Bond 22 - Quantum of Solace

Niteshade007

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I just read that Olga something is playing Bond's leading lady. I'll have to go back and find the article, but has anyone else heard this?
 

kongisking

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ClintonHammond said:
I've never seen a bond film worth the paper the script was written on, so I'm not even going to bother with this one

Man, you have ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA what you're missing!!!!!!!!!!!!! Forget everything you ever knew about Bond; this movie kick-starts the series from scratch and makes Bond into a badass motherf-er that has a cold stare and a brutal personality...all while making Casino Royale the best spy film ever, EVER MADE! :cool:
 

Dr.Sartorius

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Olga Kurylenko:

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:D
 

Joe Brody

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Dr.Sartorius said:
Bond 22 began filming on Jan. 3. Here's some spy shots:
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Rich Eisen in the house?

Don't miss with Dame Judi. After watching the Rambo trailor, I think Stallone should cast her for his next Rocky flic.
 
After the train wreck that was Casino Royale, I certainly won't be seeing this. Someone needs to take away all writing instruments from Paul Haggis. What a hack.

The Living Daylights stands as pretty much the only good Bond movie as I see it. There are a few others I don't mind, but the franchise is pretty mediocre as far as I'm concerned.
 

Attila the Professor

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What was wrong with Casino Royale to you, ResidentAlien? I haven't seen it, and the only Bond film I've seen is Goldfinger, so I've got no skin in the game, but I heard that it had a lot more substance than much of the series, so I'm curious where your stance comes from.
 
Attila the Professor said:
What was wrong with Casino Royale to you, ResidentAlien? I haven't seen it, and the only Bond film I've seen is Goldfinger, so I've got no skin in the game, but I heard that it had a lot more substance than much of the series, so I'm curious where your stance comes from.

Just another reboot in a long line of cash-grubbing reboots. The real problem was the script; Bond was terribly developed, the card game was rushed and lacked any real tension (Haggis' fault as he changed the game to Poker), the torture scene was totally out place and then the film's conclusion came about 4 times in 30 minutes. Totally a Lord of the Rings style ending.

And all in all the MTV vibe was just annoying. Post-Modernism be damned.
 
Let me say though, I didn't mind Craig... too much. And Eva Green is the most gorgeous woman ever in a Bond film...

...but ogling Eva isn't enough to save the film for me. Besides she's just as attractive in Bertolluci's Dreamers, and the film is a thousand times better than CR.
 
Being British, Bond is our Indy equivalent and I can honestly say that Daniel Craig as Bond is a steaming pile of whatever. Bloody awful. He looks like a bricklayer - not a suave secret agent. Roger Moore IS James Bond. Sure, he may have the toughness of a campmeister but he is charismatic and witty. The Bond series ended with The Living Daylights (Dalton) and John Barry's final Bond score. Every film since just doesn't interest.
 

Dr.Sartorius

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Casino Royale was a great Bond movie and Daniel Craig is a great Bond.

Just the fact that CR deviated from the normal Bond formula makes it a milestone IMHO.

I can't wait for Bond 22. :gun:
 

Finn

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CR was certainly a brilliant film in my mind too, brought some new breath into the completely worn-out franchise. I wouldn't go as far as kongisking and claim it the best genre piece ever made (I think we can all see by now that our young friend definitely has a soft spot for a speedy thrill ride), but as a Bond outing it's definitely near the top. Also at least this time they gave it out clearly it's a reboot, it's been more or less ambiguous in the previous takes has it been the same agent since the sixties or not (even though the detrition of human body cells says clearly not).

Eh, what I really wanted to say was that have you noticed that the history doesn't promise us a very good Bond 22? I like Living Daylights too and actually find GoldenEye being in the better half as well, yet License to Kill (despite being one of the most graphically violent Bonds up to date) and Tomorrow Never Dies were more or less forgettable.

Let's hope they can at least go Bourne with us and give us a second part that doesn't quite get up there with the first but still is enough to keep us away from the feeling of being robbed.
 

Sankara

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Yes, Bond is back! The Brosnan-Bond-movies are still very-very lousy. Exept "Goldeneye". I like CR and I really like Craig as Bond.

Sure, Bond is nothing against Indy - but I really like Bond. I've got them all on DVD.
 

kongisking

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Finn said:
I think we can all see by now that our young friend definitely has a soft spot for a speedy thrill ride.

Yes-siree-Bob. I especially like how you referred to me as 'our young friend.' Makes me feel...wanted, somehow.

And what else are movies for except giving the viewer a rollicking-good thrill trip? (y) :hat:

P.S. Herr Gruber, have you completely lost it??? :eek: :eek: :eek: Blasphemy!
 

