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Offline Curlew

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Quantum of Solace (Warning Spoilers)
« on: November 19, 2008, 01:12:12 PM »
Yes the new bond, loved it
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Re: Quantum of Solace
« Reply #1 on: November 19, 2008, 01:43:49 PM »
Loved it too...  though i must admit, this was the first Bond movie where at the end I didn't have the thought "man, it sure would be sweet to be James Bond."

I have to say though... the character Fields stole the movie for me  :aok


she was awesome, and wasn't even the "official" Bond girl from the flick...

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Re: Quantum of Solace
« Reply #2 on: November 19, 2008, 01:47:14 PM »
I read somewhere she was born with twelve fingers.
There must also be a flyable computer available for Nefarious to do FSO. So he doesn't keep talking about it for eight and a half hours on Friday night!

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Re: Quantum of Solace
« Reply #3 on: November 19, 2008, 01:49:38 PM »
Both Bond girls are... ok...   :D

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Re: Quantum of Solace
« Reply #4 on: November 19, 2008, 01:55:00 PM »
Loved it too...  though i must admit, this was the first Bond movie where at the end I didn't have the thought "man, it sure would be sweet to be James Bond."

I have to say that I like the "reality" based Bond a lot more that the previous ones.  No sci-fi gimmicks, and gone are the obligatory endings that has Bond pumping the Bond Girl (whether on the space shuttle in zero g, or submarine escape pod, or whatever) while Q runs interference so the Queen, or M, who's standing by to congratulate him, doesn't catch on to what's going on...   :D
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Re: Quantum of Solace
« Reply #5 on: November 19, 2008, 02:22:28 PM »
Some minor spoilers here -- you've been warned.

I thought it was overall a good flick, but it didn't blow me away.  The initial action sequence was imo the best, after that they got a bit superfluous. (I didn't like the boat chase at all :( )  Also, I don't think they pulled off the "Lets make this plot seem believable and a political statement."  Too many plots and side stories mixed in together in an incoherent manner, which came across as half-arsed and hurt other aspects of the movie. (IE character development...did anyone care at all what happened to anyone but M?)   

I guess I'm just squaring this one up against Casino Royale, which was in my mind phenomenal.  QoS did a good job of going back to bond roots -- action, girls, explosivo -- but lacked some of the quality of the last one. 

It's still worth checking out.

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Re: Quantum of Solace
« Reply #6 on: November 19, 2008, 02:23:53 PM »
it was ok, the one before was better
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Re: Quantum of Solace
« Reply #7 on: November 19, 2008, 03:11:42 PM »
Loved it too...  though i must admit, this was the first Bond movie where at the end I didn't have the thought "man, it sure would be sweet to be James Bond."

I have to say though... the character Fields stole the movie for me  :aok
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she was awesome, and wasn't even the "official" Bond girl from the flick...

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Shes a babe, cant beleive they killed her off, she would have been so fun to watch her and bond go romping around
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Re: Quantum of Solace (Warning Spoilers)
« Reply #8 on: November 19, 2008, 03:38:03 PM »
I saw it when it came out in the UK 2 or 3 weeks ago, it was great  :D

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Re: Quantum of Solace (Warning Spoilers)
« Reply #9 on: November 19, 2008, 04:10:38 PM »
I saw it when it came out in the UK 2 or 3 weeks ago, it was great  :D

I loved the DC-3.

yah, i wish our c47s could fly like that and take that much damage, mine falls apart when you spit on it
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Re: Quantum of Solace (Warning Spoilers)
« Reply #10 on: November 19, 2008, 04:32:10 PM »
I saw it when it came out in the UK 2 or 3 weeks ago, it was great  :D

I loved the DC-3.

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Re: Quantum of Solace (Warning Spoilers)
« Reply #11 on: November 19, 2008, 04:33:17 PM »
***Mild spoiler warning***






TOO MUCH SHAKY ACTION CAMERA. ARRRRRRRRRGH.
It was damned impossible to enjoy any of the action scenes because you couldn't tell what the hell was going on. Apparently they hired the Bourne guy, which will be immediately obvious to anyone who sees the movie. Infuriating.


Fields was ridiculously hot. Far hotter than the faux-Bolivian girl.


The Bolivian propfighter pilot must have been incompetent. Also, because of the shaky camera it was impossible to tell how Bond mysteriously forced him to crash into the side of a mountain.

Anyway... very disappointing movie. Depressingly shallow.

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Re: Quantum of Solace (Warning Spoilers)
« Reply #12 on: November 19, 2008, 04:39:16 PM »
***Mild spoiler warning***






TOO MUCH SHAKY ACTION CAMERA. ARRRRRRRRRGH.
It was damned impossible to enjoy any of the action scenes because you couldn't tell what the hell was going on. Apparently they hired the Bourne guy, which will be immediately obvious to anyone who sees the movie. Infuriating.


Fields was ridiculously hot. Far hotter than the faux-Bolivian girl.


The Bolivian propfighter pilot must have been incompetent. Also, because of the shaky camera it was impossible to tell how Bond mysteriously forced him to crash into the side of a mountain.

Anyway... very disappointing movie. Depressingly shallow.

Didn't you catch it.  He bled his airspeed down to stall levels...
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Re: Quantum of Solace (Warning Spoilers)
« Reply #13 on: November 19, 2008, 04:51:41 PM »
I must have missed the half-second extreme closeup blurry shot of it.

Of course, that makes perfect sense. Everyone knows Bolivian pilots are incompetent, and will gladly drop to stall speeds to kill a goony. ;)

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Re: Quantum of Solace (Warning Spoilers)
« Reply #14 on: November 19, 2008, 05:05:02 PM »
I must have missed the half-second extreme closeup blurry shot of it.

Of course, that makes perfect sense. Everyone knows Bolivian pilots are incompetent, and will gladly drop to stall speeds to kill a goony. ;)

I can't count how many times in AH I've seen people auger all around my C47...    :lol
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