Comments on: A Pinch of Abatement http://www.vqronline.org/blog/2008/11/19/quantum-of-solace/ A National Blog of Literature & Discussion Tue, 13 Dec 2011 00:47:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Sanjeev http://www.vqronline.org/blog/2008/11/19/quantum-of-solace/#comment-2544 Sanjeev Mon, 24 Nov 2008 22:42:31 +0000 http://www.vqronline.org/blog/?p=561#comment-2544 I think Anthony Lane in the New Yorker got what the movie was about. http://www.newyorker.com/arts/reviews/film/quantum_of_solace_forster That said, I would have loved to hear at least the Bond theme music during the movie a few times. A different brooding Bond (not so-suave, not quite the macho man) and without all the gadets and bedroom scenes (notwithstanding one cursory scene thrown in; the movie could have done without which!) is something I can appreciate... but it IS in the end a Bond movie, isn't it? Why do away with the Bond theme too - except for the credits at the start! I think Anthony Lane in the New Yorker got what the movie was about.

http://www.newyorker.com/arts/reviews/film/quantum_of_solace_forster

That said, I would have loved to hear at least the Bond theme music during the movie a few times. A different brooding Bond (not so-suave, not quite the macho man) and without all the gadets and bedroom scenes (notwithstanding one cursory scene thrown in; the movie could have done without which!) is something I can appreciate… but it IS in the end a Bond movie, isn’t it? Why do away with the Bond theme too – except for the credits at the start!

]]> By: Elizabeth Westmark http://www.vqronline.org/blog/2008/11/19/quantum-of-solace/#comment-2542 Elizabeth Westmark Sun, 23 Nov 2008 15:45:10 +0000 http://www.vqronline.org/blog/?p=561#comment-2542 Perhaps a "soupcon of snoring?" Actually, I was enjoying the movie until my significant other literally began to snore. I poked him in the arm until he woke up and fed him peppermints to keep him awake so I could continue watching. Walking out, he said, "Well, I didn't get much out of that. They need to go back to the basics with that franchise." "Not even a good nap?" I replied. p.s. I'm still trying to find a way to add a cedilla to the "c" in soupcon in a blog comment form. . . Perhaps a “soupcon of snoring?” Actually, I was enjoying the movie until my significant other literally began to snore. I poked him in the arm until he woke up and fed him peppermints to keep him awake so I could continue watching.

Walking out, he said, “Well, I didn’t get much out of that. They need to go back to the basics with that franchise.”

“Not even a good nap?” I replied.

p.s. I’m still trying to find a way to add a cedilla to the “c” in soupcon in a blog comment form. . .

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