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QUANTUM OF SOLACE Trailer Boasts A Surfeit Of Action!
Beaks here...
"What the hell is this organization, Bond? How can they be everywhere and we know nothing about them?"
I don't know, M. The official plot summary for QUANTUM OF SOLACE fails to put a name to this "secret organization". They're apparently codenamed "Quantum", but I keep expecting another moniker to emerge. Like "Eduardo".
Whatever they call 'em, it looks like the bastards are phenomenally adept at riling up ol' 007, which is good news for folks who're hoping that QUANTUM OF SOLACE will go a tad heavier on the action than CASINO ROYALE (which didn't exactly skimp, but whatever). I just hope that director Marc Forster and the writing team of Purvis/Wade/Haggis will continue to stay as far away from hover-gondolas as possible - unless those hover-gondolas are absolutely essential to the story.
Though the set pieces look predictably spectacular, I'm most intrigued by Mathieu Amalric as baddie Dominic Greene. Hurry up November 14th!
Here's the official plot synopsis.
QUANTUM OF SOLACE continues the high octane adventures of James Bond (DANIEL CRAIG) in CASINO ROYALE. Betrayed by Vesper, the woman he loved, 007 fights the urge to make his latest mission personal. Pursuing his determination to uncover the truth, Bond and M (JUDI DENCH) interrogate Mr White (JESPER CHRISTENSEN) who reveals the organisation which blackmailed Vesper is far more complex and dangerous than anyone had imagined.
Forensic intelligence links an MI6 traitor to a bank account in Haiti where a case of mistaken identity introduces Bond to the beautiful but feisty Camille (OLGA KURYLENKO), a woman who has her own vendetta. Camille leads Bond straight to Dominic Greene (MATHIEU AMALRIC), a ruthless business man and major force within the mysterious organisation.
On a mission that leads him to Austria, Italy and South America, Bond discovers that Greene, conspiring to take total control of one of the world’s most important natural resources, is forging a deal with the exiled General Medrano (JOAQUIN COSIO). Using his associates in the organisation, and manipulating his powerful contacts within the CIA and the British government, Greene promises to overthrow the existing regime in a Latin American country, giving the General control of the country in exchange for a seemingly barren piece of land.
In a minefield of treachery, murder and deceit, Bond allies with old friends in a battle to uncover the truth. As he gets closer to finding the man responsible for the betrayal of Vesper, 007 must keep one step ahead of the CIA, the terrorists and even M, to unravel Greene’s sinister plan and stop his organisation.
Whatever they call 'em, it looks like the bastards are phenomenally adept at riling up ol' 007, which is good news for folks who're hoping that QUANTUM OF SOLACE will go a tad heavier on the action than CASINO ROYALE (which didn't exactly skimp, but whatever). I just hope that director Marc Forster and the writing team of Purvis/Wade/Haggis will continue to stay as far away from hover-gondolas as possible - unless those hover-gondolas are absolutely essential to the story.
Though the set pieces look predictably spectacular, I'm most intrigued by Mathieu Amalric as baddie Dominic Greene. Hurry up November 14th!
Here's the official plot synopsis.
QUANTUM OF SOLACE continues the high octane adventures of James Bond (DANIEL CRAIG) in CASINO ROYALE. Betrayed by Vesper, the woman he loved, 007 fights the urge to make his latest mission personal. Pursuing his determination to uncover the truth, Bond and M (JUDI DENCH) interrogate Mr White (JESPER CHRISTENSEN) who reveals the organisation which blackmailed Vesper is far more complex and dangerous than anyone had imagined.
Forensic intelligence links an MI6 traitor to a bank account in Haiti where a case of mistaken identity introduces Bond to the beautiful but feisty Camille (OLGA KURYLENKO), a woman who has her own vendetta. Camille leads Bond straight to Dominic Greene (MATHIEU AMALRIC), a ruthless business man and major force within the mysterious organisation.
On a mission that leads him to Austria, Italy and South America, Bond discovers that Greene, conspiring to take total control of one of the world’s most important natural resources, is forging a deal with the exiled General Medrano (JOAQUIN COSIO). Using his associates in the organisation, and manipulating his powerful contacts within the CIA and the British government, Greene promises to overthrow the existing regime in a Latin American country, giving the General control of the country in exchange for a seemingly barren piece of land.
In a minefield of treachery, murder and deceit, Bond allies with old friends in a battle to uncover the truth. As he gets closer to finding the man responsible for the betrayal of Vesper, 007 must keep one step ahead of the CIA, the terrorists and even M, to unravel Greene’s sinister plan and stop his organisation.
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I'll still see it. Casino Royale was great. Finally have the last few Brosnan movies out of my system.
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I wish you racists could see that.
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http://tinyurl.com/6otvjk
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Take your medication kids.
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and a clean pair of shorts!
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You're totally right. Royale had plenty of action. I'm really hoping this is a good continuation of the tone that they set with that movie; it was the first good Bond I've seen in years and years and years...
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I'm with Beaks, Nov 19 come soon
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Marc Foster has a great eye for detail and the action feels fresh and at the same time gritty. I got the same feeling with this trailer that I got with Dark Knight's and it feels good. There's so much to like in this trailer that I can't see anything negative. Craig looks totally at ease, especially when he's got his shades on. I haven't felt this hyped by a Bond film in decades! James Bond looks cool for once!
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but most of it looked pretty sweet. That sceen where they fall through the glass ceiling was a little weird for me.
That vilain dude looks creepy as all hell too! Serious bad guy! I hope they keep the gadgets toned down in this one too. I allways loved reading how Bond got out of sticky situations by being the guy who could take more physical punishment than was humanly possible. He's like rocky as a smart secret agent. -
This series of films is based on the events surrounding Casino Royale, which is obviously pre-Blofeld.
Now Blofeld probably isn't going to appear in this series, but Casino Royale does seem to indicate that they are setting up some incarnation of SPECTRE...which would be fucking awesome. Now the Cold War is over, but international terrorism is the biggest threat facing the world so it makes sense in the Bond universe that a group like SMERSH or SPECTRE would try to take advantage.
I don't think they will call it SPECTRE...but they should. -
...But I still have this wish for a few more Bond remakes. What I loved about Casino Royale was that it did stay true to the spirit of the book, something that CAN NOT be said of most Bond films post OHMSS.
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Yeah I said it. The Dark who on the what now?
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Sep 09, 2008 5:51:58 PM CDT
The legal problems with using SPECTRE are over, right?
by anakin whoopass
Bring 'em back!
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But only just a quantum
I know you have big bags of it
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They have to be showing us the origin of SPECTRE. Since Casino was a Bond "reboot",and re-establishing a mythology, it's like rebooting star trek without klingons or romulans and just making up some random new group of badguys.
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Actually, while SPECTRE was a terrorist organization, SMERSH was a Soviet agency based on a real agency with the same name.
