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Malenko:

--- Quote from: Grasshopper on November 16, 2008, 12:16:10 pm ---I think the last two Batman films were good partly for the same reason. Obviously you’ve still got the inherent ridiculousness of men dressing up as a bats and clowns. However, the villains seemed far more like real people with genuine motivations and emotions than they did in the earlier films. You could just about imagine such people existing in the real world.

Also, the technology that Batman uses to give the impression of having super powers is just about plausible if you don’t think about it too much.

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I just got back from seeing it and thought it was great. The story is there and makes sense but you need to pay attention to figure it all out. I really love movies that give you just enough info so that you might be able to figure it out without either overloading you with info making it obvious or make it the exact opposite of what they are showing just to make it a twist.

They didn't tell you the truth about Vespa's actions till the very end of the movie , and I wasn't 100% sure until they said it. Other then some of the stunts and fights the movie was very grounded in reality (other then the bad guys grunts being exceptionally poor trigger men . The thing that REALLY stands out to me, that I for one like, is the lack of "gadgets", hell even the DB9 in the beginning wasn't bulletproof. Its great to see a main character find his way out of a burning room then it is to see him shoot a laser from his watch to get out.

I look forward to another Craig Bond  :D

Grasshopper:
The big problem with Bond’s gadgets is that technology has moved on.  All the cool but plausible gadgets have already been invented.

I remember that in one of the Roger Moore films (The Spy who Loved Me?) he had a watch that flashed up a message saying “please return to base” or something. When I saw it as a kid I was blown away, and thought how incredibly cool it would be if technology like that actually existed. But of course these days it does, and is commonplace. All you need to do is send a text message to someone’s mobile phone. OK, we don’t have phones built into our wristwatches, but we could if we wanted to.

The same applies to the miniature cameras that Bond used to use. Miniature cameras are now cheap and easy to get hold of. Most phones seem to come with one these days.

Singapura:
A friend of my best friend's father had one of the first Dolby surround sets. He also had the complete Bond set on VHS. We used to go there as often as we could, so I've seen those movies more times then any other, except the original three Star Wars films. Even wrote a paper on the levels of woman-unfriendliness of the different Bond actors which ticked off my girlfriend at the time because she was a Bond fan and a feminist and after reading it didn't like JB anymore  8)

As an action packed thriller it was a very good movie. Daniel Craig is a superb actor and really gives life to the main character. They just shouldn't have called him James Bond! Even though I like how they give the franchise a new lease on life, the JB brand has certain characteristics that you shouldn't ignore. I miss the smoothness and luxury style that the old Bond had. Yes, I noticed that they do away with the "shaken not stirred" cliche but why make it so obvious. Already in Casino Royal, the new Bond didn't care how he had his lambchops. Now he wrecks the Aston and off course he doesn't even remember his favorite drink. Even the trademark Bond movie theme only came in during the end credits. There are plenty of gritty, realistic thrillers out there but only one James B. If they just had made the desert outpost a huge underground complex with traps and stuff it would already be more Bondish. Leaving the gadgets out is like leaving the salt out of the soup. It just shows a lack of imagination. I just don't buy the "everything has been invented already" excuse. If you want to re-invent a movie, have a look at the latest Batman. They did it completely right. Still, the movie itself was enjoyable. Did anyone notice that the Bolivian government has the same interior decorator as her Majesty's Secret service?

protokatie:

--- Quote from: danny_galaga on November 16, 2008, 06:52:19 am ---
--- Quote from: protokatie on November 15, 2008, 09:15:46 pm ---Nah, Operation double 007 is the best one.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OK_Connery


 >:D

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Neil Connery? learn something new every day!

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There is a reason why you have never heard of his brother's acting. Double 007 was so horrible, that MST3k did an episode mocking it. :D

AtomSmasher:
I just got back from seeing it and I'd give it a 7 out of 10.  Good, but not great, and no where near as good as the last one.

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