James Bond - Quantum Of Solace

[zinfamous]

Originally posted by: flxnimprtmscl

Originally posted by: RFtesla

Originally posted by: flxnimprtmscl
Saw it last week. It was horrible. When I got home from the movie I had to check and see who the director was. As I expected, he's some no name and here is his resume. No wonder it sucked.

# World War Z (2010) (announced)

# Quantum of Solace (2008)
... aka B22 (UK: promotional abbreviation)
... aka Marc Forster's Quantum of Solace (USA: poster title)
... aka QoS (International: English title: promotional abbreviation)
# The Kite Runner (2007)
# Stranger Than Fiction (2006)
# Stay (2005/I)
# Finding Neverland (2004)
# Monster's Ball (2001)
... aka Bal du monstre, Le (Canada: French title)
# Everything Put Together (2000)

# Loungers (1995)

Uh, I suggest you head over to imdb and actually look at those titles. And wtf are you on when you say he hasn't directed anything, most of that list is pretty good.

I'm saying there's not an action movie on there and most of those movies were horrible. I guess he's your type of director though. Go watch Garden State for the 125th time and paint your toenails or whatever it is guys like you do on a Sunday morning 😉

a lot of these movies were great. Forster is far from a no-name. But I agree that he seemed out of his element with action. Like Chris Nolan: too many tight shots, quickly edited, no idea what was going on.

FYI: there are other movies than action flicks out there. try to expand you horizons a bit.

 

[zinfamous]

Originally posted by: Capt Caveman
Saw it wednesday night and was disappointed. The shaky camera used for the action scenes was horrible.

yeah, it was like watching the Bourne Supremacy all over again. Though this was much better.

 

[flxnimprtmscl]

Originally posted by: zinfamous

Originally posted by: flxnimprtmscl

Originally posted by: RFtesla

Originally posted by: flxnimprtmscl
Saw it last week. It was horrible. When I got home from the movie I had to check and see who the director was. As I expected, he's some no name and here is his resume. No wonder it sucked.

# World War Z (2010) (announced)

# Quantum of Solace (2008)
... aka B22 (UK: promotional abbreviation)
... aka Marc Forster's Quantum of Solace (USA: poster title)
... aka QoS (International: English title: promotional abbreviation)
# The Kite Runner (2007)
# Stranger Than Fiction (2006)
# Stay (2005/I)
# Finding Neverland (2004)
# Monster's Ball (2001)
... aka Bal du monstre, Le (Canada: French title)
# Everything Put Together (2000)

# Loungers (1995)

Uh, I suggest you head over to imdb and actually look at those titles. And wtf are you on when you say he hasn't directed anything, most of that list is pretty good.

I'm saying there's not an action movie on there and most of those movies were horrible. I guess he's your type of director though. Go watch Garden State for the 125th time and paint your toenails or whatever it is guys like you do on a Sunday morning 😉

a lot of these movies were great. Forster is far from a no-name. But I agree that he seemed out of his element with action. Like Chris Nolan: too many tight shots, quickly edited, no idea what was going on.

FYI: there are other movies than action flicks out there. try to expand you horizons a bit.

I watch all kinds of movies. However, I do think that the director of a huge action movie should have... I don't know... directed an action movie at least once before. Maybe I'm just talking out of my ass here.

And no, a lot of those movies weren't great. Most of those movies were hideous. But then again, that's just opinion 😉 You think they're great, I think they're horrific, we're not going to change each others minds 😉

 

[zinfamous]

Originally posted by: flxnimprtmscl

Originally posted by: zinfamous

Originally posted by: flxnimprtmscl

Originally posted by: RFtesla

Originally posted by: flxnimprtmscl
Saw it last week. It was horrible. When I got home from the movie I had to check and see who the director was. As I expected, he's some no name and here is his resume. No wonder it sucked.

# World War Z (2010) (announced)

# Quantum of Solace (2008)
... aka B22 (UK: promotional abbreviation)
... aka Marc Forster's Quantum of Solace (USA: poster title)
... aka QoS (International: English title: promotional abbreviation)
# The Kite Runner (2007)
# Stranger Than Fiction (2006)
# Stay (2005/I)
# Finding Neverland (2004)
# Monster's Ball (2001)
... aka Bal du monstre, Le (Canada: French title)
# Everything Put Together (2000)

# Loungers (1995)

Uh, I suggest you head over to imdb and actually look at those titles. And wtf are you on when you say he hasn't directed anything, most of that list is pretty good.

