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On Mon, 10 Mar 2025 07:49:54 -0700, "Ian J. Ball" <ijball@mac.invalid>
wrote:

>On 3/9/25 10:47 PM, Arthur Lipscomb wrote:
>
>> On 3/9/2025 7:43 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
>>> Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
>>>> On 3/9/2025 6:39 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
>>>>> Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> 'Quantum of Solace'.  Bond blows up a hotel for astronomers because 
>>>>>> some
>>>>>> guy wants all the water in the driest desert on Earth.
>>>>>
>>>>> The real villain is the director. Has to be the movie with the shortest
>>>>> average shot length I've ever seen. It made it impossible to tell what
>>>>> was happening during any of the major set pieces.
>>>>>
>>>>> I despise this movie.
>>>>
>>>> Well, it is the shortest of the Bond films so far.  Every other film has
>>>> been ~2hr 10min while this was about 1hr 40min IIRC.
>>>
>>> It only feels like it’s an hour longer
>> 
>> I don't hate the movie the way others do.  But one thing I learned 
>> recently was the movie was made during a writer's strike.  That 
>> obviously doesn't make the movie any better, but it may help explain why 
>> certain obvious problems may not have been fixed.
>> 
>> https://pagesix.com/2024/12/02/entertainment/daniel-craig-says-this- 
>> james-bond-was-a-f-king-nightmare-with-a-terrible-script/
>> 
>> Right before the last writer's strike someone posted a list of all the 
>> movies and show that came out during the one before and suddenly a lot 
>> started to click.  "Quantum of Solace" was on that list.
>
>Do you still have that list handy? Might be fun to take a look...


https://www.vulture.com/article/10-movies-writers-strikes-impacted.html

https://uk.movies.yahoo.com/movies/movies-impacted-2007-writers-strike-144507373.html

https://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/135rq3q/movies_that_were_impacted_by_the_200708_writers/