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danny_galaga:

I haven't posted about movies I've seen for a while. Partly because I haven't seen as many, partly because I'm lazy. SO here's two, I find my thinking of them compliments each other.

We have two British franchises. One tried (or is that tired?) and true, the other not touched on much. I saw Judge Dredd a couple of weeks ago, and I haven't read what others think of it, but it is a 5/5 for me! I was almost shocked that I was so entertained! The first I knew of the movie was seeing a poster in the cinema a couple of weeks before and groaning- I thought they'd gone all 'Titanic' and redone the Stallone flick in 3D! :duckhunt

Last night I saw Skyfall. Quite disappointed. It really didn't have the oomph. I consider Craigs 'Casino Royale' one of the best Bond movies (I'm not a purist, so I couldn't give a tinkers cuss about 'yeah, but Casino Royale isn't a Bond story, blah blah blah). I just seek to be entertained. While Dredd never had a dull moment, there were many in Skyfall, straight after the obligatory chase scene at the beginning. 3.5/5 for me. Not bad, but I expected more. I concede that it could have been the hype, but then Casino Royale was hyped up and I still enjoyed that.

JD- 5/5
SF-3.5/5



--- Quote ---my score for recent movies you may have seen:

  5/5 - The Way Back, The Kings Speech, Michael Clayton, In Bruges, Gran Torino, Mary and Max, Moonrise Kingdom

4.5/5 - Taken, Iron Man, Reign Over Me, Watchmen, The girl with the dragon tattoo

  4/5 - True Grit, Traitor, Bedtime Stories, Sunshine, pineapple express

3.5/5 - 300, Max Payne, You dont mess with the Zohan, Yes Man

  3/5 - That new Indiana Jones flick, Disturbia, That new TMNT flick,

2.5/5 - Angels and Demons

  2/5 - The Love Guru. Note: My 2 is probably someone elses 1. Just leaving room for worse!

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Hoopz:
I saw Skyfall last week and was thoroughly entertained.  I too enjoyed Casino Royale and it's easily a top 5 (top 3?) Bond film.  Daniel Craig could be the best Bond ever.

wp34:
I agree that Skyfall doesn't quite live up to the hype but I really, really enjoyed it.  The hype is a little over the top IMHO.  It drags just a smidgen in the middle but how it picks up at the end more than makes up for it.  I saw it a second time and it held up.  Not quite as good as Casino Royale but much better than Quantum.   

Vigo:
I really did like Skyfall. It was a real good homage to the Sean Connery Bond films.

I will need to watch Casino Royale again now, I think it is gonna be better to rewatch. To me, Casino Royale was excellent, but in essence it never felt very much like a Bond film because they were busy rebooting the backstory, and trying to dramatically repair Bond's character. Now in Skyfall, Bond finally grows into the Bond role, and I think it puts Casino Royale into much better perspective.

Daniel Craig is excellent, but he is veering to the Rodger Moore side as being the new geriatric Bond. I found it a bit weird since these films were suppose to be the Sean Connery Bond, but at an earlier point than Dr. No. I guess this isn't the first time I've been expected to suspend disbelief about James Bond's age.
:dunno

wp34:
I did find it a bit funny that Craig is only 44 and certainly in the best shape of any of the Bond actors yet part of the story-line was that he was over the hill. 

I've read a few of the books and Craig has Bond dead-to-rights.  The Bond from the books looks more like Brosnan but acts like Craig.

I agree that the timeline makes absolutely no sense.  That is part of the fun of Bond though.  I believe the only Bond movie that is considered a true sequel is Quantum. 


--- Quote from: Vigo on November 26, 2012, 11:59:29 am ---I really did like Skyfall. It was a real good homage to the Sean Connery Bond films.

I will need to watch Casino Royale again now, I think it is gonna be better to rewatch. To me, Casino Royale was excellent, but in essence it never felt very much like a Bond film because they were busy rebooting the backstory, and trying to dramatically repair Bond's character. Now in Skyfall, Bond finally grows into the Bond role, and I think it puts Casino Royale into much better perspective.

Daniel Craig is excellent, but he is veering to the Rodger Moore side as being the new geriatric Bond. I found it a bit weird since these films were suppose to be the Sean Connery Bond, but at an earlier point than Dr. No. I guess this isn't the first time I've been expected to suspend disbelief about James Bond's age.
:dunno

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