Quantum of Solace
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A review in the free paper in London this morning. Amusing to read but at least while they don't think much of the film they do at least rate daniel highly
No solace in this dull Bond offering
Daniel Craig stars as 007 in Quantum Of Solace
Bond is back. And he's cheesed off. His girlfriend is dead and he's got 73 action sequences to get through that have nothing whatsoever to do with avenging her.
Welcome to Quantum Of Solace, destined to become a forgotten entry in the 007 canon, down there with Octopussy and Licence To Kill. Never has a movie packed with so many explosions been so dull.
It opens with a car chase along Lake Garda that might be exciting if it was possible to discern what the hell is going on.
And no relief is provided by the horrendous theme song screeched out by Jack White and Alicia Keys.
Director Marc Forster's movie is so unsure of itself it feels the need to thrust Bond into a neverending series of lacklustre set-pieces. This is a shame, because Daniel Craig is a great 007.
Moody, tough and a bit of a git, his Bond has real potential. Yet here he is nothing but a robotic killer – Terminator without the charm.
He must foil a dastardly plan that involves Mathieu Amalric's bland eco-villain… stealing water! Really? That's it? In Moonraker, Hugo Drax tried to blow up the world. Don't megalomaniacs think big any more?
Quantum Of Solace has a bad title, a bad song and a bad baddie. Somewhere in there is a good Bond trying to find his way out.
But amid all the headache-inducing fights and chases, you're never going to spot him.
Extras: Bond on location, featurettes, music video and trailers.
http://www.metro.co.uk/metrolife/films/ ... page_id=27
(sorry not sure how to post the link neatly and without the whole address )
No solace in this dull Bond offering
Daniel Craig stars as 007 in Quantum Of Solace
Bond is back. And he's cheesed off. His girlfriend is dead and he's got 73 action sequences to get through that have nothing whatsoever to do with avenging her.
Welcome to Quantum Of Solace, destined to become a forgotten entry in the 007 canon, down there with Octopussy and Licence To Kill. Never has a movie packed with so many explosions been so dull.
It opens with a car chase along Lake Garda that might be exciting if it was possible to discern what the hell is going on.
And no relief is provided by the horrendous theme song screeched out by Jack White and Alicia Keys.
Director Marc Forster's movie is so unsure of itself it feels the need to thrust Bond into a neverending series of lacklustre set-pieces. This is a shame, because Daniel Craig is a great 007.
Moody, tough and a bit of a git, his Bond has real potential. Yet here he is nothing but a robotic killer – Terminator without the charm.
He must foil a dastardly plan that involves Mathieu Amalric's bland eco-villain… stealing water! Really? That's it? In Moonraker, Hugo Drax tried to blow up the world. Don't megalomaniacs think big any more?
Quantum Of Solace has a bad title, a bad song and a bad baddie. Somewhere in there is a good Bond trying to find his way out.
But amid all the headache-inducing fights and chases, you're never going to spot him.
Extras: Bond on location, featurettes, music video and trailers.
http://www.metro.co.uk/metrolife/films/ ... page_id=27
(sorry not sure how to post the link neatly and without the whole address )
"she doesn't know what i do but she knows who i am......"
Quantum a DVD best-seller
James Bond blockbuster Quantum Of Solace has become the UK's biggest home entertainment release of 2009.
The Official Charts Company has revealed the film shifted 522,926 Blu-ray and DVD copies on its first day of release on Monday.
The film, starring Daniel Craig, was also a box office phenomenon and had the biggest Friday opening of all time in the UK.
http://www.teletext.co.uk/entertainment ... eller.aspx
James Bond blockbuster Quantum Of Solace has become the UK's biggest home entertainment release of 2009.
The Official Charts Company has revealed the film shifted 522,926 Blu-ray and DVD copies on its first day of release on Monday.
The film, starring Daniel Craig, was also a box office phenomenon and had the biggest Friday opening of all time in the UK.
http://www.teletext.co.uk/entertainment ... eller.aspx
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the long and awaited release was today....and i woke up bright and early to buy it....only one store had the 2-disc special hehe...
The place that I work at part-time has this really nice display for the movie...I asked them if I could have it when their done with it hehe can't wait to put it in my room
The place that I work at part-time has this really nice display for the movie...I asked them if I could have it when their done with it hehe can't wait to put it in my room
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I wouldn´t be so sure about that - about the cut I mean - that she is a lucky AND deserving one sure is right.Guinness wrote:Sooo, DC makes a cut off what the DVD's sell right? So he is becoming "more richer", right? Plus the Digital game...etc, right. Damn. Wow to be born Sats. Lucky.
The top notch acting in the Weisz/Craig/Spall 'Betrayal' is emotionally true, often v funny and its beautifully staged with filmic qualities..
I have always wondered that...about "the cut" aspect of a contract...why wouldn't he get money from having his face in a trillion places? I would. And I would make sure whoever represented me made sure I got the dividends. And maybe have an account for a foodbank in Rwanda or SeraLeone. Or someone from Michigan who just lost their job.Germangirl wrote:I wouldn´t be so sure about that - about the cut I mean - that she is a lucky AND deserving one sure is right.Guinness wrote:Sooo, DC makes a cut off what the DVD's sell right? So he is becoming "more richer", right? Plus the Digital game...etc, right. Damn. Wow to be born Sats. Lucky.
