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On the flip side it's clearly directed by a man, self-confessed no less, who had no interest in Bond movies. I hate slavish homage as much as the next man, but I'm even less enamoured with those who are embarrassed to make a Bond film. Some awesome moments, but lacking the necessary DNA.
As Hitchcock said, the better the villain the better the picture.
You get a theoretical car chase that could be the greatest thing since Ronin, but no, they think hyper fast editing is the latest craze and has to be in a Bond movie. WRONG.
But that's it for the negatives. Everything else is splendid.
Strawberry Fields, Felix, M, Tanner, Camille and Mathis - an incredible supporting cast for Craig and of course the baddies, Greene and the despicable Beam and Medrano.
Luckily most of the action that follows the failed PTS is watchable despite the still fast editing, but it's nowhere near the insane level of the car chase.
The score is fantastic! David Arnold outdid himself - AGAIN.
The Opera sequence is a true classic that can be included into the hall of fame of the best Bond movie sequences.
The greatest kill ever in a Bond movie. I can't put in words how awesomely cool that is:
Bond leaving Dominic Greene in the desert with a can of oil. One of my absolute favourite scenes with Craig as Bond.
Also, QOS is one of the view Bond movies I would have no difficulties re-watching immediately.
I agree. The opening was sublime. Still, it's not perfect as it could have been executed better with more eye-friendly editing but damn it's an intensely gripping car chase.
In TLD Necros got the boot.
In TND Stamper got the boot.
In QOS both White AND Greene got the boot.
I love booty call....
Agreed. There's not much about Quantum of Solace that I don't like. It's a terrific film, for the reasons that you already stated as well as some others.
I thought that they had really done a good job of building off of Casino Royale and setting up the franchise for an interesting road forward with Bond battling Quantum. It's a shame that all of that was forced to the side for the vision that Mendes had for the franchise, which really flew in the face of the concept of the reboot.
I agree as well. The opening is fantastic.
If I was going to nail down the negatives I'd say the chase in Sienna is just too wild and all over the place, some complain about the car chase but it's fine for me, the chase is a step too far.
Then the boat chase isn't great but after than QOS with the exception of the plane dog fight and awful sinkhole sequence is fine. Bond and Mathis sequences are great and the Bregenz sequence is masterful. I love the climax in the desert and Bond confronting Vesper's lover.
Also this for me is Arnold's best score, he was really onto something here and a number of the cues are great, the scoring really went up a notch after the promising but patch CR score. Also the title tune is nowhere as bad as some say especially in light of that Sam Smith travesty.
Also in light of the downright disappointment of SPECTRE I can see where QOS got it right and realise it's nowhere as a mess as that tonally awkward and underwhelming film.
I find it hard to re-watch SP...and SF too for that matter. There's just this huge disconnect where on principle the films look so promising but then one realises how laborious a chore it is to sit through them. I'd just rather be doing something else. On the flip side, QoS as we all know is far from perfect but one of the advantages it has over SF and SP is that it doesn't outstay it's welcome for the negatives to really choke one to death.
I'd agree with you on SP, I've seen it twice and I can't say I'm relishing the next time hence why I've not bought the Blu ray on day of release ( a first in the Craig era that must tell you something).
As SF I don't get the chore myself, I do think though I might be moving towards CR being his best film now but it's only marginal, neither film is perfect and has it's flaws but the pluses outweigh the minuses for me with both, the same goes for QOS although I still think it's more flawed than the other 2.
SP is without a doubt the most flawed though, I know some think it a blast but I can see this film becoming more a chore as time goes on, it's just not exciting, it thinks it is but apart from the PTS which as great as it is I prefer the previous films openings.
SPECTRE feels all surface and no depth and maybe that is why some here think it's so good because it dispenses with that element that is hallmark of DC's era but this is what made Craig's Bond and it's probably why I think he was better in the previous entries, it's not his performance it's what he's been given to perform.
While I agree on running time, SP never once seemed to me like a 2 hours 30 minute movie. It just flies by and I never felt the London segment is unnecessary.
If anything than the venice segment in CR could maybe have been omitted for something shorter. But of course I also like that segment.
QOS has one of the highest re-watching values, maybe it would even win in that category.
It's a shame really, without that crime of an editing job, QOS probably would have been perceived much, much better by the general public. I think, the editing is the main if not sole reason why QOS is "disliked" that much.
I salute this post.
That's because Mendes regrettably frequently wastes scenes.
Random things I enjoy about this movie:
- Soundtrack is amazing
- Cinematography is second to Skyfall
- Fast and doesn't waste time -- not a single second is wasted.
- Masculine Bond kicks ass, pretty much an idol to introverted people like myself since he is one.
- The whole movie feels very nostalgic for me, I'm not sure if anyone else feels this way.
- Relationship between Bond and Camille is perfect: feels natural and unforced.
- Action scenes are extremely entertaining (IMO)
- No IN YOUR FACE homages EXCEPT oil covered girl -- despite what people say, I thought it was a great homage that actually worked.
- Intelligent, real world plot, that has a place for 007's interference.
-- Great villain that isn't over the top. Just simply a bad, slimy person you actually want to see go down, and not sympathise with unlike most Bond movies.
- MK12 did an amazing job on the opening title credits IMHO -- better than Spectre.