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Very good. Very good indeed.
Good for you to see it on opening night !
Going to see it at the IMAX tonight
It's ace. Long though - make sure you nip to the loo before!
Currently trying to negotiate an evening off childcare with my dear spouse so I can go see it, loved casino royale and skyfall and quite enjoyed quantum, really looking forward to it.
Didn't like the Octopron titles and the god awful Sam Smith track
Does he get the girl?
Does he drive an Aston?
It's all we really want to know innit? Innit? 😕
Did the baddie make anyone else think of Rob Bryden? Found it hard to take him seriously after that.
Excellent, but bloody hell they had the volume turned up to max in the Vue I went to!
M looked like Reggie Perrin
[url= http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/arts-entertainment/bond-film-breaks-new-ground-with-tits-cars-and-punching-200809261283 ]This really ruined Bond for me[/url].
I find it very hard to take the Daniel Craig films as seriously as they seem to take themselves. 🙂
I struggle with Sam Smith's wining voice, but thankfully I already had a suitable alternative theme tune in my head for that bit. [url= https://m.soundcloud.com/adam-buxton/i-am-james-bond ]Adam Buxton's Bond Song[/url]
When I go to watch this at the cinema, what time should I go in (after it's proposed/advertised start time) to miss all the guff advertising before the actual film comes on?
1/2hr?
3/4'shr?
1hr?
🙄
Adam Buxton's Bond Song
Amazing! "I'M GOING TO GET YOU, PHIL SPECTOR!!!"
I thought it was OK - not great but not rubbish... And this is coming from a massive Bond fan...
Opening pre-credits scene was great, but it went downhill after that (starting with the awful awful theme song)... Too many moody shots of him posing in his ray bans (guess they have to earn the corporate sponsorship money somehow!) , too many arty scenery shots that made the middle a bit slow and overly long, then it warmed up a bit for the ending.. It almost seemed to me that they made a list of the set pieces that make a bond film (troubled girl, car chase, maniacal baddie with backstory and secret lair etc) and put them together without it working that well as a film overall... It just didn't seem to have the 'sparkle' that some of the earlier films had... They got the humour level about right this time though - some great little gags / one liners / witty retorts 🙂
Just IMHO 🙂
When I go to watch this at the cinema, what time should I go in (after it's proposed/advertised start time) to miss all the guff advertising before the actual film comes on?
In our local vue, it seems to be about 20 mins of adverts...a bit annoying, and I've usually finished all my popcorn before the film starts.
I'm not one for ballads but I quite like the Sam Smith song.
Daniel Craig is a good Bond but his films are lacking in substance.
I can't decide if I liked it or not. Ticked all the Bond movie boxes but there was something missing that I just couldn't quite put my finger on.
something missing that I just couldn't quite put my finger on.
Pussy Galore?
The Beard
I can't decide if I liked it or not. Ticked all the Bond movie boxes but there was something missing that I just couldn't quite put my finger on.
That's pretty much what the missus said as we walked out of the Cinema... Hang on - you aren't my missus are you? 😉
I agree with that. It was like a Greatest Hits that ended up being a bit less than the sum of its parts. I didn't feel short changed, but I didn't leave the cinema buzzing either.
Not seen it myself but chuckling a bit at the slightly ho hum reviews
felt a bit familiar, really?
the same story rehashed 20 times, is a bit samey, well I never! 😆
Too many not-very-subtle nods to the old Connery films for my liking. It's been done, move on - it's smug, not clever. Where Casino Royale was fresh, Spectre just isn't.
It is absolutely beautifully shot though, I'll give them that.
Does he get the girl?
Does he drive an Aston?
No spoilers here!
the same story rehashed 20 times, is a bit samey, well I never!
Where Casino Royale was fresh, Spectre just isn't.
Pretty much. A bit underwhelmed really. Time for a Bond reboot.
1/2hr?
3/4'shr?
1hr?
30 mins of crap at our local Vue. I was bored before the film started.
It was about 40 minutes before film started at my local Vue - just back from seeing it. Enjoyed it, thought it was good. Would watch it again, but I'm not itching to sit and watch it again immediately.
I can't decide if I liked it or not. Ticked all the Bond movie boxes but there was something missing that I just couldn't quite put my finger on.
Just back from watching it and have the same feeling. It is very much by the book recipe on how to make a Bond film.
Daniel Craig is a good Bond but his films are lacking in substance.
Compared to which other Bond films?
