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Where do you rank it?
Style over substance - which isn't to say I don't like.
Best scene for me is Yusef's apartment. Best scene in the film, arguably the best in the Craig trilogy and one of the best in the canon. This scene makes me wish the rest of the movie was handled with a little more care.
I don't rank the films.
Its good but its really not all that great. I'd say Silva's entrance in SF is a far superior piece of film-making.
I agree with @RC7 about the final scene in Yusef's apartment.
Now maybe. But not too long ago many used it for target practice. :))
As it bloody well should, if only because it's such a inspired filmed movie. There are more reasons to like / defend it,but this is the main one.There is not a single scene in it that doesn't look strikingly beautiful. To me it's the best looking Bond movie so far.
Realistically, I don´t think so.
I honestly think it is and if only because it had the unfair advantage of having being filmed on location. You just can't beat that and I sincerely hope they will start doing so again. To me the globetrotting part is just a great part of what the Bond franchise consists of and to my mind they are making a big mistake when they put their money all in great names, be it actors or directors. The Bond movies have been doing very well without big stars in the past. Anyhow ,I really wish QoS had made more use of its locations, but still I think it's a stunning looking Movie.
Agree. SF might have been very well made, but it's quite drab. Deliberate, I know, but all the same.
What was the reason for the budget contraints on SF again? I thought QoS had made decent money, or did it do less well than they'd hoped? I know they spent shed loads on it.
According to Wikipedia QoS made a mere 8 millions less then CR. Not too shabby ,if you ask me.
Rankingwise it finished three places behind it though (CR:4 ; QoS: 7).
Bond didn't Kill Haines bodyguard. He pushed him off the roof and he fell on Greene's car and Greene's henchmen killed him.
And as ridiculous as the ice surfing bit in DAD is, the surviving a high fall by opening a parachute literally 2 seconds before hitting the ground in QOS is even worse.
Daniel Craig is quite good as Bond. The cinematography is nice too (although I think SF was better in this department), it's a very stylish and colourful film. There are one or two funny moments ("we've just run the lottery"). I think the score is great, possibly Arnolds best. I liked the beginning of the PTS, where you hear the DBS roaring through the tunnel as the camera pans across the lake. I also quite like Mathis and Camille, and there are a couple of really good scenes (the opera bit and the final scene being the standouts imo).
As it stands though, I think the bad outweighs the good. I've heard lots of people call QOS underrated but I don't think it is. I think it deserves most of the criticism it gets and if anything I think it gets too much praise from a couple of members on here.
When I watch it I really want to see what some other Bond fans seem to see. I want to see this exciting, tense thriller. I want to see this deep character study. But I don't. I just see a pretentious, messy, disappointing Bond film.
I think Quantum is, in a lot of ways, a poor mans Licence To Kill. Licence To Kill is what QOS wants to be: an exciting thriller that does something different with Bond's character. I think the difference is that LTK is also really well made and it doesn't try to be something it isn't. Plus LTK has a better theme song, a better villain, better stunts/action, better story, a better Bond, etc. It's better on every level imo.
If you want an underrated Bond film that's a good character piece then I would recommend The World Is Not Enough. If you want an underrated Bond film that's a tight, exciting thriller then I would recommend Licence To Kill. However, if you want a stylish but disappointing and pretentious Bond film, then QOS will be right up your street.
I'd give Quantum Of Solace about a 5/10.
I agree. The Die Another Day PTS is one of my favourites and is the highlight of the film imo. The opening is a bit silly (what, they surfed from England to Korea did they?) but it's a good stunt. Moon is menacing (love when he unzips the punchbag and a guy falls out), the bit when Bond is about to be executed is tense, the hovercraft chase is exciting and then we get the brilliant title sequence (shame about the song though.
The sword fight is pretty good too. I think the car chase is a bit cartoony (too many gadgets) but I love the Aston and the Jag facing off against each other and I think the idea of the villain having a gadget packed car to rival Bonds was a good one (it always felt a bit easy before because Bond had an unfair advantage with the gadgets, here he has an actual challenge).
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I agree with just about everything thelivingroyale said about QOS; that was well said. I don't have much too add. I enjoyed some scenes in QOS, but overall no, it was disappointing and the editing was poor.
I also agree with these comments about about DAD (thelivingroyale and AstonLotus).
The winky means I'm just kidding.
But I *DO* like it better.
It´s just, my brain is too small to be able to understand all this rating Bond films. Especially QOS and SF, I mean, sure, you can like one better than the other, but I just don´t see what´s there to compare so much :-/ ?
The only good thing QOS did, was to add fuel to Gemma Arterton's career.