Ok, just got back from it, initial thoughts:
1) Too long by about half an hour, with too many false conclusions.
2) iSm may be right that Bond movies are always predictable. But that doesn't make it any more pleasant.
3) The poker portrayed in the movie was horribly stupid. Those were top poker players like Barnie is a top international diplomat.
4) But at least it was poker and not baccarat which has always been one of the stupidest Bond affectations (there is zero skill in baccarat and therefore him being good at it is like saying he is incredibly good at slot machines)
5) The retreat from camp is very welcome and Mr. Craig shows a lot of promise.
6) The product placement wasn't terrible, in my opinon. Especially on the cars. I knew the Modeo is a Ford but there really wasn't any overt focusing on that. I'm not sure what the joke at Ford was that iSm has referenced.
7) Most brutal torture scene ever in Bond. I liked it.
8) A man brought his three year old son and parked him right next to me in a stroller in the aisle. The kid babbled regularly throughout the first four hours of the movie but fortunately as the film moved into the final third, the kid starting talking so much that dad finally left with him.
9) Up above, Eliza Hodgkins says these two sentences in the same post:
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I don't want to see action that's so incredible it's impossible and ridiculous.
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The opening sequence is one of the best ever captured on film. Love that crazy French dude.
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I don't see how those are compatible. The opening chase scene was fun, but was completely impossible and ridiculous. It was like a chase scene from a Terminator movie.
10) Steve thinks it was wall-to-wall action but I felt there were several slow parts that bogged the movie down quite a bit (particularly the poker scenes) and two out of three of the false endings.
11) Still, I enjoyed it more than any of the Brosnan titles. I've seen it, I'm not upset I've seen it, odds are I'll never see it again, and I'll be interested in seeing how they approach the next one. Still, have Bond fill a hit on Barbara Brocolli and replace her with someone interested in doing something really interesting.