Leyton Gull
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- Sep 14, 2015
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Who said it was poor value.
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Spectre (contains spoilers...)
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Leyton Gull
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- Sep 14, 2015
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I ex Spectre it will be the same as all the other Bond films.
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At the risk of completely derailing the thread, what would you consider a nil-inflation pint of beer in 2015 to reasonably cost ?
Tony Meolas Loan Spell
Slut Faced Whores
Indeed. He will save the world (or the country) depending on the baddie and runs off with the bird at the end.
Leyton Gull
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- Sep 14, 2015
- 411
It seemed we were paying £3 and sometimes less till very recently and now it's about £4.50 upwards. I don't have a problem with £3.50 but, given low inflation over the last 2 years or so I question whether it should be looked at as such a fantastic bargain as a general point. OK you got a good deal but I was talking generally.
Puppet Master
non sequitur
- Aug 14, 2012
- 4,056
They put the gun barrel sequence back at the beginning!!! Yes!!
And Blofeld! Yay
And Blofeld! Yay
Puppet Master
non sequitur
- Aug 14, 2012
- 4,056
Have you seen the extended CR intro? With the cricket scene?
Uncle Spielberg
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It was Bond by numbers
Seen it all before many times and Waltz was in it for about 10 minutes so a very poor villain bar his drill. 6.8 out of 10
Seen it all before many times and Waltz was in it for about 10 minutes so a very poor villain bar his drill. 6.8 out of 10
Shropshire Seagull
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Thunderball was my first 007 cinema experience back in the '60's at the Astoria? near St Peters church - my dad took me and I remember being thrilled by the underwater fight scenes. Spectre was the enemy then too.
Last Thursday and many, many Bond movies in between I watched Spectre and have to say I too was thoroughly underwhelmed. The opening scene where he carefully places a silencer on his gun, and then when he fires, very loud BANG !! Maybe I missed something [I did briefly fall asleep at one point] but how did him shooting through a glass window cause the entire building to collapse?
Some of those helicopter stunts were great flying by Chuck Aaron but seriously, having a punch up with the pilot ain't gonna make a chopper fly anything like that. I just think some of the stunts have now become "gasp - WTF?".
The plot - weak and uninspiring ...
Final moan - the "bond girls" were more like plain old MILF - jeez, we had bikini-clad Ursula way back in the day [over 50 years ago] and now we were barely titillated.
Yup, disappointed, but the Odeon here is a fiver so that was good ....
Last Thursday and many, many Bond movies in between I watched Spectre and have to say I too was thoroughly underwhelmed. The opening scene where he carefully places a silencer on his gun, and then when he fires, very loud BANG !! Maybe I missed something [I did briefly fall asleep at one point] but how did him shooting through a glass window cause the entire building to collapse?
Some of those helicopter stunts were great flying by Chuck Aaron but seriously, having a punch up with the pilot ain't gonna make a chopper fly anything like that. I just think some of the stunts have now become "gasp - WTF?".
The plot - weak and uninspiring ...
Final moan - the "bond girls" were more like plain old MILF - jeez, we had bikini-clad Ursula way back in the day [over 50 years ago] and now we were barely titillated.
Yup, disappointed, but the Odeon here is a fiver so that was good ....
Uncle Spielberg
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I totally agree. It was a tick box Bond and the storyline weak. MI Rogue Nation was better in every way
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ummm....nnnno ?
Tooting Gull
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- Jul 5, 2003
- 11,033
Saw it last night, and have to agree with the 'Greatest Hits' summary. Plenty of nods to previous films throughout. Good but not great, definitely behind Skyfall and Casino Royale for me - and probably others like From Russia With Love. Emerged thinking that is definitely it for Daniel Craig and Mendes too, but who knows if they get enough money chucked at them.
The new team of M, Q and Moneypenny are very good though, so hope they'll be sticking around.
The new team of M, Q and Moneypenny are very good though, so hope they'll be sticking around.
Uncle Spielberg
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Agreed. Fiennes was the best thing in it. That guy has real Gravitas
Puppet Master
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- Aug 14, 2012
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I don't think it was a silencer he was putting on it. The gun was a dual function thing - it worked as a long distance mic to allow him to eaves drop on the conversation in the hotel (there was also a laser sight on it - I think it was a sight, that may have been part of the mic function) I think that was what he attached (he also puts an earpiece in his ear to listen).
The whole building collapsed because he shot a bomb. The two men in there were discussing using the bomb to blow up a stadium full of people, but shooting it, he thwarts their plan (albeit at the cost of a small neighbourhood, where there were hopefully not too many people as they were mostly at the parade a short distance away.
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Nice one, never saw that.
I think they were right to edit it though, didn't need the crickert, just the brutal beating and murder.
Just back.
Really enjoyed it, just a bit to long
Really enjoyed it, just a bit to long
LamieRobertson
Not awoke
Just back....and enjoyed it...maybe I'm easily pleased
clapham_gull
Legacy Fan
- Aug 20, 2003
- 25,876
Loved it, even with its nods to the Roger Moore era. My favourite was seeing an 88 bus on Vauxhall Bridge as M16 blew up.