Niteshade007

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Finn said:
Eh, what I really wanted to say was that have you noticed that the history doesn't promise us a very good Bond 22? I like Living Daylights too and actually find GoldenEye being in the better half as well, yet License to Kill (despite being one of the most graphically violent Bonds up to date) and Tomorrow Never Dies were more or less forgettable.

Very true. I enjoyed The Living Daylights, not one of my favorites, but I liked him in the role. License to Kill, however, was probably the worst Bond film, and I think that's saying something. Actually, Die Another Day was probably the worst, but License to Kill is a close second. I agree with ResidentAlien that the series as a whole is pretty mediocre, but I find them enjoyable nonetheless as action pieces not to be taken too seriously.

I also agree with ResidentAlien about the film as a whole. I don't think Craig was bad as Bond, although he certainly isn't my favorite. I agree with Herr Gruber's statement about him not appearing to be suave enough. I think that he does lack the classic good looks that the other Bond's had.

My biggest beef with Casino Royale was that awful ending. Don't misunderstand and think I hated it because it was sad, actually I found it to be just a ridiculous set up as a whole. It wanted a grittier Bond, one where he didn't get the girl, and came up with a rather weak ending to show that she still loved him, yet they couldn't be together...

SPOILERS!!!


Her death in general was just idiotic. It wasn't necessary at all, nor was it particularly saddening, just due to the ridiculous nature of it. Either way you look at it, whether you view her as a "baddie" or not, her character, intelligent as she supposedly was, would have played it much differently. If, as the film suggests, she was simply making a deal to spare Bond's life in the torture scene (agree with ResidentAlien here as well, definitely a bad scene), she could have easily gone to MI6, told them she had made a deal with the bad guys, get some people there to intercept them. Or, even if she was a bad guy, she could have done the same thing. Eliminated her competition, and ran off with it if she wanted the money so badly. Either way, she knew when she was going there that she wasn't going to make it out probably, why not risk it and keep the money for herself?


I don't know why, that's just the way my mind works. That wasn't the only problem I had with the film, of course, the poker scene was dull and not suspenseful at all, the opening scene was bordering on idiotic, the villain was boring. There are of course other reasons, but I think this will suffice for now.
 

sunshinestate1992

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Niteshade007 said:
Very true. I enjoyed The Living Daylights, not one of my favorites, but I liked him in the role. License to Kill, however, was probably the worst Bond film, and I think that's saying something. Actually, Die Another Day was probably the worst, but License to Kill is a close second. I agree with ResidentAlien that the series as a whole is pretty mediocre, but I find them enjoyable nonetheless as action pieces not to be taken too seriously.

I also agree with ResidentAlien about the film as a whole. I don't think Craig was bad as Bond, although he certainly isn't my favorite. I agree with Herr Gruber's statement about him not appearing to be suave enough. I think that he does lack the classic good looks that the other Bond's had.

My biggest beef with Casino Royale was that awful ending. Don't misunderstand and think I hated it because it was sad, actually I found it to be just a ridiculous set up as a whole. It wanted a grittier Bond, one where he didn't get the girl, and came up with a rather weak ending to show that she still loved him, yet they couldn't be together...

SPOILERS!!!


Her death in general was just idiotic. It wasn't necessary at all, nor was it particularly saddening, just due to the ridiculous nature of it. Either way you look at it, whether you view her as a "baddie" or not, her character, intelligent as she supposedly was, would have played it much differently. If, as the film suggests, she was simply making a deal to spare Bond's life in the torture scene (agree with ResidentAlien here as well, definitely a bad scene), she could have easily gone to MI6, told them she had made a deal with the bad guys, get some people there to intercept them. Or, even if she was a bad guy, she could have done the same thing. Eliminated her competition, and ran off with it if she wanted the money so badly. Either way, she knew when she was going there that she wasn't going to make it out probably, why not risk it and keep the money for herself?


I don't know why, that's just the way my mind works. That wasn't the only problem I had with the film, of course, the poker scene was dull and not suspenseful at all, the opening scene was bordering on idiotic, the villain was boring. There are of course other reasons, but I think this will suffice for now.
Im sure you know this,it was in the original Ian Felming novel. The reasing its sortof boring is becuase its liek his orginal novel wich was supposed to be like that.
Its different...i like ti how it takes place in mostly one place.
 
Quantum Of Solace!!!

The new Daniel Awful Craig Bond film is called 'Quantum Of Solace'. Bet it wont be as good as Octopu$$y.
 

roundshort

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I like Bond, they are fun, they are never great movies and with Bourne, who really needs them?

DC is a heck of a lot more believable than the others though.
 
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