Film Review: Quantum of Solace
...Or the James Bond School of Interior Design (and Rapid Redecoration)
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You can pay $10.25 a ticket or carefully storyboard a collection of architectural magazine pages - and then burn them to exciting music and sounds of physical exertion. ;-)
Don't get me wrong, it's a good Bond film, loads of popcorn punching fun that barely gives the audience a chance to breathe, matched to some rather nice meditations on the psychology of Bond. At least Pinewood didn't have to rebuild from fire again.
Favourite bits:
- Homage to Goldfinger, in "black gold" this time.
- The breathless fight scene involving lots of falling through rooftops in Siena (I think), dangling at ropes, and sliding construction girders. Must've been painful to reset for every shoot.
- The convincing jerkiness of the CIA station chief
Also slightly amusing to see how they've adopted topical interests, such as the declining dollar, Greenwashing, and the Bolivian-Bechtel water-control controversy; also, some return to Bond Product Pimping.
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EDIT: Also, was much amused to see the preview to the new The Day the Earth Stood Still. Just remember: Klatu Verata Nikto!
Also - very much looking forward to Coraline!
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You can pay $10.25 a ticket or carefully storyboard a collection of architectural magazine pages - and then burn them to exciting music and sounds of physical exertion. ;-)
Don't get me wrong, it's a good Bond film, loads of popcorn punching fun that barely gives the audience a chance to breathe, matched to some rather nice meditations on the psychology of Bond. At least Pinewood didn't have to rebuild from fire again.
Favourite bits:
- Homage to Goldfinger, in "black gold" this time.
- The breathless fight scene involving lots of falling through rooftops in Siena (I think), dangling at ropes, and sliding construction girders. Must've been painful to reset for every shoot.
- The convincing jerkiness of the CIA station chief
Also slightly amusing to see how they've adopted topical interests, such as the declining dollar, Greenwashing, and the Bolivian-Bechtel water-control controversy; also, some return to Bond Product Pimping.
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EDIT: Also, was much amused to see the preview to the new The Day the Earth Stood Still. Just remember: Klatu Verata Nikto!
Also - very much looking forward to Coraline!