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London Reviews: Frost/Nixon and Quantum of Solace
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The James Bond movie Quantum of Solace is reviewed in London as well:
The Independent's Geoffrey McNab wants more "humour."
The Guardian's Peter Bradshaw says it's "a crash-bang Bond."
The Times' James Christopher ...
First 'Quantum of Solace' Review Gives it 3/5 Stars
RopeofSilicon.com —
Peter Bradshaw at The Guardian apparently likes the new James Bond outing Quantum of Solace one star less than he liked Casino Royale , which he gave 4/5 stars back in November of 2006. Bradshaw appears to have what is the first review of Quantum of Solace and he weighs in with a 3/5 stars saying it "didn't excite" him as much as Casino Royale and "the villain is especially underpowered. This is a crash-bang Bond, high on action, low on quips, long on location glamour, short on product placement." His disappointments center around too much action ...
Quantum of Solace reviews round-up
Total Film News —
... 3/5 Quantum Of Solace doesn t seem like a major entry in the Bond canon. Well under two hours long, it s shorter and more frenetic than most of its predecessors, and an often-jolting experience to watch. The Guardian - 3/5 I was disappointed there was so little dialogue, flirtation and characterisation in this Bond: Forster and his writers Paul Haggis, Neal Purvis and Robert Wade clearly thought this sort of sissy nonsense has to be cut out in favour of explosions. ...
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Mystery Man on Film —
... "I've got to admit that this didn't excite me as much as Casino Royale and the villain is especially underpowered," writes the Guardian's Peter Bradshaw. "But Craig personally has the chops, as they say in Hollywood. He's made the part his own, every inch the coolly ruthless agent-cum-killer, nursing a broken heart and coldly suppressed rage." ...
Quantum Of Solace Reviews
Movie Moron —
... it trashes it completely.
According to the short story it takes its title from, a Quantum Of Solace is “a precise figure defining the comfort/humanity/fellow feeling required between any pair of people for love to survive. If the Quantum of Solace is 0, then love is dead.” So I hope that’s cleared it up…… The last line actually sounds like it’s from a maths exam.
Here’s what the movie critics are saying -
Guardian (UK) -
“…the villain is especially underpowered… ...
Craig's Peak
Hollywood Elsewhere —
... If anything, the crunching chase sequences in Quantum of Solace are even more magnificently dangerous. And the daredevil leaps and tumbles through glass roofs are just as sensational as the splintering high-speed pyrotechnics. "But it's the amount of heartache and punishment that Craig's new Bond absorbs that makes him look so right for our times. Bond is no longer a work in progress. He is now the cruel, finished article ." LIkewise, the Guardian 's Peter Bradshaw is somewhere between okay and pleased with the film -- he submits to the rock 'n' roll -- but is ...
Early Buzz: Quantum of Solace is No Casino Royale
/Film —
... The Guardian: “This didn’t excite me as much as Casino Royale and the villain is especially underpowered.” … “This is a crash-bang Bond, high on action, low on quips, long on location glamour, short on product placement.” … “I was disappointed there was so little dialogue, flirtation and characterization in this Bond: Forster and his writers Paul Haggis, Neal Purvis and Robert Wade clearly thought this sort of sissy nonsense has to be cut out in favor of explosions. Well, perhaps that is what Bond fans want (not ...
Warm 'Quantum Of Solace' Reviews Suggest Bond Has The Goods Once Again; Lame Title Hasn't Ruined It For Anyone
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... The Guardian is thoroughly impressed. "The movie ladles out the adrenalin in a string of deafening episodes: car chases, plane wrecks, motor boat collisions. If it's got an engine, and runs on fuel, and can crash into another similarly powered vehicle, with Bond at the wheel, and preferably with a delicious female companion in the passenger seat - well, it goes in the movie." ...
Stuff and Things: First Bond Reviews Trickle In
Cinematical —
... have arrived online, and the consensus seems to be that while exciting and fast-paced, it's not as good as Casino Royale. The Guardian adds, "I was disappointed there was so little dialogue, flirtation and characterization in this Bond: Forster and his writers Paul Haggis, Neal Purvis and Robert Wade clearly thought this sort of sissy nonsense has to be cut out in favor of explosions. Well, perhaps that is what Bond fans want (not this Bond fan, though). But I was also baffled that relatively little was made of the deliciously villainous Amalric." [More ...
Quantum of Solace reviews round-up
Total Film News —
... hand-to-hand fights that make your eyes water and old-school stunts involving motorbikes, speedboats, jet fighters and expensive cars that give you whiplash just looking at them.”
The Independent – 3/5
“Quantum Of Solace doesn’t seem like a major entry in the Bond canon. Well under two hours long, it’s shorter and more frenetic than most of its predecessors, and an often-jolting experience to watch.”
The Guardian - 3/5
“I was disappointed there was so little dialogue, flirtation ...
Quantum of Solace Reviews
FilmoFilia —
... plays Agent Fields; she greets 007 wearing a trenchcoat with apparently little underneath, like some sort of MI6 strippogram. And she is the recipient of his ardour in the luxury hotel suite - that quintessential Bond habitat. This movie is, in fact, a reminder of how vital hotels are in Bond films, providing the essential narrative grammar: the checking in, the fight with the stranger in the room, the messages left at reception, the luxury cars lovingly photographed outside … full story [Guardian] he villain in this latest installment is very effective. He’s one of the few, ...
