A Merchant Ivory co-production
― VegemiteGrrrl, Wednesday, 12 January 2011 14:35 (2 years ago) Permalink
so i'm pretty psyched for this now. i like how he says the new script excites him more than Casino Royale's did.
http://www.nme.com/filmandtv/news/daniel-craig-bond-23-will-be-better-than-casino-r/227418
― piscesx, Friday, 29 July 2011 15:53 (1 year ago) Permalink
fuck sam mendes with a big fucking stick
― i'm sorry for whatever (Noodle Vague), Friday, 29 July 2011 15:57 (1 year ago) Permalink
He's hardly going to say "the script is worse than Quantum of Solace", but, yeah, will watch. I don't give a monkeys about gadgets though, really.
― Beating up the Ritz (DavidM), Friday, 29 July 2011 16:00 (1 year ago) Permalink
not even watching the interview but yeah Craig's quote is basically "this new album is my strongest work yet" and fuck sam mendes with a great big fucking stick and yeah will watch
― i'm sorry for whatever (Noodle Vague), Friday, 29 July 2011 16:09 (1 year ago) Permalink
Skyfall appears to be the title, Javier Bardem to play the villain.
http://fusible.com/2011/10/new-james-bond-film-to-be-titled-skyfall-domain-names-privately-registered/
― DavidM, Wednesday, 12 October 2011 20:52 (1 year ago) Permalink
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/javier-bardem-bond-23-villain-246719
― DavidM, Wednesday, 12 October 2011 20:53 (1 year ago) Permalink
Works for me.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 13 October 2011 16:23 (1 year ago) Permalink
I hope he actually reprises Anton Chigurh.
― Inevitable stupid samba mix (chap), Thursday, 13 October 2011 16:42 (1 year ago) Permalink
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/movies/news/a348799/james-bond-23-press-conference-live-daniel-craig-on-skyfall.html
Bérénice Marlohe, Naomie Harris are the new Bond girls. Albert Finny and Ben Whishaw also cast. Scotland, London, Istanbul and China the locations.
― DavidM, Thursday, 3 November 2011 12:27 (1 year ago) Permalink
Elder Scrolls XXIII: Skyfall
― Dust, Thursday, 3 November 2011 16:56 (1 year ago) Permalink
fuck the poster sucks
― owenf, Thursday, 3 November 2011 22:24 (1 year ago) Permalink
god i REALLY hope this is good. Royale was a frickin masterpiece of a Bond movie.
our Dan looks a bit knackered mind
― piscesx, Friday, 4 November 2011 00:12 (1 year ago) Permalink
Sam Mendes: danger danger danger
― Dr Morbois de Bologne (Dr Morbius), Friday, 4 November 2011 16:51 (1 year ago) Permalink
http://www.nme.com/filmandtv/news/skyfalls-daniel-craig-to-endorse-heineken-as-james/259502
Altogether now.. "HEINEKEN?? FUCK THAT SHIT.. "
― piscesx, Wednesday, 8 February 2012 16:30 (1 year ago) Permalink
next thing you know, he'll be endorsing ford mondeos or something...
― Jibe, Thursday, 9 February 2012 03:22 (1 year ago) Permalink
more tittle tattle. i think this is gonna be amazing tbh.
http://www.nme.com/filmandtv/news/james-bond-skyfall-director-likens-movies-to-doctor/267394
hey and check the wacky user comment at the bottom too while you're there. interesting.
― piscesx, Thursday, 3 May 2012 17:28 (1 year ago) Permalink
wacky, but I like it. A good chin-scratcher.
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 3 May 2012 21:30 (1 year ago) Permalink
Trailer in the next few days. Meantime:
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 18 May 2012 14:24 (1 year ago) Permalink
Cool poster. If it's half as good as Casino Royale I'll be happy.
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Friday, 18 May 2012 14:26 (1 year ago) Permalink
Sweeeet
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 18 May 2012 14:50 (1 year ago) Permalink
HOW IS MAN WALKING UP GUN BARREL??
― i love the large auns pictures! (Phil D.), Friday, 18 May 2012 14:52 (1 year ago) Permalink
he's v tiny, iirc
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 18 May 2012 14:53 (1 year ago) Permalink
"Man. Ant-Man."
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 18 May 2012 14:53 (1 year ago) Permalink
"Look at this exploding fountain pen, Q, it's huuuge!"
"Sure is, Tiny Bond!"
― i love the large auns pictures! (Phil D.), Friday, 18 May 2012 15:01 (1 year ago) Permalink
Tiny Bond confronts Blofeld.Blofeld steps on Tiny Bond.Fin.
