James Bond tries to stop an organisation from eliminating a country's most valuable resource.James Bond tries to stop an organisation from eliminating a country's most valuable resource.James Bond tries to stop an organisation from eliminating a country's most valuable resource.
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- 4 wins & 32 nominations total
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Bond goes from iconic hero to a poor man's Jason Bourne. What happened to the humour and style? Why is Bond no so serious. Are we really going to buy this deep love for the girl that died stuff? It's teenage drama.
And why is it every action scene in a movie since Saving Private Ryan has to use super fast editing? Sure it is effective and when first seen in SPR was awesome. But its got too fast. Half the time its impossible to know what is going on.
Saying all that this film did have one redeeming feature - it didn't hang around, the plot ticked along (although was still hard to follow) and came in on 90 minutes. Most action films are so long these days they should come with a half time ice cream break.
And why is it every action scene in a movie since Saving Private Ryan has to use super fast editing? Sure it is effective and when first seen in SPR was awesome. But its got too fast. Half the time its impossible to know what is going on.
Saying all that this film did have one redeeming feature - it didn't hang around, the plot ticked along (although was still hard to follow) and came in on 90 minutes. Most action films are so long these days they should come with a half time ice cream break.
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- TriviaDaniel Craig was injured at least three times during the making of this movie. The most prominent ones included an injury to his face, which required four stitches, another to his shoulder, which required six surgical screws to be inserted in an operation, and his arm in a sling, and then his hand was injured when one of his finger tips was sliced off. He laughed these off, noting they did not delay filming, and joked his finger wound would enable him to have a criminal career (though it had grown back when he made this comment). He also had minor plastic surgery on his face.
- GoofsIt's less than a day between the boat chase and the party in Austria. Bond suffers three large cuts on his forehead from the boat chase. In Austria, there are no signs of the cuts.
- Quotes
James Bond: [Interrupting the opera house conversation] Can I offer an opinion? I really think you people should find a better place to meet.
- Crazy creditsThe iconic "James Bond gun barrel" sequence, not seen in its traditional format since Die Another Day, is incorporated into the closing credits.
- Alternate versionsFollowing an advisory screening of a rough cut, the film was pre-cut on BBFC advice in the UK before official submission to the Board for a formal cinema classification, with edits made to one scene in the finale. It was subsequently passed "uncut" as a 12A. More detailed notes can be found on the BBFC's website. Worldwide versions are this same pre-cut version.
- ConnectionsEdited into Coca-Cola Zero Zero 7 'Quantum of Solace' Television Commercial (2008)
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- Also known as
- B22
- Filming locations
- Strada Regionale 249, Navene, Lake Garda, Italy(Opening car chase)
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Box office
- Budget
- $200,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $168,368,427
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $67,528,882
- Nov 16, 2008
- Gross worldwide
- $589,593,688
- Runtime1 hour 46 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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