Just a bit o' trivia for ya. -
I guess he enjoyed his cameo in Sith.
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The last line of dialog in QUANTUM OF SOLACE:
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This will be Bond's biggest film in the United States since "The Spy Who Loved Me"
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I like it a lot.
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Before the trailer, I couldn't imagine it topping Casino Royale, but now, I think it might do exactly that.
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... with Bond survivng on his brawn,wits and sheer bravado. I don't even think the Aston has any "special modifications" apart from being bullet-proof which is the de rigeur nowadays. I agree that the story looks like it's exploring a SPECTRE-like organization which will develope more in the third film as Bond is only learning of their existance.
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Besides the fact that our favorite Choir of Doom isn't doing another rendition of the James Bond theme, I think it's safe to say that this seemed to be a pretty badass trailer that made me wish it was November.
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That looked crantastic!
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I dunno. Looked great, but I'm wary they're going to use too much CGI :( [a la the crashing through the window and glass explosion scenes]
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WTF,it looked real good. Casino Royale did have some greata ction sequences, it is not Rambo its Bond
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Looks like the producers couldn't wait to get back into Tomorrow Never Dies mode.
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They MUST bring back SPECTRE! I would be interesting to eventually see Blofeld - obviously they would have to completely reimagine the character after Austin Powers. But if they got a real sinister scene chewing heavy weight to play him...
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(which didn't exactly skimp, but whatever). by Harry.
When you start the whole series over big guy you of all people should know they have to cross the i's and dot the t's w/ story and background. -
Was this intentional, GQtaste?
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Felix goes up to Bond saying that this new group left a calling card, much to our surprise! After clamoring for a sequel for a couple years, they finally give it to us, yet the actor that played Blofeld in the reboot has a tragic drug overdose and we're left wondering whether or not it's the last Bond.
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I'd love to see some stunt-casting big name revealed at the end to be engineering everything that's happened (whether it's Blofeld, Dr. No, or someone new.)
If not Pacino, I'd be happy with Jason Statham, Crispin Glover, Bruce Willis, Christopher Walken, David Bowie or Ben Kingsley. -
you know, if he's not the Riddler, that is.
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Does that make them racist? No. They complained because it wasn't "true" to the subject material.
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Should ALL be played by Will Smith. The fact that white people are even allowed to be actors is inherently racist.
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That's what this article should be called.
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I like the first trailer for this a bit better, but still, that was great. I hope George Lucas DOES play a villain just so Patton Oswalt can show up as a toadie who beats him to death with a shovel.
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Who thought that'd be the case back in the '80s, when Bond was pedestrian and Jones was dynamic?
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Sep 09, 2008 7:12:50 PM CDT
At least PSH debunked the bullshit Penguin rumors
by the winged doucheman
Oh, and QOS will own our collective asses this Fall.
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"People complained because Daniel Craig is blonde. Does that make them racist? No. They complained because it wasn't "true" to the subject material."
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I'm sold.
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...that folks will always complain about remaining true to the subject material. That's just their opinion, and shouldn't in anyway be construed as being racist.
Yes, it's true that Daniel Craig has turned out to be one of the best Bonds to date, but folks were as critical to the casting (before the movie came out) as they were to the "news" of Will Smith being considered for Captain America. Will Smith may have made a great Cap, but being critical to the casting shouldn't be considered racist. -
That would be a fair point, except for the fact that, hair colour aside, Craig's Bond is far truer to the Bond of the novels than anyone since Connery. Hair colour is a minor deviation compared to the complete re-write of both the source material and American socio-political history it would require for an African-American actor to believably play Captain America.
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I'm in.
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Now I'm scrambling to think of a complete re-write that did work. Hmm...
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Now THIS is a Bond film - international intrigue, great locations, and action outdoors! In sunlight! Not dark, poorly lit sets or obvious sound stages. Can't wait!
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I am so looking forward to this.
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That movie has risen to the very top of my list of all-time favourite action movies. I consider it pretty damn close to perfect - I've got my fingers crossed for this one, if it can at least come close I'll be happy. I just hope it doesn't pull the same sort of jobbie Dark Knight pulled on Batman Begins and lose me completely.
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very cool that it truely follows Casino Royale. So many known faces, FBI guy, french trador, vilains.
This is really great. That first movie was though to swallow at first for me, but now I've seen it multiple times with pay tv and I've grown to love it. that investement will be repaid with a true sequel -
Sep 09, 2008 7:52:00 PM CDT
Any Bond trailer that makes people use the word surfeit
by throwmetheidol
Has clearly done something wrong. I thought it was okay but seemed like a Timothy Dalton Bond on steroids. Mind you though I didn't hate the Dalton Bonds, they were alright, just nothing memorable.
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They won't say so...not for a long time. In fact I wouldn't be surprised if we don't hear the name until at least the third movie.
The problem is, a lot of people look at the Craig films as prequels, setting up the original films (ignoring Dench as M) and the producers have come out and that the movies we are seeing now are essentially all dealing with the origin of Bond and that they won't be remaking the old films.
Right now, they are still wary of pissing off the old school Bond fans, so if Quantum of Solace is a hit, then they can start to look at the future and really think about redoing some of the old stories, which I would actually like to see.
So at the end of QoS at the earliest, or in the third film, SPECTRE may be mentioned by name.
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Who didn't get killed in Casino Royale, because he's a PLAYER. That's the point of the scene: he's got to trust the first bastard who betrayed him. God, I'm an old man, and I figured that out. You kids need glasses.
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Damn You Michael Bay
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Fleming007impression.jpg
Really, he looks like none of the actors, but if I (or Fleming) had to pick one, it would be Lazenby (with the slenderness of Moore). Craig, although great at the part, is far to muscular and not as tall. -
Maybe take the very basic premise, but I'm sure they could come up with original material while still playing out the SPECTRE storyline. Plus after the first few movies the adaptations were very loose, so there could still be some Fleming Material to mine.
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I would say too muscular for the 60's, but the very definition of physical fitness is alot differents these days... I'm sure an operative like Bond would have to be in Navy SEAL shape...
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more to the character then just "the look"
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A lot of those are set in coldwar times, so you'd have to really mess with the storylines, in which case you might as well just do original stories anyway. Not sure how I feel about spectre. I like to think of all the bond missions as being carried out by one man (who happens to look different in different interpretations), so redoing spectre would mess with that. On the other hand, it would be extremly cool.
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...but where's Q? Moneypenny? No?
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if you are worried about not having a soviet union for the remade bond films wait a few months.
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it's nice to have bond liberated from some of the old, stale elements and cookie cutter plots. let's hope he doesn't have to blow up the villain's secret lair at the end. also, jeffrey wright is killer as felix leiter. understated, but still a badass.
