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UlyssesGamma_Hose wrote:thelivingroyale wrote:
Bad- gunbarrel
Because it's at the end, or because it's the same lame one they used in QoS?
bondboy007 wrote:Never Say Never Again
Hadn't seen this one in a long time. Really disappointing movie IMO, Connery gives his best performance since TB and is in shape for the first time since TB as well. The issues come with flat characters and very cheesy acting everywhere else. Sound track sounds cheesy as well and it just lacks something that the 'official' Bond's seem to have. Climax of the film was a real snore fest.
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Skyfall
And as wonderful as Diana RIgg is; as fantastic the cinematography and editing and sound design and music is...
....it's not a great film. The storyline is dull, the pacing makes it feel an hour longer than it is. The acting seems to be rushed first takes of everything - no-one shows any emotion except Rigg. Blofeld isn't threatening in the slightest, nor are any of the nondescript villains throughout. The film almost dies in the dull Sir Hilary section, and the confrontation between Bond and Blofeld has no tension at all, and may as well be two blokes chatting in the pub.
The tragic ending is elegantly done, and genuinely effective, but it's almost ruined by the James Bond theme kicking in seconds after Tracy's death.
And here's the most important thing; Bond movies only work if you've got a guy onscreen who you're happy to watch for two hours, a guy with charisma who you will happily watch sneak around corridors or walk around hotels or anything. Lazenby does very well for a non-actor, but the movie is so much bigger than him. There is a charismatic, magnetic actor at the centre of OHMSS, but it's Diana Rigg.
And...What's your verdict?
8.5 or 9/10. Brilliant, Craigs best film,
Good- Craig, the story, the action, Bardem, Q, M, girls, comedy, locations, etc.
Bad- Dogy CGI, gunbarrel, Bardem a bit underused, Severine massively underused, and I didn't like
And did anyone notice the year on the bottle of Scotch that Silva poured?
I will need to see it a few times on dvd before I place it in my Bond film ranking.
last night.
Stunning! definately 5 stars...dramatic, exciting, tense, humourous, emotional it had everything...
the only thing was I had to watch it dubbed in French and I hate watching dubbed films!!!
Cinematography was beautiful as everyone says (loved the Shanghai sequence), acting from everyone was top notch and the nods to Bonds pass were done in a fun way.
Craig is superb and pretty much masters the role.
And I want one of those bulldogs.
Saw it twice already and will see it again tomorrow. I'll take a break from the film after that and in a month or so I might go for a fourth time. After that I'll wait for the DVD to be released.
SF is a great Bond film that does credit to the much debated Craig era. Although it works from ideas that have been explored in several films before - and not just Bond films - it moves them around in a fresh new permutation and that's what I like so much about it.
I never like the thought of a Bond film taking me in previously unexplored territory for the entirety of the film. Things have to be somewhat recognisable for me, be it from the Bond films themselves or from other franchises - I don't mind. I do feel it's important though to work from new angles and with new ambitions. This was brilliantly achieved with SF I feel.
5/5
Because it's at the end, or because it's the same lame one they used in QoS?