Official 007: NO TIME TO DIE Thread
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TheNatureBoy
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Still need to get around to watching Spectre, even though I've heard it's not that good. Just to complete the Daniel Craig Bond collection.
Trailer looks good and spring time seems like a solid release for it
Trailer looks good and spring time seems like a solid release for it
Fukanaga is one of my favorite modern directors, and this looks dope, my one hint of caution is that, the trailer for Spectre, looked great too. And this seems a bit too overdone in parts, I don't know why they won't scrape and tone down Bond, into a more taut, and less "bombastic" spectacle, esp. as Craig's time is up, and he looks it. You can get into the whole Marvel/Scorcese debate here, I suppose. I will also say there doesn't seem to be many hints of Fukanaga's signature skills on display here. Maybe I was naive in thinking some of his brilliant work in Beasts of No Nation would be transferred here, all the gorgeous shots, set to a minimal score.
Regarding Spectre, to a poster above, it somehow managed to be so dull and lifeless, with all the right cast, directors, it was shocking. I read the fairly tepid reviews, and was still honestly surprised, how little fun I had while in the theater, and how little I enjoyed any part of the movie.
Regarding Spectre, to a poster above, it somehow managed to be so dull and lifeless, with all the right cast, directors, it was shocking. I read the fairly tepid reviews, and was still honestly surprised, how little fun I had while in the theater, and how little I enjoyed any part of the movie.
PoorAndDangerous
Superstar
The opening scene for spectre is the best part of the movieStill need to get around to watching Spectre, even though I've heard it's not that good. Just to complete the Daniel Craig Bond collection.
Trailer looks good and spring time seems like a solid release for it
then it’s fairly mediocre but still somewhat entertaining
Bond byke 
I thought James knew better than to give his heart to these broads
I thought James knew better than to give his heart to these broads
Rami Malek usually acts his ass off so he should make a good villain
boxfullofjoel
All Star
Am ready for a new Bond 
. Tired of grumpy Craig Bond 
. Tired of grumpy Craig Bond
PoorAndDangerous
Superstar
Thought that about Christoph Waltz too but found him incredibly underwhelming as blofeld, not sure if I was the only one who felt that way or what
I know we didn't see much of him but it looks like Rami Malek is going to be one of those more theatrical kind of Bond villains which I'm always down for.
Lashana Lynch was cool as the new 007 but all of her scenes from the trailer looked to take place in 2 or 3 settings which has me a bit nervous for her.
Would have liked to have seen more of Ana de Armas' character.
I could've lived without ever seeing Lea Seydoux's drab Madeleine again though.
Lashana Lynch was cool as the new 007 but all of her scenes from the trailer looked to take place in 2 or 3 settings which has me a bit nervous for her.
Would have liked to have seen more of Ana de Armas' character.
I could've lived without ever seeing Lea Seydoux's drab Madeleine again though.
Vandelay
Waxing Intellectual
First weekend.
Movie looks like it's blending both the over the top Bonds with the more realistic Bonds pretty seamlessly. I hope its a great send off to Craig, who may be my favorite Bond.
I hope Blofeld/Waltz redeem themselves in this because he was extremely underwhelming in Spectre.
Lashana Lynch is looking like bae in this.
Movie looks like it's blending both the over the top Bonds with the more realistic Bonds pretty seamlessly. I hope its a great send off to Craig, who may be my favorite Bond.
I hope Blofeld/Waltz redeem themselves in this because he was extremely underwhelming in Spectre.
Lashana Lynch is looking like bae in this.
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I went back and read my review from Spectre, for fun, I so vividly remember that night, the girl I was texting before the movie, and then, this dreadful, unbearable movie. I had forgotten this was the one with that horrendous ending sequence in the style of a slasher movie "haunted castle" in MI6, it was so bad. Did anyone ever explain where he got that plane from? I hope this next one is better than Spectre, because it was equally as embarrassing as the worst of the Brosnan years, easily, and that's saying a lot.
I don't know where to put most of the blame, Sam Mendes, the script, which seems less a script then a disarticulated body stitched together, an unholy Frankenstein script, of absurd action sequences, cliches, and insanely expensive lavish stunts and sets that can't mask the hollowness and lack of depth in the movie. The warning was a few minutes into the gorgeously shot opening scene, which I loved, the costumes, the theme of 'Day of The Dead', as it relates to Bond is perfect, and could have set the tone for the movie, instead it fumbles, just getting off the bench. The building explosion. The collapsing building and him falling into the couch. Elements of the helicopter fight were strong, but it was so overdone. From the beginning, it seemed they were going to the campy excess of earlier Bond movies, which is the last direction they should have tried.
The last act is by the far the worst. Capture, recapture, check. Horrendous dialouge between M and C? Check. Girl says she can't do this, leaves with no protection. Turns up captured. Embarrassing sequence with M16 as some sort of haunted house. Did Blofeld have his henchmen do that? LOL. A scenario straight out of Austin Powers..save the girl or save yourself .or do both with no real consequence either way. The boat chase was cool, direction wise, visually...but shooting down a helicopter with a pistol at hundreds of yards? 'I am out of bullets' 'I have better things to do'. Awful lines, one cannot believe the emotional stakes that have been raised from nowhere, in a cliched sequence on the bridge. This is a mess of a movie, a debacle of a Bond film, I was sincerely let down, this must have been a mess of a production. Nothing works. It isn't serious enough to give it gravitas, it isn't fun enough to be entertaining, a complete misfire. Mendes took EVERYTHING from 'Skyfall' that I loved, and disregarded it for shlock, nonsense, 'Fast & Furious' franchise bullshyt awful movie. This is barely worth watching in a hotel room in another country at 3:00 AM, much less anywhere else.
https://www.thecoli.com/threads/spectre-bond-24-official-thread.267552/page-43
I don't know where to put most of the blame, Sam Mendes, the script, which seems less a script then a disarticulated body stitched together, an unholy Frankenstein script, of absurd action sequences, cliches, and insanely expensive lavish stunts and sets that can't mask the hollowness and lack of depth in the movie. The warning was a few minutes into the gorgeously shot opening scene, which I loved, the costumes, the theme of 'Day of The Dead', as it relates to Bond is perfect, and could have set the tone for the movie, instead it fumbles, just getting off the bench. The building explosion. The collapsing building and him falling into the couch. Elements of the helicopter fight were strong, but it was so overdone. From the beginning, it seemed they were going to the campy excess of earlier Bond movies, which is the last direction they should have tried.
The last act is by the far the worst. Capture, recapture, check. Horrendous dialouge between M and C? Check. Girl says she can't do this, leaves with no protection. Turns up captured. Embarrassing sequence with M16 as some sort of haunted house. Did Blofeld have his henchmen do that? LOL. A scenario straight out of Austin Powers..save the girl or save yourself .or do both with no real consequence either way. The boat chase was cool, direction wise, visually...but shooting down a helicopter with a pistol at hundreds of yards? 'I am out of bullets' 'I have better things to do'. Awful lines, one cannot believe the emotional stakes that have been raised from nowhere, in a cliched sequence on the bridge. This is a mess of a movie, a debacle of a Bond film, I was sincerely let down, this must have been a mess of a production. Nothing works. It isn't serious enough to give it gravitas, it isn't fun enough to be entertaining, a complete misfire. Mendes took EVERYTHING from 'Skyfall' that I loved, and disregarded it for shlock, nonsense, 'Fast & Furious' franchise bullshyt awful movie. This is barely worth watching in a hotel room in another country at 3:00 AM, much less anywhere else.
https://www.thecoli.com/threads/spectre-bond-24-official-thread.267552/page-43
