Comments on: A little too shaken http://www.nouse.co.uk/2008/11/01/a-little-too-shaken/ Award-winning University of York Student Newspaper and Website Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:59:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jason http://www.nouse.co.uk/2008/11/01/a-little-too-shaken/#comment-53682 Jason Mon, 03 Nov 2008 12:10:57 +0000 http://www.nouse.co.uk/?p=5179#comment-53682 The Bond films were loved partly because of the gadgets, OTT actions sequences etc. They have indeed returned more to the books' style of Bond but the films have sold well because of their style. Haven't seen it yet but I don't think I'll dislike it... I'll just still consider it as a "non-real Bond film"..! The Bond films were loved partly because of the gadgets, OTT actions sequences etc. They have indeed returned more to the books’ style of Bond but the films have sold well because of their style.

Haven’t seen it yet but I don’t think I’ll dislike it… I’ll just still consider it as a “non-real Bond film”..!

]]> By: David http://www.nouse.co.uk/2008/11/01/a-little-too-shaken/#comment-53655 David Mon, 03 Nov 2008 04:11:17 +0000 http://www.nouse.co.uk/?p=5179#comment-53655 The producers need to stop bouncing between extremes and return to the series' strengths. And fans need to quit pretending that Bond can't be suave, debonair and cruel all in the same film. The classic Bond films had no problem balancing gadgets and grit. They also had no problem including wit, charm, humor, and ruthless violence within the same package. This is why those films endure and are iconic, and why the modern Bonds are so quickly forgotten. Quantum of Solace is a huge disappointment in the wake of Casino Royale. It's as though they have no idea what made that film tick. (How about, for starters, the fact that it actually had a script?) The producers need to stop bouncing between extremes and return to the series’ strengths. And fans need to quit pretending that Bond can’t be suave, debonair and cruel all in the same film. The classic Bond films had no problem balancing gadgets and grit. They also had no problem including wit, charm, humor, and ruthless violence within the same package. This is why those films endure and are iconic, and why the modern Bonds are so quickly forgotten. Quantum of Solace is a huge disappointment in the wake of Casino Royale. It’s as though they have no idea what made that film tick. (How about, for starters, the fact that it actually had a script?)

]]> By: James MacDougald http://www.nouse.co.uk/2008/11/01/a-little-too-shaken/#comment-53626 James MacDougald Sun, 02 Nov 2008 17:04:41 +0000 http://www.nouse.co.uk/?p=5179#comment-53626 You're absolutely right! What we need is another jaded, self-conscious pastiche of the Bond genre, replete with lifeless screenplay, off-the-peg characters and plenty of embarrassing throwaway quips for the central protagonist. Bond should be, not so much an interesting character study of the orphaned, friendless and emotionally destitute government recruit, but rather a jaunty, frothy advertisement for champagne, cigars and clubbable misogyny. He should hilariously straighten his tie after every gunfight. He should have wine preferences, cocktail preferences, shaving-soap, shirt-stud and shampoo preferences. And lest we forget what car chases look like, there should be at least three in every film. You’re absolutely right! What we need is another jaded, self-conscious pastiche of the Bond genre, replete with lifeless screenplay, off-the-peg characters and plenty of embarrassing throwaway quips for the central protagonist. Bond should be, not so much an interesting character study of the orphaned, friendless and emotionally destitute government recruit, but rather a jaunty, frothy advertisement for champagne, cigars and clubbable misogyny. He should hilariously straighten his tie after every gunfight. He should have wine preferences, cocktail preferences, shaving-soap, shirt-stud and shampoo preferences. And lest we forget what car chases look like, there should be at least three in every film.

]]> By: walker http://www.nouse.co.uk/2008/11/01/a-little-too-shaken/#comment-53615 walker Sun, 02 Nov 2008 13:46:24 +0000 http://www.nouse.co.uk/?p=5179#comment-53615 the film sucks along with casino royal, i hate the new direction they are taking with bond. wheres Q, the gadgets, the cool cars chases with missiles built in, the bond theme plaing in the background and all the other cool bonds stuff that used to be in the previous films before casino royal the film sucks along with casino royal, i hate the new direction they are taking with bond.
wheres Q, the gadgets, the cool cars chases with missiles built in, the bond theme plaing in the background and all the other cool bonds stuff that used to be in the previous films before casino royal

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