Umm, so I dunno if I'm the only one here but this wasn't a great bond movie at all. Ok, it was ok for me, but it wasn't anywhere near the last one. I guess I should announce a spoiler warning, there.
So first scene w/ the car chase, awesome! I expected to see a lot of cool action scenes and this one was pretty impressive, but what happened to showcasing the car like the rest of the bond movies? I get to see the car get beat up and thats it? My problem with this movie is that they took away a lot of elements that make these movies a "Bond" movie. I get that they may have wanted to go a different direction and not be so typical (Bond girl, show gadgets, be smoothe). I mean I get it, but if you're going to take away these things, then you should add something to make compensate correct? Well, they didn't. Bond girl had her own story going on and the closest he got was a kiss w/ her. I was waiting for that scene where they give bond some really cool gadgets, but no, he just had a tracking device on that stupid business card. What if they threw that away? He'd be screwed, the whole movie wouldve been screwed because he wouldn't know where to go.
I think what they tried to do is show a more human side to bond so they wanted him to kill people, be rough, have his clothes torn, get some some blood on him - ok, I dig that but I think the execution was a little poor. Maybe he needed to kill some more people?
I'm sure the next bond movie will have elements from the first one (Casino Royal) where he can be very smoothe, show some cool gadgets, meet a new girl who will play a more major role. I would give Casino Royal a 5/5, Quantum gets a 3/5. I'd say its pretty generous but I'm a fan of this new installment of Bond.
Sunday, November 23, 2008
What I thought of 007
Friday, July 25, 2008
Batman: Dark Knight Review!
I was able to see this most awesome movie last weekend with my friends back at the OC. This was one of the coolest opening nights I've been to. The workers at Regal dressed up as characters from the movie, so one guy opening the door was Batman, and the Joker was taking our tickets. very cool.
So the movie: greatest opening scene I've seen in a while period. This movie is really smart and there's so much going on (in a good way) that I need to see this again (I'm buying this on blueray). I thought Heath Ledger's performance was going to be good but wasn't sure because of all the hype but wow, he actually scared me and it was really entertaining. I guess the only complaint I had was that it was a little long but if I had known, I wouldn't think of it. Dark Knight throws you into a world where you really have no idea what's going to happen next even if you're deep into the comic world. I thought Iron Man was the best superhero movie this summer but Dark Knight beats it. This movie was much more than good vs bad and that's what makes it entertaining for everyone, not just the fans.
5/5
Monday, June 30, 2008
Wall-E was amazing
You heard it right, Wall-E is definitely up there among the best Pixar Movies. My top, in no particular order: Incredibles, Wall-E, Finding Nemo, and Monsters Inc. How can you seriously go wrong with any of those?
My score: 5/5
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