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One of the best Bond films for Bond's casual looks. Lake Como, of course, but also the jacket he grabs from Slate's apartment, and his look when assaulting Perla De La Dunas (SP). Quoting your post because more of these photos is probably fine.
Couldn't agree more.....
This reminds me of how great the Bond girls in QOS were. The real question is who do you prefer.........
Olga Kurylenko or Gemma Arterton?
I go with Olga 😍
I have to say, that despite many attempts to like this film and I have found it more entertaining in recent times. However it does lack so many Bondian themes.
The editing is probably the most discussed issue with QOS. A weak story with limited threat, after CR it just didn't add up. I wasn't thinking lightening would strike twice. However, I was expecting much better than what we got.
If only bringing back SPECTRE were possible at the time! It would have pre-empted some of the issues going forward regarding the awkward revisions in 2015.
I'm not sure where she stands but I've been told some Ukrainians don't like to be called Russian 😉
I agree though, Olga is one of the most beautiful women alive!
Yeah I know... perhaps because of politics but her mom is Russian and it’s common knowledge that in those countries daughters look like mom. :D
Ukrainian* - I know people from the Ukraine who take particular offence to being called Russian.
But, yes, Olga Kurylenko is stunning....
Though, is it slightly problematic in 2020 that they cast a Ukrainian to play a South American and then covered her in fake tan? Probably not, as they did only use fake tan and Olga could probably tan if she spent years living in Boliva and they explain she had Russian ancestry....
Not a fan of the Fields character, whose presence seems only just to give Bond a bedmate and another obligatory sacrificial lamb whose death is just an excuse to do a GF homage and it seems excessive since the death of Mathis has so much more impact in that way.
Disagree. They both looked great....also feel that Camille could have been as iconic as Vesper had QOS been a stronger film.
Obviously none of us have seen NTTD yet, but there is certainly a idea I've heard that Camille could of had replaced Paloma as the CIA contact that Bond meets in Cuba. I wouldn't have minded that. Though, having said that we do have Ana De Armas.
That being said as much as i love Olga i doubt she has the same calliber as Eva Green. Only Lea seydoux came close to Eva.
My only complaint is that I don't have a Collector's Edition version of the film. Beyond that, it's totally incredible and one of my favorites in the series. Really hits a sweet spot for me, pure entertainment.
+1.
Planning to watch it over Easter, cracking Bond movie! As for the choice between the ladies. Sorry, cant choose, love both of them!
Totally and I remember being extremely disappointed when it was revealed that Quantum was the Organization. I was then doubly disappointed when they decided to drop Quantum altogether and somehow convince the audience that it was apart of SPECTRE all along. Daft.
SPECTRE in the books is made up of individuals from different crime organizations from all around the world (Mafia etc etc). Fleming dropped SMERSH altogether and created SPECTRE and even members from SMERSH are part of the enterprise led by Blofeld so I don’t see any problem with Quantum being a subsidiary of the larger SPECTRE. It is definitely in line with Fleming and makes the organization even more shadowy.
Plus knowing that SPECTRE was behind all five Craig adventures in different forms is cool if you ask me. :)
And then Bond goes to that hotel, and after the fight we get the "get in" bit, and I'm completely, utterly lost for the next ten minutes plot-wise. Who is the girl, the black guy on the bike? then she goes to the villain's place by the harbour, and she's wanting to be friends, he just tried to kill her, then there's a body in the water, who is that supposed to be? It's all over the place!
By the time Bond is on the bike I haven't got a Scooby what's going on and - here's the thing - I've stopped caring! And that's the problem with Quantum. I can't follow the plot at all, and I still can't.
I will concede I may be thick, as I couldn't make sense of the last Mission Impossible film either. But I haven't struggled with any of the other Bonds (well, TLD has me at times, I must admit).
Interesting take. You may be quite lonely in it, though. The retconning is one of the big sticking points in SP criticisms along with Bro-feld.
Totally. The idea was cool, the execution was poor.
It's honestly my biggest issue with that film along with the color grading. Bloberhauser is stupid but I can look past that. Having that BS be connected to the previous films that I love is another story.
Yes to me that all fits just fine, @matt_u. Past and present and then some.
It just piles on to why I'm looking forward to the new one, while the previous four are so easy to rewatch and enjoy. A great time to be a Bond fan.
It's second to last in my ranking, yet I find myself watching it more than any of Craig's other films. It's got such momentum, it doesn't waste a moment of its runtime.
There's something horribly efficient about this film.
It's one of the most re-watchable for sure. I think it's because it's flawed, the more you watch it the more you start to see past the flaws and the plot, characters, themes become more apparent. Also, great fights such as the Slate one.
I watched the sequence in slow motion and to my eye it looks as though Craig does the entire stunt. I think there is one second around 0:56-0:57 portion where the stuntman comes in. But its a very innocuous moment and Craig does the heavy lifting....