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I'm not even sure its that. The PTS, opening half hour, Blades fight and ice chase with the Aston and Jag are all decent. There are plenty of good things in there. Its not the ratio of good to bad that drags it down its that the bad stuff is soooo bad.
Throw Jinx, an invisible car, CGI done by Broadmoor inmates and the robocop suit into any Bond film and it will be holed below the water line.
Very true, Ice. You make your points well. DAD seems to bring in sci-fi/comic book superhero elements not previously seen in James Bond films - a big "no-no" in my book. This is what makes it truly dire, in my view.
They'd pay me to buy DAD and I wouldn't want it.
I don't even think the sword fight and the cars fight are good at all, or even remotely decent. Both are overlong and cartoonish. The PTS was overall ok, but the gunbarrel was dumb and spoils the whole thing. There is one thing I liked about DAD: when Bond takes the shades off the diamond smuggler and puts them on. That's it.
Well, while I liked the Blades sword fight I agree that the cars fight is just plain silly - both the Bond and villain cars are gadget laden - yeah, whatever.
Perhaps I was a bit over zealous in my praise. I agree with you that the Blades fight and Aston ice chase are cartooonish. Particularly the latter with Bond and Zao shooting each others missiles out of the sky. Although the actual stunt driving is exemplary, just a shame we dont see enough of it amongst all the gadgetry.
I'll give you the shades. Dont forget where he catches the gun off the MRI scanner and when he kicks the sword into the camera. Thats probably the lot.
Whoa. I'm never in a mood to watch a film as bad as Episode 1. I might slag DAD and Indy IV but if you are in the right mood they are watchable. Cant even give Episode 1 that accolade.
I know nothing about Star Wars, but I know that The Phantom Menace is pretty much derided everywhere! Nice to see DAD get a little praise on these boards as it was very successful when it first came out in late 2002.
Is that praise? Saying something is better than Episode 1?
A bit like saying Fred West isn't too bad a bloke really when you compare him to Hitler.
...or indeed Dr Harold Shipman. Tut-tut. You must compare like for like when you're talking about the degrees of evil!
Never a big fan of Shipman myself. Giving old biddies injections just a bit dull. I know hes got the body count to back him up but hes no Sutcliffe in my book!
I didn't like old Fred due to the fact that he was a sleekit bastard who preyed on the old, weak and vulnerable like such a big man.
Well the guvnor always has to be Jack as he never got caught but I have a soft spot for Sutcliffe. With the whole country hunting him down he didnt stop and always out in the open not buried in a basement or at some old peoples home like Fred or Shipman.
Mind you some of the Russian ones are pretty spectacular, Chikatilo and the chessboard guy, but their success is largely down to the ineptitude of the Russian police. I think with our police on the job they would have been caught much sooner.
There have been several doctors who killed - see Dr John Bodkin Adams, who came from Limivady, Northern Ireland, the country I live in. Yes, well I'm fascinated by serial killers too, which brings me neatly around to my favourite subject - Never Send Flowers (1993), on which I'm writing a lengthy piece on my blog. I'm looking at this novel from every conceivable angle as it's the only Bond novel featuring a serial killer mystery plot. I know that you remain to be convinced on this one, Ice, but I may just yet surprise you.
OK Mods time for you to chastise us for wandering off topic. Please! Anything to stop him going on about NSF!!!
Ha ha ha! You desperado. I'll give you a head-whippin' over NSF come July. You'll see things my way, boy! Or Lever Bros. will give you your money back....
Sounds like my own personal Room 101. Tied to a chair with Dragonpol gleefully reading aloud from NSF.
Yes, I'm all for doing that. Sorry.
On a personal note,i fast forward through the CGI Tsunami crap and i turn the film off sometimes when it comes to Bond and Jinx boarding Grave's plane at the end,but,as i have said before,when i have had one too many drinkies its always the Bond film i reach for,its just fun to watch and not heavy going as some are.
And,as i have said before,the invisible car doesnt bother me at all,its explained that it is all mirror reflections that create this,and i think calling it a 'camouflaged' car is more appropriate than 'invisible'.
But bloody hell you want someone to shoot Halle Berry.
At the moment I can't decide which is worse between this and DAF. Both are in the bottom 2 for me, but my gut tells me I have more fun watching DAD (for the reasons stated above). I find DAF a slog most of the time.
I'm laughing thinking about DAD right now :))