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fucking good
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The following things were wrong with Casino Royale: (1) some of the actions scenes needed trimming; (2) every time they had something "high tech" (like the arm scanner) it looked completely out of place. This appears to take both of these issues and add a third: really bad CGI. For future reference, please remove all CGI and "Hollywood" computer interfaces from future Bond movies, and make sure the action sequences don't drag on too long. Thanks.
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If I'm not mistaken, Ian Fleming himself mentioned that his mental "model" for Bond's appearance was jazz musician Hoagy Carmichael. Do a Google Image search on him, and post what you think. I can see it, in an old-school way -- he's got a lanky, urbane look, and Fleming's sketch looks strikingly like him. Just an FYI...
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I love how both the Bond and Batman series were rebooted and came out fucking amazing!!!
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I grew up with Moore's Bond, went back and thoroughly enjoyed all the Connerys, am with all those who think "OHMSS" is one of the very best, thought Dalton was terrific in his brief tenure, had such high hopes for Brosnan but think his run was a little disappointing (maybe because he never got to do any "actual" Ian Fleming titles)...and am just blown away by Craig's interpretation. Maybe some Bond fans would sneer at this suggestion, but I'd so enjoy seeing Eon & Co. bring back a variation on one of their old ad gimmicks, and put "Daniel Craig IS James Bond" on their adverts. I really think he deserves it.
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For the love of Christ (and that's coming from a Red Sea Pedestrian), who the fuck gave these retards a thesaurus for their birthdays? What are they trying to prove? You know everybody is going to go to the ticket counter and say, "Quantomatical... Oh, fuck it. Just give me two for Bond."
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Purely because the O's line up so they can do the title dissolves to 007 thing. I'm sure of it.
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Sep 09, 2008 9:30:16 PM CDT
IT LOOKS LIKE FUCKING SHIT LITERALLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
by illuminate
If this is what Ian Fleming wanted than Bond would have never been a success. But, I will get to that later.
First off, I have seen all the bond movies and each of them atleast 20 times in my lifetime. Except for the George Lazenby one which was also badly Directed.
This movie almost looks like a straight to video boring film. There is nothing blockbuster looking about it.
Why the hell do the Producers: Brocolli need to copy the Bourne Identity. That would be like trying to make a Superman movie look like a Batman movie. Oh, they are already trying at Warner Brothers. These Producers are freaken stupid.
Bond is cool the way he was with the sophistication, fantasy and humor. This movie is the exact opposite looking in terms of scale when compared to Die Another Day. Don't get me wrong, Die Another Day could have been more realistic but, it is still way cooler than this film or Casino and I was never bored. Die Another Die is just like the classic Connery Goldfinger where we apreciate the fantasy aspects of Bond.
I am definitly not the first to say this, they are alienating there Audience by taking Bond so far away from how he was in the movies.
You can make Bond more realistic and pay respects to how Fleming had him in the books without totaly dissing the sophisticated, gadget cool and smart talking Bond of the other movies.
Tomb Raider like Casino Royale made a whole lot of money because they were hyped and new. But, once the sequel to Tomb Raider came out it bombed and people figured out that everyone didn't think the first one was all that. CASINO ROYALE IS JUST LIKE TOMB RAIDER SINCE THEY BOTH MADE MILLIONS BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE WHERE BORED AND DISAPOINTED. A lot it is to much of a dull Bond. The producers are going to have to discover the hard way that you just don't completely change Bond and COPY AND I REPEAT COPY A SECOND RATE MOVIE AKA THE BORNE IDENTITY.
Don't get me wrong, the Bourne Identity is great but, this and every spy thriller of the last decades from Mission Impossible to I Spy to True Lies to Bourne Identity to Indiana Jones would have never been made if it weren't for Bond. It is a discrace that they feel the STUPID need to copy a copy a copy of bond.
I am glad Felix Lighter is back. The actor who plays him is a great actor and I have seen him in other movies and he is cool. But, why did they make him look like shit with the scruffy beard and outfit. Oh, yeah, they are going for and MUDDY spread shit all over the camera lens and this shoot in hooker town look with both Bond and Lighter. Pleasssee
I am AWARE Bond has been around for decades. What I'm saying is that Bond came out first, then all the spy movies including The Bourne Identity copied Bond. But, now Bond is copying the Bourne Identity.MY POINT IS THERE IS NO NEED TO RIP OFF THE BORNE IDENTITY SINCE BOND IS WAY COOLER AND CAME OUT DECADES BEFORE THE BOURNE FILMS.
WHEN THE STUPID BROCOLLI PRODUCERS DECIDED TO COPY THE BOURNE FILMS THEY MADE BONDE LESS COOL
GIVE ME A BREAK:
1. WHERE ARE THE GLAMOROUS LOCATIONS.
2. WHERE'S THE SOPHISTICATION
3. WHERE'S THE WITTY HUMOUR
4. WHERE IS THE COOL GADGETS
5. AND WHERE IS DENNIS RICHARDS WELL, OK, WE DON'T WANT HER BACK. : ) SHE IS A ONE NIGHT STAND SINCE SHE IS SO DUMB AND BRATTY.
BY THE WAY, THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THE IDIOT PRODUCERS HAVE MADE THIS MISTAKE. THEY MADE THE SAME MISTAKE WITH THE TIMOTHY DALTON FILMS AND THE FIRST BROSNAN FILM: GOLDENEYE BY HAVING NEXT TO NO GADGETS. THEN THE FANS AND CRITICS COMPLAINED THAT THERE WHERE COOL GADGETS IN TRUE LIES (WHICH WAS A RIP OFF OF THE BOND FILMS) BUT BOND AT THE TIME HAD NEXT TO NONE. I remember the quote in news papers,
"Arnold films have better gadgets."
THEN THE PRODUCERS SAID, "DOHH" THEN THEY PUT A WHOLE BUNCH OF GADGETS BACK WITH TOMORROW NEVER DIES.
Also, I am aware that it is Bond at the beginning and he is supposed to be rough. But, he is so far away from the sophisticated, romantic and cool Bond that it would not be believable when or if they switch him over to that. No one can change that much.
Again, if I want to see a Borne Identity film than I will go and rent it at the video store. Movies like the Bourne Identity are great movies but, they have always been second rate to Bond. So, it is DUMB DUMB for them to go in that Direction.
It looks as if they picked the ugliest part of the ugliest European country, put Bond into crappy outfits and then stuck a 007 sticker on the trailer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oh, and I am sure the woman looks hot in real life but, she looks like a crack addict in this movie. Come to think of it this whole movie looks like a knocked down crack house. They should call it "Ian Flemings Crack House"
The Timothy Dalton films where realistic and dark like Ian Fleming wanted. But, they still had sophistication and nice locations that Quantum lacks.
