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11-14-2008, 11:25 AM | #2 |
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I'm planning on seeing this tomorrow.
From what I've read of the reviews, most complaints surround the critics missing the gadget-laden, martini-sipping, lounge lizard Bond, and lamenting the new, cold, rip your throat out with sneer Bond. Well, I never gave a crap about the old Bond. Casino Royale (the new one) is the only Bond DVD I ever actually purchased. Glib British snobs with gadgets was never, shall we say, my cup of tea. I like the new guy. |
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11-14-2008, 11:37 AM | #3 |
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http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/quantum_of_solace/
71% "certified fresh" Consensus: Brutal and breathless, Quantum Of Solace delivers tender emotions along with frenetic action. Not as good as franchise reboot Casino Royale, but still an impressive entry to the Bond canon. The gf and I are going to go soon to see it. |
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11-14-2008, 11:41 AM | #4 |
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Dude, it is directed by Marc Forster. That guy doesn't know the first thing about making an action movie.
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Loved CR and new direction they took with it. I read in a story last week that Roger Moore didnt care much fo these new films. He said Bond was too violent and thuggish.
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11-14-2008, 12:13 PM | #8 |
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Yeah still go see it and form your own opinion, it's still a good movie but it just let me down a little bit. The story from Casino Royale was more alluring, it grabbed you and brought you in only to leave you wanting more, this story grabs you but then lets go grabs you then lets go then towards the end grabs you and then leaves you wanting more. The movie just didn't keep my attention as much as Casino Royale did throughout the entire movie.
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11-14-2008, 01:19 PM | #9 |
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Well, Roger Moore's James Bond was more like one of Monty Python's Upper Class Twits of the Year than someone you could actually buy pulling off superspy stuff. Screw him.
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His best ones IMO are Spy Who Loved Me and For Your Eyes Only.
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11-14-2008, 01:36 PM | #11 |
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Well, I liked those when I was a kid. Of course, I liked Lost In Space back then, too.
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11-14-2008, 07:14 PM | #12 |
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I'm going to see this at the 8:15 show. Will give a full report later.
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11-14-2008, 07:38 PM | #13 |
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Hopefully seeing it in the morning. Meant to go today but didn't make it.
This reboot of the franchise is James Bond as he was written by Fleming, and then placed in our world. It's not the 60s, 70s or 80s. What worked in those movies doesn't work now. It's kind of like the transformation from Adam West Batman to Christian Bale Batman. |
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Moore couldn't even touch Connery as Bond.
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11-14-2008, 10:48 PM | #15 |
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My thoughts:
1. I was either told by someone or read that a new Star Trek trailer would be shown prior to QofS. IT WAS NOT. So I was really pissed off right off the bat. 2. However, I enjoyed this movie very much. Not as good as the last one, but certainly in the same zip code. The director must be a seriously twitchy ****er - the endless quick camera cuts during the action sequences bordered on annoying, but not enough to derail the film. I liked the story, found it to be much more interesting that the critics indicated (big shock there). 3. If you miss the foppish, gadgety Bond, go rent one of the 150 prior movies. This Bond ain't that, and IMO, that's a good thing. P.S. The opening song did indeed suck donkey dick. Ugh. What has been heard, cannot be unheard. |
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