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The only difference, I think, is that I always thought that Silva was portrayed as a coward throughout the film.
All his actions were cowardly.
1.The bombing of Mi6
2.The murder of Severine
3.The murder of police and civilians.
4.The derailing of the tube/subway train.
5. Arriving at Skyfall in an army helicopter
Then in the end he is such a coward that he can't pull the trigger.
Great villain, but a coward.
I have to agree. If bond had been late he would have found two corpses on the floor.
=)) You're kidding with that bolded statement, right? How many times did you watch this film?
I could actually tell you how many times I've watched most Bond movies :)
All the pre Brosnan movies 3-4 times.
Brosnan movies 5-6 times.
Casino Royale 25-28 times
Quantum Of Solace 35-37 times( I became obsessed as soon as I purchased the Blu-ray.Lol!)
Skyfall 7 times.
Your theory is that Silva is driven by a desire to kill M. This is clearly and patently untrue. He has ample and multiple opportunities to kill her and chooses not to do so every time. His motivation is revenge and this requires M's professional and public humiliation. He wants to see her destroyed. As to whether ultimately he has the ability or desire to kill her, I think that's very much open to question. Once she is destroyed professionally and he has her in his grasp he doesn't know what to do. In the end he doesn't need to because someone does her in for him. As for Bond arriving too late and finding two corpses - isn't that effectively what happens?
Seriously guys. You're supposed to be the fans of this mediocre movie and yet I'm the one explaining it to you.
But, as I stated, while I agree with almost everything you said, he did have an opportunity to shoot M AND took it at the court house, he just waited too long and Mallory received the bullet instead.
Personally, I thought it was obvious that Silva's original goal was never, ever to just kill M. If that was the case, why all the hiding out and mind games? He would have done exactly what Bond did: snuck into her house and killed her.
I think the idea was to "destroy M", first break her down and then kill her (or that seems to be what he thinks he wants to do).
There is one other opportunity in the film when he has the chance to kill M in person but doesn't and that is at the court (something he went through a lot of trouble planning and given as several staff members died prior to him dramatically bursting through the doors I highly doubt his intention was to simply give a speech about how this woman had done him wrong. Why else would the film have shots of him preparing his gun in the police van?).
The bombing of Mi6 was "so she could see it" (pretty much Bond's own words). The end scene shows that, while he thinks he wants her dead, part of him still has some "feelings" for her hence why he struggles to ultimately pull the trigger. However I simply don't belive that Silva would just kill himself and let M live. If he were to die he'd want to take her down with him, kind of like a "mercy killing".
I do agree with @Baronsamedi76 in that Silva was ultimately a coward.
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Agree. I seem to remember some humour. Not a lot but what there was worked okay.
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i watched Qantum of Solace in the cinema and then on Dvd twice...honestly i hated it
I can see you don't like QOS, but I feel you are wrongly slating it.
That's a mashup of many scenes with terrible quality, you can't expect it to make sense.
-the guy who made the video took out scenes from the movie which display Marc Foster's trademark for using handheld cameras and shaking them to display tension
Quantum Of Solace was a plot about revenge and about a man on the hunt for the killer of his lover , you can't expect him to be cracking jokes on it can you ;) and it has similarities with the Dalton era , its subtle on humour . Eg: The Fields-Bond conversations.
yeah but it is saddled with an side-story where the villians want a couple more dollars on everyone's waterbills-or is it that he wants Oil? nobody knows what the hell is going on with that. so what atleast Licence to Kill felt like a James Bond Movie (lets face it LTK had more humour) and yes Bond could have lightened the F%$(up when he drops the man off the building outside the opera he could have made a line)
ah yes, the "Stationary" scene...i suppose that could be a glimmer of hope
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You and I both. Oh well, we like what we like.
http://screenrant.com/quantum-of-solace-review-niall-4106/
"It surpasses its predecessor in almost every way and delivers the best Bond film in over a decade.
Shorter and more action packed, Quantum of Solace is a James Bond film for the new millennium. Unlike Brosnan’s swan song Die Another Day, the CGI is limited, and unlike Casino Royale the film doesn’t try to be too hip and trendy. From the pulsating opening car chase – you know that you are watching Bond"
Qos and Cr are my #1 favourite Bond movies, Can I also please join the stupid bunch :)
It's amazing how people read things so differently. I'm struggling to determine what was hip and trendy about CR? I'd have to give that accolade firmly to QoS, with a title song from hipster Jack White and a bunch of faux perfume advert montages. I think it's probably one of the more difficult ones to ascertain you are watching a Bond movie. One other thing that confused me about the reviewer, is he suggesting it's the best since TND?
Skyfall has quite a few fancy moments but they feel like they are part of the story if that makes sense.
I sincerely doubt he was talking about White's performance ;) !
I get the hip and trendy comment about CR as well. It's good, but it is a bit too long. QoS has some annoying editing at points (although most of the film is fairly conventionally edited), but IMO 'feels' much more like a trad Bond movie. Scenes like Tosca reek 'class' and yet they are done in the fun, thrilling way that used to typify Bond movies. I am not at all saying QoS is a classic but I agree it was one of the best Bond movies for year.
How we perceive these things is interesting. I always felt that the Brosnan films, despite their constant nods to the past, were the least 'Bondian' in the series, as this all pervasive self-awareness and glancing over the shoulder is actually the antithesis of what makes Bond so great. CR I felt was a step in the right direction and with QoS it felt as if finally we had a Bond movie that had escaped the cliches and was really looking forward with confidence like the Bond of old. Then SF came along... Any way, I still maintain QoS is severely underrated.
And unlike say Elliot Carver, I think Greene remains threatening even when he jokes.
Elliot Carver !
=))
The man is ridiculous and amusing at the same time
True ^
May be hip and trendy is the wrong word. I'd say it's a bit pretentious and perhaps (only perhaps) takes itself a leeetle too seriously at times. The running time adds to the feeling that (IMO) it outstays its welcome a bit. Like GE, it's a slightly vain film - like it loves itself too much - 'look at me - I'm 'classic' Bond'.
What I like about QoS is that it just gets on and does the job.
It's a sense and feel that I get from the two films and OBVIOUSLY, many people will feel differently.
I would have to totally and utterly disagree. QoS is so far up it's own arse in terms of style it can brush it's teeth from the inside.
ok , Now that's a picture I didn't need in my head :-$