Add Quantum of Solace to my ever-growing list of films that breach the incoherency threshold. It appears that the ongoing trend with follow-ups to critically acclaimed blockbusters is to bloat them with as many astounding action sequences as possible, which typically comes hand-in-hand with a convoluted plot that weakly links all the scenes together, complete with thinly explained superfluous character introductions/removals. I'm all for a revamp of the 007 series, but I find myself longing for the good ol' days of the basic Bond story line: evil man with evil world domination plan --> watch Bond defeat him spectacularly. On an appended note: my strong distaste for rapid edits and shaky camera work still stands.
Monday, December 15, 2008
Rich 50 is the middle class 38
Fingers crossed for Iron Man II and Batman III
Add Quantum of Solace to my ever-growing list of films that breach the incoherency threshold. It appears that the ongoing trend with follow-ups to critically acclaimed blockbusters is to bloat them with as many astounding action sequences as possible, which typically comes hand-in-hand with a convoluted plot that weakly links all the scenes together, complete with thinly explained superfluous character introductions/removals. I'm all for a revamp of the 007 series, but I find myself longing for the good ol' days of the basic Bond story line: evil man with evil world domination plan --> watch Bond defeat him spectacularly. On an appended note: my strong distaste for rapid edits and shaky camera work still stands.
Add Quantum of Solace to my ever-growing list of films that breach the incoherency threshold. It appears that the ongoing trend with follow-ups to critically acclaimed blockbusters is to bloat them with as many astounding action sequences as possible, which typically comes hand-in-hand with a convoluted plot that weakly links all the scenes together, complete with thinly explained superfluous character introductions/removals. I'm all for a revamp of the 007 series, but I find myself longing for the good ol' days of the basic Bond story line: evil man with evil world domination plan --> watch Bond defeat him spectacularly. On an appended note: my strong distaste for rapid edits and shaky camera work still stands.
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seriously. talk about having as MANY types of action chases in one movie- cars, boats, planes? really?
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