I did. I credit Bourne for breathing life back into the car chase during his Supremacy, and I think Quantum's car chase was magnificent. I love the passenger-perspective we are given. It got my adrenaline up. And I think it was all made a bit humorous when Bond opens the trunk to reveal his hidden passenger.Judo, it may have followed logically, but did you really find the car chase very interesting or any better than a zillion car chases in a zillion movies? Why not start with White's interrogation. Or better still why not start with LALD done properly?I simply don't understand.
It makes complete sense to me to start the film with the car chase. We're on the tails of Casino Royale. Bond has captured White, and needs to deliver him. It's sensical, and there's plenty of Bond: The Character when he arrives.
Now, what exactly are you saying, MHaz? (Welcome back, by the way.) Are you saying film car chases by definition aren't interesting at all and should be avoided by Bond altogether? Are you saying that Ian never started a Bond story with one and so EON shouldn't either? Are you saying opening with a car chase could have been fine, but just wasn't done well in this particular case? (If so, I'd be interested to know which car chase of the last 20 years was better, in your opinion.)
Or, are you just saying that they should have filmed LALD and anything else is less than satisfactory?
I'm saying film car chases are by definition not very interesting and should be avoided whether or not Ian wrote one (I believe he wrote two: one in CR and one in MR for what it's worth). I like the African rundown in CR even tho Ian never wrote one. I also like the car chase in GF ( machine guns, ejector seat, etc.) but that's a trick that only works once (and led to too many over the top gadgets). On the other hand, would you really ever want to watch the car chase in DAF again? Or the motorcycle car chase in NSNA? Or the speedboat chase in LALD (which is the same thing only on water). There's nothing you can do to develop a character in a car chase and once you've seen one, you've seen them all. My point was that the difference between CR and QOS is epitomized by the different emphasis in their PTS's. I didn't get anything special about the car chase in QOS except for the nice line when he opens the trunk.
Now, having re-booted the franchise and made it a more Fleming like Bond, I would have preferred that the producers re-adapt one of the early books that bears no resemblance to the "Carry On Bond" movie that stole its title. So, I am a little disappointed that the producers chose to once again break movie Bond away from Fleming Bond (I will not bore you and others by documenting the ways in which QOS twists the CR events and Bond's reaction to them in my view).
Having said all that, I don't hate QOS, I enjoyed it and I intend to see it again. But, just as I enjoy YOLT and NSNA, I view both as flawed films. I also view QOS as a flawed, but enjoyable film. An actor of Craig's talent could have been used to better advantage. But I will say this. I thought QOS a much better film than DMC was a book.
Oh, and it's nice to be back. What passes for my real life intruded for a while.