I was actually surprised at his reaction. I left the theater pretty damn happy. I wouldn't descibe it a possibly the best Bond ever. It was a good one - but different that all of the rest.

He didn't like it because his ticket to the movie, the Ford Motor Company, was the butt of a very clever Bond joke of auto trading up.



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The product placement in the film was a little over the top for oth Ford and Sony.

Doesn't that mean that Brad is going to hate it?

re the opening ....






I tend to prefer the darker, more brooding Bonds. Sean Connery, of course ... but my second fave is easily Timothy Dalton.





Well ... till now.







And I forgive the Ford placement because it was used as a very good joke ... the Sony Vaio stuff was just gratuitous and ... yeah, Brad would hate it if he could just get his attention off Daniel Craig for a minute.

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Not one peep from Brad about product placment after we saw the film. I think he was a bit, um, distracted. ;)

Thanks for the explaination, ISM.

Ford
Jag
Astin Martin
Sony
FedEx
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:D

I've not seen all the Bond films. Of the ones I've seen, I've enjoyed them.

This one I LOVED.

One thing that really bothers me about contemporary action movies (that are not sci-fi or fantasy) is the overuse of CGI to make the action look incredible. I don't want to see action that's so incredible it's impossible and ridiculous. The stunts were amazing and intense. The sheer physicality of it all - THIS was an action movie. The opening sequence is one of the best ever captured on film. Love that crazy French dude.

And Daniel Craig...ah, how I thought he was talented and dishy in Sylvia. He's pretty weighty in everything he does, save Tomb Raider. Guess I'm going to have to rent Layer Cake, after all.

More Craig Bond. More!

Dench also was given some wonderful opening dialogue.

Um, Cricket, I don't know if you're familiar with James Bond films .... but the cars are not product placement. Particular vehicles - though certainly provided by the automaker for promotion - are integral to the JamesBondity (JamesBondage??) of these movies (and they're not there to gin up sales of those half-million dollar cars).

That eliminates 3 out of 5 from your list. :p


The 1964 Astin Martin, btw, was one of the more delicious homages to past Bonds - - in this case, the first of the famous gadget cars in Goldfinger.

I also loved the switch-homage that the Cricket's featuring in his current avatar - - the twist on the Ursula Andress bit from Dr. No. - acknowledging this time the sexiest player in the film is Mr. Craig as Mr. Bond. Yummy indeed.


And, heheh, my fave homage was the very modern, somewhat disturbing twist on the Goldfinger laser beam between-the-legs.
"You expect me to talk"

"No, Mr. Bond ... I expect you to die."





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Huh?