The Tosca theater scene - Quantum of Solace (2008) Discussion

[–] HugeDaiCottermee 9 years ago

I can't even remember the scene to be honest with you, if that was one of the best scenes in the franchise then God help it.

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[–] rich_bruce 9 years ago

A great scene as you said.

http://youtu.be/OFx7hEt940c

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[–] mollydtt 8 years ago

I thought it was well done. There is humor ("May I make a suggestion....) ("Tosca isn't for everyone...")

And the juxtaposition of violence of the opera on stage and movie violence in the dining room, all done with the music of Puccini.

I thought it was a great scene.

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[–] pineywoodsmiss 9 years ago

Yeah I loved the giant eye !

Piney

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[–] sillyspaghetti 9 years ago

I like that scene too. The opera singer looks like comedian Tom Stade and sounds like Dynamo from The Running Man!

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[–] The_Khazi 8 years ago

Best scene by far in a very poor film.

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[–] domester82 8 years ago

Great scene. Love the action juxtaposed with the music from Tosca.

Love the humour. 'You people really need to find a better place to meet'

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[–] AFriendOfMrWhite 8 years ago

That's actually the one thing I don't like about the otherwise superb Tosca scene. While I can see and understand what's going on in the shoot-out, the scene is so quick you can barely enjoy it. Had it been done in a more traditional sense, i.e., not juxtaposed with the opera, I think it could've been a great action sequence.

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[–] HugeDaiCottermee 8 years ago

I can't remember a single thing about it thankfully.

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[–] wittmann73 8 years ago

Best scene by far in a very poor film.

^^
that.

Any done much better in Mission Impossible 5, btw.

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[–] The_Ultimate_Hippo 7 years ago

That was actually one of the worst scenes in the whole movie and for this movie that's saying a lot.

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[–] HugeDaiCottermee 7 years ago

Verily I say unto thee...I am in the happy position of not even remembering this scene but I agree with you anyway.

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[–] mariakelly-04164 7 years ago

I thought that the Tosca opera house sequence was great. BTW, I think I saw the author Danielle Steele in this scene.

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[–] FridayOnElmStreet 7 years ago

I hated it. Awful editing.

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[–] ClementinaSpur (831) 10 months ago

Best scene in the movie, and one of the best scenes in the franchise.

Agree completely. It's my second favorite scene in QoS after the scene at the end when Bond confronts Vesper's boyfriend. I think those two scenes are the best two in the whole run of the Craig Bond movies and maybe even the entire franchise.

The Tosca opera scene is amazing as a whole, but when it shifts to Bond tailing Quantum on the way out of the arena and the sounds of the action (gunshots and people screaming and shouting) are absent and the opera continues instead is superb! It's stylistic and special. There's a split second when Bond and Greene are having a stare down across a room that looks downright like a minimalist painting.

I disagree the movie is disappointing though. I can't help but believe that if Craig hadn't put the idea out around its release that the script was a mess due to the writer's strike, would it have suffered in the public's perspective? I don't know, but I don't think he helped it.

Here's a thought. As good as Casino Royale is, and I've seen it a slew of times (more than I care to admit) and never tire of it, it does move much more slowly with consequently a longer run time. Let's be honest, there's some filler. I don't need to see parkour heroics for ten minutes. If CR were to have been made leaner, I believe QoS could've been tacked on to the end to make one movie that shows the whole progression of Bond's journey with Vesper both in life and in death. It might have had a run time between 2:30 and 3:00, but that would have been fine. CR is nearly 2:30 as it is. I think the 2 for 1 idea would've worked.

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