tipereth wrote:
It was fucking terrible. The charm of Bond is that he just don't give a fuck. He isn't motivated by revenge, or love, or anything like that. He just does his job. This wasn't James Bond, it was just some douche in a suit running around killing people. Now, I'd totally go see Douche In A Suit, but I didn't go to see that. I went to see Bond, and I got shit.
I'm saying this as a matter of fact: you're the first person I've met who hates it.
It was a complete reboot of Bond, so we saw him beginning his career as a 00 agent. This was a great way to show him becoming what you described - an emotionless being when it comes to killing. So we get significantly different character development (of the main character no less) for the Bond movies. He still "did his job" - at one point he even grabbed a table knife and was going to assassinate Le Chiffre to end the mission. He makes several mistakes. All of it is forging him into the ultimate ideal of a secret agent.
After the events of Casino Royale, that's exactly what we're starting to see in QoS. Before, he was worried he had nothing left in his soul worth saving by Vesper, but now that has all exploded. He doesn't have much left, he's dedicated solely to his work. As I suggested earlier, I really hope there's further exploration of this. M and MI6 realising how much of an absolutely cold killing machine Bond has become ... that could be very interesting.
In line with the reboot, they changed many parts of the Bond formula - the gritty style in particular, as well as aspects of the villains, the girls and, to begin with, the scope of his missions (Whereas most later Bond movies end up being "Stop X superweapon\event before it destroys the world", that could not continue forever without getting dull and predictable).
CDLVII wrote:
I saw it recently. I kinda lost myself in the movie and wondered... why is the building complex in the middle of the desert exploding?
Also, the ending felt kind of like an ending... except it was real quick.
Also also also, butts.
It was mentioned briefly - it was all hydrogen or battery powered or something, with the intention of being environmentally clean. Why the general had such I don't know, unless it was owned by Greene which would make more sense.
I forget what happened, but I think Bond and Camille set some bombs up or stray bullets hit the tanks, causing a chain reaction.
