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Yeah, I'm done with him. I'll just continue to flag his offensive posts as I see them.
We're simply trying to burn your bridge since you crossed it and came into our town looking to stir things up. You broke the rules, you tend to be a repulsively intrusive personality, and frankly I am sick of it, as I know many others are. Your days are more numbered than ever. And you know that looking at yourself in the mirror for two hours isn't classified as a date, right?
By the way, well said @0BradyM0Bondfanatic7!
I too want to see how he manages to challenge my Le Chiffre argument as well as your questions. Bond using his dad's gun (with the AB initials of course) is a wonderfully beautiful thing. Another generation of Bond using the family gun and home for defense. And I enjoyed the helicopter music too. I find some hypocrisy in @DRESSED_TO_KILL's statement where he called it corny and childish, because he loves Apocalypse Now and probably loves the Wagner seen in that film. Just another instance where he is negative for negativities sake.
@DRESSED_TO_KILL You do realize this is such grammatical nonsense that calling the rest of the world dumb only helps in making a fool of yourself, don’t you?
I also think that @DRESSED_TO_TouchMy_KILLButtons doesn't realizes he uses the word "Thrash" instead "Trash." when describing how awful and kiddie and Politically correct Skyfall is. ;))
See mods, 2 accounts. So why not ban him, I thought it was the rules?
Of course it is not a good film. You are just stating your opinion. Many other has stated convincingly why Skyfail is among the worst Bond movies. The plot is very weak and it has the worst Bond villain in history. Even I could play a better villain!
Don't bash someone for having an opinion when you give such broad, irrelevant arguments and try to twist them into facts. It's pathetic.
Right! (And i dont like skyfall;))
We allowed him to choose one of both accounts. He chose DTK. We closed the other one. See - we do feel compassion and we do offer more than one or two or even three chances. Anyone blowing things up after that, has clearly demonstrated demonic persistence I'd say. ;-)
Well, but unlike acoppola I admit that I am stating my opinion. So actually your criticism should go to acoppola, not to me.
Neither of those statements are facts - they are opinions. But, the way you stated it, it's as if you're implying that it is fact, in the way that others have "proved why SF is the worst Bond movie." You can't prove an opinion, you just state it.
"Hey, I'm going to prove why I hate bananas."
No, you just hate bananas. You can't prove your distaste for something so trivial, as if you plan on stopping those that do enjoy it.
However I love Skyfall, I know many (also non-Bond fans) who like or love it.
2 who did not like Craig at all as Bond even stated that it was much better and they finally accepted him as Bond! (No idea what was so wrong about CR but what ya wanna do ;-)
The fantastic box-office result is just good news for the franchise in general and for the next movie!
And I don't think we can compare Bond with Transformers. People know what to expect with transformers and want nothing more than a big, brainless, CGI action mess.
I hated the first one and did not bother with the other ones but I think the people are looking for something different in Bond and it seems to me than many got what they wanted.
Long story short, no box-office results do not equal quality. But the success can show that people like what they see and as long I like it too, that is great news ...at least for me.
Yeah, I like the film but I wouldn't justify anything based on B.O. I mean look at the state of the UK music industry, are the best acts the ones who make the most money? Far from it. Very weak argument.
Oh and by the way, this thread has become very funny. I think it would be interesting if there was a MOD who wasn't too keen on Skyfall. As I've stated before, I really enjoyed it but had issues with various things. What I find amusing (I think it was something @Germanlady said in another thread) is the idea that people are scared they will begin to dislike it if they read negative comments. As if somehow by osmosis the critics of the film will brainwash the happy brigade Blofeld-style.
What is more interesting is that, if you genuinely love it, you genuinely love it. If you're worried negative comments may influence your outlook then maybe you're convincing yourself of something you don't really believe. This is what pisses me off. A lot of people who have been overly negative read positive comments and attempt to counter (bar a few black sheep), whereas a portion of those who are positive want to completely ignore the critical response, almost as if they don't want to accept what in the back of their minds they feel is true.
No, my assessment of SF was based on what I saw and how the film was acted too. I was pleased that we got a deeper look at the Bond character and his world. Finally we see the glamour is just a veneer over the harsh reality of what being Bond is really like.
What I like about SF is that it shows that Bond is a lot more than just a man who wears nice suits and goes to expensive restaurants. And in Fleming we clearly see a man who has psychological issues and who is not 24/7 at his best.
Bond like Dalton said many years ago is a tarnished man and only the good guy by working for our western ideology. But he is no better than the men he kills who also think they are on the side of right from their respective ideologies.
In fact SF raises the bar for Bond to such an extent that if they decide to water down the character, then the dark clouds of trouble for the franchise will reappear.
You could play a better villain than Oscar winner Xavier Bardem? Lovely and you just told me everything I need to know.
And I am not stating my opinion? Coming from Mr "JasonBourne LTK is the bottom of the barrel because I say so", is very rich indeed!
I am more than aware that some Bond fans would probably prefer a Doctor Evil for a villain judging by the dismissal of Silva's portrayal not being evidently cartoony enough.
I think you might be distorting what people are saying. Silva is the most cartoony villain since DAD. I think what at least some poeple are saying on here is that SF is actually too cartoony. Characters who fall through the sky and don't die; plots and evil plans that even Goldfinger and Drax would have had trouble dreaming up (let alone understanding); man-eating lizards; overtly gay and disfigured villain; the DB5 (again); tired chase sequences; M having trust issues with Bond; Q jokes; not especially funny one-liners...
I think the problem that I (and a few others) have is that far from feeling like a new and exciting development in the DC-era reboot, SF feels like the biggest tick-box exercise since the Brosnan era.
For me, the supposedly clever story about M was simply not well written or engaging enough to drag me out of my stupor as the film anti-climaxed in a hail of machine gun fire, explosions and plodding through waterlogged moorland. The film is bogged down in a generic Purvis and Wade plot and script from start to finish.
Because to me, Eve being wounded in the last act, and going through the wringer, would have made more sense for her to retire, have enhanced the last act with a real Bond woman instead of Mommy. I think pass the courtroom, there's nothing more added to the character of M. And it would have made more sense for the vilain to suceed in killing her.
I wonder if the first draft, or earlier draft, wasn't that way. This should have been Moneypenny origin, full stop.
Interestingly I was talking to a work colleague today who's seen SF.
Here's what she said:
"You wont like this, but I really wasn't a fan! I just thought it was really cheesy, even by James Bond standards!"
Haha!