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Skyfall. Judge Dredd. A two for one quick and dirty review (",)
Hoopz:
I generally don't look at any commercials or trailers before films come out so I avoid any hype about a movie. For me, I think it works because I go in with a blank slate and avoid any expectations. That being said, I honestly think Craig is outstanding as Bond. He's better than Brosnan. Or, perhaps it's easier to say that his films are better than Brosnan's. Besides The World is Not Enough, he was saddled with terrible movies. Dalton's were the worst but Brosnan's were right there too.
IMO, Craig looked old as Bond because that's what he was supposed to look. With his "time off" (to avoid spoilers), he came back and looked bad on the film on purpose. Maybe I'm misreading it, but I think the premise was that he was on the edge, couldn't qualify and just looked like a wrung out turd.
This movie seemed to have more "Jason Bourne" moments whether in action or cinematography. There were definitely a few times that I thought it felt a lot like one of Damon's Bourne movies. It didn't last long though. I think Barbara Broccoli needs to get the writers creating the next films written sooner. In the older movies, one thing I always watched for was the line in the credits that said "James Bond will return in ____". When they switched to "James Bond will return", I think it shows a lack of planning/writing when they are developing the series. Granted, some of the much older films had that tag line too.
All that aside, and that's ALOT for me to type here, I can say that I do want to see Skyfall again and it makes me want to see Craig again in Casino Royale. I liked him in Quantum but that thing was just bad writing.
Xiaou2:
I almost went to see the new Bond in theaters... only because the former films were ok. However, Im glad I didnt waste my
money. The hype is ridiculous today.
Im sorry, but it was plain boring. Maybe realistic... but boring. And honestly, I could care less about realism, if realism is going to put you to sleep.
If you put Roger Moore in the same room with Daniel Craig (both at the same age), nobody would even notice DC. Moore was over the top fun, funny, charming, whitty, smug, smart, and more. He was a real character... A great actor, and was very expressive.
Now, you look at Matt Damon in Borne... and hes not all that expressive. However, he has an Excellent martial arts representation, with amazingly realistic and precise combat portrayal, of a high level Op. Something that DC just does not seem to pull off well. DC seems very quirky, slow, clumsy, basic, and even awkward, in combat.
From a peter-pan point of view.. I think what most people are really looking for in a bond film: Armed sportscars, special secret weaponry & gadgetry, to be put into action... and often. Great chase scenes. Excellent hand to hand combat. Weapons play. Gunnery. Knives flying about. Several deaths averted by amazing seat of your pants ingenuity. Charming the crowd. Seducing the hot woman... as well as later possibly fighting or killing them off.. scamming and bluffing his way around obstacles. And villans with huge presence.
My fav bond flick is probably "A view to a kill"... which Is far more entertaining than SkySnore.
THough, each Bond flick has its own charm and good qualities about it.
Vigo:
--- Quote from: Xiaou2 on November 27, 2012, 01:54:04 am ---I almost went to see the new Bond in theaters... only because the former films were ok. However, Im glad I didnt waste my
money. The hype is ridiculous today.
Im sorry, but it was plain boring. Maybe realistic... but boring. And honestly, I could care less about realism, if realism is going to put you to sleep.
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I have a hard time figuring out from your post if you have seen the movie or not. If you didn't go to see it in the theater, did you watch a bootleg at home, or are you just reviewing a film you never saw?
--- Quote from: Xiaou2 on November 27, 2012, 01:54:04 am --- From a peter-pan point of view.. I think what most people are really looking for in a bond film: Armed sportscars, special secret weaponry & gadgetry, to be put into action... and often. Great chase scenes. Excellent hand to hand combat. Weapons play. Gunnery. Knives flying about. Several deaths averted by amazing seat of your pants ingenuity. Charming the crowd. Seducing the hot woman... as well as later possibly fighting or killing them off.. scamming and bluffing his way around obstacles. And villans with huge presence.
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Funny enough, Skyfall did have all that. I can name multiple instances of pretty much every thing you mention. [MASSIVE BLOCK O' SPOILERS:] The movie opens on an excellent chase scene. Bond even drove an excavator on top of a moving train car to chase down the bad guy. The London Chase scene was excellent as well. Bond Girls? Well, only 1 of the 3 bond girls in this film died (partially at Bond's hand) after Bond seduced her and she betrayed him. They brought back Moneypenny, that is simply awesome in my opinion, she has been missing from the series for way too long. Armed sportscars? Bond pulled out the actual Aston Martin used in Goldfinger, and used it's gadgets multiple times. There are plenty of unique weapons, and James also had his Walther PPK, (James even threw knives, what do you know?) Gadgets? Well they were much more macgyver-esque in this film, although the villians had a few cool tools, but near the end of the film, M was even building her own makeshift frac bombs rigged into house lighting. I think that is more entertaining gadgetry than Q's robot dog from A view to a Kill. And hey, they reintroduced a new Q in Skyfall as well. As far as bluffing, the whole movie itself was about James' Bluff....doing his job, and to do so, he had to bluff his way the whole time to hide his massive injuries. He had to bluff to both sides in order to even be assigned to the mission.
I dunno, seems like everything on your checklist of a good bond film is well covered in Skyfall.
CheffoJeffo:
--- Quote from: Xiaou2 on November 27, 2012, 01:54:04 am ---My fav bond flick is probably "A view to a kill"... which Is far more entertaining than SkySnore.
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Although I have already seen Skyfall, this statement alone would most definitely convince me to go see it.
IMOP (did you see what I did there?) AVtoK was, other than perhaps Moonraker, the least worthy of Moore's 007 appearances.
Hoopz:
Moonraker was a good Moore film. We can agree to disagree about that. ;D
A View to a Kill was the first Bond film that I saw in the theater so it holds sentimental value because of that. Excluding sentiment, it doesn't hold up like some of the others do.
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