DISQUS

Film School Rejects: Quantum of Solace: Shortest Bond Movie, Sexiest CD Cover

  • Ryan O'Brien · 1 year ago
    106 minutes! NO!!! GRRR... I want to be in a theater at least two hours for what tickets cost
    nowadays! Also they should have the "Bond, James Bond" line. Every other film, including
    Casino Royale did! Still, although the card game could have been a bit shorter, I'd much
    prefer 'Q of S' to be longer than 106!
  • Nevernude · 1 year ago
    I don't think Bond's martini is neither shaken nor stirred. In fact, i don't think he gives a damn.
  • Alericc · 1 year ago
    I have to agree that it troubles me to see they have shortened the movie. I don't mind sitting for 2 hours when there is a good movie playing. I also don't mind them taking out the catch phrase, but something smells fishy.

    Are we certain there wasn't pressure from the studio to shorten the film and thus cut scenes we will have to wait to see in the extended version, ala Lord of the Rings?
  • Smurf · 1 year ago
    This is pretty accurate I think. Casino Royale was a good thriller but it does seem like they don't give a crap about the Bond persona. I mean in the last movie he was all lovey dovey and wanted to go be with his girlfriend for ever and ever. Looks like in this movie he's going to be too cool for school because his girlfriend's dead.
  • Robert Fure · 1 year ago
    The movie should be 106 minutes long. Why make it longer? If the director accomplished his story in 106 minutes, why on this green earth would you ever want to pad it out with nothing? Yes, a good 2hour movie is a good 2hours, but a good 1:46hr movie is a good movie too. Could be better. Tighter pacing.

    Casino Royale was great, but it did drag on about 15 minutes too long. It could have been tighter.

    @Smuf
    It was really an origin story, describing how he becomes the cold agent we've always known. And Bond has been in love before, he was even married.
  • Cole Abaius · 1 year ago
    I'm on board for however the filmmakers want to rock this one. Casino inspires a lot of confidence.

    And Fure...Bond has only been married if you count Never Say Never Again as being in the canon. Which it's not. Because it sucks and was a paltry remake of Thunderball, anyway.
  • Rob Hunter · 1 year ago
    @ Cole... On Her Majesty's Secret Service maybe?
  • Robert Fure · 1 year ago
    @Cole + Rob (=kissing in a tree)
    Yes, Bond married in OHMSS, but his wife, Tracy, was killed on their wedding day. This messes up his head pretty bad.

    Later, he also marries Kissy Suzuki in "You Only Live Twice," though that was part of his cover. That being said, he still got her pregnant. There are some differences about their relationship between book and movie - in literature, their relationship isn't really expounded too much upon. In film, he lives with her for several months.
  • max · 1 year ago
    I do wish it was longer but then again i trust that if this bond follows the exellent
    storyline that was put forth in casino royale then this will be a great bond film.
    esspecially after seeing the trailers.
  • Mos · 1 year ago
    desperado poster minus the flames. nuff said
  • Jasmine Walker · 1 year ago
    And will: OO7 Drive through the Quantum 16