I’m fine with improbability in movies. 1 in a million shots, superhuman sniping abilities, random things exploding that have no business exploding, I can deal with all of them. The blatantly impossible, I will not suffer.
Joe and I saw Quantum of Solace and in one part the protagonist his temporary partner jump from a plane and fight to deploy the parachute. I’m fine with the fact that they happened to extend their fall by dropping into a sink hole, I’m fine with the fact that a plane down an engine was able to climb skyward, I’m fine with the fact that a Douglas DC-3 was able to out maneuver both a helicopter and a SF .260. But the fact that the parachute was deployed within a second of impact and neither person was harmed enraged me. Not a f&#%ing scratch. I litterally yelled in the theatre “he should be a puddle!”
Some other notes from Quantum of Solace:
- There were six different people listed in the Costuming credits. It’s James Bond, go to Costco and buy a 24 pack of Tuxedos and you’ll be fine.
- I want to become a glassmaker in a town filming a Bond film. So many windows, glass tables, chandeliers, and french doors are destroyed that one could power a small guild.
- The director shouldn’t receive nearly as much credit as the stunt coordinator. Anyone who can arrange a chase scene through a cathedral under a church under construction, a horsetrack and the roofs of Milan has far more skill and creative power than Quinton Tarantino.
- Good thing Bond only subdues people that are the same suit size as him. Infiltrating a dwarf convention or a symposium on Marfan Syndrome would be impossible.
- There’s also an end scene I’m miffed at but that’d be a bit of a spoiler.
- I’m glad I have a better phone than James Bond.
- The movie has the same amount of plot action of a two hour movie but jams it into 20 minutes of exposition. I’ve talked to four people about the movie but everyone’s missed 1/2 of what happened. I had to consult the Wikipedia article during the movie to keep characters straight.