Heartland

Took the missus to see it yesterday (an achievement in itself as she's not a Bond fan) and I have to say it more or less lived up to the hype.
A surprising amount of violence portrayed in a realistic manner, relatively gadget free and plenty of old-fashioned stunt work.
Eva Green puts in a reasonable performance as Vesper Lynd and Daniel Craig makes for a believable and thuggish Bond.
If I had one complaint the film is perhaps twenty minutes longer than it needed to be.
I'll be interested to see if they maintain the grittiness for the next outing.

Yep, grittiness is good but only insofarasmuch one can get passed the nonsensical hollywood script, hollywood acting and hollywood style.

i just saw a really good japanese action movie from 1966, Drifter from Tokyo, a couple of days ago, and then i saw this and...was wondering why i even doubted i don't need to see it.

Also last time i suspected i might like a hollywood-movie, it was David Cronenberg's a History of Violence, and needless to say i was wrong to ever doubt i could get along without.
Davie is a great director, and an intelligent man to boot, but why he sold himself after the masterpiece Spider and made that piece of crap with Viggie is beyond me.

i was watching the original spoof with David Niven as Sir James Bond...


i know...Coat

Burn wrote:i was watching the original spoof with David Niven as Sir James Bond...


i know...Coat

I think I still have that on VHS somewhere, never watched it though

Bond is a bit of nostalgia to me, so I might just be seeing this one anytime soon. The only thing that scares me off a bit is the lack of humour in comparison to all previous movies?

itnAklipse wrote:Davie is a great director, and an intelligent man to boot, but why he sold himself after the masterpiece Spider and made that piece of crap with Viggie is beyond me.

I didn't see "a history of... " yet but Spider was one of the best movies I ever have seen.

Bond. I hated the last few movies but a was quite a fan before. I think its a good thing they try something new. I was always under the impression the Bond character was someone with a very dark past so this fits rather good.
maybe I'll go see him in the theaters.. maybe i'll wait for the dvd

I was quite a fan of the original books when I was young, so I may pop along to see this one.

Dceent film, as said a touch too long.

And by the way if anyone's got under 12's they're thinking of taking then imho it's in no way suitable.

Sounds good to me.
I found the last instalment total pish. Weak story, weak characters, weak sfx, sub-par HK-like action movie.
And Madonna ? Pfff, give me a break !

This has got me thinking of a new topic/poll to do...

Haven't seen the film yet, off to see it later this week.
I need Daniel Craig to convince me.

I have never really been a Bond fan but I would say Daniel Craig is best looking of them all. Which may make me want to watch it.

Looks good, naysayers need to get a life (you know who you are) I f**king hate going to the pictures so will wait for the DVD

weebleswobble wrote:I f**king hate going to the pictures

Why?

Arch Deviant wrote:I would say Daniel Craig is best looking of them all

Why?