“Quantum of Solace” divide críticos

Com “Quantum of Solace” mais perto do que nunca dos cinemas portugueses (estreia já na quinta-feira), e sabendo-se agora que esta nova aventura de James Bond teve a melhor estreia de sempre no Reino Unido, são razões já que suficientes para nos deixar com as expectativas ainda maiores. No entanto, a crítica internacional encontra-se um pouco dividida quanto à qualidade de “Quantum of Solace” relativamente ao seu antecessor “Casino Royale”.

Já se sabia que não seria mesmo nada fácil este novo filme seguir o mesmo sucesso que o anterior de Martin Campbell. Mas quando se soube que “Quantum of Solace” seria uma continuação, isto deixou logo água na boca a muita gente e o interesse que já existia aumentou ainda mais. As primeiras fotos surgiram, os primeiros trailers e tv spots também, e os fãs só desejavam que o filme estreasse o mais rápido possível. Mas com as primeiras críticas sobre este filme já divulgadas, apercebemo-nos que as reacções são muito divididas. Em baixo podem ler pequenos excertos de algumas críticas (para lerem as críticas completas cliquem nos links em baixo dos excertos).

“All-out thriller with few Bond touches but plenty of high-octane action.”

Hollywood Reporter

“Occasionally brilliant, brutal and thrilling, yet ultimately a crushing disappointment; enter the “Quantum of Solace”.

IGN Movies

“It doesn’t disappoint – just don’t expect the brilliance of “Casino Royale”.

The Mirror

“It’s the relentless pace, the quality of art direction and production design – in fact, director Marc Forster’s sheer technical ambition – which raise the bar and make this one of the most remarkable action films ever made.”

Screen Daily

“There are hand-to-hand fights that make your eyes water and old-school stunts involving motorbikes, speedboats, jet fighters and expensive cars that give you whiplash just looking at them. Really, nobody does it better than the new 007.”

Times Online

“The shortest and certainly the most action-dense Bond ever, “Quantum of Solace” plays like an extended footnote to “Casino Royale” rather than a fully realized stand-alone movie.”

Variety

“If Quantum of Solace lacks Casino Royale’s narrative drive, and is less than the sum of its parts, those parts are often terrific.”

Telegraph

“With an over-caffeinated, Greengrass-lite, handheld style and a twitchy finger on the Big Explosion button, Forster has delivered a 24-nodding, Bourne-winking action flick which happens to have James Bond as the main character.”

Total Film

“I’ve got to admit that this didn’t excite me as much as Casino Royale and the villain is especially underpowered.”

The Guardian

“A pacy, visually imaginative follow-up to the series relaunch. If it doesn’t even try to be bigger and better than Casino Royale, that’s perhaps a smart move in that there’s still a sense at the finish that Bond’s mission has barely begun and he’ll need a few more movies to work his way up to demolishing the apparently undefeatable Quantum organisation.”

Empire

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Leia amanhã no Hotvnews a review de “Quantum of Solace” escrita pelo nosso director, Carlos Couceiro, que esteve presente na passada Terça-Feira na ante-estreia exclusiva para a imprensa portuguesa do vigésimo segundo capítulo Bond.