Emails first. Hmm… Spam, spam, spa-oh newsletter from ACCA, spam and more spam. Oh, for crying out loud, I began to think that I had no friends at all! Then, I went to the usual blogs I haunted. A few updates and more than a few laughs later, I twirled my fingers indecisively. Oh, when was the last time I went for a movie? So, quickly I typed –www.gsc.com.my- and clicked on the showtime menu.
1.30 – James Bond: Quantum of Solace.
2.30 – Madagascar 2: Escape to Afri… What a minute!!! Go back! Go back! James Bond?!
Oh crap! I forgot! I totally forgot about James Bond’s Quantum of Solace. What was date? What was the freaking date? 8th of November?!! Where did all the time go? I missed the premier?
So, I got up – before sitting back again to shut down the computer – and went to my brother, issuing an ultimatum to accompany me to watch James Bond. Seeing the mad glaze in my eyes (I’m gonna watch Daniel Craig!!! Kyaa!!!), any refusal was immediately swallowed back and he could only meekly nod his head and off we went!
The opening of the movie was explosive. The fast-paced car chase (poor Aston Martin cars – no wonder England’s economy is suffering. Thanks to James Bond and his tendency of breaking awfully expensive and pretty cars) and the hand-to-hand combats that followed after were exciting. Daniel Craig hadn’t lost the intensity in his eyes whenever he shot somebody. Even more so, now that vengeance was driving his adrenaline. The fighting cinematography was excellent, as I expected it to be. They were really taking the advantage of Daniel Craig’s considerable youth (he’s just turned 40, thank you very much) and incorporated as much as physical stunts as possible. His acting? I think he was born to play James Bond.
I quite adored the Bond girl, which was played by Olga Kurylenko. Maybe not as much as previous Bond girl (played by the lovely Eva Green) but this Bond girl had more attitudes than the Vesper Lynd and she was not afraid to look messy. Bringing in the character of Camille Montes, Olga Kurylenko managed to restore the good name of every woman in James Bond movies by waving the message that, ‘I am strong, independent and determine with a heartbreaking past. But I am also feminine enough to show vulnerability. And by the way, I am a woman.’ Powerful character.
The difference between the Bond before he fell in love and the Bond after the lost the love? The intensity was up several notches, the humor was grim, sarcastic and bordered to cruelty and it was quite heart-breaking to see him wanting to revenge for the woman that he believed had betrayed him. This Bond was also had even less things to say as compared to the first movie and he preferred to let his fists, kicks and bullets did the talking.
My personal favorite scene of the story was when Bond threw a can of oil to Dominic Greene (played by Mathieu Amalric) when he left the bad guy in the middle of the desert. You can never find a character like James Bond anywhere else.
I really, really can’t help myself. Movie quotes!
James Bond: [at a dirty, small motel] What are we doing?
Strawberry Fields: We're teachers on sabbatical. This fits our cover.
James Bond: No it doesn't. Come on.
[they go to a nicer hotel]
James Bond: [to the hotel receptionist] Hello. We're teachers on sabbatical and we've just won the lottery
(Hehe. Self-indulgence and vain Bond. And you ask me why he is so irresistible.)
Favorite conversation between Bond and Camille
Camille: You lost somebody?
James Bond: I did.
Camille: You catch who ever did it?
James Bond: No, not yet.
Camille: Tell me when you do, I'd like to know how it feels...
(Oh, the intensity!)
Last one. I promise I’ll stop after this.
James Bond: How long have I got?
Felix Leiter: Thirty seconds.
James Bond: That doesn't give us a lot of time...
(Kya!!! Ok, ok, deep breath. Deep breath. I’ll stop hyperventilating and move on with my life)
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