Bond look like a tourist in a ugly part of a European country than they pulled it off successfully. : )
The Dark Knight never stripped Batman of his cape or gadgets and Bruce Wayne still looked sophisticated. I never thought I would say this But, Christian Bale in The Dark Knight looks more SOPHISTICATED THAN CRAIG DOES IN THIS MOVIE AND IT IS NOT BECAUSE HE IS RICH. IT IS BECAUSE OF HIS MANNERISMS AND WAY HE TALKS.
The car is the only thing that is recognizable and I can guarantee the Astin Martin won't do things as cool as they were in Die Another Day which made half a Billion Dollars and was second highest bond of all time. As for the spies running around ugly locations and the rest well, you can see that in straight to video spy thrillers also. That doesn't make this a Bond film.
Bond was the first to have the cool gadgets, witty sexual humor, hot locations, and huge scale and they have abandoned all that. What's going to happen next, they are going to get rid of Batman's Cowel and wings because it's more realistic. Are you getting my point here.
Daniel Craig is a great Bond and probably the best actor to play him. I blame the writers/Producers.
Again, the bloggers who are tools will follow Bond Blindly into a movie called, Ian Flemings Dirty Alley Way. While the true Bond fans will agree with me. The majority 95% of the people out there also think the same way I do. Even the women out there don't like where Bond is going which is pathetic. Good bye: ) I saw on the reels channel's trailer show and the female host was even complaining that women are not liking this. Even the chicks are missing the sophisticated martini Bond.
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Sep 09, 2008 9:42:26 PM CDT
SpreadLegsNotWar, fuck you like I fucked your mommy last night,
by illuminate
SpreadLegsNotWar, fuck you like I fucked your mommy last night, bitch.
Oh, and the last Pussy you saw was your mommies when you were born so, having that bullshit name is fulling no one.
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Sep 09, 2008 9:46:07 PM CDT
The content of my posts lists all the people who care
by spreadlegsnotwar
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Sep 09, 2008 9:48:08 PM CDT
SpreadLegsNotWar, fuck you like I fucked your mommy last night
by illuminate
SpreadLegsNotWar, fuck you like I fucked your mommy last night, bitch. Oh, and the last Pussy you saw was your mommies when you were born so, having that bullshit name is fooling no one.
If you got your nerdy little Dungeons and Dragons ass off the computer, brushed your teeth and pick up some talking skills than maybe a fat chick will let you fuck her out of pitty.
Some guys are living like Bond. Well, at least when it comes to women and I am one of them. But, I am not going to put my ONLINE NAME to player since I am the real thing and you are a loser. Now go to bed and cry to yourself and say "I am a winner I am a winner." and maybe you will get some ass before you are 50 oh, too late. -
don't say "literally" when you do not men it in any way...don't be that guy...don't say literally when you are not saying something literal. please. it makes the baby jesus cry...
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...get help.
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Given the current relations with Russia it may become very easy in a few years to rework the classic novel plots into a modern setting.
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but this looks to surpass the previous film in almost every way, and I liked the first one (having never really like the James Bond series before). I have to say Craig owns this role, and I can't think of a better actor than the diminutive Mathieu Amalric to portray a sinister corporate puppetmaster. He exudes menace with that 1000 mile stare. Definitely going to drop some cash on the ticket counter for this one.
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Bring back some real Bond!!!!!
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The premise for this seems a lot more grand than Casino Royale and that could be the problem. The intimacy of Casino Royale grounded the movie in a reality that was a lot more easy to swallow than most bond films. Making this one bigger could mean it will be just like the rest, and sorry to all of you Bond freaks out there, but MOST of the Bond movies aren't all that good. For my money, Casino Royale is the best Bond I've seen. I'm just nervous because Martin Campbell isn't attached.
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My second most anticipated movie behind TDK.
I was scared at first that Marc Foster was directing a bond movie, but I will enjoy being wrong if the movie is what that trailer details.
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This movie looks fucking awesome.
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...tell us what you REALLY think.
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that line was hilarious, when the rest of the trailer was people with british and russian accents talking in hushed tones about destabilizing governments, suddenly we get a sarcastic American dude. I had to rewind to make sure I hadn't somehow jumped to another trailer.
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Wait, I got them confused... I got them mixed up...
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Sep 09, 2008 11:16:08 PM CDT
You should have said:THE TRAILER BOASTS ZILLIONS OF QUANTUMS
by thebearovingian
None of these obscure words like "surfeit". I'm not above looking up the definition, I just feel that a better pun could've been used. Exxxcccuuuuuuuse meeee!
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correction, retraction, mea culpa
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I forgot what it's called. Is that what it is?
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I've written it down... I'll remember it now...
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Then and Than, look it up. Fulling anf Fooling, look it up. Lastly you need to lighten up man. You seriously need to seek help. Are you really going with the I fucked your mommy line. Really? I mean Really? Troll, yes, inspired troll, no. Tool yes but tipping towards douche.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1xjw9Kzb5o
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Also I got to know. you watched every Bond movie 20 times? Even the Dalton one where the truck does a wheelie. really? 20 times? No wonder you are messed up. I will not even start with Moonraker. 20 times? Take up a Hobby: knitting, baking bread, collecting cool pebbles that look like zoo animals. Anything but ranting about how much the new bond sucks. Scuba diving... think about it.
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Sep 09, 2008 11:46:37 PM CDT
"Yeah, you're right. We should just deal with nice people."
by bravogolfhotel
Paul Haggis catches a lot of grief in these quarters (and rightly so; for the most part, he's brought it on himself). It must be said, however, that he brought wit back to the James Bond series.
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Anyone who STILL stretches out talkbacks in this day and age is a fucking retard.
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Sep 09, 2008 11:48:19 PM CDT
Looks spectacular but STOP SHOWING THE WHOLE MOVIE IN THE GODDAM
by straighttohell
WTF is wrong with the marketing people anymore??? In know you can't make a movie trailer without showing every single cool thing in the film these days, but this is ridiculous. Any two, three action episodes would have been enough to get your blood flowing, and would have made just as good a trailer. But it looks like they pretty much summarized every action sequence in the film. I fucking HATE that! Ever hear of "Leave them wanting more..."? How hard is it to study the trailers that Spielberg and Co. did for all of his films? It's all tease with some cool bits sprinkled throughout to wet your appetite. Remember the trailer for ET? You never saw him or what he looked like. How 'bout Jurassic Park? Only short pieces of the dinos and only a super close-up of the T-Rex in the "attack on the Jeeps" scene, which did not let you know at all how astounding that scene would be. Is that so hard to do? This isn't science. It's common sense. 007 is not a type of movie that you need to market the shit out of to get people interested. It's had a fan based for decades. The last one was spectacular and made a shit load of money. Everyone accepted Craig as the Bond and there is no need to shoew repeatedly how much ass he can kick. That was obviouos in the last movie. No need to beat his brawn and athleticism into a bloody pulp. Stop showing the whole fucking movie please dear God! Somebody please do something. It just isn't funny anymore.
