Skyfall

[lloyd42]

Went to see this last night.After all that Quantum of Solace nonsense normal service is resumed -absolute mutt's nuts of a film.!thumbsup!

[Arginald Valleywater]

So does Daniel Craig act or is he just doing his Terminator / Jason Statham impersonation again? He just doesn't work as Bond for me.

[Flat_Eric]

Looking forward to this one and it can only be an improvement because "Quantum Of Solace" was utter shyte and a blot on the franchise.

- Eric

[frankthring]

Right on the mark lloyd 452....completly agree. I saw it yesterday and had
vowed not to see another Bond at the Cinema after that utterly dreadful
Quantum movie. Bond is back on track, easily Craig`s best, and we have
an exciting movie with some depth of character too in the playing from the
cast, especially Judi Dench and villain Javier Bardem.

[steveb]

He acts and he even gets some jokes in. This is edging back towards Bond as fun. People still die and tears are shed but it's not as po-faced as 'Quantum' tried to be. Not by a long chalk.

Good movie.

[one eyed jack]

Tis true that Q of S was the weakest and I once shared the same view and came out of the cinema thinking WTF!!!

I must confess that late one night I watched it on DVD to nanalyse why it was so bad at a cinema sitting Being a Bond fan like many and was pleasantly surprised to find myself liking the movie WTF???

Q of S really did take you out of the Bond comfort zone with its take on Bourne style action set ups and was a generally colder than usual film with action sequences you couldnt make head or tails of in the fast editing but weirdly enough, it might be the weakest to many but it still holds up as a good Bond film for me

I had reservations about Daniel Craig but now I've got used to him I like him. Hes definitely the Bond for this era

[one eyed jack]

I think its awesome that people are still excited about a James Bond movie so well done all round to the people that made it what it is

Im seeing it down Leicester Square this week so look out for me on the red carpet ok? Ill be the guy shooting upskirt shots of the Bond girls flashing me annoying looks.

[Alex L]

OEJ as a bit of a film and Bond buff, have you tried IMAX for a Bond film, if so is it a much better cinematographic experience and worth the cost.

Tempted to give it a go for Skyfall so any feedback appreciated.

[Flat_Eric]

one eyed jack wrote:

[quote]Q of S really did take you out of the Bond comfort zone with its take on Bourne style action set ups ... [/quote]

I fucking detest that "style" of film-making. It's ruined a lot of what would have otherwise have been decent films and has now been done to death. About time directors moved on from it.

Oh sure, I've heard all the arguments about how it's supposed to be "realistic" and "take the viewer into the thick of the action" etc. etc. but I think that's bollocks. What's the point if (a) you can't tell what the fuck's going on or who's who or who's doing what and (b) it makes you feel nauseous?

That idiotic "shakycam" effect combined with the "accidental-sudden-zoom-in", then the "corrective-action-zoom-back-out" do absolutely nothing to make a film more realistic. It just makes it look as if was shot by some wanky "film studies" student who's watched too many music vids (and/or bad amateur porn) and is now working on a movie project. Personally I think it's just a cop-out for lazy film-making but that's just me. It's got to the stage now where if I know in advance that a film is "shakycam" I don't even bother with it, irrespective of any other "merits" it's supposed to have.


one eyed jack wrote:

[quote]I had reservations about Daniel Craig but now I've got used to him I like him. Hes definitely the Bond for this era[/quote]

Me too. I rate him as a decent Bond.

- Eric

[Alex L]

......or anyone else seen a Bond in IMAX format?