I just got back from seeing this. It was better than what have critics made out to be. Not as good as Casino Royale, but still pretty enjoyable.
Jeffrey Wright is such a badass as Felix Leiter. Even though he's not in it for very long (which disappointed me), he was still badass in the movie. I hope we get to see Felix in future Bond films. Dominic Greene was a pretty cool villain. The idea of Quantum itself is interesting, them having people within different government agencies and no one knowing who to trust. General Medrano was just distasteful, I just didn't care for him at all.
The action scenes, even though it was kind of difficult to tell what was going on, were very impressive. I especially enjoyed the car chase at the beginning, but when it cut to the opening credits montage, I was like, "What the **** is this?" Even the "animated" part was really weird. The design for the opening credits was interesting, but it was like, irrelevant.
Some of the movie did feel a little Bourne-ish. Bond is a lot more serious now, and the government's sort of against him. Dan Bradley, the second unit director of this movie, also did the effects for the second and third Bourne movies.
Gemma Arterton would have made an excellent Moneypenny. Her and Olga Kurylenko were hawt in this. Did anybody notice Fields' first name in the credits? Her first name is "Strawberry."
Apparently, Guillermo del Toro provides some Spanish voices in the movie.
What was so great about the part in the opera? I didn't think that scene was anything special.
I give this....7/10.
And finally, two questions:
1)
What was the point of Greene's plan? He was trying to drain the country's water supply into the reservoirs beneath the sand, but what for? To gain power or something?
2)
At the end, M tells Bond that Greene's dead body was found in the desert with, in addition to motor oil in his stomach, two bullets in the back of his skull (or something like that). If Greene was in the middle of the desert, then who shot him? He didn't have a gun on him, because before Bond left him to die, he was under Bond's constraint (If Greene had a gun on him, he would have presumably used it on Bond). So, I don't understand who shot Greene.
What was the point of Greene's plan? He was trying to drain the country's water supply into the reservoirs beneath the sand, but what for? To gain power or something?
At the end, M tells Bond that Greene's dead body was found in the desert with, in addition to motor oil in his stomach, two bullets in the back of his skull (or something like that). If Greene was in the middle of the desert, then who shot him? He didn't have a gun on him, because before Bond left him to die, he was under Bond's constraint (If Greene had a gun on him, he would have presumably used it on Bond). So, I don't understand who shot Greene.
I just thought it was one of the coolest scenes I've seen in a Bond movie. Hell, I'd probably say it's one of the coolest scenes I've seen in a movie in recent memory.
James Bond's quantum of the weekend box office: $70.4 million.
"Quantum of Solace," with Daniel Craig returning as Bond for the first direct sequel in the spy franchise, pulled in nearly $30 million more over opening weekend than its predecessor, 2006's "Casino Royale," according to studio estimates Sunday.
The debut also topped the previous opening-weekend record for a Bond flick, $47 million for 2002's "Die Another Day."
It was good. It was distinctly a Bond movie, a fair bit of the action was really good, and best of all, Craig continues to be just about the best Bond ever. Heck, one of the best action stars ever.
It definitely was nowhere near the near-flawless instant classic Casino Royale, but it's a worthy part of the overall series they're obviously forming and I'm really excited to see what comes next and where it goes.
The Tosca Opera scene was definitely the best part of the movie. The 'Quantum Of Solace' song was definitely the worst Bond song I can recall.
All in all, a fairly easy 7.5/10.
PLEASE cut down on the craptacular Bourne action-style that still doesn't make me feel like I'm in the fight no matter how much directors say that's what they're going for.
I think killing Mathis was a waste. Then again, you could argue the same about Vesper. It's far less interesting without her around.
Is anyone else sick of them calling this the 'first' direct sequel in Bond history? It's not, by any means. From Russia with Love was as direct a sequel as they come to Dr. No. The whole reason Bond was being hunted in that film was because he had killed Dr. No in the previous film. Also, one of the girls Bond bangs at the start of Dr. No, Sylvia Trench, returns in From Russia, with Love as the same character with no explanation given as to who she is unless you've seen the previous movie.
Also, I thought the Opera Scene in QoS was really silly and pretentious and it's going to be laughed at in years to come.
Is anyone else sick of them calling this the 'first' direct sequel in Bond history? It's not, by any means. From Russia with Love was as direct a sequel as they come to Dr. No. The whole reason Bond was being hunted in that film was because he had killed Dr. No in the previous film. Also, one of the girls Bond bangs at the start of Dr. No, Sylvia Trench, returns in From Russia, with Love as the same character with no explanation given as to who she is unless you've seen the previous movie.
Also, I thought the Opera Scene in QoS was really silly and pretentious and it's going to be laughed at in years to come.
THe only part of that scene I enjoyed was when Bond interjects and all those crazy *******s get up and leave while he snaps pics of them. Except for that ONE guy, he knows the deal.
The fighting scenes are fun because for one, it doesn't really looked staged. What is that, krav maga? Anyway, I could see people fighting like that for 30 seconds before fatigue kicks in and it becomes a complete wrestle match because that how it really is for the most part in real life. IT doesn't make me feel like I'm in the action, but it does look believable. Also, it's something small but when bond is decocking that pistol, he does that triple slide which is what you'd actually do to make sure either nothing is in the chamber or to fix a type 3 malfunction.
Also, it's something small but when bond is decocking that pistol, he does that triple slide which is what you'd actually do to make sure either nothing is in the chamber or to fix a type 3 malfunction.
I didn't really like either of them that much
they were both fun movies with cool action, but I came away from both Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace confused. In both movies the plot takes a back seat to the action, not that there isn't a plot, there is and it's good, but they don't bother letting the audience know what it is. They throw out a bit here and there and expect you to be able to connect the dots while things are blowing up and people are getting shot. I went home afterwards and thought about it and looked up what i couldn't figure out on Wikipedia, so i know what happened, now but I found the movie frustrating, not because there was no plot, but b/c there was a cool plot, but the story-telling was anemic and I couldn't follow it.
