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it is not james bond but just an imitation of Jason Bourne and a pathetic one at that
burn it with fire!!!
i know there are some clunkers like Die Another Day, A View to a kill, Never Say Never Agian but honestly this "bond" film is utter FUBAR
Horrible Editing, Abysmal storyline, bland bond girl who i actually wanted to get shot, craig was just medicore, the villian is so bad that an ice cream truck would be more sinister...not even Judi Dench could save this trash...i just cant believe people defend this shit.
I dont really get the criticisms this film receives, absolutely ridiculous if you ask me.
really nearly every review apart from 3 or 4 says otherwise...
Excuse me, I'm a grown man. I don't care much for reviews, I'll make my own opinion and that is all that matters. I just don't subscribe to some views, they seem a bit daft.
I agree, except for DAD being a stinker. CR also holds Bond fans in contempt IMO, but even more! Well said that DAD feels like a Bond movie, even though you say "kind of". I´ve seen people say that it doesn´t feel like Bond, so it is good that it gets some recognition in that department.
I'd say in terms of worst bond film...I think the stars aligned for AVTAK. Even though DAD is an embarrassing entry...and certainly joining company at the bottom of the list....it was at least sensory overload fun.
For me, QOS ranks fine. It's buttressed by far superior installments and far weaker installments.
It's funny...because it is a Bond film that is the least memorable for me. I don't jump at watching it. I attribute that fundamentally to the script. There are scenes I'd love to watch...but stand alone...not in the context of sitting through the whole film. And still I wouldn't place it as worst...because there are a couple Bond films that have really no redeeming quality to them for me except the fact that they are part of the Bond cannon and legacy.
The highs and the lows makeup the 007 franchise legacy. I think the range of quality and approaches over the years is part of the charm of the series...the knowledge that a better or campy or serious or awful installment either proceeds one or follows another.
It was Bond in it's begginning of the career. He searched revenge for the one that killed his loved Vesper. The ppl wanted a Bond film like any other, like... Brosnan's, for an example. But they got a movie with more Action than espionage (a little quote could be the Bond infiltration at the journal's factory on TND to acquire the red decoder, that's the stealth infiltration they wanted) and they started to hate it.
Now, with my grown opinion, there's no other Bond movie - than DAD, by now; except for all the other movies i've didn't seen yet - that i hate. All of them, for me, are fantastic.
I love action, that's it. I also love Espionage. Bond can make Both. But Bond's style to make the things also impress me. That's why i like 007.
QoS is a great film, that's it.
No offense, but that is a nickname that I found on another site and it doesn´t mirror my own feelings towards the film. I just wanted you to see it.
Why? To spark another one of your harsh debates, where you endlessly slur your opinions? No thanks. If its unoriginal, don't bother. I don't think we're interested.
And still, I don't mind Quantum of Solace, but I've never heard a soul say it was better than Casino Royale.
No, not at all. I don´t think I´m harsh, when I write something here it´s always with the glint in my eye. I never write anything in anger or too much seriousness.
Someone posted a claymation video between Roger and Sean. Because he wanted people to see it, it could be funny. I posted this nickname. Why? Because I want people to see it, it could be funny, even for CR-lovers.
And I respect if you don´t like me, but I still ask you to rather ignore me than to write angry messages. You know, it´s not good for the atmosphere in here.
Yeah, for me it isn't too, really. But we can always say it has more action.
This. DAD was a bad, terrible bond film, but it's still bond. QOS doesn't feel like 007 at all.
I've stated before that for me QoS was a more purely enjoyable film than CR. For me personally CR was simply a huge relief after the dross of the Brosnan period. I had begun to think that we would never see a decent Bond movie ever again. CR had some great dialogue, good characters and looked fantastic, but was over long and (IMO) a bit boring. It didn't hit the spot. I really appreciated the faster pace that Forster tried to achieve with QoS. It doesn't work 100% but with the opera scene taken into account I actually feel QoS feels more like a proper Bond film than any of the movies since TLD.
I remember watching QoS and being disappointed at the blatant Bourne rip-off sequences. As much as I like the Bourne films, Bond is obviously supposed to offer something different. Having said that, QoS has enough stylish scenes and decent Bondian touches to lift it above any other Bond film for quite some time. As I say above, while neither CR or QoS is quite the fully rounded product the could have been, they both mark substantial steps back towards 'real' Bond films after four of the worst entries in the entire series. Craig has restored some self respect to the series and is well cast. He really needs a classic movie now to cement his legacy and a good dose of humour.
The same stunt teams and even lower level directors worked on both Bourne and Bond, so its not a rip-off. Its a sort of.. recreation.
That's a very legalistic point of view. If one franchise appears to do similar things to another, then most people would regard that as copying. Any way, copying isn't necessarily a bad thing. FRWL 'borrows' heavily from North by North West, but in such a way that it still feels original. I disliked the rooftop chase, close-quarters fighting and final Russia scene in QoS because they felt like lame, unimaginative copying from Bourne. I thought the Bourne films were amazing and am actually a big fan of the slower paced first film in that series. Any way, we expect Bond to do things differently - with more panache and grace than Bourne. Disappointing, but despite all that QoS is still better than anything with Brozza in it.
Dear oh dear. What an insult to Rog to mention him in the same sentence as the Broz. Rog is a living legend. Brozza was the worst thing that ever happened to the series.
How true...its shocking how sloppy and lazy the Brosnan era got at the end. Lazy stories, lazy dialogue, lazing acting.
QoS is like a sharp stiletto compared wth those.
BROSNAN WASN'T BAD!!! His last film was bad but he was fine as Bond. GE, TND and TWINE were all good. And DAD up until Q bought out the invisible car was great.
No the worst thing happening to the franchise is EON without the sense and insight of Cubby. His brood lack insight, which has hurt every movie since they took over.
I can sympathise with that view to some extent, although Cubby's legacy was the appalling choice of Brozza as the next Bond.
I'm afraid a lot of people disagree with you. For me the whole Brozza era now (thankfully) seems like a bad dream. CR and QoS have put the series back on track, but I'm still waiting for a killer movie. Hopefully Skyfall will deliver.
Actually, I think I see what you're getting at, but surely Royale was adequate in that capacity?
And yet again, Brosnan was nowhere near as bad as Bond as some make out, he wasn't all culpable for the mess on the screen sometimes when he was featured