noremedy
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Hey all, well after a very long and anticipating wait i went to see the sequel to Casino Royale, The Quantum of Solace. After finding every Bond film excellent, even after Daniel Craig changing their future in multiple ways i still throughly enjoyed them all.
However, The Quantum of Solace to me, signified disaster, James Bond in this movie has almost lost its identity, if it didn't have his name mentioned in it, you would not know it was a Bond movie. There was no cheese at all in it, a little less would not have been a problem but none? Where were the inventive gadgets, there was not one used in the entire movie by Bond himself. My other major gripe at the film was the plot, although it was there it just wasn't prominent enough, it switched and hopped about too much and it struggled to focus on what his main objective was. When the 'baddies' went down, they went down far too easily for a traditional Bond film.
Although there was nothing overly wrong with the film, it was just a disappointing film for my family. It wasn't 'traditional' Bond in anyway, and thats what many people pay to see. The casting team and Daniel Craig are trying to make it something its not - and thats the part i dislike most. I hope that in the next movie it will be back to the old style, either pre Craig style all together or at least in the style of Casino Royale where there was a prominent objective, and a commonly seen 'Baddie.' All in all i believe it was a waste of money to go and see it and would rate it very poorly at 4/10.
But thats just my two cents, anyone else wanting to share there views, please do. My views might be completely unrepresentative of what other people want from the Bond franchise.
-Ben
However, The Quantum of Solace to me, signified disaster, James Bond in this movie has almost lost its identity, if it didn't have his name mentioned in it, you would not know it was a Bond movie. There was no cheese at all in it, a little less would not have been a problem but none? Where were the inventive gadgets, there was not one used in the entire movie by Bond himself. My other major gripe at the film was the plot, although it was there it just wasn't prominent enough, it switched and hopped about too much and it struggled to focus on what his main objective was. When the 'baddies' went down, they went down far too easily for a traditional Bond film.
Although there was nothing overly wrong with the film, it was just a disappointing film for my family. It wasn't 'traditional' Bond in anyway, and thats what many people pay to see. The casting team and Daniel Craig are trying to make it something its not - and thats the part i dislike most. I hope that in the next movie it will be back to the old style, either pre Craig style all together or at least in the style of Casino Royale where there was a prominent objective, and a commonly seen 'Baddie.' All in all i believe it was a waste of money to go and see it and would rate it very poorly at 4/10.
But thats just my two cents, anyone else wanting to share there views, please do. My views might be completely unrepresentative of what other people want from the Bond franchise.
-Ben
