how many keatses in it
― Author ~ Coach ~ Goddess (s1ocki), Saturday, 27 October 2012 22:48 (eleven years ago) link
Well that was most enjoyable, though the final Scottish sequence was a little drawn out. Pre-credits was up there with the franchise's best, and gotta approve of any action movie that features a henchman being eaten by a komodo dragon. Casino Royal>Skyfall>>>>>>>>Quantum.
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 03:14 (eleven years ago) link
Quantum sucked kinda
― Raymond Cummings, Tuesday, 30 October 2012 03:49 (eleven years ago) link
iirc Quantum didn't have a real script during shooting due to WGA strike; they were making shit up as they went
― www.toilet-guru.com (silby), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 03:56 (eleven years ago) link
(didn't see it tho cuz it had a dumb name)
― www.toilet-guru.com (silby), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 03:57 (eleven years ago) link
The title of the thread made me wonder : is there a film series with as many films as the bond ones ? 23 is a lot !
― AlXTC from Paris, Tuesday, 30 October 2012 12:28 (eleven years ago) link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carry_On_%28film_series%29
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 12:31 (eleven years ago) link
Oh ! Never heard of that !
― AlXTC from Paris, Tuesday, 30 October 2012 12:34 (eleven years ago) link
Porn, mostly (hah, moistly is a pretty good typo there).
Other than that there's still a few. "Abbott & Costello" is probably cheating as a film series - I guess the most famous long series would be Godzilla then?
― Andrew Farrell, Tuesday, 30 October 2012 12:49 (eleven years ago) link
You wouldn't have if you're not British.
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 14:40 (eleven years ago) link
I keep coming up with alternate skyfall theme songs in the shower, shirley bassey-style
"but... you could lose it all! in skyyyyyyfaaaaaaaal!"
― d-_-b (mh), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 14:45 (eleven years ago) link
Seeing this tomorrow night...
― pretty even gender split (Eazy), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 14:45 (eleven years ago) link
rub it in, why don't you
gotta wait another week and a half, here
― d-_-b (mh), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 14:46 (eleven years ago) link
The name's James Bond. James Bond.
― Author ~ Coach ~ Goddess (s1ocki), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 15:02 (eleven years ago) link
wtf.. even happened in this
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 23:57 (eleven years ago) link
my flatmate went to see it, wasnt overly impressed..."not enough girls and it was too long"
― Michael B Higgins (Michael B), Wednesday, 31 October 2012 00:31 (eleven years ago) link
last two posts have me even more excited!!
― goole, Wednesday, 31 October 2012 00:31 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1074638/board/flat/206367651
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 31 October 2012 00:37 (eleven years ago) link
wait, really?
― goole, Wednesday, 31 October 2012 00:58 (eleven years ago) link
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― goole, Tuesday, 30 October 2012 21:31 (54 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
ha otm
― absurdly pro-D (schlump), Wednesday, 31 October 2012 01:32 (eleven years ago) link
this had many enjoyable moments and was better than quantum but it was somehow leaden and effortful too much of the time. something i miss in this new bond series is bond's smile, his joie de vivre, his don't-give-a-fuck-ness, the suspicion that bedding beautiful women ranks right about the same place in bond's personal hierarchy of importance as tracking down terrorists, the sense that bond is the best not from any sense of loyalty to the mission or even his country but because of the sheer narcissistic pleasure it gives him to be the best
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 1 November 2012 10:52 (eleven years ago) link
I liked the lack of that - between the Tinker Tailor moments and the gaunt lord of the estate look at the end, they managed to get 10-15 minutes of acting out of Craig, which was more than I expected.
― Andrew Farrell, Thursday, 1 November 2012 12:07 (eleven years ago) link
its just a different vibe, i kinda dig grim fascist bond just because the series had gone so overboard in the other direction so many many times
― Author ~ Coach ~ Goddess (s1ocki), Thursday, 1 November 2012 13:24 (eleven years ago) link
if you don't like james bond overdosing on his own awesomeness you don't like james bond
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 1 November 2012 13:56 (eleven years ago) link
james bond being a grim jerk is kind of at the core of jamesbondness if u go back to the books
― Author ~ Coach ~ Goddess (s1ocki), Thursday, 1 November 2012 14:41 (eleven years ago) link
I should read more of the books! The only time I really did was when I was on a vacation to Cancun and it was kind of cold out, so I laid out next to the pool under a towel and read Casino Royale and a collection of short Bond stories.
― d-_-b (mh), Thursday, 1 November 2012 14:44 (eleven years ago) link
I really like James Bond as an awesome gadabout btw, Brosnan 4eva, but I don't think that Daniel Craig is any good at that, he just seems blank - so I'm glad when they get something out of him.
