Any particular reasons why?
If you have some kind of fetish for all Bond films, considering the majority range from mediocre to bad, then I can't fathom why you wouldn't enjoy this entry on some level.
I don't get why people pretend that it's amazing. Admittedly the first half is full of amazing stuff
...and seeing his beloved Bond beat handily by a comic book movie, Solo took his e-life...
Casino Royale kicks ass, bow to Solo you nubsI'll watch the first half with you and then we can just make out the whole second half.
...and seeing his beloved Bond beat handily by a comic book movie, Solo took his e-life...
What comic book movie? Is there one coming out this weekend too? Or are you talking about TDK? If so, I never expected QoS to top TDK. Hell, I dont expect Nolan's next Batman movie to top TDK.
...and seeing his beloved Bond beat handily by a comic book movie, Solo took his e-life...
What comic book movie? Is there one coming out this weekend too? Or are you talking about TDK? If so, I never expected QoS to top TDK. Hell, I dont expect Nolan's next Batman movie to top TDK.
But what about going into this year? Or after their predecessors were released? :P
Bourne films are such a pop culture fad. I can't wait 'till we get to "I LOVE THE '00s!" on VH1 and we talk about how nobody can differentiate any of the Bourne films from one another.
My main problem with Casino Royale is how they were like putting awesome action in the beginning, and then boring me to death with boring casino bullshit
My main problem with Casino Royale is how they were like putting awesome action in the beginning, and then boring me to death with boring casino bullshit
If you're looking for action, QoS has a MUCH higher quota. Unfortunately a lot of it is same-y and not very exciting though. There is nothing in QoS as awesome as the parkour scene in CR. Theres a parkour-lite scene, but it stinks.
I'm going to watch Bourne this weekend
I honestly dont remember much aside from bond crashing through some wood and looking hardcore. I also remember not liking the ending.
Cause like the first part of CR was like a Bourne movie without the barfy shakey cam
I'm pretty much with Solo.
The best stuff was between Bond and Mathis, and I really wish that film kept that type of chemistry. Felix and Bond are another great coupling, but they get - what? - maybe thirty seconds to speak to one another.
The plot was almost unintelligible and for the first hour or so (and I'm not kidding here), Bond could not go more than a minute of screen time before ERUPTIN' IN A FURIOS ACTION SCENE!!!
It was almost exhausting.
It gets a pass for Daniel Craig keeping the whole thing afloat and nothing about it is terrible (save for maybe the LOL-inducing LETS THROW UR FRIEND IN THE GARBAGE scene), but it's totally unmemorable. I think we'll view this as a stopgap between what I'm hoping will be a superb sequel.
Best part was Bond listening in on the Quantum meeting.
I think Michael Phillips of the Chicago Tribune actually said it best:
" ‘There's something horribly efficient about you,’ Kurylenko says to Craig at one point. The same goes for the film.”
That’s Quantum Of Solace in a nutshell - too frenetic, too much focus on rapid fire action, too plot-driven. All of the factors combine to leave no room for the one thing that made the previous film work so well – the human factor. Quantum Of Solace is a solid action movie on its own, but is nothing less than a massive disappointment as the direct sequel to a film that seemed to have locked everything into place for the future of the series.
Oh I don't know. It was definitely no Casino Royale for me, but I walked out extremely happy. Maybe because I went in with horrible expectations. It could've been much much much worse, and I'm glad they set up another movie that delves into Quantum.
I'm pumped. Craig is still fucking badass.
Oh I don't know. It was definitely no Casino Royale for me, but I walked out extremely happy. Maybe because I went in with horrible expectations. It could've been much much much worse, and I'm glad they set up another movie that delves into Quantum.
I'm pumped. Craig is still fucking badass.
You seem to be much more forgiving than most here, from what Ive noticed, BrandNew. A movie would have to be offensively bad before you would shell it, I think.
why do they keep making bond films? they are always shit, and never have any tits
Wait wait wait my real real favorite part was the guy at the hotel room attacked him for no reason at all. I love that.
He was a killer and Bond just walked in the room. Should he have offered him a spot of tea?
Casino Royale was just shit. The opening parkour scene and shooting a guy in an embassy made it fail at being a smart action movie. The boring card game and the largely useless scenes after the casino just made the plot stupider.