On a lighter side, how super-awesome is Craig as Bond? I gotta tell you ladies and gents, as much as I love Connery, Brosnan and Lazenby (I know, but the guy really was a cool Bond, sue me), Craig is perfect for the role. He's not too pretty like the others, but rugged and very real looking as someone who does this kind of work. If you've seen you're share of docs on people who really kill others for a living in the spy industry, he fits that bill the best. A cold, steel gaze, and a look that lets you know right away that you REALLY don't want to fuck with him. -
This posting from work, with others walking buy all the time, does not leave too much time to proof-read one's writing.
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Harry as Klaatu knows where it's at. If TDTESS bombs in epic proportions, this cartoon is going to be cited as a reason why.
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But he has a right to his opinion and I happen to agree with him. I'm a lifelong Bond fan, and while interesting looking, this doesn't feel Bondian to me. I won't go through the same old argument - you "new" "fans" are way too quick to call people every name in the book if they disagree with you, but Bond is not a scowling, angsty, miserable fuck. This is like a soap opera with action. When they get through with this revenge story, you think they'll let Bond go back to a proper mission and enjoying the good life? Or can Craig even play that kind of sophistication and smoothness? I don't think so. He can't even grin a little and every line reading has the same grim monotone. Sigh. This "serious" phase is kind of a drag... God forbid a popcorn movie should just be fun escapism these days.
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Yeah, this has to be the first time an American character has had anything resembling a decent line in a Bond movie.
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SMERSH was the main enemy in the books, but I think I'm right in saying that there was never a lead villain in charge of SMERSH who worked as a recurring character ala Blofeld. Each Bond villain was usually a SMERSH operative but it was essentially just another department in the Russian government, so the head of it would just have been A N Other General. The reason it was changed to be SPECTRE in the films was precisely because it was still a real Russian agency during the 60's (standing for Smert Spionam - Death To Spies). I think SMERSH were written at their best in From Russia, With Love which is definitely my favourite Bond book. Gives you a great insight into the mind of SMERSH, and was also pretty faithfully adapted for the film.
What I've seen for this film is that QUANTUM is the name of the "reboot" SPECTRE/SMERSH. I have no problem with the name of this organisation being changed, as it marks these Bond films out as being distinctly different from the predecessors. As long as it performs the same functions it will be fine. Also, whilst it might be cool to have a recurring lead villain in charge of QUANTUM I have no problem with them going the route of the books and having it more SMERSH-esque - if that makes any sense.
Finally - I read that QOS will see Bond back at MI6 HQ in London - will this see an introduction of Bond's secretary - the wonderfully named Loelia Ponsenby? I always liked it in the books when Bond was back at the office - utterly bored and like a caged animal. Also grounds it in a nice reality which abominations like Die Another Dy severely lacked. -
Illuminate does make some good points.
Hopefully they won't completely abandon the rich history of Bond films. Casino Royale was good but, I do miss the fantasy aspects of the Bond films.
I was (still am) irritated with the whole reboot the series concept. It wasn't needed. If it ain't broken, don't try to fix it.
I did enjoy Casino Royale (2006) and it was a good film but, I was slightly disappointed as it was missing a few traditional Bond elements (opening gunbarrel sequence, opening stunt sequence, witty humor, Q, Moneypenny, gadgetry, etc). I miss the formula that has worked so well for 40 years.
Gadgetry and the characters Q and Moneypenny are definitely a part of the James Bond phenomenon just like the cars, girls, locations, villains, etc. They all work together as a team. Without these aspects, you have a run of the mill action film no different than the Bourne film series.
The lack of gadgets, Q and Moneypenny and the opening gun barrel in Casino Royale was a big disappointment for many people. Yes, the film was a success and good but, that doesn't mean there were some disappointed viewers that expect to see these aspects.
You don't have to have gadgets in every scene like in Moonraker but, they need to be present like in From Russia With Love and Goldeneye where it wasn't overkill. -
melodramatic music check. Tough girl tagalong check. Imploding-face Bond blowing his top check. Badguys from the Addams Family check. Boy did Barbara and Haggis fuck up Bond!
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is michael bay's log in name... sad isnt it...
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Casino Royale did have the gun barrel sequence. After shooting the section chief, there is a final flashback to Bond's fight with the contact. The contact grabs his gun, only to see Craig whirl around and fire - as viewed down a gun barrel. Seriously, people, if you're going to criticize, get your facts right. I won't even deign to respond to the other drivel objections that have been raised. I don't know when the Bahamas became an "unspectacular" locale.
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There is no doubt in my mind that "Casino Royale" was influenced by both the Bourne films and Christopher Nolan's take on the origin of Batman. The film was a product of our times; influenced by modern cinema's tendency towards darkness and by the realities of espionage in a post 9/11 world. I've always said that one of the great things about the Bond series is its flexibility. Over the years the films have been allowed to evolve (or devolve) to capitalize on ever-changing cinematic trends ("Moonraker" was an obvious attempt to attract the sci-fi/fantasy audience that made "Star Wars" one of the highest grossing film of all time).With "Quantum of Solace," it's apparent that the producers have elected to continue this current trend, and considering the success of "The Dark Knight," they probably made the right decision. They're obviously trying hard to move away from the conventions of the franchise, and I think it's admirable considering they could have easily continued churning out stale, by-the-numbers adventures and made money doing so (remember, at the time, "Die Another Day" was the most successful Bond film in history).My theory is that the Bond franchise we'd come to know and expect died with Desmond Llewellyn (who was killed in a car crash after 1999's "The World Is Not Enough"). His character was a big part of the old equation, and although "Die Another Day" was business as usual in terms of the Bond formula, you could tell it was the end of an era. I'm sure the producers weren't conscious of this while making "Die Another Day," but there was a sense (at least for me) that it was the last time we'd see a Bond film like it. It was obviously made for the lifelong fans, and the filmmakers made an effort to amp up the nostalgia to such a degree that it felt like a send off of the character. It also didn't help that the film wallowed in Roger Moore era absurdism, all but ensuring that the following film would have no choice but to pull a 180 and head back to reality.I'm well aware that some fans will be turned off by this new Bond and that many will reject it outright. This doesn't mean they aren't "true" fans or that they don't "get" what Bond is all about. Bond has been many things over the years, and I'm sure that each iteration has its fair share of admirers. My advice to those of you disappointed by the current version: weather the storm of gloom and doom and I'm sure that after awhile your preferred version will reemerge, yo-yo buzz saw in hand.
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Casino Royale wasn't a very good film. The finale action set piece in particular was weak, and the story was nothing to write home about. Nor was it all that deep or interesting a character study. Not particuarly stylish or suave either. Sort of felt an amazing cast wasted. This looks like it will follow directly in its footsteps. That said, Royale is still the only Bond film I've ever enjoyed.
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Did you really think I was being serious about George Lucas having a part in a James Bond film? Its called humour. Try it sometime.