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 18 May 2012 15:32 (1 year ago) Permalink
Hold me closer, tiny Bondster
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 18 May 2012 15:34 (1 year ago) Permalink
Tiny Bond: For Your Microscope Only
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 18 May 2012 15:35 (1 year ago) Permalink
Supposedly there's a scene set in the London underground and the gun barrel poster is apparently referencing that.
― Vini Reilly Invasion (Elvis Telecom), Friday, 18 May 2012 16:54 (1 year ago) Permalink
heckfire. seemed to be a bit 'Teal and Orange'y but i might be imagining it.
the film-makers have definitely seen Inception.
― piscesx, Monday, 21 May 2012 11:41 (1 year ago) Permalink
looks very english
― Hungry4Ass, Monday, 21 May 2012 12:07 (1 year ago) Permalink
Looks alright.
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Monday, 21 May 2012 12:26 (1 year ago) Permalink
I see Mendes was taking notes from Tinker Tailor.
― Simon H., Monday, 21 May 2012 13:18 (1 year ago) Permalink
that is crazy t&o
― goole, Monday, 21 May 2012 16:34 (1 year ago) Permalink
looks pretty dope imo, i like the less-frenetic style. not as down on QoS as some folks but it was def too bourney.
― omar little, Monday, 21 May 2012 19:23 (1 year ago) Permalink
QoS had some great location choices in that the plot _was_ the location. Unfortunately the bits more reliant on dialogue and emotion were not as good.
I felt like The International, which came out the following year, had some similar issues.
― mh, Monday, 21 May 2012 19:25 (1 year ago) Permalink
roger deakins is the DP on this and it looks great
― Hungry4Ass, Tuesday, 22 May 2012 00:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
The guy certainly has a resume.
― mh, Tuesday, 22 May 2012 03:43 (1 year ago) Permalink
see a helicopter fly through tower bridge on 9 june. probably for this.
http://www.ianvisits.co.uk/blog/2012/05/21/helicopter-to-fly-through-tower-bridge/
― the fey monster (ledge), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 10:28 (1 year ago) Permalink
what if the bad guy turned out to be skynet
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 14:04 (1 year ago) Permalink
You can't say those things first thing in the morning, s1ocki. God, I need more coffee.
― mh, Tuesday, 22 May 2012 14:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
Lol
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 14:13 (1 year ago) Permalink
On a random note, I feel like Casino Royale succeeded _despite_ Paul Haggis being one of the screenwriters, because damn, can I not really stand that dude's work.
― mh, Tuesday, 22 May 2012 14:14 (1 year ago) Permalink
btw s1ocki does the email you've got connected to your ilx account work? Going to be in yr neck of the woods next week, may collect on that coffee.
yup yup
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 14:15 (1 year ago) Permalink
― Hungry4Ass, Tuesday, 31 July 2012 14:51 (9 months ago) Permalink
Had no idea (or more likely had forgotten) Bardem was the baddie! My expectations are high.
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Tuesday, 31 July 2012 15:15 (9 months ago) Permalink
― Grimy Little Pimp (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Tuesday, 31 July 2012 15:17 (9 months ago) Permalink
looks fun tho
blondem
― goole, Tuesday, 31 July 2012 15:20 (9 months ago) Permalink
which is basically what I go to a Bond movie for
― This beat is TWEENCHRONIC (DJP), Wednesday, 20 February 2013 18:34 (3 months ago) Permalink
in the bond universe it should be received wisdom that british agents like bond are not only needed but the most skilled purveyors of the jobs no one else can do, even those colonist savages in the u.s.
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Wednesday, 20 February 2013 18:48 (3 months ago) Permalink
i feel like half this movie was spent trying to elide the true identities of certain characters so we could have catch-your-breath moments like when you realize, holy shit, it's fucking Q.
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Wednesday, 20 February 2013 18:49 (3 months ago) Permalink
the moneypenny thing infuriated me too
― max, Wednesday, 20 February 2013 21:16 (3 months ago) Permalink
so infuriating
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Wednesday, 20 February 2013 21:38 (3 months ago) Permalink
assassins choosing desk jobs after a few years seems reasonable
― Pope Rusty I (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 20 February 2013 22:19 (3 months ago) Permalink
Tbf she started the movie killing our hero, perhaps 00 status wasnt exactly nailed on at that stage
― lance armstrong will have been delighted (darraghmac), Wednesday, 20 February 2013 22:23 (3 months ago) Permalink
the moneypenny thing was horrible
― zero dark (s1ocki), Wednesday, 20 February 2013 23:53 (3 months ago) Permalink
who was it that pointed out that they never actually recovered that special hard drive of all agents everywhere... oops
― zero dark (s1ocki), Wednesday, 20 February 2013 23:54 (3 months ago) Permalink
If they decrypted the list the hard drive would be completely useless?