Hmmm, just home and a little disappointed
Really enjoyed the 1st three Daniel Craig films but this has slipped into a 'late Pierce Brosnan bond film' type of slide
As someone above said - great locations and filming
Christopher Waltz is wasted
The Bond girl isn't that hot
Bond just isn't gritty enough
I'm troubled, after Casino Royale it's been downhill for Craig. I think he's done as Bond for me.
I preferred Quantum of Solace - favorite Bond film
Might be unintentional spoilers...
Poor plotting
Too many London touristy scenes
Snow yet no skiing
Belluci sexier than the main girl
Interesting callbacks to other films, but he doesn't recognise that someone he knew from 12-14 is Blofeld, when he's met Blofeld a few times before and investigated his genealogy in OHMSS
No humour
And the second baddy was the main baddy in Sherlock... Rather recently.
Against that, best precredit sequence and titles for years and Sam Smith less annoying at the cinema than on the radio, and the best Q ever.
After Skyfall and Finney with Dench, it was never going to be as good, but this was Timothy Daltonesque in its averageness.
but he doesn't recognise that someone he knew from 12-14 is Blofeld, when he's met Blofeld a few times before and investigated his genealogy in OHMSS
Casino Royale reset the bond timeline didn't it?
Timothy Daltonesque in its averageness.
Dalton was the second best bond IMO
Would watch it again, but I'm not itching to sit and watch it again immediately.
Christmas 2017, after lunch on ITV probably.
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The Bond girl isn't that hot
I suggest you watch Blue Is The Warmest Colour and reconsider 🙂
I'll do that DrJ 🙂
I was just about to say that too, DrJ!
Meh....
That's what I thought. Saw it two nights ago and am struggling to remember much about it (apart from the hideous advert barrage)
thought the product placement was far better than previous recent Bond films.
Opening scene although a good bit of flying was ultimately a little bland/boring.
The biggest disappointment though was Waltz as Blomfelt, after being such a menacing ruthless cold hearted bastard in erm Inglorious Bastards (that opening farmhouse scene still sends shivers down me). Here was the opportunity to be the worlds largest baddie bastard and he fell a bit short. Really two small drill things and a head restraint you could do an owl impression in?
'C' was good except you knew straight away he was going to be a 'baddie'
Overall okay but brilliant.
Great first scene with the helicopter, the rest was pretty poor. Large times of nothing, car chase was meh and sadly came away pretty well like I had seen a cheap film, which it wasn't.
Very disappointed with the ending, just kind of fizzled out for me, but does leave things set up for the next Bond.
Some of the product placement was too obvious, especially the watch. They may as well had logos on the screen and a jingle at that point.
Overall enjoyed it, but it's not the best Bond
took the whole family and the SIL ( thanks tesco clubcard for the free tickets) worse ways to spend an evening with them all, the volume is loud that song isnt too bad in context opening sequence was fab until the helicopter overkill that went on too long.. craig gets more menacing as he gets older.. why was moriarty there.. obvious he was up to no good from first sight.. very 80/90s plot and chase sequences..no realism.. a plane that crashes and chases and catches 2 defenders and a range rover and kills everyone bar the pilot,, cmon...cliched? not as much as the secret island haven in the middle of the desert that noone has ever seen or heard of ..except in bond films
gives us bourne plus homeland a mix of game of thrones viloence and we d all be happy cookies
wouldnt rush back to the cinema to see it but boxing day stuffed full of turkey a
not as much as the secret island haven in the middle of the desert that noone has ever seen or heard of ..except in bond films
That's 'cos they are secret!
I took my 13 yo son to see it on Saturday evening. He enjoyed it, and I caught up on some sleep. Win,win.
Too
Much
CGI
Does anyone know what the Mexican day of the Dead music is ?
As for the film, I enjoyed it but it needed more Monica. Sam Smith sounds like an asthmatic cat being strangled, hopefully to death.
I preferred Quantum of Solace - favorite Bond film
I assumed that there would be one person in the world who thinks that, and it turns out they're on stw!
yeah i remember struggling to stay awake for most of that one...
I thought Spectre was good. That is all.
Too
Much
CGI
Really? I don't remember a single scene where it looked obviously CGI. In fact, I'm pretty sure almost all of the action scenes were shot in 'real life' and looked it.
I thought it was OK, and nothing more.
I really liked Skyfall, I liked how dark, how human Bond was, I liked how it felt a bit real and I liked how the story had some logic to it.
