disagree
― mh, Tuesday, 12 November 2013 18:47 (ten years ago) link
i think I kinda prefer Casino over Quantum though. Skyfall, Bond-wise my least favorite of the Craigs. But the theme song and the villain are A+, so it's not a total writeoff.
Also I like that whole Macau thing with the sexy dragon lady & the komodo dragons
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 12 November 2013 18:50 (ten years ago) link
Casino is quite clearly the best of the Craigs.
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Tuesday, 12 November 2013 18:50 (ten years ago) link
I really enjoyed watching all of the Craig Bond movies *shrug*
― smoking, drinking, cracking and showing the MIDDLE FINGER (DJP), Tuesday, 12 November 2013 18:51 (ten years ago) link
In fact I think Connery is the only Bond so far whose debut isn't also his best.
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Tuesday, 12 November 2013 18:51 (ten years ago) link
it's all better than Roger Moore's entire run tbh
otherwise Morbs otm re: quibbling at a Bond movie
― a strident purist when it comes to band-related shirts (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 12 November 2013 18:52 (ten years ago) link
that parkour/crane chase in Casino still blows me away by how great it is
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 12 November 2013 18:52 (ten years ago) link
my favorite Skyfall factoid is how Ben Stein became obsessed with Javier Bardem's character
― smoking, drinking, cracking and showing the MIDDLE FINGER (DJP), Tuesday, 12 November 2013 18:52 (ten years ago) link
that anagram thing means they were all saying "mum" after all?
― Philip Nunez, Tuesday, 12 November 2013 18:53 (ten years ago) link
I mean, don't get me wrong -- all 3 Craig Bonds are great and I can happily rewatch any of them. the quibbling comes from a place of love, at least for me
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 12 November 2013 18:54 (ten years ago) link
lol, yes DJP
― mh, Tuesday, 12 November 2013 18:54 (ten years ago) link
I don't mind attempts to humanize bond but bruce wayning him wasn't really the way to go.
― christmas candy bar (al leong), 17 February 2013 21:56 (8 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I mind the fuck out of attempts to humanise bond, go make yr own stupid movie if you don't want to make a bond one you pretentious fuckin hack
― birmingham six, guildford four, mumford & sons (darraghmac), 17 February 2013 22:00 (8 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
this was directed at mendes, not al leong :(
― golfdinger (darraghmac), Tuesday, November 12, 2013 9:40 AM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMo_HcRBnUY
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Tuesday, 12 November 2013 21:12 (ten years ago) link
the craig bonds for me are like this
casino royale >>>> skyfall >> QoS
but i do enjoy all of them to some degree (CR is a classic, skyfall has incredible elements, QoS is a nice diverting minor bond more than a catastrophe)
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Tuesday, 12 November 2013 21:15 (ten years ago) link
well none of them has a four-hour slog through a melting ice palace, right
― j., Tuesday, 12 November 2013 21:17 (ten years ago) link
i probably agree with that, with the proviso that the good-to-average bond is a nice diverting minor bond movie and stepping above that ito of reach is probably best done from a position of extreme strength/confidence as opposed to 'fuck james bond i wanna make a modern day theme srs movie'
― golfdinger (darraghmac), Tuesday, 12 November 2013 22:17 (ten years ago) link
we should really poll what the worst Brosnan film was, although we might have to throw out the ice palace one just to make it fair
― mh, Tuesday, 12 November 2013 22:18 (ten years ago) link
it kind of went GoldenEye >>>>>>>>> rest of them
yeah
all of them worth watching for the exact length of time you were watching them and nary a nanosec more
madonna obv a low point
― golfdinger (darraghmac), Tuesday, 12 November 2013 22:20 (ten years ago) link
I've only seen Tomorrow Never Dies once but I remember really enjoying it. The World is Not Enough seems like it's on cable every other weekend and gets funnier and funnier every time I see it.
― smoking, drinking, cracking and showing the MIDDLE FINGER (DJP), Tuesday, 12 November 2013 22:22 (ten years ago) link
it's a bad bad bad bad bad bad world is not enough
― golfdinger (darraghmac), Tuesday, 12 November 2013 22:24 (ten years ago) link
quantum of solace is vastly better than this i thought. have trouble even defending it as a whole, beautifully shot movie but otherwise
― max, Tuesday, 12 November 2013 22:25 (ten years ago) link
skyfall sucks!
― scott seward, Tuesday, 12 November 2013 22:32 (ten years ago) link
the action sequences are some of the worst i've ever seen since i watched Babylon A.D. the other night. they're terrible! and i've seen stone cold steve austin movies.
― scott seward, Tuesday, 12 November 2013 22:38 (ten years ago) link
The only thing I remember about Quantum of Solace was a fight in an elevator (that *was* in that movie, right?).
