cookiemonster said:
QOS has just been released here in Finland and went to see it in Sat night.
I liked it but it seemed to be lacking that 'James Bond touch'. There was no real plot, what plot there was seemed to be all over the place, and there was no memorable JB scene that we all remember from a JB film such as the poker game in Casino Royale or the woman painted in gold paint in Goldfinger for example.
You pick one of the most memorable scenes in the franchise, and then fail to mention the major homage to it in Quantum of Solace!
I think Andyoxon has a point. I was expecting it to be rubbish and really liked it. I can see that if you were expecting it to be brilliant you might have been let down.
I do disagree about the plot though. Let's run by a few plots of yesteryear to put this in context. One from 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s respectively
1. a terror organisation funded by the Japanese govt builds a rocket that can travel into space and back undetected and collect rival nations space capsules. The aim of which is to start WW3. This is done from inside a volcano.
2. 007 is sent to stop a diabolically brilliant heroin magnate armed with a complex organization and a reliable psychic tarot card reader
3. An investigation of a horse-racing scam leads 007 to a mad industrialist who plans to create a worldwide microchip monopoly by destroying California's Silicon Valley.
4. James Bond heads to stop a media mogul's plan to induce war between China and the UK in order to obtain exclusive global media coverage.
I don't see that covertly planning to hijack a country's water supply for profiteering is any "weaker" than this little lot!
As for how Bond stops the baddies - well again look back at the other films. It's usually his charisma and intuition that put a spanner in the works, so to speak.
