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Are the Komodo Dragons the silliest things in the Craig era so far?

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  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    BAIN123 wrote: »
    I'd say the Elvis music during the car chase in SP is now the silliest moment. I cringed when I heard that in the cinema.

    When you say Elvis, do you mean Sinatra? (100 y. o. today, btw)
  • BAIN123BAIN123
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    My mistake. It was New York New York wasn't it? Silly Moore era moment.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    Very silly and I loved it.
  • jobojobo
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    BAIN123 wrote: »
    I'd say the Elvis music during the car chase in SP is now the silliest moment. I cringed when I heard that in the cinema.


    Possibly. But I think its the only moment i Spectre which holde up in that regard.
  • BAIN123BAIN123
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    Thunderfinger wrote: »
    Very silly and I loved it.

    You wouldn't if it had appeared in a Brosnan film ;)
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    BAIN123 wrote: »
    Thunderfinger wrote: »
    Very silly and I loved it.

    You wouldn't if it had appeared in a Brosnan film ;)

    Actually I would.
  • LudovicoLudovico
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    Thunderfinger wrote: »
    Komodo dragons are mostly scavengers. They are not like alligators, who will eat anything that moves.

    I understand they've been known to attack humans.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    Yes, they can be aggressive if starved or threatened in any way.
  • BAIN123BAIN123
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    Thunderfinger wrote: »
    BAIN123 wrote: »
    Thunderfinger wrote: »
    Very silly and I loved it.

    You wouldn't if it had appeared in a Brosnan film ;)

    Actually I would.

    The closest we got to that was when the clamped were drenched in TWINE. A great moment - especially if you're British - and I can still remember the applause from the audience in the cinema.
  • LudovicoLudovico
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    Thunderfinger wrote: »
    Yes, they can be aggressive if starved or threatened in any way.

    Or if say a human gets in their territory?
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    Ludovico wrote: »
    Thunderfinger wrote: »
    Yes, they can be aggressive if starved or threatened in any way.

    Or if say a human gets in their territory?

    Yes, or if they are animated.
  • TokolosheTokoloshe Under your bed
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    According to this guy, the Kartenhoff meteor stuff in SP is pretty silly:

    http://www.trueanomalies.com/the-meteorite-crater-that-wasnt/
  • RC7RC7
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    Tokoloshe wrote: »
    According to this guy, the Kartenhoff meteor stuff in SP is pretty silly:

    http://www.trueanomalies.com/the-meteorite-crater-that-wasnt/

    I wonder if he fancies writing an article on how the British Secret Service provides it's agents with Astons? On a scale of one to give a shit, I imagine most people would come out around about zero on both counts.
  • MayDayDiVicenzoMayDayDiVicenzo Here and there
    edited January 2016 Posts: 5,080
    Tokoloshe wrote: »
    According to this guy, the Kartenhoff meteor stuff in SP is pretty silly:

    http://www.trueanomalies.com/the-meteorite-crater-that-wasnt/

    I'm not a fan of Spectre, but boy, what a thoroughly depressing article.
  • tanaka123tanaka123
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    ThighsOfXenia wrote: »
    Bad silly:

    - lady in QOS wailing during chase
    - parachute jump in QOS
    - That shameless Goldfinger reference

    Good silly:

    - The dragons
    - The cufflinks (although I don't find that silly - simply Bond)
    - Most of the "silly" Skyfall quips I liked as well. But that's just Bond.

    And yes, notice how all of the "Bad" ones are in one particular film and the "Good" ones are in another. Mendes knows a HELL of a lot more about how to handle levity than Forster.

    As @DarthDimi mentioned, it's mostly about context. In QOS an impossibly difficult to follow chase scene, scored with grit, a grunting Bond, and bloody characters, is broken up by THAT WOMAN.

