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Yes, and on EVERY level.
The final two scenes redeem the entire film. Watch it again.[/quote]
EXACTLY! The music and setting blended really well. It felt like we were waiting with Bond for Yusef. Even the closeup to the door was cool. Tension builds SIT DOWN!!!
I love these scenes where Bond's sitting in a dim-lit room waiting for someone to arrive. My mind goes right back to that scene in DN where Bond plugs Professor Dent.
This is obviously shown with the surprise that M and many viewers will find when Bond doesn't kill Yusef. Do you ever wonder what Yusef is doing right now?
He is in police custody, ratting out agents, likely.
I mean afterwards...like during the events of SF. Hope he's not at the beach like Bond.
6 feet under.
Yeah, I actually agree with this. If he ratted out some of Quantum (who knows, he may have) then he would make their hitlist. As soon as he got out of custody he would be killed (you saw what they did to Greene).
I would love to see him back in Bond 24 or 25, though. Maybe Bond needs leads on Quantum only he can give and they have to work together for once. Think about Bond being forced to rely on the man who led to the woman he loved being mixed up in the mess that led to her suicide?
Oh boy! Imagine the tension and inner turmoil from this situation alone! I'm sure John Logan, and Daniel Craig can master this and make an oscar out of such a film!
He's not out for revenge ("I never left"). He's out to figure out if Vesper betrayed him. Camille is the one out for revenge.
For a vengeful Bond, see LTK.
Yeah, the point of the film was that M and everyone in the British government assumed Bond had snapped, while all the time he did everything for Queen and country in service of his mission. He still felt hurt from Vesper, but that pain never made him do something he would regret or would shame or betray his country the entire film. And then at the end he has an enlightening moment: "I don't think the dead care about vengeance."
Bond knows Vesper wouldn't want him to risk his life or position by killing for her (as a form of revenge), and so he spares Yusef, now with the knowledge that the death of a hundred men, a thousand men, could never bring Vesper back to him. Bond's maturity has grown so very much since the rookie he was in CR, and it is truly a marvel to see. This same progression continues into Skyfall, where he is even more competent, brave, sacrificing and loyal. A very poetic Bond film, QoS, and one of the biggest reasons why I love it so much.
A much underrated film.
I too think that this could work, but it doesn't have to be a large part of a film. I'd love to see a single, short scene where Bond visits Yusef in prison to ask him a couple of questions. Perhaps we see the toll that this has taken on Yusef. Perhaps he's missing a hand or has been blinded in an "accident" in the prison that was arranged by other prisoners inside who have ties to Quantum. This would be a great way of showing very quickly that he has been living through years of hell because of his choices in life, and lives every moment of every day in terror of what will happen to him next. Especially if he has an injury or disability (especially blindness) that renders him unable to defend himself properly. So he knows that it's just a matter of time before something even worse happens to him - so as a desperate Hail Mary so starts giving up even more information to MI6.
But that is another topic.
From what I recall (it bemuses me too at times), Camille has just been hit by the enemy boat coming over the back end of the boat Bond is using to escape. Bond is almost hit too, and the enemy boat is literally almost completely on top of theirs. Bond takes an anchor in the boat, puts it in the enemy boat, and the rope attached to the anchor tightens up either from the enemy boat pulling back or Bond tugging it, and the anchor pops the boat the enemies are in, sending it flying. That's what I make of it. You can view the moment here starting at 2:09 on YouTube:
The whole film is actually on there if you are so inclined to watch it again, though it is a low definition picture quality with a small viewing screen.
This could work. Imagine the buildup with the music to sum up how Bond feels with internal turmoil and a cold demeanor to act detached.
Agreed. The enemy boat is stuck on top of Bond's for a moment, and he puts the grappling hook in theirs. As the enemy boat slips off, the rope tightens. As the enemy boat is a light inflatable boat it gets flipped by the force while Bond's heavy boat remains stable. You never see the rope break (from what I recall) but I assume that it does due to the stress of the boat flipping.
The boat chase was the most over-edited of all the scenes in QoS IMHO. It's a shame because there are some great shots and moments, they just get lost in the Cuisinart editing. For all the praise that the cinematography in SF is getting I think that QoS has some of the series' most beautiful shots and composition as well.
I LOVED Severine too... All 10 minutes of screen time she had.
From what I have read the carchase at the beginning did involve a third car which was edited out to create the feeling a speed. So over-edited could apply here as well.
Still most action sequences seem to be copied from The Bourne supremacy and lack the urgency and editing skills applied to that movie.
Too me this was a good thing - it made her death all the more shocking and unexpected. Would I love for her to be in the film more? Yes. But it's even better to be watching something as formulaic as a Bond film and actually be surprised.
I agree. I think Severine made quite an impact in her brief appearance, but I feel like overall, QoS was stronger in the Bond Girls department