Everyone deserves him and the money he makes-not his money, just the amount of money involved... And I didn't say she didn't DESERVE HIM....just that I wish I was her, and she was lucky to be born her and not to be born as someone else that is ugly and poor. Just the luck of the cards is all.
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DRIVEN Magazine DVDs: Daniel Craig talks Bond;
This week, Daniel Craig talks to Earl Dittman about Quantum of Solace and when James Bond will finally bed more women, have more fun and maybe hit the slopes.
Also: Special edition DVDs of The Odd Couple and To Catch a Thief, plus a family of high-flying swindlers, all after the jump.
DANIEL CRAIG: JAMES BOND SLIDES DOWN A HILL ON A PLATE
Were you surprised that Quantum Of Solace was going to be the first direct sequel to a James Bond movie?
“It just seemed to me when it came down to it, and we all agreed, that to my mind at the end of Casino Royale, it was the beginning of the story as opposed to the end of one. He had fallen in love, had his heart broken, and this organization they discovered they have started peeling back the onion skin. To do another movie and just go ‘Oh, there was this chick once,’ seemed to be the wrong thing to do. It just fit, and that’s it. I don’t know when the idea came up really.”
Was it a great acting challenge to portray Bond as a much more emotionally shut-off guy instead of the gregarious, witty and suave Sean Connery type 007?
“I would never do that, because I would never copy somebody else. I would never do an impression of anybody else or try to improve on what they did. That would be a pointless exercise. I had to find out how I was going to do this. These two movies have tied that in for me. I’m not in a situation where I think we’ve wrapped up all the loose ends. We solidified the relationship with M, we solidified the relationship with Felix Leiter, and we can do anything now. I think he’s going to be probably a little more relaxed in the next movie. He had a deal to do—a business to do.”
How much fun are you having as James Bond?
“These movies are—this is a world that needed doing anyway—fantastic. These movies are an amazing experience to shoot. They are an amazing experience to work with the people I work with. The whole collaborative effort of making a movie like this, it’s a big deal. It’s a really, really big deal. There are a thousand people that work on this movie. At any one time, I would be working with two to three hundred people. We shot this for six months. It was a huge journey. But, I think you can see it in the movie. I think it’s all there.”
So, could the next Bond film travel more into the world of fantasy?
“We could, I know that’s going to be printed now that we are.”
And, Bond could sleep with more women?
“I could, yes.”
Would you like to try doing a skiing action sequence?
“I’m not a very good skier, Jesus. I think my Bond, actually, slides down the hill on a plate. I don’t think there is a lot of that going on.”
You allegedly made a couple of jokes in the press that Quantum of Solace would be funnier than Casino Royale, more like one of the Roger Moore 007 movies.
“I’m sorry, I probably say stupid things in interviews sometimes. I am not nailing anything down. People kind of want to know what exactly is going to happen in the next movie, and I don’t know. Is there more comedy? Yes, there is room for more comedy.”
Do you find that people just don’t get your British sense of humor?
“I think that is the same for everybody. The thing is I’m not that complicated, I don’t think. I’m a pretty open book. I make gags, and if people don’t get them I can’t blame them.”
Would you like to continue on in the Bond franchise for another 20 years?
“I haven’t got that in me, Jesus Christ. There will be someone else to do it by then. I will do them as long as I can. I can’t see beyond another movie. If they ask me back to do another movie then I would be thrilled.”
Quantum of Solace is now available on Blu-ray and 2-Disc DVD: Both versions include seven featurettes, theatrical and teaser trailers and the “Another Way To Die” music video featuring Jack White and Alicia Keys. And, just released on Blu-ray: Goldfinger, Moonraker and The World Is Not Enough.
source:http://www.drivenmag.com/features/dvds- ... s-and-more
This week, Daniel Craig talks to Earl Dittman about Quantum of Solace and when James Bond will finally bed more women, have more fun and maybe hit the slopes.
Also: Special edition DVDs of The Odd Couple and To Catch a Thief, plus a family of high-flying swindlers, all after the jump.
DANIEL CRAIG: JAMES BOND SLIDES DOWN A HILL ON A PLATE
Were you surprised that Quantum Of Solace was going to be the first direct sequel to a James Bond movie?
“It just seemed to me when it came down to it, and we all agreed, that to my mind at the end of Casino Royale, it was the beginning of the story as opposed to the end of one. He had fallen in love, had his heart broken, and this organization they discovered they have started peeling back the onion skin. To do another movie and just go ‘Oh, there was this chick once,’ seemed to be the wrong thing to do. It just fit, and that’s it. I don’t know when the idea came up really.”
Was it a great acting challenge to portray Bond as a much more emotionally shut-off guy instead of the gregarious, witty and suave Sean Connery type 007?
