It felt a lot more like a spy film. Bond was playing cards while killing and conducting his other spy stuff.
I liked the lack of a bad guy intent on world domination. It makes a change from recent films; no evil corporations, no nazis or aliens. Unfortunately, a series of villains who are killed sequentially gave the plot a convoluted nature. After peaking at the casino, it dropped off and never really recovered. It is similar to that Bourne film, although in this case I didn’t mind, because the open end fits well with the idea that Bond is off on more missions.
Tom 19 December 2006, 02:40 PM
2
Oh, come on. From this angle, he’s impressively not-Ba’al-looking at all.
It felt very much more about the espionage, and the series of contacts along the way helped that for me. Not that I’m well acquainted with international terrorism, but I assume that it works something like that. I’m not sure what I base that on though.
I felt like the film recovered with the final action sequence, and the conversation between M and Bond, and the final line. I thought it covered up it’s lagging section quite nicely with that.
Indeed. With Bond, he’s clearly been pushed back in the direction of the service at the end, and has a clear destiny. Not like Bourne, who presumably will hide himself again only to be found again at the beginning of the next film.
hayko 31 December 2006, 01:19 AM
3
They did have quite a range of gadgets but they were all in the background and basic looking. Like the bomb on the airplane tanker remote controlled by a mobile.
I found the last twist with the girl turning and another set of villains a tad bit confusing. Maybe a second viewing will clear it a bit. I mean I know what is going on, it just seems jumpy.
But yes, I had and still have skepsis over Craig, but the character in this film has much more to himself than lines like “I thought Christmas only comes once a year”. He seems like a professionally trained killer, but new and naive to the job.
And what about this violence? I can take a lot. Really, throw in blood, bones, explosions, knives - I don’t care. But now cut-out chairs give me the creeps. Ugh.
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Andy
19 December 2006, 02:20 PM
That is Ba’al. I don’t care what IMDB says.
It felt a lot more like a spy film. Bond was playing cards while killing and conducting his other spy stuff.
I liked the lack of a bad guy intent on world domination. It makes a change from recent films; no evil corporations, no nazis or aliens. Unfortunately, a series of villains who are killed sequentially gave the plot a convoluted nature. After peaking at the casino, it dropped off and never really recovered. It is similar to that Bourne film, although in this case I didn’t mind, because the open end fits well with the idea that Bond is off on more missions.
Tom
19 December 2006, 02:40 PM
Oh, come on. From this angle, he’s impressively not-Ba’al-looking at all.
It felt very much more about the espionage, and the series of contacts along the way helped that for me. Not that I’m well acquainted with international terrorism, but I assume that it works something like that. I’m not sure what I base that on though.
I felt like the film recovered with the final action sequence, and the conversation between M and Bond, and the final line. I thought it covered up it’s lagging section quite nicely with that.
Indeed. With Bond, he’s clearly been pushed back in the direction of the service at the end, and has a clear destiny. Not like Bourne, who presumably will hide himself again only to be found again at the beginning of the next film.
hayko
31 December 2006, 01:19 AM
They did have quite a range of gadgets but they were all in the background and basic looking. Like the bomb on the airplane tanker remote controlled by a mobile.
I found the last twist with the girl turning and another set of villains a tad bit confusing. Maybe a second viewing will clear it a bit. I mean I know what is going on, it just seems jumpy.
But yes, I had and still have skepsis over Craig, but the character in this film has much more to himself than lines like “I thought Christmas only comes once a year”. He seems like a professionally trained killer, but new and naive to the job.
And what about this violence? I can take a lot. Really, throw in blood, bones, explosions, knives - I don’t care. But now cut-out chairs give me the creeps. Ugh.
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