Quantum of Solace (Bond 22) - slight spoilers

[KingIsaacLinksr]

A brand new trailer is up!  The more I see of this the more I like it!  And I'm so glad in both this and Casino Royale they have given Bond a real woman to work with.

Nov. 14th can't come soon enough!

http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809961074/video/9655524

Real??  You mean,  all those other women were fake???!!!  NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

/cries in corner

;) ;)

King

[Darth Gaos]

Well I know what I am gonna do for my birthday....GO SEE THIS MOVIE!!!

[Rico]

Well I know what I am gonna do for my birthday....GO SEE THIS MOVIE!!!

Me too!  Or at least slightly after my birthday.  They moved the opening day to one week later.  It was originally coming out the day before my birthday.

[Geekyfanboy]

Another Poster

[Meds]

I like it, it says "I kick arse" Nice.

[Darth Gaos]

Is that a new age Walther PPK I see in his hand???

[Geekyfanboy]

"Quantum" Is Shortest Bond Yet
By Garth FranklinTuesday, September 23rd 2008 2:17pm

One of the few complaints about the recent James Bond entry "Casino Royale" is that it ran a little long, well the upcoming sequel won't have any such issue.

Cinematical reports that "Quantum of Solace" clocks in at a brisk 106 minutes, making it the shortest film in the 22-strong franchise yet, just ahead of the first film, 1962's "Dr. No", which ran for 110 minutes.

In contrast 'Royale' was the longest at 132 minutes, most of the others have been only a few minutes short or long of the two-hour mark.

The film departs from the series in another way as well - for the first time the famous catchphrase "Bond...James Bond". Forster tells The Independent that they did shoot him saying the line but ultimately cut it out. One element that will return though is the gun-barrel opening graphic which was modified for the last film.

[Meds]

I am so glad they have kept the gun barrel, am disappointed they have removed the bond...james bond line becasue we always cheer when that line is said. :( boo.

[Meds]

Well it opens over here on the 31st of October, got my tickets yesterday and we're going on the 1st of November at 11.45am. So looking forward to this.

[Meds]

Quantum of Solace. Review Spoiler Free.

Ok just come back from seeing the new Bond film and its worth seeing on the big screen. This is a spoiler free review so don't panic. The title music which i think we all agree is pants actually works with the Bond titles. That makes me wonder if the titles was made before the music was wrote, hmmmmm. It starts off with a great car chase and then jumps straight to the titles then into the film. No gun barrel at the beginning. Still the film cracked into a good pace and then dips, and thats the problem. It doesn't really recover. Daniel Craig is excellent as you would expect, Judi Dench fantastic and Mathieu Amalric as Dominic Greene is very good as a slimy villain. The bond girls Olga Kurylenko as Camille and Gemma Arterton as British Agent Strawberry Fields (yes i know) are happy in their roles but Arerton is so under used its criminal. Happy final scene (not giving it away but if you love Bond you ache for this) and thats it. So what did i think about the whole one hour fifty minutes, well to be honest i felt a bit empty. Its not as good as Casino Royale but there again that would be hard and it needed the direction of Martin Campbell but its still worth seeing and I'm still excited by this new turn around of the Bond franchise. Craig can do no wrong but i hope they wait a good three years till we have another film.

[Geekyfanboy]

Quantum of Solace Opens Big in the U.K.
Source: Variety
November 1, 2008

The new James Bond film, Quantum of Solace, got off to a big start on home turf Friday, taking $8 million (£4.94 million) on its first day at U.K. theaters.

Variety says the big day one haul, which was powered by lots of advance ticket sales, makes "Solace" the biggest Friday opening of all time in the U.K.

The previous Friday best was Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, which earned $6.5 million (£4 million). Casino Royale did $4.7 million on its opening Friday but, unlike "Solace," it had Thursday previews.

Quantum of Solace doesn't open in North America until November 14.

[Ktrek]

I'm hoping to see this soon but probably not going to make it this weekend as I have too much work to do. I am a little disappointed that so many of the reviews seem to indicate that the "heart" of Bond has been removed from the film. That the action sequences are superb but the story lacks substance and character development. I understand that many of the little Bondian elements have been removed. I don't know how Broccoli could do that as she has to know it's the little things in the Bond films that add to his character and remind us who is on screen even when another actor is portraying him. Oh well!

Kevin

[jedijeff]

Warning, Possible spoilers










The action sequences were great and the locations were stunning, but I felt a bit confused by the plot at times. This movie felt like a chapter in a larger story, and not much of a standalone movie like the other Bonds movies. If it is a TV series I can live without answers, but a movie to me should not lead people on so much imho. I am sure this movie will tie into the next one, but I felt frustrated at times, at the end of the movie, Bond was told information, but that was never passed along to the Audience. I suspect with this organization Quantum (Spectre???) the producers are probably not wanting to give to much away, but just felt like we needed more.

Still very pumped about the Bond series, but this one did not carry the momentum of the last one in my opinion.

[Dan M]

Sounds like this is the Empire Strikes Back of Bond films.

[Bryancd]

Sounds like this is the Empire Strikes Back of Bond films.

...well, except for the whole Empire being the best of all the movies and all.... ;)