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Well it was.
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The silhouette of Jones picking up his fedora in Skull is better than anything in that trailer.
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Best Bond film.
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The Living Daylights is ace. This looks like another return to 'superhero' Bond. Falling through a skylight and bouncing off a few rungs of scaffolding??? Nice shot, but if he dusts himself down and straightens his tie, i'm walking out....Oh and enough with the stealing Bourne set pieces...jeez.
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i concur - I LOVE the living daylights. exctiing pre-titles; nice twisty-turny plot (rather than the 'this is the bad guy' routine we've had for the past few Bonds); great use of locations - Bratislava etc; exciting fight above the mountains of Afghanistan; thrilling shoot-out ending; and most of all a real tough-guy bond in the shape of Dalton. Sure, Craig's bond is tough, but you feel he spends a little too much time in front of the mirror.
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...Well, at least when it comes to women and I am one of them."
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Sep 10, 2008 3:36:57 AM CDT
The teaser sequence in "The Living Daylights" is one of the best
by finding forrestal
My second favorite after "GoldenEye."
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When James has Alec (006) dangling from the Goldeneye radar array, a few hundred feet from a splattery death:
"For England James?"
"No Alec." (looks him dead in the eyes)
"For me."
(lets go of 006 and lets him splat a hundred feet bellow).
That easily was Brosnan's most badass Bond moment. A shame he never got a chance to work from a decent script after that. -
fantastically charismatic Bond, showed great potential but was let down by weak scripts. Could have been the all time greatest Bond had his films been better written. Die Another Day in particular was total gash.
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While i agree he was let down by terrible scripts, i still didnt think he was a great James Bond.He may have had the charm and been sauve, but that was all.He never looked like he could beat up 1 person let alone take on a whole organization of bad guys.Lets be honest also Craig is a far better actor.
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Like the moment after 006 and 007 successfully infiltrate the Russian chemical weapons plant:Bond: "Too easy."Trevelyan: "Half of everything is luck, James."Bond: "And the other half?An alarm klaxon sounds.Trevelyan: "Fate."
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...that one in "Thunderball" where Bond skewers one of Largo's henchmen with a Harpoon gun before coldly saying "I think he got the point." Cheesy line, supremely badass delivery.
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Sep 10, 2008 4:42:02 AM CDT
Bond is my bread and butter if you haven't already noticed.
by finding forrestal
The bread is stale and the butter curdled a long time ago, but I still enjoy it.
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Just WOW!
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Hell yeah! Bourne just got owned!
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Stopped watching it half way through, can't they make action trailers without all the plot points and set pieces??
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the awful National Movie awards in the UK Most bizaare quote of the evening. Meryl Streep : This award is a kick in the teeth of to the critics. What, meryl you still havent found out you cant sing yet?. and most disturbing qoute of the evening. Chris Noth to backstage interviewer: they are working on a script for sex in the city 2. as if the first one wasnt bad enough.
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organisation' are dead wrong. It's clear from the trailer that this organisation is already well developed and been around for a while. We don't need to see scenes of people coming up with names for shit. I like that it's already there right under their noses. If that leads to Blofeld in part 3, cool beans.
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Craig is note perfect.
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Sorry your boyfriends (connery, dalton, brosnan) didn't get the role. Maybe it's because they wanted to make this into a serious franchise and not superficial drivel. In summation, you're all gay, Craig owns you, get over it.
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Sep 10, 2008 7:51:03 AM CDT
The name of the organisation is in the title of the movie...
by emeraldboy
QUANTUM(NAME OF ORGANISATION) and solace is to with his grief and anger finding solace in revenge.
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In 2006, by a little flick called CASINO ROYALE. And even better, it didn't give you motion sickness.
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Did anyone else get this kickass 1965 vibe when you see the bad guy sitting at his table in the big Goldfinger style room? I think Forester is such a fascinating directing choice for this film, because for once i see alot of craft in the filmmaking here...shots are specifically planned...there's just really nice design to it...i keep thinking of the girl walking up the stairs with that 60's style haircut. And this isn't to say that ALL of the other Bond flicks were just tossed off, but there has always been something lacking...
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My two favourite Bond films. Dalton was great in TLD, he played the character very seriously and the action scenes were great. I loved the Gibraltar scene at the beginning and the hercules stunts at the end. To me, Goldeneye was the last good Bond film - the cast was good and the story decent with some excellent action set-pieces, the fight at the end with Sean Bean being quite brutal. The rest of the Brosnan ones were terrible (Tomorrow Never Dies - starting WW3 to sell more newspapers?! and Die Another Day was awful after a teasingly good pre-credits scene in Korea). I would have loved to see a re-boot being set back in the cold war where the character originated, he seems quite out of place without the good old commies to go up against. Why does everything have to be set in the present day?
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anyone complaining about gadgets or innuendo can go and watch fookin Goldmember.
I liked that Bond seems to be saying to Mathis that he's the only one he can trust - in the books Mathis is one of Bond's allies in the French secret service. It would be nice to have him as a recurring ally and Felix Leiter as more of a competitor, which is the relationship they seem to be establishing. -
Amen
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Can't wait.
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Olga Kurylenko....mmmm tasty
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Casino Royale might be flavored by Bourne, but it's far, far better. The Bourne movies were poorly directed, poorly paced, poorly plotted, poorly shot, and uninteresting. To boot, they featured some of the muckiest, pi**-poor cinematography I've ever seen. There's no doubt in my mind that Bond would rip Bourne apart if it came down to it.
For those of you pining for "the Old Bond," do you also rank the Austin Powers movies among your all-time favorites? Because seriously, pause a second and you'll realize that they're not that far removed from what the old Bond was (which I still love), and what it was becoming. Scenes of note: Seth Green confronting Dr. Evil about not shooting Bond and instead opting for some ridiculous asinine scheme of killing him, out of sight where he has the chance to escape; the volcano lair; sharks with laser beams; Mustafa being dumped into a pit of flames; "Who does #2 work for?"; Powers standing at the top of a scaffold as hapless peons in the Evil organization fire at him and miss, while he guns them down one by one with only his index finger. Seriously, those of you that love that old Bond - that's not very far from what you profess is "the real Bond." -
I am now officially sold on this film. Craig is going to erase the names of all previous Bond actors from the global consciousness. I DARE you to watch this trailer, and then pop in a Timothy Dalton Bond movie. You just laughed inside when I said that - you know you did.
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Bond is a character created by Ian Flemming right? Well he didn't make him for movies, he made him for his books. And in his books, he is a cold mother fucker who slowly loses his soul throughtout the novels until OHMSS, where he is totally destroyed by his wife's death.
So to all those dumb shits who want a Bond from any movie besides Dr. No and OHMSS, because thats the "way he is supposed to be" pick up the first three books. I'm sure at your reading levels you can get through them before this movie comes out.
