Nov 21, 2010 07:01 PM
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After the disappointing CR(atleast for me), I wanted to check out what the OO7 movie makers are upto this time. I was this late cos I lost all interest in Bond movies due to the reboot that happened in the franchise 4 years ago! And my discovery was that .
. this has to be THE worst( Bond) film of all time(even worse than Die Another Day!).
Right from the opening scene(which is traditionally an action packed opening to blow you away), the flick was awful. The fast paced action was lost by a camera set too close to the action and flicking between camera shots so fast it was subliminal and far to fast for the human brain to register any action. After a few seconds I was totally lost. Every other shot is something exploding or being destroyed with parts flying all over the screen. Seriously, that's one of three shots per second where just debris is flying on the screen. Unwatchable. It's as if they shot each scene from 18 different angles and pasted all those tapes together.
This style continued throughout any action scene in the film, making them unwatchable and irritating. The fight scene in the theatre was lost, again too much flicking between camera shots. Yes it's great that modern cameras can get you "into the action" but there is such a thing as moving in too close and loosing all perspective of action.
I love Bond films, but a Bond film needs to have, Gadgets, Fast cars, witty comments, good music, ( Sorry Jack White) Q and a baddie with another baddie above him and one above him!
I had a HARD time with CR and really hoped that QoS would be more Bond but I was to be sadly disappointed! Am I the only person left who likes a good plot, strong characters, gadgets, car chases and romance in a Bond film.?
Daniel Craig is the most heartless Bond I have seen. The so called best Bond since Sean Connery(!) does not seem to a loyalty to anyone or his country, He's supposed to be everything thats cool about being a British agent but he was empty and charmless! The scene where Rene Mathis ends up in the boot of the car, gets shot and dies in Bonds arm, then has his money stolen was utterly immoral and unheroic.
Many people have already written about how badly shot and directed QoS was. So I will get to main concern with QoS,
One more time. after the intense action but zero Bond factor movie(Casino Royale) the filmmakers decide to pull this sequel of overall nonsense. The previous Bond's movies also contained tons of science fiction and unreasonable events. YET, all of them were covered with the Charm and wits of the perfectly trained, smart and handsome super spy named Bond. James Bond. Today. we have this totally unrefined dude, who kills more like a gangster, who spends 99% of his time frowning or doing weird things with his mouth like an ORANG-UTAN!
The plot is ludicrous. the villains are even more ludicrous than the star actor. I COULDN'T HELP BUT YAWN! But yes, I did thank God cos there was no scene as in CR where our hero's gonads were targeted! Also no dialogues like . "That is because you know what you can do with my finger".
The saving grace of the movie must have been the first 5 minutes of car chasing, and not because of the actor or the chasing itself but due to the amazing Aston Martin DBS. I find it hard, really hard to understand how people keep on scoring)this movie or) its predecessor with 4 or 5! Surprising that the Bond movie makers have axed the latest Bond movie featuring our Freida Pinto due to lack of funds!
Punchline: Not the worst Bond movie, but perhaps the worst movie.
