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[Section_31]

No time to die, 7/10.

 

Thought it was decent in parts but the villain was shit, I had no idea what he was up to or why. 

 

From Spectre onwards they've seemed obsessed with giving Bond an arc, that all the villains and events were connected, and I don't know why. 

 

[Arniepie]

11 minutes ago, Section_31 said:

No time to die, 7/10.

 

Thought it was decent in parts but the villain was shit, I had no idea what he was up to or why. 

 

From Spectre onwards they've seemed obsessed with giving Bond an arc, that all the villains and events were connected, and I don't know why. 

 

I gathered he wanted to wipe out the world for some unspecified reason

 

[Guest]

I managed 45 minutes of Finch. A family fun film set in a dark, dystopia future. Might as well set up a show called Gravesend's Got Talent. 

 

I watched Serenity instead, even better than I remember. 9/10. 

[Total Longo]

9 hours ago, Section_31 said:

No time to die, 7/10.

 

Thought it was decent in parts but the villain was shit, I had no idea what he was up to or why. 

 

From Spectre onwards they've seemed obsessed with giving Bond an arc, that all the villains and events were connected, and I don't know why. 

 

Watched it on Friday night and I felt exactly the same, and the fact that Ana de Armis was only in it for about ten minutes was criminal.

 

I prefer the old Partridge-esque explanations of Bond films "arcs". Big opening setpiece, cool theme, has a bit of banter with M, Q, Moneypenny and maybe a high up politician who is tired of  Bond's "methods" back at HQ, meets and drills sultry maiden in beautiful exotic foreign setting, car chase action setpiece, meets and drills sultry maiden 2, slight lull as the villian reveals their megalomania, fake name = infiltration of enemy's lair, starts to develop feelings for sultry maiden 2, Q turns up in Venice in a Hawaiian shirt to show him his "gadgets", enormous climactic action setpiece, drills sultry maiden 2 again (with Q watching). The end.

 

This "arc" and convoluted plot started to irritate, plus the Schindler's List-like near three hour run time was way too long.   

[CapeRed]

1 hour ago, Shooter in the Motor said:

I managed 45 minutes of Finch. A family fun film set in a dark, dystopia future. Might as well set up a show called Gravesend's Got Talent. 

 

I watched Serenity instead, even better than I remember. 9/10. 

Haha good to see you confirming my opinion. It really was a no story movie.

[DalyanPete]

No Time To Die. 9.5/10

Loved Bond from the day my mum and dad took me to see Dr No.

Just thought this was brilliant from start to finish, everything you want from a Bond film.

.5 of mark off for the villain, love to see how many screen minutes he got.

Farewell to top red Daniel, best Bond ever.

 

Somehow Plex here got the movie on, perfect copy. Watching on TV wasn't ideal but it was either that or a 2 hour trip to cinema with Turkish subtitles.

[DalyanPete]

11 hours ago, Section_31 said:

From Spectre onwards they've seemed obsessed with giving Bond an arc, that all the villains and events were connected, and I don't know why

All the Daniel Craig films linked, forward thinking to get Spectre back in the story. How I see it anyway. Although rather strange the way Spectre turned out in this. (No spoilers)

[Guest]

7 minutes ago, DalyanPete said:

All the Daniel Craig films linked, forward thinking to get Spectre back in the story. How I see it anyway. Although rather strange the way Spectre turned out in this. (No spoilers)

Is Spectre pronounced spectra or spectar? 

[DalyanPete]

Just now, Shooter in the Motor said:

Is Spectre pronounced spectra or spectar? 

The former, I would say 

[Section_31]

13 minutes ago, DalyanPete said:

All the Daniel Craig films linked, forward thinking to get Spectre back in the story. How I see it anyway. Although rather strange the way Spectre turned out in this. (No spoilers)

I don't think they were originally planned that way. Green was in Quantum (which they then said was linked to Sprctre) and that La Chiffre was too and the rogue agent in Skyfall (who had nothing to do with anyone, he had his own agenda against M!)  

[Total Longo]

10 minutes ago, Shooter in the Motor said:

Is Spectre pronounced spectra or spectar? 

It's pronounced the same way that Joey Ramone pronounces Massacre in "Chainsaw" 

 

"...Texas Chainsaw Mass-a-cree, they took my behbeh away from me"... so i'm deducing that Spectre is therefore pronounced "Spec-tree"

 

 

[DalyanPete]

1 minute ago, Section_31 said:

I don't think they were originally planned that way. Green was in Quantum (which they then said was linked to Sprctre) and that La Chiffre was too and the rogue agent in Skyfall (who had nothing to do with anyone, he had his own agenda against M!)  