― a fifth of misty beethoven (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 12 November 2013 22:39 (ten years ago) link
is skyfall the one with a silhouette fight scene like those ipod commercials
― adam, Tuesday, 12 November 2013 22:39 (ten years ago) link
Brosnan:
Goldeneye>>>>>>WiNE>>TND>>>>>>>>DAD
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Tuesday, 12 November 2013 22:46 (ten years ago) link
silhouette fight scene sucks as a fight scene but is amazing as a visual
― mh, Tuesday, 12 November 2013 22:48 (ten years ago) link
applies to a lot of modern fight scenes tbf
― a strident purist when it comes to band-related shirts (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 12 November 2013 22:54 (ten years ago) link
yeah i think what i really appreciate about 'casino royale' was how clean and economical it was w/r/t direction, martin campbell is p clearly a guy in the peter yates/frankenheimer mold of unflashy skilled action directors (while not rising to their level.) QoS was incoherent, skyfall was quite a visual spectacle but at the expense of virtually everything else. and really, like myself and others have said the depiction of the female characters was horrible. and bond's final gambit was like if mcclane at the end of die hard shot gruber and he pulled holly out the window with him.
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Tuesday, 12 November 2013 22:59 (ten years ago) link
I feel like a direct line can be drawn between my love for the Craig Bond movies and the PTSD I had from seeing The World Is Not Enough in the theater
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 12 November 2013 23:54 (ten years ago) link
this movie sucks.
― scott seward, Tuesday,
― the objections to Drake from non-REAL HIPHOP people (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 12 November 2013 23:57 (ten years ago) link
But will he still feel the same on Wednesday...
― He got...JACKED UP!!!!! (WilliamC), Tuesday, 12 November 2013 23:58 (ten years ago) link
Thursday. Friday. Saturday. Sunday.
hate with me through the weekend
― the objections to Drake from non-REAL HIPHOP people (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 12 November 2013 23:59 (ten years ago) link
it's pretty to look at though
the neon fight in the glass skyscraper is v enjoyable
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 13 November 2013 00:03 (ten years ago) link
but its over in 5 seconds. there's no suspense! same with the club fight with the lizards. the build-up sucks and its over before you know it. its almost as if the director wanted to get the action over with as fast as possible just so he could have more endless saddo stuff. and the beginning with the train and all that is one of the worst bond beginnings. so lame. it is 2012 after all. should have been thrilling. i've seen some pretty thrilling bond set-pieces. the intro should knock your socks off.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 13 November 2013 00:53 (ten years ago) link
yeah that's true. the (pretty) action was def an afterthought in skyfall
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 13 November 2013 00:56 (ten years ago) link
i kinda miss pierce brosnan. i liked him as bond. i got nothing against this guy he's cool looking but i think i'm just a pierce fan. i'm no bond expert. i liked the one with halle berry. halle berry was in it.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 13 November 2013 01:02 (ten years ago) link
in all fairness i should mention that i still have 50 minutes to watch in this movie because i went to bed last night before it was over. but i watched the first 3 hours.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 13 November 2013 01:10 (ten years ago) link
brosnan would make good bond villain now. like how michael caine played the bad guy in the remake of sleuth.
― Philip Nunez, Wednesday, 13 November 2013 01:16 (ten years ago) link
and the beginning with the train and all that is one of the worst bond beginnings.
Yeah no it was really really good. Best bit of the film easy.
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Wednesday, 13 November 2013 01:21 (ten years ago) link
When he landed from his spacejump or w/e and adjusted his cuffs and drank the heineken ya that was tops
― golfdinger (darraghmac), Wednesday, 13 November 2013 01:24 (ten years ago) link
i think i'm just jaded because half the straight-to-dvd speeding car action movies made these days take place entirely on the tops of trains.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 13 November 2013 01:25 (ten years ago) link
skyfall was quite a visual spectacle but at the expense of virtually everything else
Yeah, that is pretty much why I love it... And to be honest, a description that fits nearly all my favorite movies.
― Frederik B, Wednesday, 13 November 2013 01:39 (ten years ago) link
yeah I have really nothing bad to say about the intro
idk, I could go out on a limb and say that Bond wanting to save an agent instead of being locked into his job broke character a little. the playing of him as having a heart to contrast with M's apparent heartlessness was a little ham-fisted
― mh, Wednesday, 13 November 2013 01:50 (ten years ago) link
Mamfisted
― golfdinger (darraghmac), Wednesday, 13 November 2013 01:53 (ten years ago) link
Again, those of you from the north of england will want to have adjusted yr sets there
― golfdinger (darraghmac), Wednesday, 13 November 2013 01:54 (ten years ago) link
isn't that the one with the ice palace?! seward you are bonkers
― j., Wednesday, 13 November 2013 02:31 (ten years ago) link
Yes it's Ice Palace, AKA perhaps the worst of all the James Bond films.
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Wednesday, 13 November 2013 03:03 (ten years ago) link
Brosnan wasnt a terrible Bond. But jfc those movies are silly as wheels. I mean, I like dumb fun but watching those Brosnan movies now is like injecting sugar directly into my eyes
the invisible car is like whaaaaat is even happening now am i being trolled (answer: yes)
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 13 November 2013 03:15 (ten years ago) link
i like the ones w robbie coltrane as bond's lovable oligarch pal
― i want to say one word to you, just one word:buzzfeed (difficult listening hour), Wednesday, 13 November 2013 03:19 (ten years ago) link