There was such a lot of hype about this one that I wasn't sure what to expect.
But I was positively surprised to see Bond getting back on rack after the not so great Quantum of solace. Well written and directed, a great cast and the darkest all around atmosphere in a Bond I can recall.
oh and bardem was AWESOME as a bad guy
give that guy a stupid haircut and you have yourself the perfect evil compelling monster. he was so old school bond too, loved it
+ Bardem, the sequence in the skyscraper, M, Bond being a bit sh*t, Adele theme tune sounded properly Shirley Bassey old school, Aston Martin, sexual ambiguity, the lack of gadgets
- Moneypenny storyline felt shoehorned, the end set piece, Kimodo dragons, whats-her-face bond girl's storyline. Some of the action was a bit dull/unoriginal. Fight on a train top/across the roofs have been done a million times before - sky scraper fight genuinely offered beautiful visuals
On Monday 11/12/12 - 9:20:01 AM chips2001 wrote: Eh. I'm bored of 'soul-searching Bond'.
On Tuesday 11/13/12 - 7:57:49 AM Matthias wrote: I actually found the 'Bond going back to his roots' idea quite adequate for the 50th anniversary edition.
[quote]On Saturday 11/10/12 - 3:53:09 PM morbo wrote: i like all the cute throwbacks to previous bond films /quote]
YES to this.
I saw it with my mom; our whole family are Bond fanatics. We both loved the car, the incredible theme song (it makes my top 5 Bond film themes), and Javier's mad-genius classic villain.
Anybody else think that the whole "get shot, fall off a bridge into water, everyone thinks your dead but you're not really" had echoes of Jason Bourne, and "prepare the house against the massively superior enemy" had echoes of the A team?!
On Monday 1/7/13 - 3:17:48 PM Gilnoro wrote: Anybody else think that the whole "get shot, fall off a bridge into water, everyone thinks your dead but you're not really" had echoes of Jason Bourne, and "prepare the house against the massively superior enemy" had echoes of the A team?!
Not really. Mostly because those movies quoted from older sources as well.
On Monday 1/7/13 - 3:17:48 PM Gilnoro wrote: Anybody else think that the whole "get shot, fall off a bridge into water, everyone thinks your dead but you're not really" had echoes of Jason Bourne, and "prepare the house against the massively superior enemy" had echoes of the A team?!
On Tuesday 1/8/13 - 8:12:02 AM Matthias wrote: Not really. Mostly because those movies quoted from older sources as well.
Ok so it's just me then. Out of interest, what are the older sources?
On Tuesday 1/8/13 - 8:12:02 AM Matthias wrote: Not really. Mostly because those movies quoted from older sources as well.
On Tuesday 1/8/13 - 4:21:51 PM Gilnoro wrote: Ok so it's just me then. Out of interest, what are the older sources?
I wasn't thinking of a particular movie but of the general idea of characters who are thought to have died 'returning from the dead'. Gandalf falling off the Bridge of Khazad-dûm comes to mind.
A big showdown in that 'my home is my castle' manner can be seen in a lot of Westerns and such (although I like Dissappears' mention of Home Alone even better )
So much that I loved about this movie. Bardem was awesome, loved the transition from Dench to Fiennes, fantastic back story on Bond, the homages to older Bond films, and the Moneypenny addition.
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