007: Quantum of Solace
The new shiny Bond film.
Strangely enough, the trailer caught me by surprise; because I hadn’t seen or heard too much about the film, except for the couple of freakish accidents that occurred during the shooting. I was fortunate to catch this one before the public premiere. Ooh, and I have to add that the intro motion graphics were crazily cool like always.
Daniel Craig; the man with two first names is again the driving force behind the freshly rebooted franchise. Though a certain amount of doubt surrounds this film, I still think it couples very well with Casino Royale and does the series justice.
Unlike the other bond films, this functions as a tight sequel, picking up a few days later from Casino Royale. While it is a modern film, it still preserves the classic, suave roots of the Connery styled Bond.
As usual, the plot revolves around something that puts the world in jeopardy, this time being the world’s natural resources (Not that unbelievable in this day and age though…). I feel it was written with a few too many layers, and I did get a little lost with the villain’s intentions. Well, great. An excuse to watch it again!
It was beautiful; resonating the beauty of the European aesthetic which we were familiarised with the Bourne trilogy. As no surprise, out of all of the Bond films, it was the one that spent the longest time on location.
Again, Daniel’s new Bond seemed to be caught in the same direction of action as the Bourne trilogy - but I guess that is a good thing. In watching the filming documentaries; it’s revealed that most of the rooftop location shots were indeed completed without a stunt double. I’m glad they cast Gemma Arterton as the new Bond girl. There was a more intellectual relationship between the two, rather than the usual drink and date-rape formula. Mathieu Amalric was a great villian. His eyes had something about them, that were even creepier than Richard Kiel as Jaws in The Spy Who Loved Me.
There was a great action to story balance, so it was very entertaining to sit through. I really enjoyed this, and am going to have to absorb a 2nd & possibly 3rd helping of it asap.
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i can’t believe you beat me! ugh! and i have advance screening tickets. jerk..
I am so in.
Woohoo! Can’t wait ‘til Monday night!
One of the unfortunate things about living in China is while granted I can go to the theatre to see this movie, it’s going to be horribly edited removing all the violence, sex and other unharmonious scenes. So I’ll have to wait for the pirated DVD.
Wow - how did you beat me to this movie? That is completely not fair.
How am I to keep up my movie reviews when you’re seeing movies that I’ve not even seen … argh!
Good review and makes me want to see it that much more!
just saw it. totally rocked.
you didn’t mention the real Bond girl of the movie, Olga Kuryle. Ranga Gemma was only in the flick for a blink and a shag.
*Kurylenko
TYPO GOSH. I must have left my brain in that crook.
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