If Brett Ratner were banned from making movies then the world wouldn't seem like such a bad place.

How ironic. Legend is on TNT right now.

Agreed. I love the original "Conan"

The remake has "disaster" written all over it.

Went to the 7:50 last night. I thought it was OK, tied up some loose ends and did a good job setting up SPECTRE's replacement organization.

The spastic camera work sucked during the action scenes. I enjoyed some of the chase seens in CR because they knew how to keep the camera still and take an occassional long shot. This movie's action shots are as watchable as The Blair Witch Project.

Judi Dench is the best M ever.

If Olga Kurylenko pulls up and tells me to "Get In", I'm really hoping she's not just talking about the car... but dammit Bond, you gotta tap that ass.

I need to rewatch CR, then go back and watch QoS again right afterwards. There were a couple of things I think I missed.

It's very reassuring to know that this is the last time the franchise will be using this director.

Marc Forster did this one. His background is in indie flicks. I also believe hes the first American director to helm a Bond flick??


Martin Campbel did CR. Hes actually been the best of the modern Bond directors. He also rebooted the Bond franchise in the mid 90's with Goldeneye.

Ironically he also made both Zorro flicks since it came up in this thread.

I agree. Director of CR did a better job with the action. I typically don't like it, but the spastic camera work doesn't necessarily bother me. 95 percent of the action in this one I couldn't tell what was going on, who grabbed what... that's to the detriment of the film.

I actually preferred Gemma Arterton (the girl who played Strawberry Fields). :drool:

So is Martin Campbell done with Bond movies? Why did they go to Forster?

Who knows?? I jst saw it. Yea, it was obvious they were going for the "Bourne" feel with the spastic camerawork during the action scenes.


I liked the movie, but overall it was kind of flat. I actually liked the quiet character scenes better than the action scenes.

it was definitely more to my liking than the old Bond movies, although I still watch them if I run across them on tv.

Casino Royale was great though, so you have to wonder why they changed the team.

and Strawberry Fields...

god what I'd do to her....

Watch True Blood and you get to see her bewbies!!

Me too. Significantly better.

Gemma Arterton... I mentioned her a bit earlier, and I agree 1000 percent.

saw it today. great flick

The "new" Bond that you described is the Bond the Ian Fleming created. The movie producers hijacked the original Bond and replaced him with the Roger Moore concoction that you aptly described. I like Fleming's original Bond.