Yea, you could be right on that. 

Just love Bond(apart from Octopussy and Moonraker)

Christmas present DVD sorted for me anyway.

[Total Longo]

4 minutes ago, DalyanPete said:

Yea, you could be right on that. 

Just love Bond(apart from Octopussy and Moonraker)

Christmas present DVD sorted for me anyway.

Moonraker is ace and is the perfect example of my old school Bond breakdown earlier.  The Brosnan ones (apart from Goldeneye) were were it went west. 

[Section_31]

1 minute ago, Total Longo said:

Moonraker is ace and is the perfect example of my old school Bond breakdown earlier.  The Brosnan ones (apart from Goldeneye) were were it went west. 

Yeah Roger Moore's films were 'my' Bond and always will be. Bond for me should be at least 5% Austin Powers. Moore is the only one you can imagine with a Union Jack parachute. 

[DalyanPete]

1 minute ago, Total Longo said:

Moonraker is ace and is the perfect example of my old school Bond breakdown earlier.  The Brosnan ones (apart from Goldeneye) were were it went west. 

Think it depends which Bond era you where born in. Loved them all at the movies but the 2 I mentioned get missed out when we do the boxset.

Brosnan was just OK for me. Should have been the perfect Bond, think the story/scripts let him down. So pleased that they took the Daniel Bond back to basics. The books are brilliant too.

[DalyanPete]

3 minutes ago, Section_31 said:

Yeah Roger Moore's films were 'my' Bond and always will be. Bond for me should be at least 5% Austin Powers. Moore is the only one you can imagine with a Union Jack parachute. 

No one does Bond like Partridge, ooh, bit of Bush.

[Bjornebye]

9 minutes ago, Section_31 said:

Yeah Roger Moore's films were 'my' Bond and always will be. Bond for me should be at least 5% Austin Powers. Moore is the only one you can imagine with a Union Jack parachute. 

Yeah same here. Tiny bit of slapstick needed after he's saved the planet. Cigar and fit bird attached. 

[johnsusername]

Bond - 7/10. Entertaining nonsense. Craig really has been an excellent 007. The baddie was shit though. Wasted. Enjoyed the spoliery stuff. The stuff in Cuba was top Bond.

 

Dune - 6/10. Not sure how to mark this. It looked and sounded absolutely amazing. I was really freaked out by some of the scenes (the Baron!). But I really had no idea what was going on, or why, or how. Needed more Josh Brolin who seemed to be the only character talking like a normal person. 

 

By Christ though, Rebecca Ferguson is an attractive woman. 

 

[CapeRed]

52 minutes ago, DalyanPete said:

No Time To Die. 9.5/10

Loved Bond from the day my mum and dad took me to see Dr No.

Just thought this was brilliant from start to finish, everything you want from a Bond film.

.5 of mark off for the villain, love to see how many screen minutes he got.

Farewell to top red Daniel, best Bond ever.

 

Somehow Plex here got the movie on, perfect copy. Watching on TV wasn't ideal but it was either that or a 2 hour trip to cinema with Turkish subtitles.

My mates mam took us to see from Russia with Love in Old Swan. Hooked ever since.

[Total Longo]

13 minutes ago, Bjornebye said:

Yeah same here. Tiny bit of slapstick needed after he's saved the planet. Cigar and fit bird attached. 

Eyebrow raised sardonically when just about to "delve deeply into Egypt's treasures" as well.   

[Total Longo]

29 minutes ago, DalyanPete said:

Think it depends which Bond era you where born in. Loved them all at the movies but the 2 I mentioned get missed out when we do the boxset.

Brosnan was just OK for me. Should have been the perfect Bond, think the story/scripts let him down. So pleased that they took the Daniel Bond back to basics. The books are brilliant too.

I still think Connery is the most like the character that Fleming envisioned, looks wise at least. Craig is 100% the most believable portrayal. 

[Arniepie]

In the whole roger versus Sean debate that's been raging for the last 30 years,I'm firmly in the roger camp.

[DalyanPete]

28 minutes ago, Total Longo said:

I still think Connery is the most like the character that Fleming envisioned, looks wise at least. Craig is 100% the most believable portrayal. 

Spot on.

[DalyanPete]

21 minutes ago, Arniepie said:

In the whole roger versus Sean debate that's been raging for the last 30 years,I'm firmly in the roger camp.

Ha ha. Camp is the definitive word.

[AngryOfTuebrook]

2 minutes ago, DalyanPete said:

Ha ha. Camp is the definitive word.

Only Roger Moore - and possibly Tom Ross - could carry off a powder blue safari suit.