Spectre: Bond 24 Official Thread

[Brandeezy]

The whole needle scene and Bond being ok still, the random explosion or that Blowfeld wanted to make a random booby trap with a net at the old MI6 building?

The booby trap, don't know the point of torturing Bond, he's been tortured so many times what more can you do to him?

 

[MartyMcFly]

Damn it sounds like @TheGodling was right

I don't think so entirely. But like I said I normally see a bond flick twice and then go with that feeling. I understand where he's coming from tho

 

[hood b. goode]

skyfall was a little bit better. both villains were excellent, but it felt like javier bardem had a legion of forces on his side, where as christoph waltz seemed to mainly be operating and acting alone after a while.

Good, but skyfall was still the best.

 

[2 Up 2 Down]

Not really surprised some of y'all don't like it. James Bond films are spectacles to me. As long as the story is cohesive, the cinematography is beautiful, and the action is entertaining, I'm good. We can pick apart all of the best Bond films to shreds if we wanted to be really critical.

Not saying anybody is wrong for not liking the film

 

[MartyMcFly]

Not really surprised some of y'all don't like it. James Bond films are spectacles to me. As long as the story is cohesive, the cinematography is beautiful, and the action is entertaining, I'm good. We can pick apart all of the best Bond films to shreds if we wanted to be really critical.

Not saying anybody is wrong for not liking the film

Here's my main issue with the movie which is why I say it's good and not very good or even great: the emotional component they're going for is missing. I didn't buy the love story between he and swann or that she'd be the one to get him to make decisions that he makes. Exploring his past and his emotional wounds is good, but they've done that for three films prior so it really has to stick the landing on doing it for a fourth time and they kinda don't. The emotional payoff isn't earned at all.

And I don't know if the traditional bond tropes work as well anymore as they used to. Or maybe they could but just don't entirely on this one. Some do, like the stuff with the car and the watch and of course all the MI6 stuff works, and that train fight is beyond dope, but I'm not sure you can tell a deep emotional bond story while having all of those old elements in play. Skyfall balanced if our better.

And the ending is a bit hard to read. The first two acts are great but the third brings it down some notches and I think it's because the emotional story they're trying to tell isn't executed properly

 

[TheGodling]

I don't think so entirely. But like I said I normally see a bond flick twice and then go with that feeling. I understand where he's coming from tho

No, no, no. I was right. You were wrong. You're already making up excuses again.

Here's my main issue with the movie which is why I say it's good and not very good or even great: the emotional component they're going for is missing. I didn't buy the love story between he and swann or that she'd be the one to get him to make decisions that he makes. Exploring his past and his emotional wounds is good, but they've done that for three films prior so it really has to stick the landing on doing it for a fourth time and they kinda don't. The emotional payoff isn't earned at all.

And I don't know if the traditional bond tropes work as well anymore as they used to. Or maybe they could but just don't entirely on this one. Some do, like the stuff with the car and the watch and of course all the MI6 stuff works, and that train fight is beyond dope, but I'm not sure you can tell a deep emotional bond story while having all of those old elements in play. Skyfall balanced if our better.

And the ending is a bit hard to read. The first two acts are great but the third brings it down some notches and I think it's because the emotional story they're trying to tell isn't executed properly

But it's still good, huh? Sure it is, Marty, it was fukking trash and you know it.

 

[Mowgli]

Here's my main issue with the movie which is why I say it's good and not very good or even great: the emotional component they're going for is missing. I didn't buy the love story between he and swann or that she'd be the one to get him to make decisions that he makes. Exploring his past and his emotional wounds is good, but they've done that for three films prior so it really has to stick the landing on doing it for a fourth time and they kinda don't. The emotional payoff isn't earned at all.

And I don't know if the traditional bond tropes work as well anymore as they used to. Or maybe they could but just don't entirely on this one. Some do, like the stuff with the car and the watch and of course all the MI6 stuff works, and that train fight is beyond dope, but I'm not sure you can tell a deep emotional bond story while having all of those old elements in play. Skyfall balanced if our better.

And the ending is a bit hard to read. The first two acts are great but the third brings it down some notches and I think it's because the emotional story they're trying to tell isn't executed properly

Save your ramblings and just say the shyt is fukking trash.

 

[Bobhoward]

Not really surprised some of y'all don't like it. James Bond films are spectacles to me. As long as the story is cohesive, the cinematography is beautiful, and the action is entertaining, I'm good. We can pick apart all of the best Bond films to shreds if we wanted to be really critical.

Not saying anybody is wrong for not liking the film

As a regular Bond movie this is probably middle of the pack. As a Craig Bond movie its near the bottom. We've just gotten used to expecting more out of his films.

 

[MartyMcFly]

As a regular Bond movie this is probably middle of the pack. As a Craig Bond movie its near the bottom. We've just gotten used to expecting more out of his films.

Out of his four its above quantum but that's not saying much. But it's a nice bookend to his four movies. And I'm not sure where I'd put it in the pantheon of bond flicks yet. Which is why I normally see the bond flicks multiple times

 

[Big Boss]

The coli has spoken



Its over

 

[kingdarius]

dear lord this movie is gettin shyt on.....welp i'll keep that money in my pocket and wait for that hdrip

EDIT: my boys straight up shyt on it

 

[Poetical Poltergeist]

The trailers were nothing special and it seems like the movie itself was a let down. Oh well, bond is played out. Time for the new.

 

[ciubaca]

I wonder if craig will do another bond after this.. i didnt see all of the older ones (i saw a few) I dodnt like them, they reminded me to much of the Austin powers movies. But now i just can't imagine someone else playing bond. This guy killed the role. All 3 of his bond movies were good (didnt see spectre yet) if the writing would have been better the movies could have been great.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Totally forgot that Big DC Dave was in this Movie.
When he popped up On Screen I was
He really does Walk Alone.

 

[2 Up 2 Down]

Here's my main issue with the movie which is why I say it's good and not very good or even great: the emotional component they're going for is missing. I didn't buy the love story between he and swann or that she'd be the one to get him to make decisions that he makes. Exploring his past and his emotional wounds is good, but they've done that for three films prior so it really has to stick the landing on doing it for a fourth time and they kinda don't. The emotional payoff isn't earned at all.

And I don't know if the traditional bond tropes work as well anymore as they used to. Or maybe they could but just don't entirely on this one. Some do, like the stuff with the car and the watch and of course all the MI6 stuff works, and that train fight is beyond dope, but I'm not sure you can tell a deep emotional bond story while having all of those old elements in play. Skyfall balanced if our better.

And the ending is a bit hard to read. The first two acts are great but the third brings it down some notches and I think it's because the emotional story they're trying to tell isn't executed properly

For what it's worth I never bought any of Bond's relationships. They all seemed to spur of the moment. I wasn't the biggest fan of Casino Royale (I only saw it after I heard of the hype) and QoS was just going through the motions. Skyfall and Spectre felt more inline with with the Terence Young and Guy Hamilton films, imo.