And Brosnan was the best Bond considering how much he salvaged the shitty scripts he worked with.
He just picked the lock and went in. It wasn't like he knocked or used a key.
What's wrong with the opening scene of CR? I thought it was great. The casino shit/second half ruined it, not the early Bond antics
What's wrong with the opening scene of CR? I thought it was great. The casino shit/second half ruined it, not the early Bond anticsThe parkour, shooting a foreign national in another country's embassy, and shooting a propane tank to cause a huge explosion. Not as exciting as QoS's opening and just really cheesy-looking.
You want to know what was so awesome about the QoS opening? The part where after 10 minutes of being chased and shot at by a bunch of bad guys bond finally remembers he has a gun in the car. Bond is super smart.But the glass was bullet-proof. Like the last 20 or so Bond cars. It's sorta useless to shoot unless doors fall off.
What's wrong with the opening scene of CR? I thought it was great. The casino shit/second half ruined it, not the early Bond anticsThe parkour, shooting a foreign national in another country's embassy, and shooting a propane tank to cause a huge explosion. Not as exciting as QoS's opening and just really cheesy-looking.You want to know what was so awesome about the QoS opening? The part where after 10 minutes of being chased and shot at by a bunch of bad guys bond finally remembers he has a gun in the car. Bond is super smart.But the glass was bullet-proof. Like the last 20 or so Bond cars. It's sorta useless to shoot unless doors fall off.
They should just cast Tim Curry as the next Bond.
Or he rolls the window down just enough to shoot.He's trying to escape with a hostage. Why would he risk hitting oncoming traffic to roll down the bullet proof glass and fire a automatic gun behind him on a crowded highway?
The intro to Casino Royale was awesome. The intro to Quantum of Solace, however, was an incomprehensible cinematographic / editing mess, IMO.too right mate.
By the way, how the hell did this movie cost 200 million dollars? Its reasonably short, has no expensive movie stars (Craig only got about 10 mil to be in it), and was largely shot in Chile (a cheap filmmaking country). Where did the money go?There were some impressive special effects like the highway chase and the exploding evil fortress at the end. There were also a few scenes in Italy.
By the way, how the hell did this movie cost 200 million dollars? Its reasonably short, has no expensive movie stars (Craig only got about 10 mil to be in it), and was largely shot in Chile (a cheap filmmaking country). Where did the money go?There were some impressive special effects like the highway chase and the exploding evil fortress at the end. There were also a few scenes in Italy.
The movie was not some horriblely bad moonraker/a view to a kill/die another day type of film but compared to Casino Royale it was disappointing. A mid-level Bond film like GoldenEye I think.
saw it today
loved it, way the fuck better than distinguished mentally-challenged Casino Royale
I hope they keep making more Bond movies like this one
MUCH better the second time around, holy fuck. Its still got shitty action scenes, and is nowhere near CR, but I really loved it this time.
saw it today
loved it, way the fuck better than distinguished mentally-challenged Casino Royale
I hope they keep making more Bond movies like this one
and you love Bourne right? Hm, I might see it now
MUCH better the second time around, holy fuck. Its still got shitty action scenes, and is nowhere near CR, but I really loved it this time.
Haha, you're peculiar. Every movie I've seen you talk about, you always need two or three more viewings to settle on an opinion.
I'm not ragging on you, I just think it's interesting.
They should just cast Tim Curry as the next Bond.
or woody allen
So the main girl is the same girl from Hitman? God, no wonder, I was intensely attracted to her in Hitman too.
So the main girl is the same girl from Hitman? God, no wonder, I was intensely attracted to her in Hitman too.
wait, I heard Hitman had gratuitous nudity. is she naked in Hitman?
Anything's better than watching bond parkour.
I'd say it was more Bond being a badass and pillaging through walls and shit than "parkour." That's what the other dude was doing. I guess I just don't understand your hatred for Casino Royale at all...The chase sequence wasn't that bad but the movie totally lost my interest by the poker scene. CS was trying too hard to look like a smart spy movie when the last 20 bond movies were only about sex and explosions. In that order. Even compared to any other spy franchise, CS just wasn't that interesting of a movie to me.