― Andrew Farrell, Thursday, 1 November 2012 14:54 (eleven years ago) link
idk, being a dude who gets tortured occasionally and runs around killing some people and deceiving others seems to be a thing that'd make you less than jovial
― d-_-b (mh), Thursday, 1 November 2012 14:56 (eleven years ago) link
Got a good bond for you Craig deniers
http://austenprose.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/downton-abbey-thomas2-x-200.jpg
― sug ones (omar little), Thursday, 1 November 2012 14:58 (eleven years ago) link
Exactly, there's not much room for joie de vivre when your day job requires killing people. xpost
― Hans von Jerkoffsky (WilliamC), Thursday, 1 November 2012 15:00 (eleven years ago) link
I mean, Fleming's Bond is a virulent misogynist to a point, but it's more that it's 90% misanthropy with a little misogyny on top. I feel like earlier film adaptations played down some of the misogyny by skimming from the bottom 90%, but they're doing a reasonable job of skimming off the top this time around. Opinion might change after I see Skyfall, I guess.
― d-_-b (mh), Thursday, 1 November 2012 15:13 (eleven years ago) link
it's a pretty misogynistic movie all around tbh
― Author ~ Coach ~ Goddess (s1ocki), Thursday, 1 November 2012 15:19 (eleven years ago) link
how'd you see it already? reviewer screening?
― d-_-b (mh), Thursday, 1 November 2012 15:21 (eleven years ago) link
let's just say i have some highly-placed friends at MI6
― Author ~ Coach ~ Goddess (s1ocki), Thursday, 1 November 2012 16:04 (eleven years ago) link
O_O
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 1 November 2012 16:06 (eleven years ago) link
s1ocki I've always liked you, you know that right
yeah i have to say "that's a waste of good scotch" pretty much turned me against the movie actually
btw i'm not a craig hata at all! he's probably the best bond ever. but if you go back to spy/counterspy by dusko popov, aka agent tricycle, so named for his predilection for three-ways, i.e. the guy ian fleming was apparently a little bit obsessed with and the inspiration for bond, the guy wasn't exactly pierce brosnan (look at the photos of him some time) but he certainly knew how to enjoy himself, and how to get ladies to cackle
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 1 November 2012 17:54 (eleven years ago) link
otm re: scotch line
also.. SPOILERS..
the movie rather firmly and happily reinforces the patriarchy in the way it ends... M is a man again, that pesky female agent is a secretary now...
― Author ~ Coach ~ Goddess (s1ocki), Thursday, 1 November 2012 18:23 (eleven years ago) link
also wordlessly creeping into the shower and bonking a victim of sex slavery, nice moves bond
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 1 November 2012 18:45 (eleven years ago) link
aaaand removing bookmark from thread for a week
― d-_-b (mh), Thursday, 1 November 2012 18:48 (eleven years ago) link
eek sorry d00d
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 1 November 2012 19:20 (eleven years ago) link
it actually IS in character for bond to be a fairly unpleasant person in a few respects, and the last act of casino royale certainly set him up to be a bitter little cunt, so it's not like the scotch line is out of character for him exactly (though calling it "scotch" is...) but i dunno, it's like the movie had a little too much fun with it, i was genuinely horrified at the outcome of that scene and the movie's like welp, finito, put a quip on it, onto the next bit, seeya lady
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 1 November 2012 19:24 (eleven years ago) link
If there's a spunky lady and a sultry lady in a Bond movie the sultry lady usually gets offed.
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Thursday, 1 November 2012 20:10 (eleven years ago) link
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Thursday, November 1, 2012 2:45 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
this scene didnt make much sense, after he does that, they go on deck the next morning and immediately get apprehended... i had kinda assumed bond had 'taken out' her handlers when he did the bonk-sneak? or was that his whole plan?
― Author ~ Coach ~ Goddess (s1ocki), Thursday, 1 November 2012 20:17 (eleven years ago) link
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Thursday, November 1, 2012 3:24 PM (53 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
ya i agreed, i thought this was supposed to be the moment where bond got really mad, and he was just like, LOL scotch
can we both agree that the bladerunner-esque shanghai sneak-up and fight was awesome though
― Author ~ Coach ~ Goddess (s1ocki), Thursday, 1 November 2012 20:18 (eleven years ago) link
yeah, str8 up homage to collateral by my lights
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 1 November 2012 21:02 (eleven years ago) link
the boat scene was a weird one.. when the henchman comes down and says "we're ready to cast off in 5 minutes" he gives her this weird stare.. what was that about? was bond already on the boat at that point? if he was, did she know? it seemed set up to be a wistful "well i guess he got killed and isn't coming" scene, but if that's really what was going on it makes the shower scene even weirder..
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 1 November 2012 21:28 (eleven years ago) link
by the way.... whatever happened to the hard drive?
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 1 November 2012 21:37 (eleven years ago) link
also do you think the movie is aware that the bad guy basically succeeded at his plan and bond in the end did nothing to stop it in any way?
― Author ~ Coach ~ Goddess (s1ocki), Thursday, 1 November 2012 21:43 (eleven years ago) link