Quantum of Solace

Instead of watching "Volcano: Nature Unleashed", I have decided that I have watched enough ": "Nature Unleashed" movies for one day.

So, now I'm watching Quantum of Solace.

I bought the DVD last weekend, and then when I went to watch in on Sunday, I discovered that instead of the 2 discs that the "2-disc Special Edition" promised, I only had one. The Special features. which did me a fat lot of good, since I wanted to watch the movie, and save the special features for later... Luckily, Best Buy exchanged it for me, and didn't give me any crap. And also luckily, I bought it at the Best Buy near work, as I happened to be there over the weekend, which made the exchange so much easier...

Anyways, I think were were thinking about going to see this when I was in Hawaii, but never got around to it, so this'll be the first time I'm watching it...

Starting off, I really like what they're doing with the sound in the opening chase scene. Where it starts off with just the opening music, and then abruptly changes to the actual car chase sounds.

Not a big fan of the main theme, though. Don't know who it is, but I guess its back to female singers for the opening theme, after the departure from the norm with Chris Cornell for Casino Royale. And apparently its Alicia Keys. Not a particular fan...

Hopefully they give a decent overview of Casino Royale, as its been a while since I've seen it.

And I do like Daniel Craig as James Bond. He brings a certain athleticism to the role that Pierce Brosnan lacked. Less suave. More "I'm gonna kick your ass". And Casino Royale lacked the gadget absurdities that seemed so prevalent in the Bond movies. We'll see if this holds up in this movie.

And I want one of those touch screen computer things. They're just downright cool, with all the dragging of stuff around and rotating and stuff... Pretty fancy...

And now Olga Kurylenko has showed up. Or whatever the hell her name is. And she's managed to keep her top on. That's kind of novel for her... The other two movies I've seen her in (Max Payne and Hitman), she gets nekkid pretty quick...

And they seem to have broken the monopoly that H&K seemed to have on this film, at least SMG and Assault Rifle wise, in that some guy had a SIG 551 or 550. Didn't get a good enough look at it. I guess that sort of fits with the SIG pistol that the dude had in the earlier chase scene.

Oh, and by the way, sugar cubes are an awesome invention.

James Bond just won a dogfight. Flying a DC3. Against a plane with guns. That's pretty awesome. The DC3 is a nice looking plane... Too bad he lost the fight against the Huey...

I wonder if Bond realizes that, like The Doctor, his tuxedo seems to be cursed. Whenever he wears one, he seems to get into zany adventures.

And then I got caught up watching the movie, and kinda forgot to blog.

Good movie.