tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post3387510468193719299..comments2024-03-15T04:08:16.172-04:00Comments on Only the Cinema: Quantum of SolaceEd Howardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18014222247676090467noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-43433342736473067612008-12-02T17:33:00.000-05:002008-12-02T17:33:00.000-05:00The new documentary Blue Gold : World Water Wars d...The new documentary Blue Gold : World Water Wars depicts the real-life Bond water villains securing fresh water for personal gain at any costs. Lives have been lost and the water wars have begun. Malcolm McDowell narrates, Mark Achbar (The Corporation) and Si Litvinoff (The Man Who Fell to Earth) Exec Produce. Based on the groundbreaking book, check it out at www.bluegold-worldwaterwars.comUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10035768518330476034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-79082760515919849982008-12-01T11:13:00.000-05:002008-12-01T11:13:00.000-05:00Ed, thanks for the really wonderful review. My per...Ed, thanks for the really wonderful review. My personal impression of the movie wasn't positive. But, having read your review and you layered assessment of the movie has managed in reversing some of the negative opinions of mine - only a exceedingly well written review can boast of that kind of convincing power since ordinarily I don't get swayed from my standpoint very easily. Moreover, seldom Shubhajithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02040495040897333606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-57710247271566054432008-11-30T22:04:00.000-05:002008-11-30T22:04:00.000-05:00Jason: I addressed some of what you say in respons...Jason: I addressed some of what you say in response to Craig, so I just have a few comments. As I said, I loved the rooftop chase scene, despite the similarities to Bourne. I thought it was crisp and very precise, one of the best examples of that Bourne-style editing being used well; maybe I've just gotten used to the style by now, but I never seem to find it as confounding as some people do.<BR/Ed Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18014222247676090467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-46070861431426313862008-11-30T21:54:00.000-05:002008-11-30T21:54:00.000-05:00Craig: You have some interesting comments about th...Craig: You have some interesting comments about the way the traditional "totems" of the Bond franchise work in these two movies. I think you're right that in <I>Casino Royale</I>, these markers of Bond history were used to ease people into new territory and a new take on the character. <I>Quantum of Solace</I> seems to assume that, that work having been done already in the first movie, those Ed Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18014222247676090467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-74944314966951819232008-11-30T13:29:00.000-05:002008-11-30T13:29:00.000-05:00What was I expecting? I was expecting a Bond film....What was I expecting? I was expecting a Bond film. This isn't one. I don't even think this brooding Bond has all that much in common with the Bond of "Casino Royale."<BR/><BR/>As for the early action scene, man, your pupils must work faster than mine. I couldn't follow a thing. And so as I said about the film in general in my own review: what's the point?<BR/><BR/>I quite enjoyed but didn't love Jason Bellamyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18150199580478147196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-55711451093783697522008-11-30T12:29:00.000-05:002008-11-30T12:29:00.000-05:00A solid defense of a movie of which I'd hoped to a...A solid defense of a movie of which I'd hoped to agree with the better-than-everyone-says meme started by Simon Crowe, Dennis Cozzalio, et al. Here's my problem with <I>Quantum of Solace</I>: although, as Crowe perceptively noted, it is the first true sequel in the Bond franchise, in the sense that it's a direct extension of a preceding story, it doesn't build on that story in a meaningful (or Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01450775188328918558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-50441572547403516022008-11-30T10:44:00.000-05:002008-11-30T10:44:00.000-05:00I haven't seen Casino Royale since it was in the t...I haven't seen <I>Casino Royale</I> since it was in the theaters, but it's my impression that you're right, it was a better film, even if it wasn't quite as tight and compact. I'm pleasantly surprised that I liked this new one so much, since the critical consensus on it is fairly negative. I'm not sure what people were expecting out of a Bond film, but it delivered all the slick, stylishly made Ed Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18014222247676090467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-24027010311241147192008-11-30T08:15:00.000-05:002008-11-30T08:15:00.000-05:00Yeah, I thought it was pretty decent as well, but ...Yeah, I thought it was pretty decent as well, but then again I'm the opposite of the normal audience for a Bond film or for an action film. The first half hour left me unimpressed (too many action scenes strung together), but I enjoyed the last hour and appreciated that it was, relative for contemporary Hollywood, rather tight. Craig is excellent once again. That said, I watched CASINO ROYALE Marc Raymondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15716565601744200287noreply@blogger.com