Movie Review: Quantum of Solace

[evadne_noel]

I was having a tough time writing the review I wanted for this movie, so I decided to cut out the long blocks of text that just weren’t working and went with what I know.

QUANTUM OF SOLACE: NUTSHELL EDITION

Comments

[graceful_dave]

That about sums it up for me. Honestly, if they'd cut out the intro, the worst excuse for a Bond theme song, and edited the rest of it like they did with the sex scene, they could've tacked it onto Casino Royale. Then it could've ridden on the awesomeness of that movie, instead of taking the spotlight. And sucking.

[evadne_noel]

It really did feel like a two hour epilogue for Casino Royale. It's a shame the padding out was unnecessary, not just to the audience, but the characters as well.

[priscillapuck]

I wish I had done #1, since I totally don't remember the plot of Bond movies, like, EVER. Although I did catch the oil-slicked shoutout to Goldfinger. Obviously, you were right next to me, but whatever.

I think that a lot of critics think the opera scene is the best part -- for the opera, not the Bondness. That's kinda problematic.

Also, I thought sure, the oil and water issues are somewhat plausible worries, but it seemed like too much of an environmental stance for a Bond film.

And yet, I really enjoyed myself.

[evadne_noel]

I'm afraid I didn't understand the last scene of the movie (where Bond threatens that guy and his "girlfriend") until someone explained he was Vesper's "boyfriend" from the last movie. I had completely forgotten who he was.

The environmental stance was also a little weird because absolutely no one cared. If they were trying to make a dramatic point, they could have at least given the reveal some impact instead "Huh, there's a damn."

Oh, I enjoyed myself too. The action really is very good.

[paxmalum]

I've never seen it, now I don't know if I want tooooooooooooo.

I read this to my roommate, and didn't realize that I read her the whole thing until I got to the end. I rock like that.

[evadne_noel]

I make it sound much worse than it is. If you like the Bourne movies, you'll probably like this. It's a lot like them in style (more than other Bond movies).

[paxmalum]

Haven't seen them either.

[evadne_noel]

Okay, I'm out of action movies. I thought I had more examples stored, but I was wrong.

[stargazersal04]

AND WHERE WERE THE GADGETS? If there had been some cool gizmos in there, at least the equation would have been complete.

Chase scene + disposable women + bad guys + fascinating gadgets = Bond movie.

[evadne_noel]

I missed the gadgets too! I know they were going for realism, but have they never been to the International Spy Museum? There's some pretty awesome real spy stuff out there.

[adam_0oo]

And actually, if you think about it, he didn't get revenge on everybody, that guy from the trunk of the car in the begining still got away, right? Wasn't he also to blame for the death of that girl from Casino Royale?

[evadne_noel]

Yeah, but Mr. White's a VIP. If Bond got him, there would be no one familiar from Quantum to taunt him in the sequels.