Old Tom and I went to see Quantum of Solace on Wednesday in our few mutually spare hours. I was expecting a lot and my enthusiasm hadn't been dented by the reviews I'd read. I loved the first one. Casino Royale was my favourite ever Bond and one of my favourite films. I figured that with the same sweet director and same Daniel Craig, it would have to be great.
It wasn't great unfortunately. It was good and fun, but not great. The final hotel scene was all silly. The whole film was messy and badly edited. Or perhaps I'm just getting too old for these microsecond cuts during fight scenes. I found it very hard to work out what was happening in the big scenes. If I thought they were trying to save money by not really showing us what was going that would be OK. But I somehow doubt that was the issue.
The Bond girls were pretty average. Although nice to have one who's handy with a gun.
The DC-3 was real good though. And there were a few other good bits too.
I freakin’ LOVED Q. of S.!
I realise I stand primarily alone having this opinion.
After the the four discussions I’ve had concerning this abberration, I’ve come to the conclusion the closer to gen Y you are, explains the rate at which you enjoy the film.
I.E. your dislike of Q. of S. is evidential that you’re gettin on a bit.
fat_nat / 11:51am / 18 December 2008