Spectre

[Timbo]

Saw it last night. I felt it was a very safe attempt at a Bond film, it felt like they were trying to rehash the films of Connery and Lazenby, in fact the whole movie has a very On Her Majesties Secret Service vibe to it.

Not terrible, not great. A solid mid-pack Bond.

Also, I feel the theme song by Sam Smith needs a mention - that's up there with Madonna's bloody awful Die Another Day in the list of terrible bond themes.

 

[RoosTah]

Please tell me it was at least better than the insanely over-rated and just terribly written Skyfall...

 

[Red Bear]

Craig franchise sadly hasn't been much chop after the first installment, although casino royale might've been the best bond film.

 

[adamkungl]

Lolplz Skyfall was outstanding.

 

[RoosTah]

Lolplz Skyfall was outstanding.

In what sense exactly?

I mean, from a technical standpoint its kinda pretty to look at, but the story was one of the dumbest f**king things of the Craig films yet.

*SPOILERS*

Bond does nothing but get his arse handed to him, fail to prevent any attacks or murders and ultimately gets his boss killed. To add to that, there's this f**king creepy sex scene with a chick who's basically just admitted to being a sex slave and who is then just killed off with as much thought as your average storm trooper death, and Bardem's revenge plan was the most geniused "get myself caught on purpose" thing I've seen and his motives (given he was a f**king spy) were moronic in the extreme.

When you think about the movie, Bardem achieves all of his goals (wanted to kill M and basically wanted to die himself) and Bond basically fails at every level... I mean he can't even pass his f**king basic skills test in the movie :lol:

Yet somehow after all that he's still got a job. It's seriously the dumbest shit since the Brosnan era, but at least with his movies you knew they weren't taking themselves too seriously.

Craig franchise sadly hasn't been much chop after the first installment, although casino royale might've been the best bond film.

Agreed. By and large you could have called this era's character "James Bourne" as it feels desperately like it's trying to ape the action and intensity of those movies (just without the story).

 

[God-King Dean]

In what sense exactly?

I mean, from a technical standpoint its kinda pretty to look at, but the story was one of the dumbest f**king things of the Craig films yet.

*SPOILERS*

Bond does nothing but get his arse handed to him, fail to prevent any attacks or murders and ultimately gets his boss killed. To add to that, there's this f**king creepy sex scene with a chick who's basically just admitted to being a sex slave and who is then just killed off with as much thought as your average storm trooper death, and Bardem's revenge plan was the most geniused "get myself caught on purpose" thing I've seen and his motives (given he was a f**king spy) were moronic in the extreme.

When you think about the movie, Bardem achieves all of his goals (wanted to kill M and basically wanted to die himself) and Bond basically fails at every level... I mean he can't even pass his f**king basic skills test in the movie :lol:

Yet somehow after all that he's still got a job. It's seriously the dumbest shit since the Brosnan era, but at least with his movies you knew they weren't taking themselves too seriously.



Agreed. By and large you could have called this era's character "James Bourne" as it feels desperately like it's trying to ape the action and intensity of those movies (just without the story).

:lol:

You big f**king girl

 

[RoosTah]

:lol:

You big f**king girl

Now that's a random one... seriously, what?

But thank you for confirming that the only reason people say this is good is the general lack of a critical mental faculty and the desire to agree with the crowd.

 

[Aragorn]

I thought it was a great film simply because it didn’t follow the predictable script of 007 always winning it. It had twists and turns,rough,ruggered and unpredictable. The guy who played the villain I thought, was more disturbing than the master mind in Spectre. Clearly there were some scenes that were on the “hard to believe” side, but if you spend all your time focusing on these irrelevant details, you’ll miss out on enjoying a good film.

Spectre was meh. Still enjoyed it though - looked sharp in those suits.

 

[RoosTah]

I thought it was a great film simply because it didn?t follow the predictable script of 007 always winning it. It had twists and turns,rough,ruggered and unpredictable. The guy who played the villain I thought, was more disturbing than the master mind in Spectre. Clearly there were some scenes that were on the ?hard to believe? side, but if you spend all your time focusing on these irrelevant details, you?ll miss out on enjoying a good film.

Spectre was meh. Still enjoyed it though - looked sharp in those suits.