    In SKYFALL we're at this exotic, luxurious and somewhat outlandish casino, there's 45 minutes of film preceding this scene setting up the tone. This is an entirely different world, and Craig is playing a different Bond (one I enjoy more). It's a gorgeous casino, bordering on fantastic, Bond and Eve share much banter, he toasts to the body guards, the "one second" with the briefcase followed by the brawl. It's all wonderfully handled and perfectly Bond. One of my favorite set pieces from the Craig era.

    The cufflinks always felt very Brosnan to me somehow, like adjusting the tie in GE and TWINE.
  • jobojobo
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    Tokoloshe wrote: »
    According to this guy, the Kartenhoff meteor stuff in SP is pretty silly:

    http://www.trueanomalies.com/the-meteorite-crater-that-wasnt/


    Lol :))
  • AceHoleAceHole Belgium, via Britain
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    LOL. SF has far bigger problems than the Komodo dragons /:)
  • SarkSark Guangdong, PRC
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    Blofeld and Bond being "brothers" easily beats the komodo dragons, which never overly bothered me. It was soooooo unnecessary for the plot. I've yet to hear one person explain how the movie would be any different if not for that. I guess the "Franz Oberhauser" name would have to be changed.
  • YtterbiumYtterbium
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    The only silly things I would complain about for the all Craig era are the magic choppers arriving in Skyfall, and the One Ring that gives you the organigram of the entire Spectre organisation in 5 sec.

    Other from that, I love the Komodo dragons (silly menacing animals are part of Bond's DNA), I've never felt the CGI were abusive in any kind of ways. Maybe the only one I really noticed was a close up on Daniel's Craig on a blue screen during the bike chase in Skyfall.
  • mcdonbbmcdonbb deep in the Heart of Texas
    edited January 2016 Posts: 4,116
    Komono dragons were entertaining and added to the movie and don't get how dangerous reptiles presented as a real threat are even considered as silly. Given some don't like the CGI but I don't see the silly parts.

  • LudovicoLudovico
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    Maybe it was because of the shadows but I thought that for CGIs they were good enough.
  • suavejmfsuavejmf Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England
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    JCRendle wrote:
    Similar to the Connery era and the Moore era threads - What part of Craig's films did you find especially "silly"?

    No. Moneypenny in the field is.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    What sort of cufflinks need adjusting all the time? It is a sign of obsessive behaviour.
  • jake24jake24 Sitting at your desk, kissing your lover, eating supper with your familyModerator
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    Ytterbium wrote: »
    The only silly things I would complain about for the all Craig era are the magic choppers arriving in Skyfall, and the One Ring that gives you the organigram of the entire Spectre organisation in 5 sec.

    Other from that, I love the Komodo dragons (silly menacing animals are part of Bond's DNA), I've never felt the CGI were abusive in any kind of ways. Maybe the only one I really noticed was a close up on Daniel's Craig on a blue screen during the bike chase in Skyfall.
    The ring plot has been explained countless times.
  • suavejmfsuavejmf Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England
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    I like that actually, it's a minor issue. But yes, cufflinks don't generally need adjusting. Not as mental as adjusting ones tie underwater though! Ha ha.
  • SarkSark Guangdong, PRC
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    The ring plot has been explained countless times.

    If by "explained" you mean "backwards rationalized" then you are correct.
  • patbpatb
    edited January 2016 Posts: 4,617
    "You know, we haven't been formally introduced"
  • royale65royale65 Caustic misanthrope reporting for duty.
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    Yes! What a preposterous and unnatural line. Just have Tanner leaving M's office, saying "Good morning Miss Moneypenny. He'll see you now 007".
  • tanaka123tanaka123
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    patb wrote: »
    "You know, we haven't been formally introduced"

    Yes, would you really not know the name of an agent you were out in the field with.
  • royale65royale65 Caustic misanthrope reporting for duty.
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    Maybe they don't introduce themselves because of the fact it keeps the agents focused and unsentimental. Either that or it's sloppy scripting.
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