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03/05/09
Bond is doing a terrible job of it too. Trying to be more realistic, while at the same time having an idiotically impossible aerial battle between a fighter plane and a cargo plane, all culminating in Bond diving into the sky and opening his parachute only 100 feet before the ground? Bullshit. Bullshit, bullshit, bullshit.
I'll likely go see the next Bond film. I can't help but give it a chance. I will have no reservations about walking out on the movie and asking for my money back though.
03/04/09
Please stay away from this repetitive and worn out franchise and make & direct the sequel to 28 Months Later.
If you do so, I shall bake you some cupcakes. And you bet your sweet ass they're delicious!!!
- Me
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And more Aston chases are always welcome. Quantum's was top notch.
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@tetracycloide: I don't see how Wall-E could've been better.
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Golden eye was better that that piece of shit.
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-A plot that just makes enough sense in the real world for folks not to question it
-Fight scenes that don't cause epileptic seizures
-Bond acting like Bond, not Bourne or the Trainspotter or whatever the fuck is in vogue action series.
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If you want a new bond I'd look to someone like clive owen.
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Nope. It was definately disjointed. It was actually fairly easy to follow what was happening in the film, it's just that it was all plotted out so poorly. That, and nearly every scene in the film had a stupid action sequence attached to it, which drew attention away from any semblance of character or plot.
03/04/09
Plus what was wrong with how they were making the films before? I watch James Bond for James Bond. If I want to see a Bourne movie I'll go see a Bourne movie.
Exploding hotel? Bitch please.
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12/10/08
EVER!!!!!!!
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I think it is meaningful to point out that Meredith's only critique of the film in her response on this board besides not liking certain characters was that she didn't think the action scenes were "badass" enough. God bless you, Meredith, but this isn't Moonraker we're dealing with. QoS was not a "James Bond movie." It was a movie about James Bond. Bond going through understanable grief over the death of someone he loved and being exposed to a murky world he doesn't understand.
12/10/08
I'm all about seeing an angry and depressed Bond killing everyone because, heart broken, he no longer cares. I didn't feel like it delivered that at all. Sure he caused a lot of damage and acted reckless and angry but the bouncy plot got in the way of actually revealing any true emotion. The final scene when he finds peace helped a little but most of the time it was just a lot of sad faces mixed with bouts of sex and killing that didn't really stand out as a true marker for what he was going though. Even when they offed Mathis and Bond callously tossed him in the dumpster (which I thought was great) the actual scene came out of nowhere and didn't really flow with what was going on. Too much too fast, too shaky and Camille, no thanks.
But hey that's just me, I got what they were trying to do, I just wanted to see a more fleshed out, well everything. I agree that the Director's cut could change how I feel about the movie.
And yes it wasn't cool bad ass Bond enough for me. The action scenes in CR brought down the house. But the exploding hotel in the middle of the desert was so so. Plus during the moments when he did collect himself his steely sexy demeanor was forced due to the dialogue, that stationary line was awful. Maybe I just can't swallow a depressed Bond. Perhaps that's my real problem but I still feel like I didn't get that Bond because I was too busy trying to piece together the plot and understand why I should care about this new secret society and what they were actually trying to accomplish.
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But the rest of it--the conspiracy theory of wealthy people trying to control the world; the attempted takeover of Bolivia's water supply, and the attempted coup in the same country... all those were almost too close to real life for comfort.
Putting the conspiracy aside for the moment; a corporation called Bechtel did effectively take over and privatize (part of) Bolivia's water supply for a short while--until the people revolted at the idea that they weren't even allowed to collect rainwater, and had to pay the corporation a quarter of their income for access to a basic resource. See [www.thecorporation.com] or the following video:
Then, only a few months ago, a group of wealthy conservatives, backed by the American DEA, tried to overthrow the democratically elected president (Evo Morales) because they didn't like the fact that a left-leaning, indigenous man was running things.
So, I suppose we can argue over whether the new Bond is fun and cool enough--but I for one like the gritty new Bond that brings real world issues to the foreground--even if they are heavily dramatized. I like a hero who's actually fighting for something, not just trying to look good in a tux.
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And QoS deserves special recognition if only for the "Quantum" baddie reveal at the opera house. Very well done.
But, yeah, I don't like supporting Paul Haggis. Bring us more writers.
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I'm all for more of whatever they have to offer.
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GAH! CUT IT OUT!!
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