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Quantum of Solace [DVD] [2008] |
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Staring:
Daniel Craig, Olga Kurylenko, Mathieu Amalric, Judi Dench, Giancarlo Giannini
Director:
Marc Forster
Average Customer Rating: 
List Price: £24.99
Our Price: £4.93
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Daniel Craig hasn't lost a step since Casino Royale--this James Bond remains dangerous, a man who could earn that license to kill in brutal hand-to-hand combat… but still look sharp in a tailored suit. And Quantum of Solance itself carries on from the previous film like no other 007 movie, with Bond nursing his anger from the Casino Royale storyline and vowing blood revenge on those responsible. For the new plot, we have villain Mathieu Amalric (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly), intent on controlling the water rights in impoverished Third World nations and happy to overthrow a dictator or two to get his way. Olga Kurylenko is very much in the "Bond girl" tradition, but in the Ursula Andress way, not the Denise Richards way. And Judi Dench, Jeffrey Wright, and Giancarlo Giannini are welcome holdovers. If director Marc Forster and the longtime Bond production team seem a little too eager to embrace the continuity-shredding style of the Bourne pictures (especially in a nearly incomprehensible opening car chase), they nevertheless quiet down and get into a dark, concentrated groove soon enough. And the theme song, "Another Way to Die," penned by Jack White and performed by him and Alicia Keys, is actually good (at times Keys seems to be channeling Shirley Bassey--nice). Of course it all comes down to Craig. And he kills. --Robert Horton, Amazon.com
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 Jamez Bond, 2010-06-24
The second in the series of the ever so cool Daniel Craig as 007. Not as good as Casino Royale but still a real good romp and all the typical ingredients in the new era.
 The name's Bond, Indiana Jones Bond, 2010-08-09
This review may contain SPOILERS. I'm glad I did pay good money to see this at the cinema. Although promoted as a sequel to Casino Royale, the style was way too different for my liking. The biggest problem for me was the frenetic editing whereby all the action sequences were split up into little clips, sometimes only a few frames at a time that left me dizzy and wondering what had happened. It started with the opening car chase and continued with the Siena scene and then the opera scene. Nor did I manage to follow the interactive screens at M's headquarters. Thank goodness I was watching the DVD so I could hit the slow motion and reverse buttons.
The plot was also a big letdown. (SPOILERS) What starts out as a revenge thriller for the death of Vesper Lynd, the story gets into a plot to take control of an underground lake. Yes folks, forget nuclear warheads, gold or doomsday weapons, what the world's governments are getting into a tizzy over is a load of water. What makes this a lot worse than it sounds is that this water is in a remote area of the world that never sees rain, so that when the water is used up there is no replenishment - why would anyone want to invest in that?
The plot though, just seems to be a device for performing a series of stunts. The stunts are very impressive with chases over rooftops, car and boat chases and of course, the explosive finale. The more I saw of this film, the more I was reminded of the second Indiana Jones film which also seemed to be a film of stunt following stunt. The escape from the aeroplane only needed a fedora and bullwhip to be pure Indy Jones. The only bright spot in this sorry saga was Gemma Arteton's Agent Fields. She could have been the new Miss Moneypenny but instead of being only in the office, she could have been a field contact for Bond - Field Agent Fields? I feel that the makers were so intent on their homage agenda that they missed a trick.
At the start of this review I said that I was glad that I did not pay to see this in the cinema. I am also glad that I waited for a cheap DVD to come on the market. The Special Edition is two discs. The special features disc is a disappointment, with the different chapters repeating a lot of the clips. The year 2012 will mark the 50th. Anniversary of the first Bond Film, Dr No, so I will not be surprised if there is an Ulimate Edition for that (great marketing, yes?), and the cynic in me tells me that there will be many more Ultimate Editions to come.
 Painful!, 2010-08-15
Oh dear God! What was that? Their idea of a Bond villain has gone from Odd Job or Jaws to Rowan Atkinson in Blackadder the First! I could see how that pudding basin haircut would put the fear of God into any secret agent. The South American contact was ginger and couldn't speak Spanish - perfect for blending in. As for the editing, I'm honestly curious if anyone with epilepsy actually had a seizure watching this film. Just a ridiculously high number of cuts.
Bond used to be a character that men and boys would want to be like. Now he's exactly like I was aged 17. Drove a Ford, crap at riding a motorbike and when faced with a mind-numbingly hot Ukrainian woman, he chickens out of asking her out.
Pathetic. If the next offering is as bad as this then please let's call it a day!
Bad title - even worse film, 2010-09-02
Saw this for the first time recently - well, I had been avoiding it after reading all the negative views, but I gave in eventually.
I wish I had now avoided the temptation - because it was a terrible film. Who on earth wrote the screenplay? There's not even a trace of humanity in Craig's Bond, as he becomes increasingly brutal, and increasingly unlikeable. And just where is the story? I couldn't make any sense of it, and if there was a plot, it was very well hidden. After the triumph of Casino Royale, this has dumped the franchise back to square one. It has lost its soul.
Nobody could watch this film and come away with a smile on their faces - more like a look of bemused confusion for being soundly cheated.
Please - can we have the real James Bond back in the next installment, not a humourless, soulless killer? Oh, and a plot wouldn't go amiss.
 DVD, 2010-08-13
Bought this dvd because some scenes were filmed on Lake Garda, and we have just come back from there.
The film was a great price, and it was ok to watch. G Brown.
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Aspect Ratio: 16:9 - 2.40:1
Audience Rating: Suitable for 12 years and over
Binding: DVD
EAN: 5039036040730
Format: Anamorphic, PAL
Label: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Region Code: 2
Release Date: 2009-03-23
Running Time: 100
Studio: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Theatrical Release Date: 2008 |
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