I saw it and loved it when I never expected to. It was way better than Die Another Day. Halle Berry sure looks good, but that was some God awful dialogue.
Anitar
NEW BOND - ANYONE
by tijkmo 21 Replies latest social entertainment
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JWdaughter
Best Bond movie-actually had some real emotion, but not enough to make my DH hate it;) That is the best built Bond. Looked waaay too healthy to be a Bond. . .he isn't British is he? Yum. I still love Brosnan though, and I appreciate the more campy versions. This was a very good movie, and very different than I expected. I knew i would enjoy it, but I enjoyed it differently than I expected.
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skyking
That did it I am going.
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cyberdyne systems 101
I loved it - came away wanting to be James - which is always a good sign
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Jourles
Oh, and I loved his reaction to the bartender when he ordered a martini. The bartender asked if he wanted it shaken or stirred and Bond replied, "Do I look like I give a damn?" I actually let out a burst of laughter on that one(I think I was the only one to do that in the theater). I think everyone was expecting him to initiate the infamous line of, "Shaken, not stirred."
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unhappy
Just saw it. All I can say is NICE! They definitely made the right choice! And the story wasn't bad either.
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My MILs worst nightmare, a nonJW
My 19 year old son said it best....blasphemy!
If you haven't seen the movie....read no further.
We came out of the movie theater shaking our heads in disbelief. The first half was excellent. The beginning chase scene...very well done. The new Bond two big thumbs up....then the movie morphed into the decline of Western Civilization. There were a few things with Bond that we could always count on. First and foremost, the women, the audience, the director always understood that the job as a spy came before everyone and everything.....after all its JAMES BOND.....not Dr. Phil ...Jesus, Mary and Joseph what is the world coming to? First he tells her he loves her, then he tells her he's going to give up being a spy for her? Then he does it.
WTF....I understand the women liking it, but as a guy who has seen every Bond film twice....blasphemy!
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Satanus
Since he quits the spy business, what does he start to do for other work, security guard at a strip joint?
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freedom96
I had never seen this actor in anything before, so didn't know what to think going in.
Afterwards, I loved it. Looking forward to the next one. I guess the powers to be knew what they were doing when they gave him the role.
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Leolaia
First and foremost, the women, the audience, the director always understood that the job as a spy came before everyone and everything.....after all its JAMES BOND.....not Dr. Phil ...Jesus, Mary and Joseph what is the world coming to? First he tells her he loves her, then he tells her he's going to give up being a spy for her? Then he does it.
But you see, that's right out of the Ian Fleming novel....
Bond has been provided with an assistant, the beautiful but emotionally turbulent Vesper Lynd, who becomes his lover. But she is holding a terrible secret — she is actually a Russian double agent, under orders to see that Bond does not escape Le Chiffre. With her unwilling connivance, Bond is captured and tortured by Le Chiffre, but Le Chiffre is assassinated by SMERSH. After Bond's recovery, during which he expresses an intention to resign from the Service, he spends his convalescence with Vesper Lynd, but becomes suspicious of her after repeated sightings of a man with an eyepatch who terrifies her. Believing the man to be Gettler, another agent of SMERSH sent to kill her (and Bond) for her disobedience, Vesper commits suicide and leaves a note for Bond explaining her actions. Her betrayal inspires Bond to remain in the Service and he reports to his superiors, tersely: "The bitch is dead now."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casino_Royale_(novel)
The characterization of Bond in the novel is also rather close to the movie: steely, cool, and less debonair than in the later books. Remember, this is the first novel and Bond is at the beginning of his career. With the new Bond, we get to have, *gasp* character development!