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Quantum of Solace (2008) -- This is the second theatrical trailer for Quantum of Solace, directed by Marc Forster.
Quantum of Solace (2008) -- Quantum of Solace - Behind the Scenes Featurette
Quantum of Solace (2008) -- Interview: Dame Judi Dench "On working with Daniel Craig"
Quantum of Solace (2008) -- Daniel Craig continues as James Bond in the longest running and most lucrative film franchise ever with "Quantum Of Solace." Sheila MacVicar reports from the London premiere.
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Overview

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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Paul Haggis (written by) and
Neal Purvis (written by) ...
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Release Date:
14 November 2008 (USA) more
Plot:
Seeking revenge for the death of his love, secret agent James Bond sets out to stop an environmentalist from taking control of a country's valuable resource. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for 2 BAFTA Film Awards. Another 4 wins & 20 nominations more
User Comments:
Stop the directors! Stop the editors! I want to get off! more (1100 total)

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
B22 (UK) (promotional abbreviation)
Bond 22 (UK) (working title)
QoS (International: English title) (promotional abbreviation)
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and action, and some sexual content.
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106 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Trivia:
Producer Michael G. Wilson conceived the film's story during the production shoot of Casino Royale (2006). more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: In the scene where Dominic Greene hugs Camille while standing at the edge of the shore, you can see one part of Camille's scar peeling off. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
James Bond: It's time to get out.
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Referenced in "De wereld draait door: (#4.21)" (2008) more
Soundtrack:
Crawl, End Crawl more

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48 out of 64 people found the following comment useful.
Stop the directors! Stop the editors! I want to get off!, 17 November 2008
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Author: Bloomer from Sydney, Australia

This is the first time I ever came out of a Bond film at the cinema thinking, 'I enjoyed almost none of that.' And there was no mystery for me as to why I felt this way. I didn't have to weigh up the other pros and cons (it is not an unsophisticated film) or think far or deeply. I couldn't stand Quantum Of Solace because ninety-five percent of its action sequences are appallingly directed and edited. Endless, wobbly extreme closeups are cut together too rapidly into a meaningless dirge which prohibits you from discerning anything about the nature of the scene.

How many cars are participating in this car chase? Will I be allowed to glimpse anyone's face in this scene other than Bond's? Will I be allowed to glimpse even Bond's face? Which boat is in front? Where is anything in relation to anything else, ever? And just what was that? That blur in front of me for the past half a second, what the hell was it? The answers to these questions respectively throughout Quantum of Solace are, 'I have no clue, no, no, I don't know, I will never know, I don't know, I still don't know.'

I'm tired of reading any defence for the most extreme incarnation of this style of action coverage. It is purposeless obfuscation. It's anti-exciting, annoying and just plain rubbish. Bond films in particular are known for their history of spectacular action and stunts, and if you briefly consider any eighties Bond film, you'll recall that somewhere in it was a long, held shot of something amazing. People fighting on the back of an airborne plane, racing cars through Paris or pursuing each other down a mountain on skis. Compared to any one of those scenes, everything in Quantum is a disgrace, incapable of engendering marvel or wonder.

Perhaps I should try to be less catastrophic about the direction of cinema in general and just apportion blame directly to the guy from the Bourne films whose second unit did this to Quantum, and to Marc Forster, who directed the film, and either sanctioned or did not repel the Bourne-on-steroids content. Call me Mister Insane, but I demand the context, information and sense of place delivered by even the occasional wide shot. To see how Bond kung-fu'd an elevator full of guys would be cool, right? The event happens in this film, but what you actually see is a camera jerking crazily over ten inch wide patches of dark clothing, to the accompaniment of cabbages being walloped on the soundtrack. Imagine if Bruce Lee tried to get away with this crap. And this wasn't a well considered case of indicating what had just happened by offering the impression of it rather than the depiction of it, it was simply a continuation of the house style.

Quantum Of Solace takes anti-illuminating film-making to new, stupid lows!

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