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Anyone who sees a lack of plot in QoS might be better served with watching Bonanza.
*But* on the other hand it does not deserve the absolute slaughtering it has gotten from the fanbase.
It is not a stone cold classic, nor is it the worst Bond film ever.
There is a lot to love in it
- Craig is brilliant with IMO his best Bond performance, possibly the best Arnold score, a great Bond girl in Camille with a Moonraker (the novel) like ending for them, beautiful locations, the opera house scene, the Siena scenes, The fantastic location for the climax, the emotional closure of Vesper's death for Bond, amazing clothes for Bond, and a Fleming like story but updated to fears of the modern day)
But there is a lot to not love too
- editing is too frenetic, a villain who is really the henchman, henchmen who aren't really henchmen, a story that needed one more act to really flesh it out.
I would watch QOS over all the Brosnan's and Moore's any day of the week.
I recall reading somewhere (and again, it must have been here) that they were ready to start in April.
- Anyone who ... about SF ... and I feel sorry for you.
- Anyone who ... about QOS ... and should probably ...
I'm @noSolaceleft. My word is gospel.
I appreciate the Craig era for being a vast improvement on what came immediately prior. But as a fan I still find it wanting. I don't find myself particularly drawn to rewatching any of them.
As for belatedly finding fault with Mendes, I think I've been pretty consistent in saying since SF came out that he was taking the Craig era down a dead end.
However, once travelling that road to nowhere I'd rather be watching Spectre than Skyfall.
I will be intrigued to see in years to come how these films are enjoyed. It's entirely possible that reputation at the time of release sticks. In which case QOS may always be seen as rubbish by the casual fans. Bit like OHMSS and TLD - not that I think QOS matches up To either of them.
I'll add GE to that from the Babs era.
Again, when I’m stating that QoS has a real and valid plot I am not expressing gut feeling. It is their obvious to see for anyone and if somebody is not able to do so he actually might not be into the right movie franchise.
And my I feel sorry statement was squarely directed at Panchito for his statement that the movie has no plot hole at all.
As does the very real situation that water is the world's most precious resource,not oil.
Add in Greene,Beam,Elvis,Medrano et al,and it makes a great film to me.
Nice and grounded.
But they do nothing with it. They don’t sell it in any way, it’s just background noise. We get several generic images of native Bolivians and an arty shot of a tap.
It is indeed grounded and more adult than the slightly more larger than life and cartoonesque approaches of the two Mendes films.
Having said that, the box office numbers speak for themselves. In this era of superhero fare, perhaps this sort of grounded and realpolitik driven thriller isn't what the public wants. Certainly not at $200M+ a pop. If it was made for $50M, then it would be a different conversation, like the following year's The International (highly recommended by the way).
I’m sorry, they don’t. Artsy or not, that whole angle is undercooked.
Do you find it hard to sympathize with people feeling thirsty and then not being able to get water because it costs an arm and a leg?
Its a fantastic modern day spy plot that makes sense and feels threatening
I don’t agree. The idea might be good in principle, but the ‘threat’ isn’t translated to the screen effectively.
https://twitter.com/search?f=tweets&vertical=news&q=danny boyle&src=typd
We should expect the interviewer to ask about bond 25
More proof that boyle is locked
Its the BBC so don't count on it !
*gasp*
Even over all Moore's movies?!
Objectively it's better than most of them but that indescribable Rog factor elevates his era to a level QOS can't quite get to.
It's probably better than LALD, TMWTGG and AVTAK but struggling against the rest.
Moonraker above LALD?
What did Boyle say?
All day long Sir. Sheer, unadulterated entertainment. If you don't have fun watching MR you are probably dead.
LALD used to be a favourite when I was a kid but I just find it rather meh these days. Everything about it just doesn't seem as good as it used to be.