Quantum of Solace - "and the stars would shine..."

[threeplusfire]

We saw Quantum of Solace last night at the Drafthouse, still crowded at 10pm on a Tuesday night. I love the experience of an enormous screen and the dark of the theater, where the whole world is reduced to the film. What I don't love are the other people most of the time. How fucking hard is it to be quiet, honestly? I can see that the only solution is going to be building my own theater.



I love the line from The Spirit trailer: I'm going to kill you all sorts of dead. HAH!

I'm enjoying the trend of comic books going into film, mostly because I'm excited about Watchmen. It has the potential to be really, really brilliant.

I finally saw the new Star Trek trailer - hmmm. I think Abrams is a logical director choice. The arguments that this has the potential to be Phantom Menace all over again are reasonable. I counter by saying this series is less at the fate of a megalomaniac creator and for pity's sake no one ever accused most of the other Trek films of having brilliant dialogue. Am a little iffy on young Kirk, but young Spock - total win.

Now, for James Bond. As if you need to ask. AWESOME. Totally awesome.

In the opening car chase, I kept thinking: they want the audience to be scared, they want people leaning back in their seats from the nerves. But this is like driving with Tyler! Hah! I've been there! Well, except with less gunfire. But *only* because no one has ever seen fit to give me a semi-automatic weapon for a birthday present.

Daniel Craig has this bare, stripped quality to hies features and his action that make him an excellent, modern James Bond. Plus how can I not love a Bond movie that includes a big crazy modern staging of one of my favorite operas of all time, including my favorite scene? The Tosca event was beautiful.


In short - it was awesome, go see it.

Comments

[bodlon.livejournal.com]

I can't be the only one whose slash goggles fell on by accident during this film. Namely the bits with Mathis.

Am I right, or am I crazy?

[tsarina.livejournal.com]

So right - that whole scene on the villa was a big come on, seriously.

[bodlon.livejournal.com]

And the way they were on the airplane. And the way they were everywhere else...

[tsarina.livejournal.com]

Were you expecting Jefferson Airplane to suddenly start playing during the pills conversation? Ahahaha.