In Reply to: Quantum of Solace--The best Bond ever? posted by patrickU on May 10, 2009 at 12:11:20:
Casino Royal was good, but the wheels came off of Quantum of Solace.The whole industrially designed incendiary hotel in the desert was just silly and there were far too many precious coincidences. In fairness, there were a few good scenes, but they were all thrown together without much thought of where they were going with the plot; the story was just far too illogical, without the suspension of disbelief crucial to making an action/adventure yarn work.
The ecological theme of greed and acquiring global resources was worthwhile if the story had made more sense, but after the first half of the movie it seemed like the writers were struggling to make the theme work in an action setting. Furthermore, the villains were rather mundane. No, Casino Royale was much better executed.
AuPh
Edits: 05/11/09
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Follow Ups
- One of the worst; doesn't bear up under repeated viewings (makes no logical sense whatsoever). - Audiophilander 11:48:29 05/11/09 (5)
- RE: How many times did you watch it? - patrickU 09:51:47 05/12/09 (4)
- Once in the theater and rented once because friends who missed it in the theater wanted to see it on Blu-ray. - Audiophilander 01:33:36 05/13/09 (1)
- RE: So and I thought you have been through several times! nt - patrickU 04:22:21 05/13/09 (0)
- I may have to give it another shot because I found it almost un-watchable - sjb 10:04:56 05/12/09 (1)
- RE: The mystery of life.... - patrickU 10:36:33 05/12/09 (0)