I was let down by Bond's origin. I had it in my head that he had the polar opposite upbringing. I thought he was a street rat from a extremely disfunctional family not Bruce Wayne. I also was a little let down that they made him JAMES BOND and that the name wasn't associated with 007 which could have established that the old movies were somewhat cannon. That and I knew as soon as they went so out of their way to show that R.Finnes was such a stand up guy that
I was let down by Bond's origin. I had it in my head that he had the polar opposite upbringing. I thought he was a street rat from a extremely disfunctional family not Bruce Wayne. I also was a little let down that they made him JAMES BOND and that the name wasn't associated with 007 which could have established that the old movies were somewhat cannon. That and I knew as soon as they went so out of their way to show that R.Finnes was such a stand up guy that
Yeah, Skyfall was boring. Sam Mendes didnt have a clue of how to direct an accion scene. The setup was cool but nothing else was.
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Mon February 24, 2014 4:40 pm
by McParadigm
The stupidity of the decisions being made by the main characters made in that movie, mixed with the hilarious "we made this up as we wrote it, and never looked back to see if any of it made any sense" unfolding of the villain's scheme once they got to London, just made it a big bag of meh for me.
Falling hundreds of feet after being shot was unnecessarily over-the-top, to the point where it took me out of the story. Also, "James Bond in: Home Alone" was a really weird third act, and I have no idea why anybody thought it was a good idea to tell us anything about that character's past.
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Mon February 24, 2014 4:48 pm
by bada
Yeah I don't know why they do those unbelievable falls in movies. It's like in Temple of Doom they jump out of the plane in a boat and they film it in such a way that it's believable enough but then they decide to have them fall off a 8000 foot mountain into rapids. Even when I was 8 I groaned. Still a great movie though.
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Mon February 24, 2014 5:08 pm
by Jorge
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Tue February 25, 2014 12:06 am
by McParadigm
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Tue February 25, 2014 12:12 am
by bada
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Tue February 25, 2014 4:21 am
by red calzolaio
Bad Grandpa.
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Wed February 26, 2014 7:50 pm
by red calzolaio
on tap for later tonight:
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Wed February 26, 2014 7:52 pm
by Rangi Guy
red calzolaio wrote:on tap for later tonight:
Let us know if either of them are any good
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Wed February 26, 2014 9:04 pm
by Harry Lime
In Cold Blood (1967)
The Year of Living Dangerously (1982)
I'm looking forward to the latter. Love me some young, hot Mel
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Wed February 26, 2014 9:33 pm
by malice
the year of living dangerously could be the only movie i liked mel gibson in. although I'm no harry lime, so did not look forward to a hot young mel at all.
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Wed February 26, 2014 9:35 pm
by Harry Lime
What's your beef with mel? But why am I not surprised.
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Wed February 26, 2014 9:36 pm
by malice
Harry Lime wrote:What's your beef with mel? But why am I not surprised.
i find him to be rather bloated as an actor.
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Wed February 26, 2014 9:42 pm
by Harry Lime
malice wrote:
Harry Lime wrote:What's your beef with mel? But why am I not surprised.
i find him to be rather bloated as an actor.
You're always trying to bring down great men.
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Wed February 26, 2014 9:53 pm
by Alex
Harry Lime wrote:
malice wrote:
Harry Lime wrote:What's your beef with mel? But why am I not surprised.
i find him to be rather bloated as an actor.
You're always trying to bring down great men.
harry limb post
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Wed February 26, 2014 9:55 pm
by lennytheweedwhacker
he was great in maverick
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Wed February 26, 2014 9:57 pm
by malice
Harry Lime wrote:
malice wrote:
Harry Lime wrote:What's your beef with mel? But why am I not surprised.
i find him to be rather bloated as an actor.
You're always trying to bring down great men.
disregarding his overt hatred towards gays/women/humans that aren't mel gibson, and looking just at the movie roles I'm familiar with of his, I'd say he's no great shakes.
the mad max movies: meh - although I thought the scenery etc was cool in thunderdome back in the 80s.
braveheart - ugh. terrible, and it went on FOREVER.
the jesus movie - yeah, because I want to roll around in his self righteous Catholicism with him
what women want - not.
the early one where he plays a mentally retarded person - well suited for the role anyway
the patriot - yeah, because I want to roll around in his self righteous patriotism with him
lethal weapon - his was ok i guess.
ransom - meh
man without a face - look! it's mel gibson trying to act!
sorry, randy, just another hollywood actor guy to me.
