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semi-pro waster · 16-01-2011, 20:25

Quantum Of Solace

Starring

Daniel Craig
Olga Kurylenko
Mathieu Amalric
Judy Dench

Bond no. 22

3/10 I thought I'd watch this to see if it was as bad as I first remembered it to be, it is and it isn't. It's not a terrible film on its own merits (i.e. as a generic action film) but it's a terrible Bond film - the title is nonsense, the title song is crap (I don't particularly like the White Stripes anyway though) and it felt like almost any action hero could have been substituted with no difference. However the biggest problem is it broke a cardinal rule of Bond films - they should all be self-contained films with no storyline passing directly through, characters can continue by all means but the thread of the story never does. If it wasn't for the Bond name it's a solid enough film and probably gets a 6/10 but as it does try to trade off the name it scores as above because it's just not a Bond.

Inception

Starring

Leonardo DiCaprio
Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Ellen Page
Tom Hardy

Thriller

8/10 I'm not sure if it was all the press around this and that I already knew some of the storyline but I watched it and enjoyed it without being overly moved by the whole thing. It was nice, it was kinda clever and well filmed but I found I'd guessed a good number of the 'twists' (or maybe I'd been told them) well before their denouement. I'd also say it was a bit too long, there's very few films that I think merit more than 2 hours of my life and good though this was I'm not convinced it was one of them.

16-01-2011, 20:25	#10
semi-pro waster Provider of sensible advice about homosexuals Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: London Posts: 2,615	Quantum Of Solace Starring Daniel Craig Olga Kurylenko Mathieu Amalric Judy Dench Bond no. 22 3/10 I thought I'd watch this to see if it was as bad as I first remembered it to be, it is and it isn't. It's not a terrible film on its own merits (i.e. as a generic action film) but it's a terrible Bond film - the title is nonsense, the title song is crap (I don't particularly like the White Stripes anyway though) and it felt like almost any action hero could have been substituted with no difference. However the biggest problem is it broke a cardinal rule of Bond films - they should all be self-contained films with no storyline passing directly through, characters can continue by all means but the thread of the story never does. If it wasn't for the Bond name it's a solid enough film and probably gets a 6/10 but as it does try to trade off the name it scores as above because it's just not a Bond. Inception Starring Leonardo DiCaprio Joseph Gordon-Levitt Ellen Page Tom Hardy Thriller 8/10 I'm not sure if it was all the press around this and that I already knew some of the storyline but I watched it and enjoyed it without being overly moved by the whole thing. It was nice, it was kinda clever and well filmed but I found I'd guessed a good number of the 'twists' (or maybe I'd been told them) well before their denouement. I'd also say it was a bit too long, there's very few films that I think merit more than 2 hours of my life and good though this was I'm not convinced it was one of them. __________________ "Your friend is the man that knows all about you, and still likes you." - Elbert Hubbard