Quantum of Solace

[davcole]

Unless Moneypenny became an essential part of the story, I don't see a need for her.

[Chordata]

Watched it last night for the first time. I liked it a lot. Never even noticed the "quick cuts" that so many people are whining about.

I just realized this morning though that

[Show spoiler]Mr. White lived!

.

Did I miss something? Felt like he was a forgotten character in the second half of the movie.

Originally Posted by Suntory_Times

Samantha Bond has publically stated that she wouldn't return to the bond series, as she only wants to act opposite to Pierce Brosnan as bond.

LOL

[Dave_6]

Originally Posted by O_V_N

Did I miss something? Felt like he was a forgotten character in the second half of the movie.

I think he may be a continuing part of the plot for future Bond movies.

[Offender_Mullet]

Taken from imdb: "Filmed (but cut in the final release) is the infamous coda-ending (revealing the final fate of Mr. White), where Bond tracks down and discovers that Mr. White (who was missing earlier and assumed of eliminating Greene) was in league with Guy Haines. Haines was earlier spotted by Bond in Bregenz. He notifies M, went in and had a scuffle with White before he introduces himself to Haines. The gun-barrel sequence seen was originally intended to come in place just as Bond eliminates White for good. Part of the ending can also be seen in the video game tie-in."

[kono]

A blind buy for me, and are very happy with this movie. The cut are a bit fast, I wish they would include maybe about 1-2sec before each cut to another frame during the fight, that way, we can see a bit more of what is going on, rather than fill in the blank and make assumption.

PQ and SQ are fantastic!

[Dave_6]

Originally Posted by Offender_Mullet

Taken from imdb: "Filmed (but cut in the final release) is the infamous coda-ending (revealing the final fate of Mr. White), where Bond tracks down and discovers that Mr. White (who was missing earlier and assumed of eliminating Greene) was in league with Guy Haines. Haines was earlier spotted by Bond in Bregenz. He notifies M, went in and had a scuffle with White before he introduces himself to Haines. The gun-barrel sequence seen was originally intended to come in place just as Bond eliminates White for good. Part of the ending can also be seen in the video game tie-in."

Ah. Wonder why this wasn't put in the Blu-ray? Anyone else smell a possible double dip?

[Jimbo976]

Finally got to see this on Blu-ray last night. I really wonder why I ever bother going to a theatre any more. Watching this in my home theatre was 20x better. The PQ was very good (and much better than the crappy screen I saw it on) and the sound was off the charts.

I really liked this movie the 2nd time around a lot more than the 1st in the theatre. The vastly superiour AV presentation likely helped in that regard.

[Spymaster]

In case anybody was in any doubt, there WILL be a deluxe edition of Quantum Of Solace... in fact it's already being prepared!

http://www.mi6.co.uk/news/index.php?...1&t=mi6&s=news

[Belmont]

Indeed, I caught that earlier - As a Bond fan, I was very tempted to grab the first release, but I figured a double-dip would be announced sooner rather than later given Marc Forster's recent interviews and whatnot.

The film itself is alright, middle-of-the-road in terms of the rest of the series. But I will say this - The quick cutting and frantic editing that bothered me in theaters is much more tolerable on the small screen.

[Sammy]

I need to watch this again as I had a bit of a time following the plot. I think I'll do that tonight.

[Suntory_Times]

Originally Posted by Dave_6

Ah. Wonder why this wasn't put in the Blu-ray? Anyone else smell a possible double dip?

It'll be in the next film, or they will change the fate of Mr. White. I hope he becomes more of the 'villain' so to speak in the third part.

[Yeha-Noha]

Originally Posted by Suntory_Times

I disagree. I think the developement of this is perfect, but the character doesn't always say what he is thinkning (or say anything at all for that matter).

This can go no further than I agree to disagree. To each his own (opinion).

[soxfan12]

Originally Posted by Suntory_Times

Or maybe he just doesn't like this kind of Bond (that is to say a Bond that is human, not just a series of one liners, martini's shaken not stired, one night stands and action scenes thrown together). I personally have generally found people who didn't like this movie didn't understand it though. But not always.

I hate when people use this excuse. People not liking this movie(oh and there are A LOT of people who don't like it) don't care that this isn't like the old Bond movies. And saying they didn't like it because they don't understand it is idiotic, because this movie wasn't that hard to understand, it was just hard to stay awake during it.

[Suntory_Times]

Originally Posted by soxfan12

I hate when people use this excuse. People not liking this movie(oh and there are A LOT of people who don't like it) don't care that this isn't like the old Bond movies. And saying they didn't like it because they don't understand it is idiotic, because this movie wasn't that hard to understand, it was just hard to stay awake during it.

But some people didn't understand and thus weren't able to enjoy it, and I know several people who have not liked the latest two bonds purely as there where no gadgets, and as they where not full of one liners. As that's exactly what they wanted out of a bond film. Note, I didn't say there was anything wrong with having that opinion. So maybe jump of that high horse of yours and participate instead of just judging or making assumptions.

[Jmobie]

I finally watched QoS for the first time tonight. I liked it. Awesome PQ/AQ. It definitely did not feel the older Bond films, but I didn't mind that. I really enjoyed the second half of the movie. I feel like this movie will get better with every viewing.

[Suntory_Times]

Originally Posted by rwojtalewicz

This can go no further than I agree to disagree. To each his own (opinion).

Thank god for that, that's one thing I hate about the oscars, its not about creating a list of the best performances, its stating that one was the best and therfore better then the others nominated.

[Jaguar007]

THe biggest complaint I have heard from various people (and I have heard from ALOT of people as I am a regular poster on Commanderbond.net, and a well known Bond fanatic) is the frantic pacing and editing. I liked the movie but I agree with the frantic editing.

MOST people I have talked to also felt the movie got better with a second viewing, and I agree. I liked it much better the second time I saw it.

[Chordata]

I went into this expecting to be nauseated by the "frantic pacing and editing." I never even noticed it.

[AlaskaDon]

Although I did enjoy Casino Royale more, I have to say that I thoroughly enjoyed Quantum of Solace when I watched it for the first time last night. I'm really liking the direction they are taking with the new Bond. Daniel Craig did an excellent job with both films. It's now a toss-up for me on who I lke best, Connery or Craig.

Iirc, wasn't this the same kind of character development direction, portraying more of the assassin aspect, that the studio was trying to move towards initially with Timothy Dalton? For whatever reason, he seems to be the least well-liked of all the Bond actors, but personally I preferred his films to most, if not all of the Roger Moore films. Daniel Craig has the killer aspect down cold though.

[Lord_Lemon]

Daniel Craig made me a Bond fan... finally.