Quantum Of Sollace

[Bryan]

Ok so the news and rumours thread is now over with

Quantum Of Sollace reaches cinemas next month - 31st October 2008

Here is the full theatrical trailer:



Bond is back

[Bryan]

Have to admit, I'm failry dissapointed with this film!

Although it was the shortest bond film ever it certainly dragged.

I felt it lacked the sparkle of a bond film, it was edgier than ever before, and sometimes it works but it was too edgy in my opinion.

I felt like they were taking on too much, and with it it became messy. You either have to focus on Bond, like CR did, or the action, this film tries to do both in equal measure and it doesn't quite work. There'll be twenty minutes of full on action followed by twenty minutes of talk and so on, the pacing isn't very well done.

And I can't see kids enjoying this film, it's far too serious, it's all political based - about oil/natural resources/commercialism etc, it was all very grim and mature.

The villain was barely developed and the whole film lacked that special something. As a Bond fan I was disapointed with this for a first watch. I'll be watching it a few more times this week, so I may change my mind, but I can't see it if I'm honest.

[Abi]

I didn't think much of it at all. First off, the directing was awful on the fight scenes. They became but a blur, particularly on the opening sequence. The plot was good, but they didn't focus on it enough, which made it hard to follow. It was too jam-packed with stunts, it seems they forgot that films are about the story, and stunts are only meant to enhance it, not hold it together.

Daniel Craig put in an amazing performance though. And the bond girl was good. The villian lacked any menace though. Not in terms of acting, but in terms of plot.

As a stand alone film, it would have been ok. But when comparing it to past Bond films, it doesn't compare well at all.

[willow]

my partner went to see it yesterday, he is a huge bond fan.
he said he was dissapointed with it too.

i think i will wait until it is out on dvd

[Bryan]

The latest James Bond movie has broken UK box office records on its first day of release.

According to Sony, Quantum Of Solace made £4.9 million yesterday, breaking the previous Friday opening high of £4.03m set by Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire.

Takings for the film have eclipsed Daniel Craig's last outing as the superspy in Casino Royale, which made £2.9 million on its first day.

[Trinity]

I saw the film with my family yesterday and I have to say I totally disagree with the comments above.

I found it gripping and gritty, and I didn't look at my watch once.

DC's Bond is deeper and more damaged than any of his predecessors, and I find this to be much more realistic We can see his motivation much more clearly than ever before.

Q and his gadgets are missing, and that adds to the realism.

The girl had a better plot than many of the previous "bond birds" in the past who were there for two reasons only - one was to look good. Refreshingly, the main girl didn't even sleep with Bond.

I admit that Dominic's character was a bit one dimensional - he had a sort of wild eyed madness about him and to be honest he was more remeniscent of the kind of 'old style' bond villan. I think that his character suffered in comparison to the deeper portrayal of bond and the girl.

The general who was taking over Bolivia was horrible, and some of he scenes towards the end were pushing it for a 12A.

I liked the ecological message - that water is a more valuable resource than oil, that governments deal with anyone to secure their supply of energy and that ethics are not considered important in the modern age.

Bond in the past has been almost a cartoon superhero. This film is perhaps not for the fans of Roger Moore and Pierce Brosnan. It is not for the fans who love the gadgets.

The car and boat chases are intact, as are the exotic locations and the beautiful (albeit damaged) women - but bond isn't laughing and there is none of the humour or catch phrases or gloss that make older Bond films see so alike. This film can stand alone, although as it follows on directly from Casino Royale it makes sense to see them together.

DCs bond is human, damaged and dangerous - but we still root for him.

Best bond film in ages, if not ever.

[Bryan]

I'm going to see it again tomorrow, hopefully i'll change my opinion on it.

[Behemoth]

I've just seen it and I thought it was awesome!

I thought the script was fantastic and it didn't require you to think too much which made it very easy to watch. The action was also great but my only negative is that the camera was much too 'choppy' and the camera angles were changed so quickly that I couldn't really work out what was going on at some points.

Other than that, it was great. And Judi Dench was awesome again as M.

[Abi]

I've just seen it and I thought it was awesome!

I thought the script was fantastic and it didn't require you to think too much which made it very easy to watch. The action was also great but my only negative is that the camera was much too 'choppy' and the camera angles were changed so quickly that I couldn't really work out what was going on at some points.

Other than that, it was great. And Judi Dench was awesome again as M.

Spoiler:

I agree on the choppy cameras!! Especially in the opening chase, it was hard to follow what was happening i thought. I wonder if it was directed by the same person as Casino Royale? Because the camera work in that one was awesome, especially in the poker scenes. But this one seemed a bit too choppy and jurky

[Perdita]

Director Marc Forster has revealed that James Bond almost became a father in latest movie Quantum Of Solace.

The filmmaker told New York magazine that writer Paul Haggis's idea to have Bond look after the child of Casino Royale's Vesper Lynd was shot down by the producers.

He said: "Haggis had an idea they weren't fond of, and I didn't know if it would work or not. The idea was that Vesper in the last movie, maybe she had a kid, and there would be an orphan out there. It wasn't anything to insult the franchise. But they felt it wasn't particularly Bond - him looking for the kid."

Producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli objected to the idea on the grounds that 007 would be stuck with the child throughout the film.

"I think Paul thought he just leaves the kid, he doesn't deal with it," Forster added. "But [the producers] thought that would be really nasty, because Bond was an orphan himself. If he would find a kid, would he just leave it?

"They were so vehemently against it. That was the only time I saw, really, 'No, we can't do that'. They said, 'Once he finds the kid, Bond can't just leave the kid. It's not right'."