Quantum of Solace 3-23-09

[Jaguar007]

As expected with the release of the next wave of Bond Blus

Title: Quantum of Solace
Starring: Daniel Craig
Released: 23rd March 2009

Further Details:
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment has announced the release of Quantum of Solace for the 23rd of March 2009 for an as-yet undisclosed price. Obviously details are still very sketchy, but we'll bring you more information just as soon as it's available.

http://www.dvdactive.com/news/releas...of-solace.html

[P@t_Mtl]

I will pick this up on the first day.

[Grimshaw23]

Ohh yea!! A Definitely blind buy. Can't wait. My most anticipated title at the moment.

[_Bolt_]

thats the UK version

[MADNOD]

[jsub]

Originally Posted by Grimshaw23

Ohh yea!! A Definitely blind buy. Can't wait. My most anticipated title at the moment.

Do not blind buy this. If you think its going on to be on par with Casino Royale, you are DEAD WRONG.

[Blu-Ron]

Originally Posted by jsub

Do not blind buy this. If you think its going on to be on par with Casino Royale, you are DEAD WRONG.

Agreed. One theatrical viewing was enough.

[robertc88]

+2. If the best BD ever, it would still hurt watching this movie again! Don't blind buy, please.

[Blu Titan]

A day one purchase for me!

[Deadset]

Can't wait.... to rent.

[Grimshaw23]

Originally Posted by jsub

Do not blind buy this. If you think its going on to be on par with Casino Royale, you are DEAD WRONG.

Even if this movie isn't as good as Casino Royale, it doesn't mean that it is horrible. I know I will like it because I'll treat it as a fun action movie. Take it for what it is and one will probably end up liking it. I don't know why you guys are hating it so much.

[Gremal]

Great...can't wait to see it on BD. I wonder if Sony will include footage not in the theatrical version.

[_Bolt_]

QOS was an extremely good Action movie. The only factor it wasnt good in, it wasnt too good of a Bond movie

[LeBougre]

Hello,

I hope the blu-ray release will be on the same date, for the US or UK release
But i don't understand, why is it Fox editing the title in the UK ?
It's not Sony ?

Thanks

[SpiderMan120988]

thanks for the info, i saw this in the movie theater and while it wasn't as good as casino royale, i enjoyed it. daniel craig is the best bond ever.

[Spitfrnd]

Originally Posted by Grimshaw23

Even if this movie isn't as good as Casino Royale, it doesn't mean that it is horrible. I know I will like it because I'll treat it as a fun action movie. Take it for what it is and one will probably end up liking it. I don't know why you guys are hating it so much.

Actually in this case it was horrible but any standard so there is no level on which to like it. It might have been better labeled "Shaken but not Stirring". I had the sad misfortune of being tortured by this film this weekend and I must say that for me this was the worst Bond film to date by a large margin.

I really wanted to like this movie, really I did. I have been a fan of Bond since before the first film translation and Connery certainly did not disappoint. Not ever Bond film since then has been worthy but they all did at least entertain in some fashion. Of course they all had something this one clearly does not, action scenes you could actually watch. As the Boston Globe reviewer aptly noted, "…The camera swoops and jerks like a rubber bat on a string, and all the shots look as if they've been thrown into an industrial-strength blender. Some people will see all this and think, "Wow." But no 007 experience should come so close to being a slushie…." I think he was actually too kind since it made me think of a much more crude “S” word.

What a lamentable fall from the promise and thrill of Casino Royale. This outing is literally bludgeoned into an unwatchable mush of a very promising but impossible to decipher string of stunts. This is the product of that so-called style of film making that substitutes a close-up blur for point of view. In an apparent effort to give the action more intensity, it is pitifully stripped of any impact and rendered tedious. After all, what does it matter how good the stunt is if you can’t see it? Sadly, the few glimpses suggest some of these stunts would have been a treat to see. As it is, they could have saved much of the budget and substituted some video game replays; at least you might have been able to control the zoom function. As Roger Ebert aptly said "Never again. Don't ever let this happen again to James Bond". I now have several versions of each Bond film but I think I will pass on this one; I am not sure I could really watch it more than once.

[Adam_ME]

I'm a Bond completist(I even have Never Say Never Again and Casino Royale 1967), so I'll pick this up.


But it was not a good movie. Inferior to Casino Royale(and most other Bond flicks) in every way imaginable.

[Jaguar007]

Give it a second chance. The movie improves significantallly on the second viewing. I know many people who were long time BOnd fans who did not like it at all the first time. You get taken back by the editing of the action scenes. The second time you are more prepared for the quick cuts and while those still annoy me, I was able to really enjoy the storyline much more. I have now seen it 4 times and I enjoy it more each viewing.

I think there was a great movie filmed, but the editing of the action and the fast pacing in the first 1/2 hour really brought the movie down.

[tiger roach]

I liked it and will get the BD.

[LeBougre]

Originally Posted by LeBougre

Hello,

I hope the blu-ray release will be on the same date, for the US or UK release
But i don't understand, why is it Fox editing the title in the UK ?
It's not Sony ?

Thanks

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Thanks