lol
― Gardyloominati (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 13 October 2021 17:00 (two years ago) link
not the lyrics though, those are like 2nd grade level. just the musical aspect
i still hate the song & skip the credits completely
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 13 October 2021 17:11 (two years ago) link
Especially as Radiohead's rejected effort is so much better (though I can see why it wasn't used as you can't really make out any of the words).
― chap, Wednesday, 13 October 2021 19:46 (two years ago) link
I can’t remember if I posted here when this was new.
Spectre had a fantastic opening set piece. And there was an amazing battle in a skyscraper, and also Batista was great in it (it was this movie, right?). Then … there’s the rest of the flick
― Legalize Suburban Benches (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 13 October 2021 22:27 (two years ago) link
Watching it in the theater I just didn’t care about it and was relieved when it ended. Daniel Craig looked like he wanted to be anywhere else. I like Christophe Waltz, but yeeesh.
― Legalize Suburban Benches (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 13 October 2021 22:28 (two years ago) link
I’m pretty sure I’m the only person I know who doesn’t love Skyfall, but that’s for a different thread.
― Legalize Suburban Benches (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 13 October 2021 22:29 (two years ago) link
Skyscraper battle is Skyfall and yes, my favorite sequence of the film easily. Deakins earned his keep. Bautista was in Spectre, yup.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 13 October 2021 23:12 (two years ago) link
I also am pretty meh on Skyfall, only because it's so long and ponderous. I stand by my proposal that it could be massively improved by just dropping the entire sequence where Bardem gets captured on purpose and attacks Parliament. Top to bottom derivative and tedious to get through.
― I Am Fribbulus (Xax) (Doctor Casino), Wednesday, 13 October 2021 23:26 (two years ago) link
Skyfall I now appreciate purely because the villain has a clear objective, Bardem is amazing and it’s one of the rare times a villain is not thwarted! Also skyscraper fight rules, Komodo dragon/Macau stuff is awesome… has a lot of great stuff! Spectre has the Bautista car chase in Italy! with the parachute ejectorseat! the alpine stuff in Austria with the plane smashing down the mountain like a crazy sled! the fkn TRAIN FIGHT with Bautista! so many things i had forgotten. it has a lot of very good/excellent set pieces & great locations. Waltz is still frustrating as Blofeld, I would have preferred someone else more threatening w more gravitas
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 14 October 2021 00:00 (two years ago) link
seriously everyone who has seen No Time To Die should rewatch Spectre and be pleasantly surprised at how it hold up and/or improvesimo
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 14 October 2021 00:02 (two years ago) link
and i will give you $10jk
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 14 October 2021 00:04 (two years ago) link
$10K why thank you. That is what you meant to type, yes?
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 14 October 2021 00:06 (two years ago) link
yes ned 10,000 will be wired to the account of your choosing just key in your 6 digit password on the keypad here but fyi VESPER as a password is not allowed due to a previous incident
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 14 October 2021 00:11 (two years ago) link
"what do you mean I can't reuse previous passwords? It's my bloody password!"
― Gardyloominati (Neanderthal), Thursday, 14 October 2021 00:14 (two years ago) link
Sir please stop choking me. SIR.
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 14 October 2021 00:23 (two years ago) link
― poster of sparks (rogermexico.), Thursday, 14 October 2021 02:08 (two years ago) link
I rewatched it after seeing No Time To Die and all the bits I thought sucked still sucked (ie not Bautista)
― bobo honkin' slobo babe (sic), Thursday, 14 October 2021 02:33 (two years ago) link
:/
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 14 October 2021 03:03 (two years ago) link
tbf I tuned out completely and started internetting before the end of the desert hideout torture scene stuff, maybe everything after “Bond and Blofeld are brothers” is rly good
― bobo honkin' slobo babe (sic), Thursday, 14 October 2021 03:09 (two years ago) link
btw if anyone’s in this thread bcz they’re working up to NTTD, the best parts are totally the imax scenes so it’s worth catching in that format if you have the choice
― bobo honkin' slobo babe (sic), Thursday, 14 October 2021 03:11 (two years ago) link
Thanks, Ned.
