AJB live commentary on QUANTUM OF SOLACE

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  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,323Chief of Staff
    Music “Pursuit At Port Au Prince”
  • Golrush007Golrush007 South AfricaPosts: 3,420Quartermasters
    I've always liked the shot where the camera 'jumps' onto the boat as Bond does the same on his motorbike.
  • Thunderbird 2Thunderbird 2 East of Cardiff, Wales.Posts: 2,777MI6 Agent
    It’s an action sequence?! Something involving powerboats possibly three?
    This is Thunderbird 2, how can I be of assistance?
  • The Spy Who Never DiesThe Spy Who Never Dies UKPosts: 644MI6 Agent
    Barbel wrote:
    Gymkata wrote:
    Barbel wrote:
    As with so much in this film, Camille's back markings are never explained.

    To that point, there's no way that a woman would wear a shirt like that with those scars. Most guys wouldn't either.

    True, so we're supposed to notice it... and then it's never explained.


    I assumed it was from the fire when she was a kid.
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,323Chief of Staff
    The editing has calmed down slightly.
  • Shady TreeShady Tree London, UKPosts: 2,969MI6 Agent
    Medrano is also a good, rather disturbing villain. He, Greene and Beam conceivably belong to the same dirty world. What's missing is a blast of moral outrage/ contempt in their direction... of the sort that Moore gave Orlov and Zorin.
    Critics and material I don't need. I haven't changed my act in 53 years.
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,323Chief of Staff
    Could anyone explain how the whole boat/hook thing worked? Asking for most of the known world.
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,795MI6 Agent
    Bond driving the motorcycle into the harbour is shot well, the boat chase isn't.
  • Thunderbird 2Thunderbird 2 East of Cardiff, Wales.Posts: 2,777MI6 Agent
    Barbel wrote:
    The editing has calmed down slightly.

    (Reaches for the Jameson’s...)
    This is Thunderbird 2, how can I be of assistance?
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,323Chief of Staff
    A short piece of "No Good About Goodbye" played just there
  • Shady TreeShady Tree London, UKPosts: 2,969MI6 Agent
    I like the quiet moment after the action as Bond helms the boat away.
    Critics and material I don't need. I haven't changed my act in 53 years.
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,323Chief of Staff
    Music “No Interest In Dominic Greene”
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,323Chief of Staff
    Thunderbird 2 wrote:
    Barbel wrote:
    The editing has calmed down slightly.

    (Reaches for the Jameson’s...)

    Hey, I said "slightly"
  • Golrush007Golrush007 South AfricaPosts: 3,420Quartermasters
    Nice hint of the Bond theme as 007 arrives at the jetty. I always wanted more Bond theme in this film though.
  • Shady TreeShady Tree London, UKPosts: 2,969MI6 Agent
    The Spy Who Never Dies wrote:
    Barbel wrote:
    Gymkata wrote:

    To that point, there's no way that a woman would wear a shirt like that with those scars. Most guys wouldn't either.

    True, so we're supposed to notice it... and then it's never explained.


    I assumed it was from the fire when she was a kid.

    I assumed that too... but only with hindsight when seeing the film again.
    Critics and material I don't need. I haven't changed my act in 53 years.
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,795MI6 Agent
    Olga Kurylenko looks good in that outfit and in brownface, but her lips looks too pale.
  • Thunderbird 2Thunderbird 2 East of Cardiff, Wales.Posts: 2,777MI6 Agent
    Machine that goes whip whap whoop.
    M’s Stargate Atlantis like Memory wall.... All that’s missing is Sir Pat Stewart!
    This is Thunderbird 2, how can I be of assistance?
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,323Chief of Staff
    Felix! :) :) :)
  • Shady TreeShady Tree London, UKPosts: 2,969MI6 Agent
    Leiter's glowering looks are a moral compass in this film.
    Critics and material I don't need. I haven't changed my act in 53 years.
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,323Chief of Staff
    Thunderbird 2 wrote:
    Machine that goes whip whap whoop.
    M’s Stargate Atlantis like Memory wall.... All that’s missing is Sir Pat Stewart!

    Who would have been a great Bond villain back in the day. That voice saying "Ah, come in Mr Bond" would have been superb.
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,795MI6 Agent
    edited June 2020
    Some things are Wright in this movie.
  • The Spy Who Never DiesThe Spy Who Never Dies UKPosts: 644MI6 Agent
    cool way Felix catches phone.
  • Golrush007Golrush007 South AfricaPosts: 3,420Quartermasters
    Gymkata wrote:
    David Harbour is fun here.

    His generous moustache is a highlight of the film for me.
  • Shady TreeShady Tree London, UKPosts: 2,969MI6 Agent
    edited June 2020
    Forster's political background in protests against American foreign policy is in the background to how Beam is portrayed in this film.
    Critics and material I don't need. I haven't changed my act in 53 years.
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,323Chief of Staff
    Music “Night At The Opera” My favourite cue from this film. Haunting, atmospheric, builds nicely.
  • Thunderbird 2Thunderbird 2 East of Cardiff, Wales.Posts: 2,777MI6 Agent
    David Harbour does a great job as Beam...
    The fact he makes Felix feel awkward is nicely played between him and Wright.

    Greene and Elvis’s Evening suits look cheap.
    This is Thunderbird 2, how can I be of assistance?
  • Shady TreeShady Tree London, UKPosts: 2,969MI6 Agent
    Barbel wrote:
    Music “Night At The Opera” My favourite cue from this film. Haunting, atmospheric, builds nicely.

    Yes it's great for this sequence.
    Critics and material I don't need. I haven't changed my act in 53 years.
  • The Spy Who Never DiesThe Spy Who Never Dies UKPosts: 644MI6 Agent
    Bond looks better in his tux than all the others.
  • Shady TreeShady Tree London, UKPosts: 2,969MI6 Agent
    Casting real women as extras, even on a glamorous occasion such as this night in the opera... as opposed to the model/glamour puss types of Bondian yore.
    Critics and material I don't need. I haven't changed my act in 53 years.
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,323Chief of Staff
    Vienna Symphony Orchestra- pity it wasn't the City of Prague's Philharmonic :))
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