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I think the Vesper/White/Mathis storylines could have been integrated and developed a bit further (these are the scenes that shine in the movie), as well as some of the Camille story and motivation (which is a bit underbaked, especially how she uses Greene sexually), even if it all meant less time spent on all the Bolivian "main plot," GF homage, etc.
And I'm not sure why Dench kept popping up on location.
David Harbour Claims He Ended Up In A
James Bond Movie Because The Director
Was ‘An Insane Person’
By Mike Reyes
Harbour fondly remembers his early break from director Marc Forster.
Article
https://www.cinemablend.com/interviews/david-harbour-claims-he-ended-up-in-a-james-bond-movie-because-the-director-was-an-insane-person
Video
https://cdn.jwplayer.com/previews/0f11BO9F
Nice. It definitely gets better for me every time I watch it, and it's already very up there. Last time I watched it I was just blown away.
Another absolutely glowing long review of QOS... they demonstrate how the storytelling is smarter than most Bond films.
As for the editing, didn’t bother me at all really. It reminds me of OHMSS action scenes, and if anything, that’s a big compliment.
My guess is that it hits the spinning tyre of the JCB which flips it over, but how did it get back down again? Did the windscreen just hit the wall and pop it back onto its wheels? Why?
My guess has always been that it's the cool Bond moment to end the chase- Bond is reaching for his machine gun in the passenger footwell but can't reach it amid the franticness of the pursuit; a bit of tension created. He then hits the JCB tyre as the two cars pass either side of it, the car flips onto its side, then hits the wall and crashes back onto its wheel violently, flinging the gun over to Bond's side of the car where he catches it, turns, and shoots.
Is that the intention do you think? The chase does end in a slightly anti-climatic way so I've always wondered if there was supposed to be more to the ending.