - Anyone care to help me out?)
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If you look at it as the second part of the journey that Casino Royale started us on, then it all fits in place.
I don't want to write too much as I don't want to spoil it for the people that haven't seen it, but I just thought it was amazing and the gun battle scene at the Opera house was just inspired.
Daniel as a Actor is good but he has been let down in my opinion by what must be Mark Fosters Direction.
Plus the action scenes are horrendous I stuggled to figure out what was going on .
On a positive note I love the scene at the opera stage in Austria it was reminsant to the spy who loved me scene at the pyramids.
Dmoinic Greene is put simply a lame bad guy very poor he looks to be a small fish in the big picture so I do suspect that the third film will be much more back to the old school bond structure.
Bring it back please bring it back !!!
Sorry guys but I am being honest I have nothing against Craig personally he is great as Bond but this will go down in the bottom 5 films IMO.
Where they spent the budget I will never know.
What a blooming shame !
+
Daniel Craig - great Bond
Car chase (best ever)
Lots of action
Theme tune and titles were great
M's character & her control room
Proper Fighting
Good looking girls
Opera sequence - mostly brilliant
Sets up nicely for the next film which...
..no doubt I will really look forward to.
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Marc Forster X-(
Plot (If someone can explain everything to me I'll eat my laptop)
No gadgets
No Q
No moneypenny
No gunbarrrel at start
No 'Bond, James Bond'
All other characters completely undeveloped
Rapid speed/Poor editing ala Die Another Day - suddenly in another continent
Moments of cringe worthy unrealism - out of place
Gruesome pictures/thoughts/ideas not necessary
Location titles
ONE WORD REVIEW: POOR
RATING: 5/10 (generous)
7. LALD 8. TWINE 9. Skyfall 10. AVTAK 11. CR 12. TLD 13. YOLT
14. TMWTGG 15. Moonraker 16. TSWLM 17. Thunderball 18. FRWL
19. Dr. No 20. DAF 21. LTK 22. DAD 23. QoS 24. Spectre 25. NTTD
Daniel Craig is a real good actor. He does Bond better than anyone before, and that is my opinion.
The story could be good. The movie is to short with lots of much things that happends. "It is like to much butter on a very little slice of bread."
MY problem is the director, it is his fault in my opinion, Daniel Craig acts exactly the same like Casino Royale, if just the film was longer it would more room of a good story.
A long and a good film as the third part of Bond hunting of Quantum would be perfectly.
I wanted answers in this FILM, but it just gave me more qeustions.
7. LALD 8. TWINE 9. Skyfall 10. AVTAK 11. CR 12. TLD 13. YOLT
14. TMWTGG 15. Moonraker 16. TSWLM 17. Thunderball 18. FRWL
19. Dr. No 20. DAF 21. LTK 22. DAD 23. QoS 24. Spectre 25. NTTD
Greene is under-developed as a character, I'd have liked much more from him...the action sequences are good and Craig delivers again..he's in serious danger of becoming my favourite Bond...
The film can be a bit too 'fast paced' at times...I'd have like a few more seconds to see what was actually happening...rather than being thrown all over the place...Bourne, huh ?
It's not CR, but then it was never going to be that good..still a good entry into the Bond cannon....although the title sequence left me underwhelmed...and they used a different version of the theme song too...Dench is on top form as well...plus I liked the very end shot..it reminds me of a paperback cover for OHMSS...
Overall - 8 out of 10.
I look forward to watching it again.
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UPDATE: Watch the film a second time! It makes much more sense!
Well I WASN'T at all. It was IMHO a masterpiece. Absolutley brilliant. Craig was fantastic, as was Mathis and M. The fast paced action was quick and brutal, but it had to be. We had a very broken Bond and if the action scenes wern't as violent as they were, then it wouldn't be in line with Bond's emotions.
I do agree that Green's character was not developed enough, but the story telling, which was very subtle in places, managed to convey enough.
...and can I just point out...that people keep saying there is no humour. I must have been watching a different version of QoS to everyone else, as there were plenty of one liners, just all delivered in Bond Style....Dry.
Can't wait to see it again. (And I might even go and see it in the cinema as well.....the cimetography deserves it)
4.5 stars out of 5.
That's reassuring!
I think the new director has gone alittle off the mark with this new encounter. Casino royal i feel was a master piece. But this film although trying to show the dark side of bond which i have no problem with didnt do it for me.
The start killed it, the sound track was awful, i cant even remember how it went. The stunts although many didnt actually last that long.
Its true that how did M escape and i am sure she was shot.
Going from oil to water is acceptable because Bond was trying to find out what they were doing and hearing pipes to be laid presumed this.
But holding back water so he can charge higher rates is a little weak as a final story line.
I have to say i was let dwon by about half way through.
However people it cant really be compared to Bourne as bond came first.
There were alot of cynical people walking out last noght and although it was ok it was not Bond.
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I like it
The end
A God-awful, Art House film, peppered with unexciting, herky-jerky action,
that has the AUDACITY to call itself a "Bond-Film"!! X-(
(An incredibly generous!) * out of 5
Incredibly intense, yet fantastically stylish, this film packed such a punch. It was like no Bond film I've ever seen before - my breath was held for the entire running-time.
Full review coming up very soon
I thought I would be sitting here writing a negative review, but no, I'm delighted to say that QoS delivers. Everybody on this site has their own idea of what a Bond film should be, and this one is mine. I'm aware that some people have already expressed their dislike and they're entitled to their opinion. If you have no time for OHMSS, or the Dalton films, or CR, then you're not going to be fond of QoS.
However, I haven't enjoyed a new Bond film this much since LTK, Craig is excellent and I'm baffled by the claims in some press reviews that he is just a killing machine. There's a lot going on behind those blue eyes and he brings real depth to scenes such as
As for the gun-barrel, well there's two of them.