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Action movies have the lowest threshold for viewing among all film genres in the world, and no matter what differences fans' language, culture, and beliefs are, they can understand the simplest martial arts moves.
It's just that after the action movie leaves the Asian scope, the overall watchability of martial arts is greatly reduced, and there will always be a variety of cool chases, shootouts, explosions and other off-the-field factors to expand the action of the movie. Therefore, the most representative action movies in Europe and the United States are actually spy movies of various genres.
The 2015 movie "Ace Agent" made British agents with gentlemanly character popular all over the world, but in front of "007", "Ace Agent" is just a little brother. (Basically British movies made in the United States)
In 1952, Ian Fleming, a former British secret agent, decided to write a spy novel based on his past experience in British naval intelligence, the famous "007 series", out of fear of his impending married life. In 1953, the first novel in the 007 series, 007 vs. Casino Royale, was published in the United Kingdom and was a great success.
In 1962, the first 007 movie, "007 Dr. No", was released, and achieved a global box office of $16.07 million at a cost of $1.1 million, and then completely launched the "007 series".
The actors of 007 have also experienced Sean Connery, George Lazenbey, Roger Moore, Timothy Dutton, Pierce Brosnan, and Daniel Craig.
Among the many 007 movies, "007: Skyfall" is the most out of the circle, not only making the global box office of the series of movies reach $1 billion for the first time, but even exceeding $100 million. In terms of Douban scores, "007: Casino Royale" is the most. However, if you want to talk about good looks and action scenes are the coolest, then in Luoxue's opinion, no 007 movie can compare with "007: Quantum of Solace".
"007: Quantum of Solace" directed by Mark Foster and starring Daniel Craig, was first released in the United Kingdom in October 2008, and only achieved $389 million at the global box office at a cost of $200 million, which can be described as a huge loss!
On Douban, 121,000 people gave it a rating of 6.7, and on IMDB, 469,000 people gave it a rating of 6.5, which is slightly better than the Douban score (IMDB generally has a lower score).
Before "007: Quantum of Solace", among the three major agent movies, Luo Xue didn't like "007 series" the most, because "007 series" has neither a reflection on society nor a deep reflection on human nature, it is very formulaic and patterned to save the world or PTSD, which is extremely boring. And the overall rhythm of the movie is very poor, giving people a lethargic feeling all the time.
Even the best-rated "007: Battle of Casino Royale" has a lot of calm drama scenes, especially the gambling scenes are extremely bland, and "007: Skyfall" has developed this kind of boring drama to the extreme, making people feel like watching the old lady's footcloth, which is stinky and long.
But "007: Quantum of Solace" can be said to be the least like 007 movies, more like a pure and good-looking action movie, with the excitement and refreshing feeling of extreme sports movies, more like "Fast and Furious" than "Fast and Furious", and also very similar to the director's later "World War Z".
With fast pace, gorgeous pictures, a lot of sports shots, gunfights, fights, and explosions, from the perspective of a pure action movie, this film can definitely be ranked in the forefront of European and American movies, and it is an extremely rare action movie.
The following is a serious spoiler, it is recommended that friends who have not watched it go to the movie first, and then watch the falling snow recommendation! (remember to close the barrage)
1. The pace is super fast
The deep-seated good-looking of a movie lies in the ability to tell the story and the core theme of the film behind the story, while the sensory good-looking of a movie lies in the rhythm of the film. Only when the pace of the movie is fast and relaxed, can it really gain the love of an audience.
And the rhythm of "007: Quantum of Solace" is really super fast, but there is too much literary drama, so that the audience is always in a super fast pace of excitement.
In short, two words – good-looking!
The movie completely inherits "007: Battle of Casino Royale" in terms of story, so to understand this film, you need to watch "Casino Royale" first, and have a collective context understanding of the whole story. The story of the whole "007: Quantum of Solace" is very simple, in fact, Bond discovered a terrorist organization called Quantum Inc. that has never been noticed because of his girlfriend's death, and in the process of avenging his ex-girlfriend, Bond not only succeeded in finding the stage leader, but also sabotaged their plot.
In terms of story depth, the film's portrayal of Bond, Bond girl, and villains is very simple, and there are even incomprehensible embarrassments in some scenes. But the large number of action scenes and super fast pace of this film just make this film very good-looking!
