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Sunday, November 16, 2008

Dominic Greene as evil Bond villain as played outstandingly by Mathieu Amalric certainly felt like a very Roman Polanski influenced character. I couldn’t help but watch the film throughout its run time and feel like they were totally riffing off a, “What if Roman Polanski was an evil Bond villain?” His evil sidekick Elvis played by Anatole Taubman that sports an absolutely ridiculously mod haircut and gets the films funniest prop laughs was a really interesting choice.

The main weakness of the newest Bond film (I did dig the film as a whole) was that it felt like a much much longer film that had been condensed and edited down greatly. While I could certainly see the editing style in parts an attempt at style, to me it seemed rather like it was a technique employed to cut down the run time and rush a locked down print out. As such I certainly hope someday to see the full uncut version of this film minus the many awkward moments of editing where everything is sped up and the sound muffled. If this was an attempted style it still seems like an 11th hour change that never comes together, so perhaps there will be a new cut where they have more time to get it right.

As for the gadgets of the film I think they are building still the pre-Bond story of how he became Bond, so we quite haven’t gotten to the point where he is teamed up with cool gadgets. I expect this to come into play in the next outing.

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Mathieu Amalric and Anatole Taubman in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures/Columbia Pictures/EON Productions’ action adventure QUANTUM OF SOLACE. Photo by Karen Ballard.

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Joaquin Cosio, Mathieu Amalric, Anatole Taubman and Jesus Ochoa in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures/Columbia Pictures/EON Productions’ action adventure QUANTUM OF SOLACE. Photo by Karen Ballard.

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Joaquin Cosio, Mathieu Amalric and Olga Kurylenko in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures/Columbia Pictures/EON Productions’ action adventure QUANTUM OF SOLACE. Photo by Karen Ballard.

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Official stills used in the original international release for this film. © 2008 Danjaq, LLC, United Artists Corporation, Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

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Saturday, November 8, 2008

Over at the Telegraph, Mark Monahan had this to say about the latest Bond film:

So, if Quantum of Solace lacks Casino Royale’s narrative drive, and is less than the sum of its parts, those parts are often terrific. See it for them, and see it for Craig’s fully-formed Bond: angry, icily unsentimental, and fleetingly borderline psychotic at the close.

Craig inhabits the character with a ruthless charisma that never lets up. And he, above all, keeps you watching.

::: Read Full Review by Mark Monahan, Telegraph

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Bond (Daniel Craig) shields Camille (Olga Kurylenko) and fires at a fuel cell as flames engulf Medrano’s suite at Perla De Las Dunas. Photo by Karen Ballard.

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Official stills used in the original international release for this film. © 2008 Danjaq, LLC, United Artists Corporation, Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

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::: Official Site
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New Cinema Wallpaper of the Day
Tuesday, November 4, 2008

More dazzling imagery from the new Bond film with a raging Daniel Craig back for more.

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Bond (Daniel Craig) shields Camille (Olga Kurylenko) and fires at a fuel cell as flames engulf Medrano’s suite at Perla De Las Dunas. Photo by Karen Ballard.

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Official stills used in the original international release for this film. © 2008 Danjaq, LLC, United Artists Corporation, Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

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::: Official Site
::: IMDb Profile

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Monday, November 3, 2008

Bond is once again back and advanced word seems pretty divided. I have no idea what to expect other than less card playing and the trailers and footage shown to date has certainly looked great.

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Daniel Craig and Mathieu Amalric in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures/Columbia Pictures/EON Productions’ action adventure QUANTUM OF SOLACE. Photo by Karen Ballard.

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Olga Kurylenko stars in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures/Columbia Pictures/EON Productions’ action adventure QUANTUM OF SOLACE. Photo by Susie Allnutt.

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Daniel Craig stars as James Bond in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures/Columbia Pictures/EON Productions’ action adventure QUANTUM OF SOLACE. Photo by Karen Ballard.

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Official stills used in the original international release for this film. © 2008 Danjaq, LLC, United Artists Corporation, Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

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New Cinema Wallpaper of the Day
Friday, August 15, 2008

The US release date of November 7th is inching closer for the latest Bond film and the buzz certainly seems to be building with the tiniest and obscure of details leaked out turning into instant Internet gossip fire storms. November was shaping up for filmgoers to be great month between this film, The Road and the latest Harry Potter film, but Warner Bros. has moved Harry Potter back to July of 2009. Malcolm D. Lee’s new film Soul Men should also be noted as a must see for November with it featuring the late Bernie Mac and Isaac Hayes.

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Karen Ballard

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From left to right: Director MARC FORSTER on set with the main cast; MATHIEU AMALRIC (Dominic Greene), OLGA KURYLENKO (Camille) and DANIEL CRAIG (James Bond). Location: Casco Viejo, Panama City, Panama. Photo by Karen Ballard.

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James Bond (DANIEL CRAIG) charges through the underground cisterns of Sienna in pursuit of an Mi6 traitor. Location: Pinewood Studios, Buckinghamshire, UK. Photo by Karen Ballard.

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James Bond 007 (DANIEL CRAIG) in pursuit of an Mi6 traitor. Location: Pinewood Studios, Buckinghamshire, UK. Photo by Susie Allnutt.

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James Bond 007 (DANIEL CRAIG) at Perla De Las Dunas, Bolivia. Location: ESO Paranal, Chile. Photo by Karen Ballard.

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M (JUDI DENCH) at the Mi6 Head Quarters in London. Location: Pinewood Studios, Buckinghamshire, UK. Photo by Karen Ballard.

Image Source:
Official stills used in the original international release for this film. © 2008 Danjaq, LLC, United Artists Corporation, Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Related Links:
::: Official Site
::: IMDb Profile