Casino Royal was almost dead on the book, except modernizing it a bit, all the key elements were there. But they should have kept the girl as a double agent, and not someone who was being back mailed.
Now to see a direct sequel, like the book are, I'm happy to see how they continue his plunge into soulessness. Like the books say, you can only push a man so far before he breaks, and Bond allways walks that fine line between breaking and overcoming. I'm really looing forward to this to see if they carry on with that. Because yes Bond was a little reckless in the first book, but he learned some tough lessons quick, and I'm sure they will have him be a cold blodded killer in this one that doesn't make any mistakes. -
Thanks for pointing all that stuff out about Bourne. I still can't watch the second film because I get pissed off at the camera man for throwing punches.
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So the Connery/Moore Bonds don't exist in your "Bond universe"?
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Still think Craig looks entirely out of place. Maybe one day we'll get the real Bond back.
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Hmmm, he seems to be driving a left-hooker Aston there. That's just not on, what with him being British and all. Was the wheel on the one in Casino Royale on that side as well? I can't rememeber off hand.
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He almost died of poisoning/heart attack in the passenger seat on the right.
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but I distinctly remembered that it was Vesper who made a deal to save Bond's balls. What gives?
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Ah yeah. I remembered that scene but couldn't remember if he got the defirbrilator thing out of the glove box or if it was under the wheel somewhere.
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Bond doesn't count.
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Finkle is Einhorn.
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YEAH!
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Justin Lee collins Bring Back star wars. in which the hairy chipmunk comic tries to bring back the cast star wars. But the biggie is this autumn. The south Bank show(which may be axed fairly soon) James bond special. For the first time in Ages, lord bragg has scooped an interview with Sir Sean Connery about his time as bond. I cant remember when Connery talked about bond. Should be a biggie. Harrison and Mark Hammill cant stand each other.
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when you misuse the word "literally" you misuse it as much as a word can be misused. not really very illumintated are you? And your "insights" are garbage to boot. Die Another Day? Troll, please.
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Speak to us some more, oh trollish one...In the future though, use without the spaces to break up your wall of text.Thanks.
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astounding. You, sir, are the dumbest fuck I've seen in a long time. And that's saying something. "Die Another Die is just like the classic Connery Goldfinger". Wow. Or you could be a grenade throwing troll, in which case get back under your bridge.
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That mother comment seems to suggest that your voice has not yet broken, you can't buy alcohol, and you're worried about the hair that isn't growing in funny places.
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The one thing I enjoy most about the Bond films is the steadfast usage of practical effect. That crash through the plate-glass ceiling is obviously CGI. The scene sticks out like a sore thumb.
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Strange that the press release doesn't mention that "the woman he love" died. Maybe this means that she didn't. Although that would be fucking stupid.
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You bet your ass it's not. And fuck anyone who mentions Will Smif and that Bourne fag in a Bond thread.
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Sounds like something the particle accelerator spit out.
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On the surface sounds like the plot to The Dogs of War.
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I really don't care if this movie is "good" or not, because Bond films are nothing but action sequence after ridiculous action sequence with no plot... but seriously- "Quantum of Solace" has to be the WORST title for a film... EVER. Before posting this, I was trying to think of other bad film titles to make some joke like "Insert film title here" feels better now because its not the worst title in history... and I COULDN'T THINK OF ONE... what a stupid title... That is all.
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If George Lucas has proved anything, it's that you can't judge a film by its trailer.
What people loved about the original Star Wars, TESB, GF 1 and 2, Batman Begins, and Casino Royale was that they had great stories. In the last case, the scriptwriters improved upon the story from the book: for example, coming up with a much more compelling reason to go after LeChiffre (not simply to embarrass his backers) and to kill off Vesper (not simply a suicide out of guilt). Above all they made Bond a compelling, developing character.
QOS will ultimately stand or fall based on whether it's got a great story at its core. The rest-- i.e. everything we can see or hear now--will be secondary. -
The movie is months away and people are still bitching about the title? But now Quantum is the name of the evil Organization, much like Spectre? Now that makes no sense at all, and is an admission by the producers that it is a dumb title.
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Does anyone else find this to be kind of a stupid direction to take the series? Bond is inherently silly on the most basic conceptual level. The books were too. If I want spy stuff based in reality, I'll read John le Caree. If I want misogyny, ridiculously overwrought plots, colorful villains, big set pieces and a hyper-manly hero, well, that's Bond, even in the novels. I did like "Casino Royale's" action sequences (the great freerunning sequence at the beginning is among the best in the series, which is saying something), but its attempts at serious drama, particularly its lame Haggis psychology bullshit, was the antithesis of what I want from a Bond movie. Make the action more gritty and real, sure, but come on, don't try and make it a "serious" movie. Casino Royale suffered from its overwrought sense of self-importance (as well as its oddly constructed plot which essentially restarts the film for the final act with an entirely new story) and I hope "Quantum" doesn't make that mistake. Of course, the title alone kind of suggests it will. Do love Craig as Bond though, and the trailer looks like it has some neat stuff in it.
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Was the crashing through the glass CGI or practical? Either way, it looked awesome.
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1st: Quantum is NOT the name of the organization. The title from this movie is based on a short story by Ian Flemming that is pretty much just Bond playing cards with a bunch of rich people and gossiping. It's not the typical Bond story at all, but anywho, one of the characters describes the hardships of acheiving peace with your past or something along those lines and calls that The Quantum of Solace...so this movie takes the idea from the quote in the book and turns it into a sequel. 2nd: Captain America has always been white due to his start in getting peoples hopes up while the US was fighting Nazis...so Will Smith should not be him... 3rd: The Bourne movies were great and the 3rd film is one of the best action movies I've ever seen. It IS possible to like both Bourne and Bond cuz they each completely seperate ideas...Bond is still better tho. 4th: I think Daniel Craig is a perfect combo of Dalton's edginess and Connery's everything. Connery is still the best but Craig is friggin amazing. When he punches someone it actually looks like he wants to kill them, unlike Pierce who didn't really ever look badass.
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CASINO ROYALE seemed like the almost perfect Bond film capturing the original tone of the spy novels. The more I see of this seems to look like a return to the fluff. Either way I'm fine if they can keep it on the same level of the last film with more action. Just this whole new story arc they are using sounds so similar to the Ernst Stavro Blofeld. Hopefully it isn't and something new, but similar. It is nice to see a story continue for once than rehashing a brand new cliche.
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I could care less if a film is grounded in reality but in this case all the places are real and so are the realistic gagets...no more invisible car or anything from the Moore days...James Bond was written to be Ian Flemmings book adaptation of his own life, obviously dramaticized for effect. Of course no one would jump a motorcycle onto a boat or have a fight on a crane hundreds of feet in the air but its great to watch and at least the action scenes were all something new ive never seen in a movie before. The airport scene has been done in Heat, Bullett, Catch Me If You Can, etc...but not like that, which is why idc if he can jump off a building without at least rolling his ankle. The Best 3 action movies I've scene in a long time were MI:3, Bourne 3, and Casino Royale all because they seemed fresh. As for the people that complain about the plot...do you remember the plots for even Connery's films? The majority of those movies is allllll Connery being a detective and we are just on this ride with him, the action follows the plot, not the other way around. I thought the plot was perfect.