The beginning of the movie is a car chase scene that can be called the most adrenaline, high-speed sports photography and ultra-fast editing, basically switching a shot every second, so that the whole chase scene presents extremely high quality, even more exciting than a professional car chase movie.
And such a fast-paced story rhythm and editing rhythm do not only appear in the first paragraph, every chase, fight, and explosion in this film is accompanied by such rapid movement and editing, so that the rhythm of the whole movie is always in a very fast pace.
Corresponding to the fast pace, there are a lot of action scenes in this film, which realizes the full flowering of sea, land and air.
There are not only luxury car chase scenes between Aston Martin and Alfa Romeo, but also rooftop running chases and fights between individuals, as well as chases between cars and motorcycles, speedboats and speedboats, and airplanes. At the same time, there are fires, explosions, etc. in the desert hotel.
It can be said that all the action scenes that can be in a movie are collected in this movie, and the movie is only 106 minutes in total, basically there will be a frequent fast-paced fight scene after 7 minutes, which directly fills the rhythm of the whole movie.
Especially the second action scene in the movie, from the underground chase to the roof chase, to the chases on the roof of the church, and then to the renovated room, and then there are both falling shots and pulley rolling shots, as well as horse racing and crowd reaction shots, all of which make the action scenes of this film reach a very high level.
From 10 minutes and 30 seconds to 14 minutes and 51 seconds, the entire 4 minutes and 20 seconds are fast-paced fight scenes, and a large number of shots are even less than a second, which makes the whole fight process full of intense feeling, and people can't help but follow the blood boiling.
Moreover, compared with traditional spy movies, this film has its own understanding of the international situation, and it also gets rid of the cliché of heroism to save the world, making this film more in-depth and thoughtful even compared with all secret agent movies around the world.
2. Deeper meaning
Whether it is "Mission Impossible", "007", "Ace Agent" or "The Avengers" with comic strips, they are all very traditional stories of individual heroism to save the world, while in spy movies such as "Spy", "Avengers", and "Mr. and Mrs. Smith", we see individuals being persecuted by society or organizations.
However, there has never been a spy movie that discusses the cruelty of hypocritical justice, as in "Lord of War". In the same way, the point of an agent has never been to do justice, but to find ways to benefit his country.
Therefore, it is not an exaggeration to say that "007: Quantum of Solace" is a secret agent version of "Lord of War" or the most realistic spy movie.
When the villain Green communicated with the head of the South American secret service, the head of the South American secret service bluntly said: "Of course, we will not prevent the coup d'état in Bolivia, on the condition that the new government digs up oil and gives it to the United States."
It doesn't matter who is in power and who governs, all they care about is how their resources are allocated. Similarly, when Mrs. M communicated with the leaders of the British National Security Agency, her supervisor also said: "Suppose you are right, Green is a bad guy, if we don't deal with bad guys, we have no trading partners, the world is short of oil, Russia refuses to do business with us, China and the United States divide the remaining stocks, it doesn't matter whether it's right or wrong, we have to do it."
With such cognition and such an awareness, compared with the previous spy movies full of benevolence and morality, it is obvious that "Quantum of Solace" is more realistic, more cruel, and better-looking.
At the end of the movie, both Britain and the United States are deceived, and only Green has access to tap water somewhere in Bolivia, which feels like it is not as exciting as oil, but it is more in line with the rules of survival, and it feels like a live-action version of "Rango".
Therefore, whether it is a good-looking fight, a fierce and exciting chase, or an adrenaline rush brought by the super fast pace, it makes Luoxue like the movie "007: Quantum of Solace" very much. But it is also admitted that there are very serious problems with the narrative of this film.
That is, there are too many fast-paced scenes in this film, which leads to a complete lack of portrayal of characters and stories, and many people's appearances are like tool men, with no practical significance. And if you haven't watched the last "Casino Royale", then you can't understand the motives of Bond's behavior and Mrs. M's language awareness.
The story of the heroine Camille should be the core of this film, but it is not expanded, all the stories seem very empty, and the story cannot move the audience at all.
But on the other hand, the chasing, fighting, fast-paced, and realistic political significance all make Luoxue like it very much. I even personally think that it is not only the best "007 series" movie, but also the best spy movie, which is much higher than "Mission Impossible" and "Spy Shadow".
Comprehensive praise, this film is highly recommended! If there are any movies that impress you and feel a lot, you can share them in the comment area!
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