Movies and TV Quantum of Solace - Page 7

Gravedigger · 11-14-2008, 02:33 AM

Quantum of Solace is not as good as Casino Royale, that's first and foremost. The villain is pretty disappointing I must say, he's this skinny 105 lb white guy who isn't threatening or malicious at all, with a henchman who is even more gangly and funny looking. He's just a guy who belongs to "the organization" that Bond is after. You never really find out what Quantum of Solace means, you find out what Quantum is at the end, or at least something that resembles Quantum. I don't want to say this movie is bad, cause its not bad, but it's just not as good as it should have been. Olga Kurelynko is pretty hot though. Other than that it has the same ole M and Bond back and forth jokes, the same Bond charm, some good action scenes, and the ending leaves you inquiring more similar to Casino Royale. I thought the locations they went to were kind of boring looking too, they all seemed to kind of run together instead of having a different path. It's like run down South American village, to poor South American slums, to a nice villa in Cairo for a few seconds, then over to a desert.

Not to mention the opening song, which most have heard, is terribad.

**Fire Me Boy!** · 04-20-2009, 05:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Buehler445

I liked it also. Not as good as Royale, but very very good nonetheless. More importantly it was a billion times better than the other bonds.

I wouldn't say very good. I'd be OK with "good" but it was a definite letdown for me from CR.

**007** · 04-20-2009, 07:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Deberg_1990

Wow, i could not disagree more.

I am not comparing this with the previous bonds we grew up with. Only with CR. Compared to CR, this story was awful. The action was great but the story was blah. Didn't suck you in like CR did at all.

Talisman · 04-20-2009, 11:40 AM

Saw Quantum of Solace last week. I added it to the Netflix list not realizing that the wife hadn't seen Casino Royale (blasphemy!). So we watched CR and then QoS the next night. Maybe it was because we watched them almost back to back, but I was really disappointed with QoS. I thought the plot was weak and I really didn't care what was happening. The villain wasn't very villainous and it was the weakest "offing" of a villain I can remember in any movie. I want a big fight with Bond just making it to the gun or the guy flying out a window and landing on a fence or something not

Spoiler!

I liked the ending when he tracked down the guy in Russia. It felt more CR than a lot of the rest of the movie. I didn't mind the shakiness of the camera in the action scenes, though. I must be used to it in movies now.

The wife was rather meh about QoS too, but I told her I was glad she got to see CR, since it is such a great flick.

**Fire Me Boy!** · 04-20-2009, 12:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Talisman

Saw Quantum of Solace last week. I added it to the Netflix list not realizing that the wife hadn't seen Casino Royale (blasphemy!). So we watched CR and then QoS the next night. Maybe it was because we watched them almost back to back, but I was really disappointed with QoS. I thought the plot was weak and I really didn't care what was happening. The villain wasn't very villainous and it was the weakest "offing" of a villain I can remember in any movie. I want a big fight with Bond just making it to the gun or the guy flying out a window and landing on a fence or something not

Spoiler!

I liked the ending when he tracked down the guy in Russia. It felt more CR than a lot of the rest of the movie. I didn't mind the shakiness of the camera in the action scenes, though. I must be used to it in movies now.

The wife was rather meh about QoS too, but I told her I was glad she got to see CR, since it is such a great flick.

My wife and I did a similar thing to see QoS. We watched CR on DVD, then went to the theater to see QoS. Now the wife liked it a lot better than me.

11-14-2008, 02:33 AM
Gravedigger Plays to win the game! Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Lees Summit Casino cash: $7173101	Quantum of Solace Quantum of Solace is not as good as Casino Royale, that's first and foremost. The villain is pretty disappointing I must say, he's this skinny 105 lb white guy who isn't threatening or malicious at all, with a henchman who is even more gangly and funny looking. He's just a guy who belongs to "the organization" that Bond is after. You never really find out what Quantum of Solace means, you find out what Quantum is at the end, or at least something that resembles Quantum. I don't want to say this movie is bad, cause its not bad, but it's just not as good as it should have been. Olga Kurelynko is pretty hot though. Other than that it has the same ole M and Bond back and forth jokes, the same Bond charm, some good action scenes, and the ending leaves you inquiring more similar to Casino Royale. I thought the locations they went to were kind of boring looking too, they all seemed to kind of run together instead of having a different path. It's like run down South American village, to poor South American slums, to a nice villa in Cairo for a few seconds, then over to a desert. Not to mention the opening song, which most have heard, is terribad.
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04-20-2009, 11:40 AM	#93
Talisman Champions Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Des Moines, IA Casino cash: $2886743	Saw Quantum of Solace last week. I added it to the Netflix list not realizing that the wife hadn't seen Casino Royale (blasphemy!). So we watched CR and then QoS the next night. Maybe it was because we watched them almost back to back, but I was really disappointed with QoS. I thought the plot was weak and I really didn't care what was happening. The villain wasn't very villainous and it was the weakest "offing" of a villain I can remember in any movie. I want a big fight with Bond just making it to the gun or the guy flying out a window and landing on a fence or something not Spoiler! leaving the dude to walk through the desert with a can of oil. Lame. I liked the ending when he tracked down the guy in Russia. It felt more CR than a lot of the rest of the movie. I didn't mind the shakiness of the camera in the action scenes, though. I must be used to it in movies now. The wife was rather meh about QoS too, but I told her I was glad she got to see CR, since it is such a great flick.
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