Spectre felt like a throw back to the old Bond, a bit silly, a bit make believe, less dark. It didn't feel like the story had much thought and it all seemed a little predictable. I enjoyed it, don't get me wrong, but I won't go out of my way to watch it again, where as I will and do with Skyfall.
the 'fist fight while hanging out of the helicopter' looked a bit suspect in places, and so did the collapsing building at the beginning. and the modified london skyline... ive no problem with CGI tho.
I enjoyed it. It's as good as casino royale. I preferred skyfall but it's not bad. I was practically screaming for a different outcome on the bridge at the end.
it was all a bit too obvious - Waltz was underused and I felt sorry for Ben Wishaw (Q) being given some really bad scripting, that purposefully bad joke to make him look nerdy really didn't work
I think they need better scripts, or just to leave the scriptwriters alone (I get the feeling that the Broccoli family and all the execs are a bit too control freak about 'what bond is')
I liked it, was always going to be hard to top Skyfall though....but Spectre sets up the introduction of Blofeld nicely, he's the ultimate Bond villain and will no doubt escape custody for the next installment....and the family/foster element between him and bond adds a nice personal twist from now on.
Craig is great and a proper Bond, ex forces, grizzled, cycnical, etc....however the star for me is 'M'....Feinnes is a great actor and needs more screen time.
They need a strong female for the next one too, Vesper was good in Casino Royale as she was integral to the plot not just someone for Bond to shag for information and leave again.
Q is brilliant, just the right amount of humour there....keep it up.
Edit- i liked Waltz as the baddie, for me the bad guy is always more sinister when they're quiet and calculating...he played it beautifully for me but then i havent seen Inglorious Basterds to compare him to that role.
I enjoyed it. Not as much as Skyfall, but then again I maybe expected more, whereas with Skyfall following QoS your hopes weren't as high and you got brilliance.
Makes me wonder if the next one will be another reboot, now that Blofeld has been introduced, along with the scar.
the 'fist fight while hanging out of the helicopter' looked a bit suspect in places, and so did the collapsing building at the beginning. and the modified london skyline... ive no problem with CGI tho.
Agree that some of the shots looking back out of the chopper were quite obviously CGI (very noticeable), but the collapsing building really was a collapsing building.......just not necessarily where you were lead to believe it was 😉
I'm a huge fan of Bond and the recent Daniel Craig films (even Quantum of Solace) especially so was expecting massive things from Spectre - the trailers made it look epic, the early reviews I read with things like 5* and "the opening sequence is the best ever" etc.
Came out of it thinking it was below average, possibly even one of the worst Bond films I can recall.
Opening sequence was ok up until the helicopter bit which just felt a bit "flat". Maybe I was expecting too much.
Didn't really get much better either. Someone above mentioned it but Waltz is the biggest baddie of them all - bloody Blofeld for gods sake and he was rubbish. No menace, all smiles. As for blowing up the entire Spectre lair with a watch and a single gun shot to a gas cylinder thing... come on.
Maybe its because it followed Skyfall and the memory of the last 30/45 minutes of that film is still fresh in the memory because quite frankly, you really cannot beat a helicopter flying around a Scottish castle with a cannon blasting the hell out of it with the surround sound cranked up...
the product placement is obcene in Bond movies.
if you suffer from any kind of OCD it will bore a hole right into your angry brain central..
Well I enjoyed it, it is what Bond is an action film.
but he doesn't recognise that someone he knew from 12-14 is Blofeld, when he's met Blofeld a few times before and investigated his genealogy in OHMSS
He's never met Blofeld before then except as a kid.
S'alright, Bond film innit. If you went expecting a life changing experience you'd be gravely disappointed if you want two hours of shooting and boobies you'll get what you paid for. Helicopter fight went on a bit long, needed more blofeld, thumb-dude's not dead I reckon, and the baddies being bonds 'brotherytypething' was totally unnecessary.
6/10 which is probably just under the maximum score achievable by a Bond film
I liked the idea that it was his step Brother and I saw no boobs.
If you think "James, I am your brother" was not needed, just wait for the interstellar inbreeding which Star Wars is going to thrust upon us!
You forgot to get the boobie glasses from the ticket office? School boy error.
DBW - well not really cos that's all part of the story innit, this was just a script re-hash committee looking to add an extra mid story line twist which was about as needed as thumb dudes steel (953 presumably) thumb nails.
Damn it!
I really liked it, up there with Casino Royale as my favourite bond of all time.
It's not perfect, no Bond film is perfect, but there's action, car chases, pretty girls and hansom lads. I miss the rougher edge of Casino Royale, Spectre goes back to the old-school way that Bond can get into a huge fist fight with a man mountain win lose or draw he sweeps his hair back into place and it's like it never happened, but that aside it's very good.
