New Bond
November 4th 2008 07:31
Flicks.co.nz (which I mentioned in passing in my last post) is an interesting site. I’ve only just come across it today, but it’s obviously been going successfully for a while. (Found it in one of those little ads on Facebook.)
Unlike some movie sites, this one provides not just synopses of the movies, but up-to-date trailers. I’ve just been watching the one for Quantum of Solace, the new James Bond movie. It’s loud, full of explosions and people shooting each other, people falling off, down and through things, and a sulky-looking girl who has a sad back story, like Bond himself. Plus it’s technologically up to date, and has Judi Dench. Oh, yes, and Daniel Craig.
How did it get a title like that? Apparently it started life out as a short story in the Bond canon, as did Octopussy, The Living Daylights and For Your Eyes Only. You don’t have to be big to become a Bond movie, obviously. But does Quantum of Solace mean anything? It sounds good, but I suspect the title barely makes a scratch on the average moviegoer’s consciousness as he/she takes in all the usual Bond mania.
The movie is typical big bucks Bond, with boats, cars, jets, helicopters and bar stools. (Well, people have got to sit on something, though I must admit the bar stools don’t play a very exciting part in their scene.)
The last Bond movie was thoroughly exciting, but Craig himself seemed serious almost to the point of constant anguish. I don’t think he’s much different in this, but once you get over the loss of the jokey Bonds, like Brosnan and Roger Moore, Craig is an impressive substitute.
Unlike some movie sites, this one provides not just synopses of the movies, but up-to-date trailers. I’ve just been watching the one for Quantum of Solace, the new James Bond movie. It’s loud, full of explosions and people shooting each other, people falling off, down and through things, and a sulky-looking girl who has a sad back story, like Bond himself. Plus it’s technologically up to date, and has Judi Dench. Oh, yes, and Daniel Craig.
How did it get a title like that? Apparently it started life out as a short story in the Bond canon, as did Octopussy, The Living Daylights and For Your Eyes Only. You don’t have to be big to become a Bond movie, obviously. But does Quantum of Solace mean anything? It sounds good, but I suspect the title barely makes a scratch on the average moviegoer’s consciousness as he/she takes in all the usual Bond mania.
The movie is typical big bucks Bond, with boats, cars, jets, helicopters and bar stools. (Well, people have got to sit on something, though I must admit the bar stools don’t play a very exciting part in their scene.)
The last Bond movie was thoroughly exciting, but Craig himself seemed serious almost to the point of constant anguish. I don’t think he’s much different in this, but once you get over the loss of the jokey Bonds, like Brosnan and Roger Moore, Craig is an impressive substitute.
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