Sony. Ford. Range Rover. Virgin Atlantic. Sony. Sony. More Sony. That’s right folks, it’s another round of blatant product placement, so that can only mean it’s time for another James Bond film *sigh*, but I’ll try to resist the urge to drone on about that.
Quantum of Solace is the latest 007 outing, and it’s a direct follow on from Casino Royale. Meeester Bond is now after a bit of revenge and he quickly gets to work hunting down unknown people in an unknown organisation, who do, well, unknown things. In other words, there’s some unknown unknowns and even a few known unknowns that Donald Rumsfeld would’ve been proud of. One of the known knowns is that all the unknown unknowns are all very bad, mmmkay, so it’s important that they’re all killed. Hopefully that’s all nice and clear now.
Peruvian guinea pig wig product placement
Throw in a shed load of action and that pretty much covers the first half of the film. It’s pretty action heavy, but should you get bored during the bits inbetween you can always fall back on a nice game of ‘Spot the Sony Logo’ (whoops, I said I wouldn’t mention that).
Anyway, we eventually learn that this dastardly unknown outfit are actually hoarding water, so they can sell it later at an extortionate price. Oh no!!!
Hang on, wait a second, sort of… Water Rustling?
That’s not very exciting is it? And that’s one of the main problems. While Quantum of Solace is a solid action flick, the overall plot just isn’t that good. Most of the action sequences are also shot in wobbly close-up, so it’s sometimes difficult to actually tell what’s happening. It took me a minute or so to work out who was chasing who in the pre-title sequence and I’ve still no idea how Bond made that enemy speed boat do that flip thing with just a bit of rope to hand.
Oh, and I swear when the waitress is struggling on the bed whilst resisting the intentions of the General, you see a quick glimpse of her clunge. There you go… it’s not all bad then.
6.5/10.
Eagle eyed Chris hey!! I saw a quick glimpse up her skirt….but did we really see her clunge (as you put it!!), if so it makes the film worth seeing again, just to spot that bit!!
I agree with you about the rest of the film….infact I’m struggling to find the motivation to review it!!
I think a blue ray copy and screen grab will have to be on the cards when it is released….
Alotta Fagina making a cameo appearance…?
cue internet search for a screen cap of that!!
Sometimes I dispair of knowing you guys!
I enjoyed the film, wasn’t the best movie every but it was fun for what it was. The bad guys plot was a bit pathetic to be honest especially seeing how much effor they went to to make the organisation seem massive and sinister. Plus the head bad guy was really creepy, there is no way someone like that would head up a charity.
I want one of those computer table things though, very cool.
I did search for some screen caps Paul, but had no joy… you’ll have to see if you can do better. I did find lots of other people on the ‘net are also wondering if they really did get an unexpected eyeful of flange, so at least we’re not alone. But anyway…
The best thing about QoS was the Tosca bit, quite clever that. Although I suspect that whole scene was just set up to show off his Sony Ericsson camera phone! Speaking of which… my K770i doesn’t even have a zoom on the camera! Rubbish!
Well I have the C902 Sony phone as used in the film & it does have a zoom & face recognition!! Unfortunately though it does lack the GPS tracking software, that allows me to track you anywhere in the world just be calling you!!
Sorry that we have an opinion Andrew….I just didn’t think it was much of a ‘Bond’ film, it could have been any action movie!! I did enjoy it, but the baddies plot was a bit weak…plus I thought they were going to go down the line of trying to find out who the mysterious organisation were that White worked for & infiltrated MI6 etc…..that all seemed to fall by the wayside & they chased some water hoarder!!
P.S. – I’ve looked for the screen caps too Chris…no luck so far!!
Er ok, I wasn’t saying anything against you guys having an opinion on the movie, in fact I agree with pretty much everything you have said. I was just commenting on the fact that you managed to reduce the movie to a half second flash of some birds underwear. I see it as a gift.
Fair enought Andrew… I suppose the film did have more to offer than just that shot!! Like, Miss Fields naked seen with Bond and her laying naked on the bed covered in oil… if you like that kinda thing!!
What a hot potato…. I bet you never thought you would get so many responses from this post…. so may I add my 2 pence worth and say…
Beaver, beaver, Clunge, clunge, watering hole…. damn paps
You’re right, I had no idea that the main talking point would be what was up the waitresses skirt (or not?!). Bet Jonathan Ross didn’t include that in his review…
No, Jonathan Ross wouldn’t bother whether she was wearing undies or not he’d just call her Grandmother & told her that he’d slept with her Grandaughter!! ;-)
Well I think that you all have summed up the movie by stating more about the young lady’s clunge{?!eh} than the movie itself. I agree with chris and give it 6.5/10, there we go. I just hope that the next one has a bit more direction and better plot. More girls,cars and gadgets.
UPDATE: This may help clear things up on the whole weak storyline front!! Plus it looks like a return of gadgets is on the cards & maybe an end to blatant product placement!!…do you think Producer Barbara Broccoli read this site??
Producer Barbara Broccoli has hinted that the next James Bond movie will complete a Daniel Craig trilogy.
Speaking to Coming Soon, Broccoli said that the 23rd Bond instalment is likely to finish the story started in Casino Royale and Quantum Of Solace.
She said: “Hopefully at the end of Quantum Of Solace, we have this ‘whole’ character. And now we can do what we want.
“I think in some way, he will go after the [Quantum] organisation. So in that sense, it may become a trilogy, but we haven’t really structured it that way.”
Broccoli noted that the next Bond movie will contain one of the hallmarks of the franchise’s earlier films.
“The trouble is, everyone has gadgets,” she commented. “We will need to come up with a few that have not been invented by the Sony Corp”
Yeah, Babs Broccoli is a regular Blogalism reader. She hangs on our every opinion don’t you know. Stevie Spiely and Georgey-porgey Lucas are big fans too.
That quote sounds slightly more hopeful for the next Bond outing, but… Sony part-own MGM, so I can’t see the product placement ending any time soon. Fingers crossed for a better plot next time though – so sort it out Babs! Oh, and since yer reading Brockers, bring back Moneypenny and Q (but not John Cleese) whilst your at it.
I have not seen even one Bond film… i think i may be the only person on the planet
Never seen a Bond film? Good lord. I think you should ask for this for Christmas. But if the Die Another Day disc accidentally fell in the bin before you got around to watching it, it wouldn’t be the worst thing to happen in the world.
Wow… that’s a lot of Bond films…he’s like Dr Who with all the different actors… just… better looking & dressed.
Alright i just sat here staring at “Dr Who” until the words became gibberish. Maybe that only happens to me… if i consider a word too long it becomes nonsense to me… yes i know i’m strange… but at least i’m strange this way & not in the stalker, freaky email, etc way
Tiamat, that happens to me all the time. For 8 hours whilst at work usually.
Tris, Andrew, Paul (but not you Tiamat – as yer FAR too much of a lay-dee for this sort of smut), but the screencaps talked about above look like this… :-D
[found at sigitsusinggih.net]
I told you she had underwear on
it looks like she’s falling off the bed
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