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Well -- he was the one thing she got right. :D
Such is @DRESSED_TO_KILL's game. It is utterly pathetic, yet deeply amusing.
Some people will try anything to try and justify their opinions, whether it puts them in a good light or not. Often, people don't even realize how they are arguing something might make them look in the eyes of those around them.
If I want "adult cinema" I'll rent a Meryl Streep-movie!
Perhaps you stepped out of the theater to hit the head and missed all the action just to get those characters to the church?
Lots of great Bond-movies have wonderful epilogue-scenes after the final climactic usual final action act. Bond was fighting Rosa Klebb in Venice, Goldfinger on the plane in GF, Tee Hee on the train in LALD and Gobinda in OP, just to name af few.
I'm just disappointed of how Bond dealt with Silva and with the whole scene in chapel, which I thought could be handled better.
Learn to live with it, dude.
So you just chose to ignore all that stuff, eh?
There is no "should" about it. The team that made this movie have a license to do as they please. It is called art. In the same way that you could go and make your own movie or write your own screenplay (and you make it sound like you could do a much better job) it is up to you as the artist to do what you do and what approach you take, without having people say "well you should have done this and you should have done that!" They attempted to make a quality movie, and whilst you may not like it, critics and audiences LOVE it. So why "should" they do the things you are suggesting to a movie that you describe as "garbage?"
I love the "sad but not too sad" approach they made to her death aswell. Obviously the performances were powerful and the next shot of Craig on the roof was iconic but her leaving him that dog - especially after he'd mocked it earlier - was delightful.
It was so sad seeing Bond succumb to tears and kiss her head after she passed away.
Indeed it was!
I'm not suprised you enjoyed it too ;)
LOL! Yeah, not much of a shock there, eh? :\">
I liked the ending, but I hope for the next one we get a proper happy ending. No more "Bond is back!!!" endings. Just give Craig a happy ending with the girl where nobody he cares about dies.
Hmmm, true, but it still didn't really feel like a happy ending imo. It still felt a bit grim, and it although nobody died, we still had Bond getting over somebody who died.
Well Bond DID care about Mathis but I sort of see what you mean.
:D very true. On a serious note, I guess it's because there's only so much talking you can do about how good something is. If something in a film works there's no need to deconstruct it and learn how to do it better next time. The interesting thing is looking at aspects of the films that didn't work or that can be improved upon in the future.
In all honesty John Logan would find a wealth of interesting info on this forum. Whether he agrees with it or not, I think there are a lot of observations by genuine fans that could inform where Bond goes next.
Guess I saw the end of Quantum with the character being satisfied, if not happy. I liked the end of it.
I must admit that I find "the disappointed" thread far more interesting than the "adulation" one for the simple reason that it can get a tad boring reading the same sweet talk with a refusal to acknowledge or even discuss Skyfall's shortcomings. I don't know why the ones that love it without question feel the need to come here and derail the points that @Getafix has raised? It seems that if you don't see this as anything other than utter perfection and the new benchmark then you are an enemy of the state and need to be put in your place by the self-proclaimed Daniel Craig guard dogs.
For the record I'm a huge Craig fan but, in all honesty, I find Skyfall a bit hit 'n' miss.
Aren't you guilty of committing the sin you're railing against here? Isn't this simply a version of what you're saying you're offended by, that if someone doesn't acknowledge that what other people see as "flaws" in the film that they are "enemies of the state" somehow?
To say Brozza's films had superior writing to SF shows the kind of person you are. Let's leave it at that.
This statement is so ridiculous and infantile that I can't believe it was posted in the first place. You're so upset over my criticisms of "SKYFALL" that you had to resort to personally insulting me? How old are you? Eleven? Twelve?
LOL! Well, not too many people follow the rules of debate when they are carrying on a conversation, I find.
(crappy Australian release date)
:(
I liked the movie, it was all right, reviews ultimately overrated for me.
Main things I disliked:
- From the off I knew I'd be disappointed with the lack of gun barrel at the opening
I know Mendes said it doesn't work, which is fair enough, but has the barrel ever made sense at the opening of any Bond film? (minus CR and QoS naturally)
- It had "classic" elements, but I wouldn't consider it "classic" Bond
- The CGI for the komodo dragons and the helicopter was just horrible...
- Bardem's weird jaw thing...why?!?! Never appeared later on in the film...
- The score, wish it featured more of Adele's theme instead of overusing the Bond theme (and the best instance of Bond theme; the DB5 scene) was just David Arnolds Names Bond James Bond.
- (and once again) gun barrel at the end...I figured it would be at the end...but it was not worth it looked crap anyway
Anyway
enjoyed most of the film, and will definitely watch again/ad to the collection
but wouldn't consider it "classic" or better than CR despite what reviews have said
Mallory...M....OBVIOUSLY!!!
This film SF is the first time I walked out of a Bond film in years being a satisfied customer. I thought all the touches were right. Even the love scenes were done tastefully and believably. I totally bought why Severine would be attracted to him by his handling of the scene in the bar.
The ending of the film was nicely scripted. Subtle and not overpowering.
I love the psychological element taking priority over action. I sensed the danger in this film for Bond and liked to see that his life is not as glamorous as the stereotype suggests.
Haha what a load of BS
Completely agree. Even though I said I liked it and it was in my top 10 I've still had people have a go at me for criticising things in the film (like the gunbarrel).