What a pathetic car chase. I have seen boy racers drive more adventurously!! It is nothing compared to the solid car chase at the opening of quantom of solce. And to top it all off, barely anything in his car worked in the chase!
shareAnd to top it all off, barely anything in his car worked in the chase!
I've never been able to watch the QOS opening. The camera cuts about twice a second, and I get a migraine within the first half a minute. I don't know whose idea it was to deliberately create an opening scene that anyone with motion-sickness problems will never be able to watch, but it wasn't a good one.
share@paul-heyes I don't know whose idea it was to deliberately create an opening scene that anyone with motion-sickness problems will never be able to watch...
I think it was the Bourne effect, and anyone with motion-sickness problems shouldn't watch a Bond movie anyway.
I liked the car chase in Quantum - fast, tense, brutal. I understand them wanting to add some humor to the car chase in Spectre, but it was too light-hearted for me.
The opening car chase scene in QoS was by far the best part of the movie. It was a scene where the frantic cuts actually worked in it's favour. Although I can understand how it may literally cause you a headache.
shareThe entire scene looked as if it was done digitally, which made it pretty dull.
shareIt's funny I thought the same. When the jaguar super car smashed into a line of motor bikes, it didn't put a scratch on it. Then when both Aston Martin and jaguar drove down the concrete steps at high speed; you guessed it: no damage. But the special features on the DVD seem to indicate that it was all real stunt work.
shareI bet it was real stunt work, but they must have repaired or replaced the cars after getting the shots that damaged the cars.
shareI liked it. It was different and funny. Remember Q is just a few years into his job so the gadgets are still pretty weak. As Q matures his technology will advance. The 009 car was a prototype and it was funny that most things didnt work because #1 Bond took the car without permission and the car was not up to specs yet. But the "Atmosphere" switch was funny with the New York, New York song playing and the read out said " Music Enabled for 009". I thought that was funny. Then the old man in the little car in front of James who was driving slowly was funny. The old man's face cracked me up.
For me what was more interesting than the action of the car chase was where they were chasing each other. The sites of the city. It was like a tour. This was the first car chase with a Bond car that had gadgets and gizmos. I liked this scene.
My question is why were the cars in the chase sliding all over? ... If they were such precision cars why did they slide all over looking like they lost traction?
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I liked it, too. Played for laughs in a good way, a smooth nighttime Michael Mann vibe to it.
A welcome difference from bullets and property damage. Doesn't have to be that way every time.
What they presented was classy and fun for me.
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Count me amongst the viewers who enjoyed the chase scene. I thought that it was a far more realistic representation of what would be within the bounds of reality. Nano second cuts are rather juvenile, appealing to short attention spans. Editing is the most important part of the visual experience, surely we can agree on that. What I enjoyed about the chase, in addition to the points previously offered was being able to see the car's work. It appeared that they were being driven on the edge, trying to retain their forward momentum on the damp brick and concrete surfaces. When they enter that hard right hand turn after paralleling the river on the street, the differences between each line the car takes is beautiful. Bond drifts through it on the wet surface while the big dude kind of back-peddles in close pursuit.
Rather cool to see.
I enjoyed the humor as well. Moral of story; Be aware when you steal a ride. It might not be all you expect. Ha ha.
Your description of the 009 car scene makes me want to watch this movie... I used to be a big Bond fan but I still haven't seen Spectre yet. :/
shareWhat a pathetic car chase.
In the making of documentary on the special features disc, they said they never did a car chase that just showed a city. They wanted it to be like a guided tour of the city. It was done deliberately.
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They wanted it to be like a guided tour of the city. It was done deliberately.
I'm 50:50...yeah the chase was mundane, but I love Rome so I enjoyed seeing Bond race around its streets!
shareI love Rome so I enjoyed seeing Bond race around its streets
I thought that the car chase scene in Rome was beautiful. Maybe because it was at night, maybe because 009 likes Broadway Show Tunes, or maybe because I liked the parachuting out of the car.
Kara, we're inside a Russian army base in the middle of Afghanistan.
I'm a little like you - I loved seeing the streets of Rome, and the car chase was sleekly shot. However, I would have preferred less Craig style action (i.e. ramming the car), greater creativity and more cars on the streets to dodge to heighten the stakes. But it was good enough.
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Dull just like Daniel Craig.
shareI hated that nothing much happens in the car chase, there is no tension or stakes. Basically 2 guys driving around the city, it wasn't until the end that there was anything happening and they couldn't even get that right. We don't see Bond eject from the car, and it would have been much more interesting to have a slow paced Bond Theme kick in when he landed in the street and casually disengaged his parachute.
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