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Better Movie Than People Thought It Was
posted by Maria KellySTAFFMOD on March 20, 2017 at 10:54 PM
Sometimes I have trouble understanding why Bond fans have problems with this movie. Maybe because it was a sequel, the first time it happened in a Bond movie, or perhaps they found it to depressing (of course he was depressed! He was grieving for Vesper, and someone is trying to kill M). Anyway, I thought that it was good. And my favorite line is:
Bond: Someone is trying to kill a friend of mine, but it's not what you think...
Camille: Your mother?
Bond: She likes to think so.
Fasten your seatbelts, it's going to be a bumpy night.
Reply by ComputerBlue
on March 20, 2017 at 11:23 PM
I agree, it's my favorite Craig movie and the last Bond movie to have an amazing soundtrack that could rival Barry's work. (not talking main theme, it was meh...but overall score)
Reply by Maria Kelly
on March 20, 2017 at 11:50 PM
David Arnold is fantastic! He is my second favorite Bond composer ( after the late, great John Barry, of course). There is haunting riff during the scene when Bond are making their entrances to the Opera House. I really like that part of the score.
Reply by Renovatio
on March 21, 2017 at 4:21 AM
much better than people give it credit for, but I'm glad they didn't continue with making sequels...
It would have turned 007 into TV or worse, we could be subjected to the kind of navel gazing nerdism that goes on with the Star Wars/Trek/comic-book movies/marvel-world franchises... where there is no real drama or entertainment, just different variations of silly games of spot the clue, easter-egg collecting, explain the backstory, map-out-the-world fetishism...
Reply by Maria Kelly
on March 21, 2017 at 4:30 AM
You have a very good point. In fact, one thing that I didn't like about Spectre is that it seemed like it was the "Daniel Craig's Greatest Hits as Bond" movie.
Reply by Savage918
on August 14, 2018 at 11:48 AM
I finally figured out where the title came from. After Ian Fleming wrote Casino Royale, he wrote in a short story collection a story that was set after Casino Royale (I can't remember the name of it), where he's talking about Vesper, and saying that he can't find a "Quantum of Solace" after her death. At least I think that's what the line means. I'll have to look it up.