Quantum of Solace

[G***]

The bad reviews for this 007 outing mystify me.

Bond finally catches up with Bourne & surpasses him.

So good I'm definitely going to see it again this weekend.

[quackerz0]

Me too. On both counts.

I actually prefer it to Casino Royale I think.

If the likes of Kermode are complaining they cant follow it, then Mark dear boy its time to retire...

[Help!Me!]

The only mention of it in CR was that Bond didn't "give a damn". I think it's safe to say the DC (rebooted) Bond has never much cared either way.

[scatteredpolaroids]

Disagree. It wasnt as good as the last one OR the Bourne films. The action scenes gave me a headache the camera was all over the bloody place. Didnt fully understand the plot (or lack of it). I miss Q and the gadgets, and Moneypenny and the humour. Craig is excellent but it neeRAB changing or all it is is a fast pace action film. 5/10

[cupcake<333]

My comments weren't aimed at you directly as you're one of the more reasoned critics of Quantum of Solace.

I do feel however that pandering to received wisdom of what a Bond film should be like leaRAB to abominations like Moonraker & Die Another Day.

Pure lowest common denominator pablum.

[dylancarmoney]

so bonRAB shaken but not stired drink is now out of the window?

[Raebell]

I saw it on Saturday. Although not a great film, it was better than I expected and I preferred it over the corny, over-the-top previous films in the franchise. It felt a more adult film.

It also felt like a bit of a linking piece. It was linked to the past in that it was largely about Bond exercising his demons over Vesper. I think to have had a big "single threat to be averted" would have overshadowed that, so I don't see the lack of one as a problem. It was linked to the future by the discovery of Quantum, who I am sure will feature in future. Someone other than Bond put the bullets into the bad guy in the desert.

So for me this wasn't a one-dimensional Bond, but a snapshot of a Bond at the start of a character arc. At this point he wasn't very likeable. I hope in a few years we'll see him differently.

The hole Bond parachuted into was an old water course, and he found evidence of dynamiting. So the bad guys were actively diverting rivers in order to make artificial shortages.

I suspect it was just a part of some larger plan. They had just installed a puppet leader in that country, and they could hold him to ransom via the choke-hold on water (in addition to any personal threats), so they had virtually acquired a country. I suspect they intended to use it as a base of operations for the next stage, whatever that might be.

[Fgs]

I agree the old Bond had just become a cheesy parody of itself, new Bond I like a lot, I actually preferred QoS to CR, it was fast paced, not that hard to follow and didn't give the game away, I hope that the next instalment can follow up where this left off, Quantum look like a worthy adversary for 007 (same can't be said for some of the earlier bungling organisations that barely managed more than one cinematic outing).

I have to admit though:

[SPOILER]At the beginning I said to my mate, it's odd Bond having an Aston Martin that doesn't have a pop-up bullet proof screen, oil slick release mechanism and guns. [/SPOILER]

[Navo Senthil]

Well it appears that someone at EON disagrees with that



also I should say I disagreed with it being at the end of QoS rather than the begining

[Summmer.]

Bournefinger?

We could go on all day really...