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From: "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com>
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Subject: Re: What Did You Watch? 2025-03-08 (Saturday)
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2025 13:29:04 -0000 (UTC)
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Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> 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.

That doesn't explain the frenetic editing. Could I also point out that
the script itself ripped off one of Jackie Chan's lousier movies, The
Tuxedo, a James Bond spoof. Therefore, that script could not be saved.

Howeverk the editing is what absolutely sucks all entertainment value
out of the movie that the script is a lesser problem.