A Quantum of What?
Went and saw Quantum of Solace last night at the Westgarth. It was full to the rafters (courtesy an Ivanhoe Grammer book-out) which left us 3 rows from the front … great to see the Westgarth doing that sort of business, but that close ain’t quite my cup of tea. This meant we got the full force of the crazy-arse hyper-editing performed on the movie. Tight shots, blurred movement, jump cuts, chopped, sliced … this thing was all over the place. Editing aside, it still wasn’t a patch on Casino Royale in my opinion.
Having gone through all the Bond films over time (and we’ve now got them all in APPLEBOX, apart from Never Say Never Again and On Her Majesty’s Secret Service), it’s by no means the worst of the bunch (Pierce Brosnan? yuck), and Daniel Craig is filling out Bond’s shoes admirably. But, Marc Forster directed and with a lineage of Monster’s Ball, Stranger Than Fiction and The Kite Runner I think I hoped for more (having said that, those aren’t action flicks and perhaps he left it too much to the guys in the editing suite). As for the title, I’ve just read that ‘Quantum’ is the name of the bad guys introduced in Casino Royale. Not sure how that works in with ‘Solace’ .. perhaps a play on words as when Bond discovers Vespa was a goodie after all he finally finds a bit of peace? A bit obscure me thinks.