“I would never do that, because I would never copy somebody else. I would never do an impression of anybody else or try to improve on what they did. That would be a pointless exercise. I had to find out how I was going to do this. These two movies have tied that in for me. I’m not in a situation where I think we’ve wrapped up all the loose ends. We solidified the relationship with M, we solidified the relationship with Felix Leiter, and we can do anything now. I think he’s going to be probably a little more relaxed in the next movie. He had a deal to do—a business to do.”
How much fun are you having as James Bond?
“These movies are—this is a world that needed doing anyway—fantastic. These movies are an amazing experience to shoot. They are an amazing experience to work with the people I work with. The whole collaborative effort of making a movie like this, it’s a big deal. It’s a really, really big deal. There are a thousand people that work on this movie. At any one time, I would be working with two to three hundred people. We shot this for six months. It was a huge journey. But, I think you can see it in the movie. I think it’s all there.”
So, could the next Bond film travel more into the world of fantasy?
“We could, I know that’s going to be printed now that we are.”
And, Bond could sleep with more women?
“I could, yes.”
Would you like to try doing a skiing action sequence?
“I’m not a very good skier, Jesus. I think my Bond, actually, slides down the hill on a plate. I don’t think there is a lot of that going on.”
You allegedly made a couple of jokes in the press that Quantum of Solace would be funnier than Casino Royale, more like one of the Roger Moore 007 movies.
“I’m sorry, I probably say stupid things in interviews sometimes. I am not nailing anything down. People kind of want to know what exactly is going to happen in the next movie, and I don’t know. Is there more comedy? Yes, there is room for more comedy.”
Do you find that people just don’t get your British sense of humor?
“I think that is the same for everybody. The thing is I’m not that complicated, I don’t think. I’m a pretty open book. I make gags, and if people don’t get them I can’t blame them.”
Would you like to continue on in the Bond franchise for another 20 years?
“I haven’t got that in me, Jesus Christ. There will be someone else to do it by then. I will do them as long as I can. I can’t see beyond another movie. If they ask me back to do another movie then I would be thrilled.”
Quantum of Solace is now available on Blu-ray and 2-Disc DVD: Both versions include seven featurettes, theatrical and teaser trailers and the “Another Way To Die” music video featuring Jack White and Alicia Keys. And, just released on Blu-ray: Goldfinger, Moonraker and The World Is Not Enough.
source:http://www.drivenmag.com/features/dvds- ... s-and-more
loved that part of the interview...it's actually quite interesting how he says about hisself that he's an open book as often the media say that he seems a little incommunicative - finally we got the confirmation that he's just the guy he isDunda wrote:You allegedly made a couple of jokes in the press that Quantum of Solace would be funnier than Casino Royale, more like one of the Roger Moore 007 movies.
“I’m sorry, I probably say stupid things in interviews sometimes. I am not nailing anything down. People kind of want to know what exactly is going to happen in the next movie, and I don’t know. Is there more comedy? Yes, there is room for more comedy.”
Do you find that people just don’t get your British sense of humor?
“I think that is the same for everybody. The thing is I’m not that complicated, I don’t think. I’m a pretty open book. I make gags, and if people don’t get them I can’t blame them.”
does that make sense? I'm writing crap, I think...but anyway- maybe you get what I mean
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We hear you, HannahHannah wrote:loved that part of the interview...it's actually quite interesting how he says about hisself that he's an open book as often the media say that he seems a little incommunicative - finally we got the confirmation that he's just the guy he isDunda wrote:You allegedly made a couple of jokes in the press that Quantum of Solace would be funnier than Casino Royale, more like one of the Roger Moore 007 movies.
“I’m sorry, I probably say stupid things in interviews sometimes. I am not nailing anything down. People kind of want to know what exactly is going to happen in the next movie, and I don’t know. Is there more comedy? Yes, there is room for more comedy.”
Do you find that people just don’t get your British sense of humor?
“I think that is the same for everybody. The thing is I’m not that complicated, I don’t think. I’m a pretty open book. I make gags, and if people don’t get them I can’t blame them.”
does that make sense? I'm writing crap, I think...but anyway- maybe you get what I mean
The top notch acting in the Weisz/Craig/Spall 'Betrayal' is emotionally true, often v funny and its beautifully staged with filmic qualities..
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Not good news, ladies. That seems to cement it - Bond 23 not before 2011
http://commanderbond.net/article/6098
http://commanderbond.net/article/6098
The top notch acting in the Weisz/Craig/Spall 'Betrayal' is emotionally true, often v funny and its beautifully staged with filmic qualities..
what a bad newsGermangirl wrote:Not good news, ladies. That seems to cement it - Bond 23 not before 2011
http://commanderbond.net/article/6098
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I feel, its mostly because they are probably ALL a bit fed up with Bond - ing and need that extra time to get enthusiastic again. Still, not a nice pil to swallow.Elvenstar wrote:I like the way they dicided to postpone it.
More time can do wonders about the final product.
Btw Bourne 4 will be in 2010 so it's not likely they want to release Bond the same year...
The top notch acting in the Weisz/Craig/Spall 'Betrayal' is emotionally true, often v funny and its beautifully staged with filmic qualities..