I'm saying there's not an action movie on there and most of those movies were horrible. I guess he's your type of director though. Go watch Garden State for the 125th time and paint your toenails or whatever it is guys like you do on a Sunday morning 😉

a lot of these movies were great. Forster is far from a no-name. But I agree that he seemed out of his element with action. Like Chris Nolan: too many tight shots, quickly edited, no idea what was going on.

FYI: there are other movies than action flicks out there. try to expand you horizons a bit.

I watch all kinds of movies. However, I do think that the director of a huge action movie should have... I don't know... directed an action movie at least once before. Maybe I'm just talking out of my ass here.

And no, a lot of those movies weren't great. Most of those movies were hideous. But then again, that's just opinion 😉 You think they're great, I think they're horrific, we're not going to change each others minds 😉

here's the thing: there are a lot of great movies that I don't like. I can actually recognize what makes a movie work, from solid screenplay, story elements, poor acting, editing and such. And whether or not i like it, I can honestly say if it's good or not. Example: everything about Titanic makes it an incredible movie. However, I hated it. See how that works? In no way was it a horrific film.

calling a movie great or horrific, or a piece of art, music whatever, is not a statement of opinion, it's an attempt to qualify it based on the merits that define that particular piece of work.

it's either not your cup of tea or it is--THAT's a statement of opinion. In terms of the elements that make films good, succeed in terms of the overall film-making process. these are very good movies. Most of them are in no way horrific.

You may not like them; but again, your statement has some basis of qualifying factors behind them. I would assume that they are based on the presence of explosions, boobies, and guns. These are story elements for certain types of films, not what defines the quality of a film.

 

[ultimatebob]

Originally posted by: flxnimprtmscl
Saw it last week. It was horrible. When I got home from the movie I had to check and see who the director was. As I expected, he's some no name and here is his resume. No wonder it sucked.

# World War Z (2010) (announced)

# Quantum of Solace (2008)
... aka B22 (UK: promotional abbreviation)
... aka Marc Forster's Quantum of Solace (USA: poster title)
... aka QoS (International: English title: promotional abbreviation)
# The Kite Runner (2007)
# Stranger Than Fiction (2006)
# Stay (2005/I)
# Finding Neverland (2004)
# Monster's Ball (2001)
... aka Bal du monstre, Le (Canada: French title)
# Everything Put Together (2000)

# Loungers (1995)

He did Monster's Ball as well? Geez... Now I'm REALLY disappointed in the quality of the sex scenes in this Bond flick... this guy has done better in the past!

 

[zinfamous]

Originally posted by: ultimatebob

Originally posted by: flxnimprtmscl
Saw it last week. It was horrible. When I got home from the movie I had to check and see who the director was. As I expected, he's some no name and here is his resume. No wonder it sucked.

# World War Z (2010) (announced)

# Quantum of Solace (2008)
... aka B22 (UK: promotional abbreviation)
... aka Marc Forster's Quantum of Solace (USA: poster title)
... aka QoS (International: English title: promotional abbreviation)
# The Kite Runner (2007)
# Stranger Than Fiction (2006)
# Stay (2005/I)
# Finding Neverland (2004)
# Monster's Ball (2001)
... aka Bal du monstre, Le (Canada: French title)
# Everything Put Together (2000)

# Loungers (1995)

He did Monster's Ball as well? Geez... Now I'm REALLY disappointed in the quality of the sex scenes in this Bond flick... this guy has done better in the past!

...what sex scenes do you remember from a Bond Flick? Lack of sex is part of the accepted formula. Suggestion is key.

 

[MBrown]

I just saw this movie and thought it was awesome. Sorry for bringing back an old thread. I didn't want to R

 

[shortylickens]

Originally posted by: MBrown
I just saw this movie and thought it was awesome. Sorry for bringing back an old thread. I didn't want to R

Almost always better to bump instead of making a new one.


Also, I really liked both of them.

 

[WildHorse]

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[fustercluck]

Originally posted by: scott
I liked it.

Critics live theeir life, I live mine. Critics panned it, I could not care less.

Rotten Tomatoes has it at 65%, not close to being panned 😕 - So much for you rebelling 😛

Also this reminds me of The other considered titles for Quantam of Solace on Conan 😀

 

[HopJokey]

I just watched this movie and thought it was very good. I haven't seen the first one, Casino Royale, so I didn't get many of the back story references made in the movie. I'll definitely have to check the first one out especially if the future "Craig" Bonds continue the story line from the first and second movies.

QoS reminded me of both "24" and "Bourne". "24" for the story between all of the movies (future ones as well?) having a big time conspiracy group being the villains and also Bond being a broken character much like Bauer is now. "Bourne" for the action sequences and setting. I agree with many critics that it is a very different take on "Bond", more darker, but don't think it is a bad thing.