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  • Salanis

    Nov. 17, 2008 1:53 p.m. Salanis SuperDork

    Went and saw the new Bond film last night. Pretty good. It was a solid bond flick. Not as good as Casino Royale.

    Biggest thing that bugged me was the airplane chase sequence. If you know anything about airplanes, the whole thing was totally preposterous. And if Bond isn't above stealing vehicles, why did he pay money for a less capable and more complex airplane, rather than simply hopping in one of the more capable airplanes shown next to it.

    Beyond that, it was good escapist fun with some great action sequences. The dangling rope fight was badass.

  • GameboyRMH

    Nov. 17, 2008 1:58 p.m. GameboyRMH SuperDork

    Salanis wrote: If you know anything about *insert technology here*, the whole thing was totally preposterous.

    That's true of all Bond films...

    But how was the advertising? There's no way I could tolerate more than the last movie had, they nearly ruined the whole thing with their "product placement" (which is sort of like calling a hurricane "wind placement").

  • Tim Baxter

    Nov. 17, 2008 2:00 p.m. Tim Baxter Online Editor

    Other than Ford, it wasn't too bad. Ford was pretty blatant.

    I liked Casino a lot, even though the whole lovey dovey part in the middle brought the momentum to a screeching halt. Quantum didn't have that problem.... they skipped the smoochy stuff for more car chases and blowing stuff up. I'm OK with that.

  • Salanis

    Nov. 17, 2008 2:02 p.m. Salanis SuperDork

    You mean the never-ending parade of Fords?

    That's all he ever drove, but at least they didn't go out of their way to expound the virtues of any of them.

  • Twin_Cam

    Nov. 17, 2008 2:12 p.m. Twin_Cam Dork

    The Ford Edges did get annoying, but I thought it was a decent movie. The only other complaint I had was the same one I have of all modern action movies: everything is filmed WAYYYY too close up, so during the action scenes you have no idea who's who.

  • Tim Baxter

    Nov. 17, 2008 2:14 p.m. Tim Baxter Online Editor

    Salanis wrote:

    You mean the never-ending parade of Fords?

    That's all he ever drove, but at least they didn't go out of their way to expound the virtues of any of them.

    Nah, he also drove the Aston Martin, a Volvo, and a Range Rover (off the top of my head). Surprised they didn't stick him in a Mazda, too.

  • Osterkraut

    Nov. 17, 2008 2:30 p.m. Osterkraut HalfDork

    Action was good.

    Plot and villian sucked. I mean, what WAS the plot? It was like reading every other page of a Clive Cussler novel.

    That said, the action was very, very good, and I enjoyed it. Isn't that what a Bond flick is all about?

  • seann

    Nov. 17, 2008 3:00 p.m. seann Reader

    It was OK about what I was expecting but the chase scenes sucked. Each shot was so short, mostly less than a second, and jumped around so much I got bored with it and my eyes started wandering around the theater.

  • Salanis

    Nov. 17, 2008 3:10 p.m. Salanis SuperDork

    I thought Judi Dench was the best part of the film. I also think she had some of the best lines, too.

    Like: "Everyone says they 'have people everywhere.' Florists say they have people everywhere."

  • aircooled

    Nov. 17, 2008 3:20 p.m. aircooled Dork

    Twin_Cam wrote:

    ..The only other complaint I had was the same one I have of all modern action movies: everything is filmed WAYYYY too close up, so during the action scenes you have no idea who's who.

    I guess we should call that the "Bourne" effect. I can see it as appropriate in some circumstances to show the confusion of the situation (kind of like the hand held style of Private Ryan), but if it is supposed to be an action movie, I think people really want to SEE the action.

  • neon4891

    Nov. 17, 2008 3:23 p.m. neon4891 Dork

    Going tonight

  • CrackMonkey

    Nov. 17, 2008 3:38 p.m. CrackMonkey Reader

    Not enough scantily clad Bond girls for me. Not enough Daniel Craig in speedo for my wife. Otherwise, very entertaining.

  • maroon92

    Nov. 17, 2008 4:30 p.m. maroon92 SuperDork

    the bond girl (Olga Kurylenko...I think) was the prettiest of them all, and I really liked her Ka.

    good action, very entertaining, yet somehow I was left wanting something more... the plot was very uninvolving. Not interested in seeing it again...Casino Royale was WAY better.

  • Keith

    Nov. 17, 2008 4:59 p.m. Keith SuperDork

    Yeah, the editing was a little choppy in spots, and the camera refused to sit still. At least the camera appeared to be mounted on something, and not the super-shaky Bourne style.

    But my wife and friend enjoyed it, and I certainly wasn't complaining. I loved the fact that Bond is apparently a kleptomaniac.

  • Xceler8x

    Nov. 17, 2008 5:31 p.m. Xceler8x HalfDork

    I have to agree about the action sequences. Crap shooting. I can follow action but there were plenty of scenes where I was like "WTF just happened? Grappling hook where did what?"

 
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