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The best opening hour of a bond film in years. then it went downhill. I saw a bit of the new trailer on Sky news. Bigger, faster more intense. Sky news said that it had all been kept under wraps. They are being very careful with this one. Marc foster was an odd choice to direct because he is a character piece director. I hated all the stuff with cards. I hated the way they built up le chiffre and then did what they did to him. My first bond film was never say never again. I have been going ever to them ever since. I dont think the connery and moore bonds have aged well at . I am roger moore...I dont roger less, I roger moore(raises eyebrow). But I loved all the gadgets. The bond movies havent been the same since Desmond Llewllyn died. John Cleese was no desmond Llewllyn.
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Hey, reread Beaks statement. It says Quantum is the name of the organization, and this comes from Wikepedia.."In the film, Bond battles Dominic Greene (Mathieu Amalric), a member of the Quantum organisation posing as an environmentalist, who intends to stage a coup d'état in Bolivia to take control of its water supply."Yes, we know where the title comes from, but the producers changed the meaning, and now Quantum Of Solace makes NO SENSE. An environmental organization of solace...???
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I loved how I looked at my watch and noticed the main card scene didnt even take place till after an hour due to Bond having to figure out everything. The original books had the main scene be the card game too, but it wasnt texas holdem..i forgot the name of it tho...anyway, some dragged on but I still liked it. I did think the final hand where like a bagillion people all have great hands but get eliminated one by one was stupid but w/e. The Connery Bonds are hit or miss in terms of aging well. Some of the dialog is typical 60's era and the action can be boring at times i.e, the Thunderball underwater fight which actually won awards back in that time seems soooo slow moving now. Still its great to watch them because of their story. I dont watch Bond for action, if i wanted to do that id just turn on 24 or something...I loved Connery and I'm sorry Emeraldboy's first experience was Never Say Never Again with an old as shit James Bond remake of Thunderball, my personal favorite. It always bugged me when Moore would deliver his quips cuz they were at the dumbest moments...i.e. the car chase in For Your Eyes Only where he's like "Women Drivers!" as they are being shot at and almost killed. Pierce's Bond did the same thing....I want a Bond that ducks and gets pissed, not laughs and dusts off his colar. I wasn't sure if I liked how they made up Le Chiffre either, but now seeing the grand scope and looking back its just like it goes Pawn(bombmaker), Pawn(dimitrious), and then to the guy that is yet another pawn Le Chiffre. He isnt parrrt of the organisation, but hes a financer and is expendible...then Bond gets Mr. White who is even bigger than LeChiffre and it'll keep going up and up the ranks till he gets the King. I thought it was a great start and of course having a bad guy who doesnt have unlimited power is a lot more interesting
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I read the Official Plot Synopsis below Beaks statement and wiki's and I guess I can see what people are complaining about...if the codename was Quantum it would be reallllyyyy dumb, im just wondering if people are saying that to try and get people to stop thinking it's gonna be SPECTRE or SMERSH or something. The writing was good in the 1st movie i hope no one made that the actual name for this movie.
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USA today has a pic that shows Green (the bad guy) wearing a pin that looks exactly like the Q in the title..http://www.usatoday.com/life/flash.htm?gid=459
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George Lucas and Steven Spielberg need to watch this movie and the Casino Royale if they EVER plan on doing Indy 5. These two films have intrigue, shadowy evil, grit, and most importantly grandeur.
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"I never joke about my work, double-O seven..."
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go back to his previous style of opening credits. I know the naked models are retro, but I missed them for Royale...
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NO JAMES!!! Nobody can trust George Lucas any more!!! He's the man who inflicted Jar-Jar Binks upon the World! HE'S OBVIOUSLY BLOFELD!!! KILL HIM! KILL HIM NOW!!!!
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Speed boat action! Cool camera moves. Looks great. That french actor dude is a really good actor. He should make a good villian. Daniel Craig is good in everything he's in.
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Instead, he got to be in Shoot 'Em Up.
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Before that we had From Russia With Love, Thunderball, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, For Your Eyes Only, The Living Daylights, and License to Kill. All CR did was bring Bond back to the roots of these films, plus the Fleming novels.
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like someone pissed on the film reels or something.
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By the quality of most of the posts here, it wouldn't be an unfair assumption to characterize your reading levels as approaching those of a mediocre fifth grade student. Quantum = a fixed quantity. I hope you know what solace means. Taken as a whole, the title refers to a small measure of solace. From the information we have about the movie, Bond is out to get some vengeance against the organization that killed his girlfriend, in the hopes that it will provide - wait for it, wait for it - a measure of solace. It's a damn perfect title. If the name of the organization, Quantum, is tied to title, I'm fine with it.
When I see you posting about how stupid the title is, all I really get from that is that YOU are stupid. -
The game in the original CR is baccarat. One of the things that upset me abut CR was the substitution of poker. James Bond does not Texas Hold 'Em; frat guys play that. Bond plays baccarat.
That said, it is one of the few things that upset me about Bond's portrayal. Yeah, I didn't like the idea of a blond Bond, and would it have been too much to ask for Craig to dye his hair brown? But I'll easily get over that. He's the first Bond since Connery that I could *believe* was a badass agent who could kill with his bare hands if he had to. Pierce Brosnan? Roger Moore? Please. Their contributions were made almost with knowing winks at the camera. I'm surprised that Brosnan could keep a straight face through some of the stuff in DAD. That's not to say that I didn't enjoy their films, because I did, but I put them into a slapstick category much as I do with Austin Powers. Remember, every time you defend the vestiges of Old Bond, you're also defending Mike Myers. Think about it; it's a long, sobering thought. -
FIX IT FIX IT FIX IT FIX IT!
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it's "organiZation."
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I agree with DoctorStopMo CR was fine, some things I didn't like because the books are so incredible and if you are re-booting to be more like the books than do it right.
It's funny how most of the people who seem not like this film or CR but liked older Bond films are the same people who liked TDK because of it's realistic portrayal of the world, to a point of course. Maybe as the good DR. suggests you should go read a book and see that most of the Bond films, although I like them too, have very little in common with a Ian Fleming novel.
The print version of CoS is incredible. It is a finely crafted story that most of you wouldn't get since there is only on explosion in a flashback scene. This movie may or may not be good, hard to tell from the trailer since it's mostly car chases and explosions. Can't really get much of a plot out of that.
And to whoever said the title is what it is because the Os make the 0s of 007. You're just a idiot.
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