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randall 
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 Posted - 11/10/2012 : 18:41:05
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Just got back. I loved it. Finally, Craig is allowed a few moments of levity. Perfect celebration of Bond's 50th, b/c it harkens back to many, many, many old Bond flicks.
benj, I agree with you on the silhouetted fight scene. Though it was clever and pretty, it yanked me out of the picture and I expected somebody to start singing another main-title song.
However, a splendid production, both in front of and behind the camera. I used to attend every three years mainly out of loyalty and usually came away thinking, meh. But now, for the first time in years and years, I'm actually looking forward to the next Bond picture!
P.S. Movie nerds, please note: this production was so large that for the first time in *my* memory, not everybody got their name in the end-credit roll! After the key people in each department rolled, there was a line that said something like, "Thanks to our great [DEPARTMENT] people!" Blockbuster payrolls are now officially too large for end credits!
P.P.S. We attended on the first Saturday showing at our neighborhood cinema. It was packed, and the lines waiting for the next screening afterwards were the longest we've ever seen. I can assure you that at least in the US, this is a MAMMOTH blockbuster. |
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BaftaBaby
"Always entranced by cinema."
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Posted - 11/10/2012 : 19:12:16
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Originally posted by randa13
P.P.S. We attended on the first Saturday showing at our neighborhood cinema. It was packed, and the lines waiting for the next screening afterwards were the longest we've ever seen. I can assure you that at least in the US, this is a MAMMOTH blockbuster.
Uhm -- I don't remember any mammoths. Are you sure you weren't that watching Ice Age sequel?
 
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randall
"I like to watch."
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Posted - 11/11/2012 : 19:45:34
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Originally posted by ThirteenBabe
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Originally posted by randa13
P.P.S. We attended on the first Saturday showing at our neighborhood cinema. It was packed, and the lines waiting for the next screening afterwards were the longest we've ever seen. I can assure you that at least in the US, this is a MAMMOTH blockbuster.
Uhm -- I don't remember any mammoths. Are you sure you weren't that watching Ice Age sequel?
OK, I'll put it another way. This picture is a GO-rilla! |
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ChocolateLady 
"500 Chocolate Delights"
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Posted - 11/26/2012 : 10:48:29
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Well, finally, Bond has returned to being HUMAN again. Mendes has certainly kicked off those horridly fake CGI video-game fight scenes that both Casino and Quantum were fraught with. Moreover, he also doesn't have the instantaneous healing qualities of the Cheerleader from "Heroes" anymore. I particularly appreciated when he showed up in M's apartment, he looked like SHIT, just like he should have. And he's got some funny lines! "Health and Safety, carry on" being one of the best!
I have some niggles about this film, but despite those, Skyfall as a whole is greater than the sum of its parts. If you want to enjoy it, take the whole package.
(You can read my full review here.)
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randall
"I like to watch."
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Posted - 12/02/2012 : 20:03:24
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ULTIMATE SPOILER ALERT
I loved the way the 50th anniversary film served as a Moebius strip to take us back to a point in time before the very first one. |
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lemmycaution
"Long mired in film"
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Posted - 12/20/2012 : 22:07:30
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Watching Bardem's Silva I kept thinking to myself 'who does this remind me of?'.
About 48 hours later it came to me--Ledger's Joker. Anyone else feel that? |
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ChocolateLady
"500 Chocolate Delights"
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Posted - 12/25/2012 : 06:47:20
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Originally posted by lemmycaution
Watching Bardem's Silva I kept thinking to myself 'who does this remind me of?'.
About 48 hours later it came to me--Ledger's Joker. Anyone else feel that?
Hm... never thought of that, but... yes, there is a small similarity - in the character more than anything else. |
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randall
"I like to watch."
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Posted - 12/30/2012 : 21:47:19
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| I didn't have that 'Joker' feel, but I did think Bardem was a superb Bond villain, at least the histrionic part. |
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ChocolateLady
"500 Chocolate Delights"
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Posted - 01/05/2013 : 08:22:05
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Originally posted by randall
I didn't have that 'Joker' feel, but I did think Bardem was a superb Bond villain, at least the histrionic part.
Absolutely - one of the best, actually.
And that little pass he made at Bond - the best sexual chemistry of the whole film (of all three of Craig's films, actually).
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randall
"I like to watch."
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Posted - 01/05/2013 : 21:06:13
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| I think this is one of those pictures that Bond fans will be coming back to 25 years from now and saying, "That was a great one." Just as they do now re GOLDFINGER. |
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Beanmimo 
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Posted - 01/05/2013 : 23:40:18
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Originally posted by randall
ULTIMATE SPOILER ALERT
I loved the way the 50th anniversary film served as a Moebius strip to take us back to a point in time before the very first one.
That blend was the icing on the cake :-) |
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