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Quantum of Solace
Friday, November 14th, 2008 10:15 pmRandom thoughts as I watched "Quantum of Solace":
+ If Daniel Craig wears a tux for more than fifteen minutes in this film, I will recommend it to all and sundry.
+ If Daniel Craig gets naked, I will buy a copy of the DVD.
+ OK, half-naked. Well, maybe not buy a copy of the DVD, but rent again at some point.
+ Hey! No one makes Judi Dench look like a chump!
+ Whoa, there, editors! You're giving me ADHD with your fight scene cuts.
+ OMG: BEST opera scene EVAR. When I am an EVIL supervillain, I will make all my evil supervillain compatriots come to an opera to meet, and it will be a crazy staging of "Tosca" with a giant eye on stage for no apparent reason, and we will be all bad-ass and cool until the dashing hero interrupts our evil plotting -- OH SNAP!
+ Sufficient tux time. I shall recommend it to all and sundry! AHEM: DANIEL CRAIG, IN A TUX. NEED I SAY MORE?!
+ Lots of property damage in this one. Whole lotta glass blowing into small pieces.
+ I was amused at the filmmakers' insistence on lingering on small details in the background of scenes as things were going on. At one point, Bond drives down a street in Haiti, in pursuit of the female lead. The camera stops for a moment, focusing on a man ironing a shirt outside a run-down house. Other random people featured in this film were an old Italian woman who was sad that Bond's chase after a rogue agent caused her wine bottle to get broken, a village of Bolivian natives who don't have enough water to drink, and a chatty bartender in the first class cabin of a plane.
+ I wonder what Bond's resume would look like. Could he actually put most of the stuff he did in this film on the resume, and what would he be applying for? Where do old super spies retire? (Film's answer: Greece, with a requisite hottie to take care of them. I don't entirely buy that.)
It was entertaining, and I enjoyed it. I wasn't going into it expecting too much, and I was pleasantly surprised. It's by no means the best Bond film, and there's a little bit of Bourne lurking around the edges, but except for the abnormally hyperactive edits, it's a solid piece of work. However, like the icon says: killing's not elegant or creative. It's not my style. I feel more voyeuristic than usual watching this movie because there are about five layers between me and the main character, layers that can never be shoved aside.
In the Trailer Park Department: "Star Trek" trailer. It may just be the trailer, but the hyperactive editing people have gotten into this movie, too. Everyone looks "good" and the space battle looks pretty darn intense. I dunno--it's obviously not the original Trek I grew up making fun of, and that's probably a good thing. On the other hand, seeing Spock attempt to strangle someone seems horrifically out of character, and almost fanfic-level dumb. Anyway, worth tracking down on the interblag to watch in more detail.
Curiously, the woman next to me had never heard of "Star Trek". The man next to her had the following conversation with her:
Him: Oh, that looks good, do you know "Star Trek"?
Her: No, I've never heard of it.
Him: It's some science fiction-y thing.
Her: Huh.
And I wanted to say, what rock have you been living under? Because even if they don't like the show, I think most people have heard of it and could name one or two characters from it. It's the same thing with Quentin Tarantino, Guns 'n' Roses, and Cats. At least in my universe it is.
+ If Daniel Craig wears a tux for more than fifteen minutes in this film, I will recommend it to all and sundry.
+ If Daniel Craig gets naked, I will buy a copy of the DVD.
+ OK, half-naked. Well, maybe not buy a copy of the DVD, but rent again at some point.
+ Hey! No one makes Judi Dench look like a chump!
+ Whoa, there, editors! You're giving me ADHD with your fight scene cuts.
+ OMG: BEST opera scene EVAR. When I am an EVIL supervillain, I will make all my evil supervillain compatriots come to an opera to meet, and it will be a crazy staging of "Tosca" with a giant eye on stage for no apparent reason, and we will be all bad-ass and cool until the dashing hero interrupts our evil plotting -- OH SNAP!
+ Sufficient tux time. I shall recommend it to all and sundry! AHEM: DANIEL CRAIG, IN A TUX. NEED I SAY MORE?!
+ Lots of property damage in this one. Whole lotta glass blowing into small pieces.
+ I was amused at the filmmakers' insistence on lingering on small details in the background of scenes as things were going on. At one point, Bond drives down a street in Haiti, in pursuit of the female lead. The camera stops for a moment, focusing on a man ironing a shirt outside a run-down house. Other random people featured in this film were an old Italian woman who was sad that Bond's chase after a rogue agent caused her wine bottle to get broken, a village of Bolivian natives who don't have enough water to drink, and a chatty bartender in the first class cabin of a plane.
+ I wonder what Bond's resume would look like. Could he actually put most of the stuff he did in this film on the resume, and what would he be applying for? Where do old super spies retire? (Film's answer: Greece, with a requisite hottie to take care of them. I don't entirely buy that.)
It was entertaining, and I enjoyed it. I wasn't going into it expecting too much, and I was pleasantly surprised. It's by no means the best Bond film, and there's a little bit of Bourne lurking around the edges, but except for the abnormally hyperactive edits, it's a solid piece of work. However, like the icon says: killing's not elegant or creative. It's not my style. I feel more voyeuristic than usual watching this movie because there are about five layers between me and the main character, layers that can never be shoved aside.
In the Trailer Park Department: "Star Trek" trailer. It may just be the trailer, but the hyperactive editing people have gotten into this movie, too. Everyone looks "good" and the space battle looks pretty darn intense. I dunno--it's obviously not the original Trek I grew up making fun of, and that's probably a good thing. On the other hand, seeing Spock attempt to strangle someone seems horrifically out of character, and almost fanfic-level dumb. Anyway, worth tracking down on the interblag to watch in more detail.
Curiously, the woman next to me had never heard of "Star Trek". The man next to her had the following conversation with her:
Him: Oh, that looks good, do you know "Star Trek"?
Her: No, I've never heard of it.
Him: It's some science fiction-y thing.
Her: Huh.
And I wanted to say, what rock have you been living under? Because even if they don't like the show, I think most people have heard of it and could name one or two characters from it. It's the same thing with Quentin Tarantino, Guns 'n' Roses, and Cats. At least in my universe it is.