QoS is a mess but … underrated, even by me sometimes.
Tomorrow: NTTD!
― Legalize Suburban Benches (Raymond Cummings), Thursday, 14 October 2021 08:26 (two years ago) link
huh just checked and it looks like craig is the longest-running bond thus far? (time-wise, not in total number of movies). fifteen years!
― gbx, Thursday, 14 October 2021 16:47 (two years ago) link
dude has definitely done his timei wondered to mr veg if he’ll throw a party when his official post-release duties are completed. i mean as we know from prev bonds, money-truck aside, it’s one hell of a gulag
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 14 October 2021 16:58 (two years ago) link
He filmed TWO Benoit Blanc flicks in between making No Time To Die and having to promote it on release
― bobo honkin' slobo babe (sic), Thursday, 14 October 2021 17:09 (two years ago) link
Damn.
― Legalize Suburban Benches (Raymond Cummings), Friday, 15 October 2021 19:59 (two years ago) link
More later, but best since CR.
― Legalize Suburban Benches (Raymond Cummings), Friday, 15 October 2021 20:07 (two years ago) link
I would very much like a post-apocalyptic HBO show set in the, uh, island lair
― Legalize Suburban Benches (Raymond Cummings), Friday, 15 October 2021 20:43 (two years ago) link
yes plz
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 15 October 2021 23:11 (two years ago) link
#onethread?
― bobo honkin' slobo babe (sic), Saturday, 16 October 2021 14:53 (two years ago) link
we are only allowed to talk about spectre in this thread, #spectrethoughtsonly
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Saturday, 16 October 2021 15:09 (two years ago) link
Radiohead got robbed
― maf you one two (maffew12), Saturday, 16 October 2021 15:43 (two years ago) link
fukunaga did an amazing job, whole thing looked amazing and was super varied in terms of color lighting
rami malek was terrible. not remotely scary, idiotic accent, everything he said was so groanworthy pretentious and vacuous (even by Bond villain standards), also for some reason his skin condition improved throughout the movie? by the end it just looked like mild acne scars
léa seydoux is insanely beautiful and every moment she was on screen i was jaw agog. however daniel craig and ana de armas have the best chemistry, wish she was in it more. havana scene was so fun
plot was so dumb. when ralph fiennes is like “we didn’t mean for this bio chemical weapon capable of exterminating entire races of people to become a WMD” lol
overall i loved it. i think italy was my favourite action setpiece (i was hooting and hollering in the movie theatre when he started motorcycling up stairs and flying over bridges) but they were all very entertaining
― flopson, Saturday, 16 October 2021 21:32 (two years ago) link
Lol at his name being Lyutsifer Safin
― Gardyloominati (Neanderthal), Saturday, 16 October 2021 21:55 (two years ago) link
i haven’t seen it since it was in theatres and was really high when i saw it so this might be totally inaccurate but i remember the action in quAntum being peak shaky cam era disorienting blurry close combat. and i am grateful of how far we are from that now. loved the scene at the end on the stairwell (the shadow!). felt kinda like a first person shooter
― flopson, Saturday, 16 October 2021 21:57 (two years ago) link
I just watched it and yes, it was def like that
― Gardyloominati (Neanderthal), Saturday, 16 October 2021 21:57 (two years ago) link
quantum’s lone flaw for me is the action directing
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Saturday, 16 October 2021 22:00 (two years ago) link
everything else about that movie rules tho
fyi flopson there is a No Time To Die thread, you'll find more discussion there! which also, some of us are consciously avoiding until we've gotten to the film.
― I Am Fribbulus (Xax) (Doctor Casino), Saturday, 16 October 2021 23:11 (two years ago) link
oh sorry i looked through SNA but didn’t see it so i figured ppl were just talking here. if a mod wants to delete it that’s ok. sorry for spoilers
― flopson, Saturday, 16 October 2021 23:18 (two years ago) link
you're all good! i pulled my eyes away once I registered the type of information the post contained, but before any of it actually reached my brain lol
― I Am Fribbulus (Xax) (Doctor Casino), Sunday, 17 October 2021 02:54 (two years ago) link