Maybe it's because I've seen Javier Bardem play a villain that is genuinely disturbing (Anton Chigurh in No Country for Old Men), but I thought he was pretty lame and boring to be honest... they basically rehashed Sean Bean's "006" Alec Trevelyan character from Golden-eye and tried to make his gripe more specifically personal.

 

[Someone]

In what sense exactly?

I mean, from a technical standpoint its kinda pretty to look at, but the story was one of the dumbest f**king things of the Craig films yet.

*SPOILERS*

Bond does nothing but get his arse handed to him, fail to prevent any attacks or murders and ultimately gets his boss killed. To add to that, there's this f**king creepy sex scene with a chick who's basically just admitted to being a sex slave and who is then just killed off with as much thought as your average storm trooper death, and Bardem's revenge plan was the most geniused "get myself caught on purpose" thing I've seen and his motives (given he was a f**king spy) were moronic in the extreme.

When you think about the movie, Bardem achieves all of his goals (wanted to kill M and basically wanted to die himself) and Bond basically fails at every level... I mean he can't even pass his f**king basic skills test in the movie :lol:

sounds like the dark knight was a f**king god awful movie as well judging by your standards. jesus take a chill pill.

judging by reviews this movie wont be one to remember, but thats not why we watch them. we watch them cause its bond! james bond! come to think of it there are alot of bog average bond films and not many classics.

 

[DiegoNT]

I'm so glad I'm not the only one who agrees skyfall was a disappointment.
Remember watching it at home after reading the reviews 'best bond ever' 'stunning return to form after the disaster that was quantum' and i was so disappointed, i thought quantum was better.
And the komodo dragons scene was up there with the surfing in die another day or roger moore as a clown as far as cringe worthy bond scenes go

 

[RoosTah]

sounds like the dark knight was a f**king god awful movie as well judging by your standards. jesus take a chill pill.

The Dark Knight is a classic for its genre and always will be. Heath Ledger's joker was the most menacing villain in the comic book film genre's history and will be hard to top for a very long time. That said, I thought they kinda botched the whole two face thing at the end - all happened too fast and probably could have been its own film.

I'm so glad I'm not the only one who agrees skyfall was a disappointment.
Remember watching it at home after reading the reviews 'best bond ever' 'stunning return to form after the disaster that was quantum' and i was so disappointed, i thought quantum was better.
And the komodo dragons scene was up there with the surfing in die another day or roger moore as a clown as far as cringe worthy bond scenes go

Thank you. Skyfall was dumb as shit. So dumb they even ripped off home alone at the end.

 

[Someone]

so who has actually seen spectre? and where would you rate it in daniel craigs films?

 

[strong_latte]

Saw it last night. I actually saw this as something as a return to form. The last few Bond films have desperately been trying to convince everyone they're deep and meaningful whilst aping the action of movies like Bourne. For me, Bond is a kind of super hero franchise under a secret agent guise and this felt more like that, so I quite enjoyed it, even if the Villain is a bit underdone (but then all the Villains of the Craig films have been to be fair).

 

[strong_latte]

One other thing, but am I the only one who thinks that if a biopic is ever made of Vladamir Putin that Daniel Craig would be the perfect actor to play him? Dude looks like he could be Putin's son!

 

[RoosTah]

One other thing, but am I the only one who thinks that if a biopic is ever made of Vladamir Putin that Daniel Craig would be the perfect actor to play him? Dude looks like he could be Putin's son!

You might be onto something:

 

[Munky]

Spectre falls victim to the villan monologue.

sounds like the dark knight was a f**king god awful movie as well judging by your standards. jesus take a chill pill.

Funnily enough there is a scene in spectre where they rip off an iconic scene on the dark knight.

Let's just say the bad dude lacks menace compared to the joker.

 

[strong_latte]

Spectre falls victim to the villan monologue.



Funnily enough there is a scene in spectre where they rip off an iconic scene on the dark knight.

Let's just say the bad dude lacks menace compared to the joker.

It might sound weird, but I've missed the villain monologue... The Craig films just didnt feel like proper Bond films without it.

 

[Someone]

il wait til it comes to dvd by the sounds of it.

oh well, only another 3-4 years until the next and it will probably be craigs last.

 

[Timbo]

I rate Spectre third amongs Craigs, above only Quantum of Solace.

I didn't think it was bad. Just a solidly middling effort.