At last... I've been waiting impatiently for this one, and my expectations weren't in vain. I've read some lacklustre reviews already, but sour grapes isn't my style for tonight. QoS was brilliant. It took the story established in the previous film and built on it. Furthermore it left the door open for the next film. We've been introduced to Quantum now, Mr White is still at large (good old Jesper Christensen did a great job) and Bond has come through his personal tragedy, intact.
In this film though, the story moved with enough pace and energy to keep my eyes glued to the screen. Craig was good, very 'manly' (though the way he kept pursing his lips during the action sequences made me laugh) as was Olga Kurylenko (image below). Mathieu Amalric was without doubt the films best actor. He was as horrible a villain as only a good actor can be and easily as menacing as Mads Mikkelsen was as La Chiffre in Casino Royale.
And I even liked the 'QoS theme'
Quibbles...? I have a few, of course, but I'll stick to just the one. The advertising was obscene. Every other scene featured some glittering object of consumerist fantasty blatently displayed for the audience to drool over and we were subjected to almost thirty minutes of adverts prior to the traditional three trailers. I already knew that product placement was a factor in these new Bond films, but this was a bit over the top...
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I'd echo your thoughts. Great movie with enough to keep you happy and still wanting more.
My gripe?
The cinematography during some of the fight scenes was too confused, whereas some of the fight scenes - specifically the one in the bell tower - were just fantastic.
Yes, I think the fast editting is another legacy of the Bourne trilogy.
Quantum of Solace is entertaining at least... a lot of high quality visuals, but the movie as a whole could stand to lose six or seven fewer chase scenes
Naw, thats what this film is about. Bond chasing Yusef, but finding himself in the process.
The only really dodgy bit I thought was the hotel made of gas bottles.
The next film will be interesting. During the opera scene, one of the Quantum people makes a reference to another project, but a burst of static obcured his words and I didn't quite catch what he said.
Quantum will be back, and I bet Mr White will too.
I cannot wait.
It will be two years until the next Bond film alas, and by that time Craig will have aged six years over the course of a story arc that so far in measured in months. I wonder how much mileage there is in Craig as Bond. He's my age, though in considerably better condiion than I am, and he may find it hard to maintain the pace if he agrees to more films after the third.
Hell if Moore and Connery can make Bond movies in their sixties then I'm sure Craig can do so when he's forty.
Craig has the mature look about him that we associate with Bond so an assassin doesn't have to be young to be ruthless.
True, but Connery and Moore's latter day performances leave a lot to be desired
I really enjoyed it and took daughter no 1 aged 13. We both decided afterwards we would like to watch Casino Royale and Q of S back to back as a couple of times she asked me who was who and the movie was so fast moving like a Bourne film that you had to pay attention 100% of the time.
With regards to the story, why does everyone want everything to be so obvious and easy all the time. I quite liked the confusion and fast moving action. I like Craig. i look forward to episode 3.
Same here. I watched Casino Royale again last night to see how things have changed now I know more. Lots of details that had one meaning now have another. Vesper Lynd is almost a new character.
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