007 - Quantum of Solace (SPOILERS)

[megamania]

I've heard the movie is one big chase scene broken up with fights. Is this true?

 

[Wycen]

Well you're talking about a short story, Quantum of Solace, turned into a movie, and Casino Royale, which was quite warped from the novel, so there's little wonder things might be goofy.

I'm not excited about the shaky cam crap, that's for sure.

 

[Krug]

Saw it today and felt it was all right. The action scenes were too confusing and hard to follow. It was hard to understand where Bond was positioned in relation to the chaser/chasee; so it seemed a little all over the place.

There was some great scenes between M and Bond, but otherwise, just filler for the action combining the usual trinity of land, sea and air.

Villain was bloody weak, again.

 

[Morrus]

Well you're talking about a short story, Quantum of Solace, turned into a movie,

QUnatum of Solace was the title of a short story about Bond, but it was not turned into a movie. They just liked the name and used it on their movie.

The short story (QoS) is about a boring dinner party!

For Your Eyes Only (short story collection) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[mmadsen]

QUnatum of Solace was the title of a short story about Bond, but it was not turned into a movie. [...] The short story (QoS) is about a boring dinner party!

More correctly, it's a short story that is not about Bond, but which is told to Bond. That framing story allowed Ian Fleming to write (and sell) something other than yet another Bond story.

And they presumably used the title for the movie because they've used up almost all the other titles already.

 

[Mustrum_Ridcully]

I am not entirely happy with the movie, though I enjoyed it.

I don't have a general problem with the "shaky hand cam" style, there is a certain degree and amount of "shakyness" I can enjoy. But I think the car chase scene was a little too much of it, it took a little too long to figure out who was chasing whom...
They need to loosen this up a bit in the future. There are scenes it seemed to work, and there are scenes where it didn't.

The exploding hotel scene seemed a little too... extreme - don't they have any fire safety laws in Bolivia (or where was it supposed to take place?)
On the other hand, it is a typical James Bond scenario - going into the lair of the evil guys and blowing it all up.

James Bond seemed to have a lot of control in the entire movie. He reacted quickly, and even if he was "captured" by the Secret Service, he got away.
And I loved the scene in the opera where he figures out several of the key persons of this super-secret organization. (Unfortunately, he didn't catch them all - and I wonder if they will reappear in the next movie.)

His relationship to Mathis was interesting - and the death was both brutal and sad - face it, James Bond used his still-living (but probably seriously injured) friend as a shield against the police officers! And then he still tended to him...

 

[Morrus]

The exploding hotel scene seemed a little too... extreme - don't they have any fire safety laws in Bolivia (or where was it supposed to take place?)

I'm not sure many Bond villains really care about fire safety laws. They don't care about murder or megalomonaic plots to take over the world, so I little fire safety law isn't oing to bother them!

And besides, you could be right - maybe they don't have 'em in Bolivia, or wherever.

James Bond seemed to have a lot of control in the entire movie. He reacted quickly, and even if he was "captured" by the Secret Service, he got away.

I bet MI6 love being called "the Secret Service".

 

[Arnwyn]

Looks like it'll be a rental for me.

 

[Mustrum_Ridcully]

I'm not sure many Bond villains really care about fire safety laws. They don't care about murder or megalomonaic plots to take over the world, so I little fire safety law isn't oing to bother them!

And besides, you could be right - maybe they don't have 'em in Bolivia, or wherever.

Well, it was an hotel, not a secret underwater base, so it might not matter what the villains think. Maybe instead of fire safety laws, they might also have a good insurance ("What do you say there is no clause saying that we don't cover if a car crashes into our hydrogen cells and sets its aflame? Damn our corrupt agents!")

I bet MI6 love being called "the Secret Service".

I could edit my post, but I am afraid the MI6 would find out anyway, so I just say: Sorry! Please don't send any Double-Oh agents after me!

And for the actual Secret Service: Please, send no Black Choppers after me. I didn't want to insult you either!

 

[Plane Sailing]

I bet MI6 love being called "the Secret Service".

Well, technically their proper name is SiS (Secret intelligence Service)

The official website of the British Secret Intelligence Service (SIS)

Now they would have been annoyed if they had been called the Security Service