Comments on: Not Quite the Dark Knight: Quantum of Solace Movie Review http://semanticdrift.com/movies/not-quite-the-dark-knight-quantum-of-solace-movie-review/ Waiting on a Re-Up Tue, 15 May 2012 23:52:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: It Didn’t Quite Move Me: The Spirit Reviewed | Semantic Drift http://semanticdrift.com/movies/not-quite-the-dark-knight-quantum-of-solace-movie-review/comment-page-1/#comment-1078 It Didn’t Quite Move Me: The Spirit Reviewed | Semantic Drift Fri, 26 Dec 2008 18:49:02 +0000 http://semanticdrift.com/?p=1168#comment-1078 [...] of you of a more feminist or Freudian bent will likely have some serious issues with the way Miller depicts women. For all [...] [...] of you of a more feminist or Freudian bent will likely have some serious issues with the way Miller depicts women. For all [...]

]]> By: English major douche http://semanticdrift.com/movies/not-quite-the-dark-knight-quantum-of-solace-movie-review/comment-page-1/#comment-1073 English major douche Tue, 16 Dec 2008 02:17:09 +0000 http://semanticdrift.com/?p=1168#comment-1073 I hate the male gaze, especially from some plucked eyebrowed guido, with no sleeves drinking a martini in a night club. I hate the male gaze, especially from some plucked eyebrowed guido, with no sleeves drinking a martini in a night club.

]]> By: semanticdrifter http://semanticdrift.com/movies/not-quite-the-dark-knight-quantum-of-solace-movie-review/comment-page-1/#comment-1071 semanticdrifter Wed, 10 Dec 2008 14:41:18 +0000 http://semanticdrift.com/?p=1168#comment-1071 Whether old school or new, the Bond movies could serve as a teaching aid to explain objectification of women and the power of the male gaze. Inasmuch as they function as expressions of adolescent male power fantasy, the movies will almost certainly have some easy seduction where the improbably named ladies just fall into Bond's, er, lap from the sheer power of his machismo. (And as you say, meet an untimely end not long after). But why? Let's remember that Ian Flemming wrote the Bond novels from a very different time and place, which can help explain if not excuse the underlying misogyny. I was once read an article that unpacked a passage from <i>Dr. No</i> (I think) that seem to suggest that Bond's attitude toward women was formed during his time at boarding school, where he was likely raped by an older boy putting his focus forever on domination and control. But I think the new movies have a better track record than the old. True, Vesper Lynd died in <i>Casino Royale</i> and the field agent in <i>Quantum of solace</i> also died after a rather perfunctory seduction. But at least the Camille character was allowed to have some agency. Her arc mirrored Bond's, but she was allowed to make her own decisions and served as more than just an object for 007. No? Whether old school or new, the Bond movies could serve as a teaching aid to explain objectification of women and the power of the male gaze. Inasmuch as they function as expressions of adolescent male power fantasy, the movies will almost certainly have some easy seduction where the improbably named ladies just fall into Bond’s, er, lap from the sheer power of his machismo. (And as you say, meet an untimely end not long after).

But why? Let’s remember that Ian Flemming wrote the Bond novels from a very different time and place, which can help explain if not excuse the underlying misogyny. I was once read an article that unpacked a passage from Dr. No (I think) that seem to suggest that Bond’s attitude toward women was formed during his time at boarding school, where he was likely raped by an older boy putting his focus forever on domination and control.

But I think the new movies have a better track record than the old. True, Vesper Lynd died in Casino Royale and the field agent in Quantum of solace also died after a rather perfunctory seduction. But at least the Camille character was allowed to have some agency. Her arc mirrored Bond’s, but she was allowed to make her own decisions and served as more than just an object for 007. No?

]]> By: lost in time http://semanticdrift.com/movies/not-quite-the-dark-knight-quantum-of-solace-movie-review/comment-page-1/#comment-1069 lost in time Tue, 09 Dec 2008 10:39:48 +0000 http://semanticdrift.com/?p=1168#comment-1069 I'm not surprised you overlooked how the franchise overhauled Bond's women. The field agent dies...how often does Bond's midas *ahem* touch kill a girl? Not to mention, how little he seduces his counterpoint? I’m not surprised you overlooked how the franchise overhauled Bond’s women. The field agent dies…how often does Bond’s midas *ahem* touch kill a girl? Not to mention, how little he seduces his counterpoint?

]]> By: Laryssa http://semanticdrift.com/movies/not-quite-the-dark-knight-quantum-of-solace-movie-review/comment-page-1/#comment-1053 Laryssa Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:29:30 +0000 http://semanticdrift.com/?p=1168#comment-1053 Thanks so much for your thorough review! <i>Too Shy to Stop</i> writer Adam Shuler also wrote about Quantum of Solace. You can read his review <a href="http://tooshytostop.wordpress.com/2008/11/17/bond-fans-wont-take-solace-in-latest-flick/" rel="nofollow">here</a>. Thanks so much for your thorough review! Too Shy to Stop writer Adam Shuler also wrote about Quantum of Solace. You can read his review here.

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