Personally I think DC's time is up, he's made 2 great Bond film IMHO, and two lacklustre that wasn't his fault, the writers strike made QoS a mess to follow and MGM going bust meant Skyfall was delayed, rushed and underfunded (don't believe the Hype on it's supposed $200m budget). He's 47 now, he's be 50 at least before they can make another and even though they've done their best to defuse it, he really wasn't keen on making another, I believe the last minute re-shoot after than edited it was to make the tacked-on final scene, Goodbye to Q, hop in the Aston with the Girl and ride off into the sunset.
I hope they use Christoph Waltz again though, he's great.
Watched it at lunchtime, was fine but not brilliant. Felt like they held back slightly on every part for some reason.
The car chase was just a load of power sliding on cobbles followed by a set-piece to needlessly smash the car up so that Bond can't return it (as always).
The scene inside the old MI5 was so utterly predictable!!
But then it's a Bond movie and was a decent way to whittle away 3 hours of my day without taxing my brain.
Was glad to see the ending wasn't the same as OHMSS
The DC series have been the best Bond films for me.
Casino Royale - ground breaking take on a gritter type of Bond where he is allowed to bleed and look vulnerable.
QoS - good but not great. Not as good as CR
Skyfall - my favourite
Spectre - probably the worst of the DC Bonds for me. Still good but a little formulaic (well, all Bonds are a bit formulaic but this felt even more so).
I kind of hope that is the last of the DC series and someone else gets a chance.It's highly likely that the next Bond will be younger than me - which I suspect is a turning point in your life and a signpost of proper middle age.
Not as good as casino royal or skyfall (easily the best bond ever) but much better than QOS. Perks amazing scenes, funny,loved q, plot line is good.....biggest let down was waltz I expected him to blow every other villan out of the water but javlier smoked him. Second let down was the bond girl was too young and no chemistry there at all. You felt it with vesper not this one. Maybe monica bellucci should have played her role. She was a great actress just wrong for the part. This is still however a bond film I'll watch over and over.
I really enjoyed it so did Mrs Coolhandluke
His Tom Ford shades were minging, as we're his ray bans (with built in eyebrows)
I can't believe Skyfall is so highly rated, what could have been a great film ruined by Javier Bardem's bad guy.
So good in No Country for Old Men but awful in Skyfall. New one is good but doesn't seem as flowing and Chemistry with Dr Swann not close to that with Vespa.
Shot on film too, Roger Deakins is a class act and I thought Skyfall looked great (shot on Arri Alexa) be interesting to see visual differences with the new DOP but same director.
I can't believe Skyfall is so highly rated, what could have been a great film ruined by Javier Bardem's bad guy.
I was beginning to wonder if it was just me that thought Skyfall was poor. (Although for different reasons from you!)
baddie looked like Griff Rees Jones...Couldn't really take it seriously after that. But this being Bond, it didn't really matter that much
Finally went to see it yesterday. My review.. Meh.
Wasn't impressed with the opening sequence, poor effects and very obvious stunt man doubles. Very basic errors. However did like the explosion at Blofelds place
Straight away you knew who C was so it was a character I had no interest at all in for most of the film.
A couple of times the dialogue wasn't clear (this may be my hearing) but what did the bad guy say when he exited the train?
Car chase was boring
There were a couple of funny bits and I liked the theme song, product placement wasn't as bad as previous bonds.
Overall felt like a box ticking exercise and that they rushed it as they had to get a film out.
As he left the train - sh!t - seems to be the in-joke word from everyone in the film...
Thought it was going backwards towards the very stuff that Casino Royale threw out. Gadgets, globe-spanning secret organisations with hi-tech lairs with armies of minion, slow civilian drivers getting comedically caught up in car chases, etc. I know you could argue that that's what Bond's all about, but what made Daniel Craig and Casino Royale so good is that it [i]wasn't[/i] any of that.
Obviously you wouldn't say that any of these films are really realistic but Bond is going back to being totally ridiculous again, which is a bit of a shame IMO.
But then I quite like QoS and didn't think Skyfall was all that, so what do I know!
Shot on film too, Roger Deakins is a class act and I thought Skyfall looked great (shot on Arri Alexa) be interesting to see visual differences with the new DOP but same director.
Didn't think Skyfall looked particularly great at all. Not Deakins' finest hour for me.
I thought this new one was mainly Alexa XT + 65. Maybe it's got 35mm too.