Shifting Sands Dusts Its Cheeks in Powder Keg Beauty
Quantum of Solace (2008)
directed by Marc Forster
rating: 2 out of 5 cravats
on DVD from Netflix
It's always nice to see an actor like Mathieu Amalric dragged from the occasional, recognizable critical international cross-over into a truly international French stereotype. I'd have loved it if, instead of the desert hotel with sinister connections to Chile's water supply, the action had ended at the View inside Monument Valley. On the surface, they look alike, but the Navajo reservation's bumpy dirt road would have made for a more kinetic chase sequence than the foot chase through - Tuscany? Venice? Or were there cars? Or jet packs! Bond can curry the goodwill of a reboot every twenty years or so, but they settle back in to run-of-the-mill pretty fast, unless, like me, you've never been to any of these places, and always appreciate the guided tour.
directed by Marc Forster
rating: 2 out of 5 cravats
on DVD from Netflix
It's always nice to see an actor like Mathieu Amalric dragged from the occasional, recognizable critical international cross-over into a truly international French stereotype. I'd have loved it if, instead of the desert hotel with sinister connections to Chile's water supply, the action had ended at the View inside Monument Valley. On the surface, they look alike, but the Navajo reservation's bumpy dirt road would have made for a more kinetic chase sequence than the foot chase through - Tuscany? Venice? Or were there cars? Or jet packs! Bond can curry the goodwill of a reboot every twenty years or so, but they settle back in to run-of-the-mill pretty fast, unless, like me, you've never been to any of these places, and always appreciate the guided tour.
posted by NPK at 11:43 PM
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