― ☠ ☃ ☠ (mh), Wednesday, 20 February 2013 23:56 (3 months ago) Permalink
YOUR hard drive would be useless
― zero dark (s1ocki), Wednesday, 20 February 2013 23:56 (3 months ago) Permalink
ultimately though nobody besides bardem actually succeeds at doing what they're trying to do in this movie rite?
― zero dark (s1ocki), Wednesday, 20 February 2013 23:57 (3 months ago) Permalink
wow let's get back this decrypted hard drive they could have made a zillion unencrypted copies of
yeah silva is the winner
― ☠ ☃ ☠ (mh), Wednesday, 20 February 2013 23:58 (3 months ago) Permalink
moneypenny's character arc was so depressingly retrograde
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Wednesday, 20 February 2013 23:58 (3 months ago) Permalink
my thought when they were making all the shaving jokes at the end:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/cc/A-close-shave.jpg/220px-A-close-shave.jpg
― ☠ ☃ ☠ (mh), Wednesday, 20 February 2013 23:59 (3 months ago) Permalink
did it seem to anyone else that this was largely stitched together from familiar action-movie tropes? almost literally, in a shot to shot way? some obv (apocalypse now), some less so (i actually can't think of one now, shit), and some overbearing (bond IS the dark knight...like, with a stately home he blows up and an old guy he owns)
bardem earned his keep but his character was a uh-oh-danger-GAY (vs bond teaching us to be MEN) dude that was maybe two-face (on the inside...of his face), maybe jaws, also btw he was locked in a crystal and at one point laughed maniacally I AM JUST SAYING HERE
― well if it isn't old 11 cameras simon (gbx), Thursday, 21 February 2013 02:25 (3 months ago) Permalink
the reptilian part of my brain kinda loved this, and thought it well-made or w/e, but if i think about it even for a second it's just crappy
― well if it isn't old 11 cameras simon (gbx), Thursday, 21 February 2013 02:26 (3 months ago) Permalink
i basically agree with that last sentiment, like walking out of the theater i was "bond returns in style in this delightful new--" and then i started to think about it and it fell apart, as if i'd removed the mandible from the movie's jaw and it revealed its horrible true guise.
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Thursday, 21 February 2013 02:29 (3 months ago) Permalink
it's kinda weird that my two biggest complaints are that it was too referential and "young" (hackers! Q has a floppy haircut and a sweatervest! moneypenny isn't just a secretary, she's an agent!) and that it reveled in bond's piggish chauvinism, and excused it maybe? it's like it was written for archer to parody
― well if it isn't old 11 cameras simon (gbx), Thursday, 21 February 2013 02:30 (3 months ago) Permalink
Yeah it was really trying to have it all with the self-referential shit and the above-being-a-bond-movie shit and idk at least two other layers of overthinking, it rested heavily and shapelessly over some very good action scenes.
― lance armstrong will have been delighted (darraghmac), Thursday, 21 February 2013 02:34 (3 months ago) Permalink
an old guy he owns
i thought this was hilarious btw, bond's been gone for years and returns to his family's abandoned estate and ah this old painting, look at the dusty furniture, and why there's that old fella still in the same corner, hasn't moved has he?
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Thursday, 21 February 2013 02:38 (3 months ago) Permalink
Ah, mr bond. I've been expecting you.
― lance armstrong will have been delighted (darraghmac), Thursday, 21 February 2013 02:40 (3 months ago) Permalink
an acquaintance of mine used to call it 'james bonding' a film when you were too intent on plot/continuity/reason to enjoy the spectacle of a blockbuster action movie.
and i get that, which is why i don't care that bond survived a fatal shooting/fall in the opening scene or magically picked out the password for q. (was there a 'zoom in! enhance!'? i don't even remember.) or that dude was 'one of six ppl in the world to use these radioactive bullets'.
but the whole plot made no sense. there was ridiculous shit like albert finney and his flashlight as the burning estate lit up the night. craig's bond is humorless; he can get away with shit like 'a waste of good scotch' even less than his predecessors. i liked the bourne movies -- if they wanna go that route it's cool with me, but if so they need to go all the way. as it was, it's a mishmash of bullshit trying to have it every which way.
― железобетонное очко (mookieproof), Thursday, 21 February 2013 02:46 (3 months ago) Permalink
i mean srsly fucking give slock1 the bond franchise
― железобетонное очко (mookieproof), Thursday, 21 February 2013 02:47 (3 months ago) Permalink
now i'm just wondering what ronin would have been called if it had been a bond movie
if bond is going to be a tough old relic of the cold war he may was well chase some ice skates wanted by the ira
― well if it isn't old 11 cameras simon (gbx), Thursday, 21 February 2013 03:08 (3 months ago) Permalink
would have been called bonin obv
― zero dark (s1ocki), Thursday, 21 February 2013 04:18 (3 months ago) Permalink
bonin'