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As a huge Bond fan, I saw Spectre this weekend. While it followed the typical Bond plot and prototype, I came away feeling very meh about it. It was missing the witty names and cheesy one liners that made the Bond films unique. This was more of a straightforward action movie, which while still good, didn't live up to the others.

I wont spoil it, but the movie definitely left an out for this to possibly be the last of the Bond movies. They're up to 24 movies, but the director of the last few has said he will not direct the 25th. Daniel Craig is still undecided if he will return.

Bond makes too much money for the franchise to end.

I love the Bond flicks and will see this one soon, but I'm not surprised to hear it lacks names and one liners, as those have been largely absent throughout Craig's tenure as Bond. Two of the Craig movies have been among the best of the Bond franchise and one among the worst, so I'm really curious to see where this stands in the catalog. I'm not the biggest fan of Craig as Bond as I think he is way too serious and devoid of charm, but he reflects the times I suppose. They got rid of Dalton because he was far too serious (and Remington Steele ended), but he wasn't nearly as uptight as Craig.
 
The friends I went with absolutely hated it, but they hated it for all of the reasons that I loved it. ONLY THE MILDEST SPOILERS. Here's my take:

A lot has been written about how the Daniel Craig films were a Christopher Nolan-Batman-esque reboot of the series -- new Bond, new origin stories for M and Moneypenny and his 00-status, etc. My friends were pissed because this film departs from that reboot; it breaks the rules that the last three films have established and followed.

My friends called this film Mendez' "love letter" or "masturbation piece" to the Bond franchise. It's pretty close to what I was looking for. It is not a great film, by any measure, but what it does do is harken back to the earliest films without disavowing the gritty, action-oriented Bond of the other Craig films. It is more than the sum of its easter eggs.

Honestly, my friends probably didn't catch a third of the awesome references. Little "returns" to the Connery/Moore Bonds were awesome, like Bond seeing an enemy approaching in the reflection of polished silver, or the bad guy's lair being in a fucking crater, or Bond being tortured, strapped down in a chair, having witty conversation with the villain (as he explains his entire clever plot to take over the world!) while the helpless (but smart and sexy and capable) Bond-girl looks on...but only after they are dressed up in the finest costumes and treated to drinks and a tour of the facility. I found myself -- at least seven or eight times -- joyfully predicting moments in the evolution of the villain precisely because I watched the earliest Bond films so many, many times growing up.

The plot was somehow both convoluted and simplistic, but that's exactly what I've always looked for from the franchise. Even the non-Fleming plots weren't exactly Bourne.

In conclusion, I'm not #pretentious about films, and when I go to a Bond film I don't care so much about continuity and Universe-building as seeing Bond do Bond things. If your favorite film is Thunderball or The Spy who Loved Me or You Only Live Twice or the non-canonical (?) Never Say Never Again, you're going to love a lot about this movie. If your favorite Bond film is Casino Royale (the third with that title, for the noobs), you'll probably be disappointed. And that's fine.
 
The friends I went with absolutely hated it, but they hated it for all of the reasons that I loved it. ONLY THE MILDEST SPOILERS. Here's my take:

A lot has been written about how the Daniel Craig films were a Christopher Nolan-Batman-esque reboot of the series -- new Bond, new origin stories for M and Moneypenny and his 00-status, etc. My friends were pissed because this film departs from that reboot; it breaks the rules that the last three films have established and followed.

My friends called this film Mendez' "love letter" or "masturbation piece" to the Bond franchise. It's pretty close to what I was looking for. It is not a great film, by any measure, but what it does do is harken back to the earliest films without disavowing the gritty, action-oriented Bond of the other Craig films. It is more than the sum of its easter eggs.

Honestly, my friends probably didn't catch a third of the awesome references. Little "returns" to the Connery/Moore Bonds were awesome, like Bond seeing an enemy approaching in the reflection of polished silver, or the bad guy's lair being in a fucking crater, or Bond being tortured, strapped down in a chair, having witty conversation with the villain (as he explains his entire clever plot to take over the world!) while the helpless (but smart and sexy and capable) Bond-girl looks on...but only after they are dressed up in the finest costumes and treated to drinks and a tour of the facility. I found myself -- at least seven or eight times -- joyfully predicting moments in the evolution of the villain precisely because I watched the earliest Bond films so many, many times growing up.

The plot was somehow both convoluted and simplistic, but that's exactly what I've always looked for from the franchise. Even the non-Fleming plots weren't exactly Bourne.

In conclusion, I'm not #pretentious about films, and when I go to a Bond film I don't care so much about continuity and Universe-building as seeing Bond do Bond things. If your favorite film is Thunderball or The Spy who Loved Me or You Only Live Twice or the non-canonical (?) Never Say Never Again, you're going to love a lot about this movie. If your favorite Bond film is Casino Royale (the third with that title, for the noobs), you'll probably be disappointed. And that's fine.

It sounds like I'll enjoy it then. I miss the campiness of the old Bond films. The first one I saw was The Spy Who Loved Me, so that's probably why.
 
Haters hate Quantum of Solace, but it was awesome.

Saw Spectre last night and thought it was ok. The last 15 minutes was extremely disapointing in how easily the evil plot was foiled. Also thought it was funny that they borrowed/copied a major plot twist from Austin Powers Goldmember.
 
I hardly ever go to the movies in mexico cause peep are annoying. But I went to see the Martian at 1030am last Tuesday thinking there would not be many obnoxious peep there. I pick up a six pack of brahs and head in. Only other peep in there is an old couple. SWEET. I sit as far away from them as possible. Previews. Still no donkeys, things looking good. Movie starts then about 10mins in sure enough two hoochie mamas roll in pushing a stroller and plop down center center. Kid is annoying as fuck for bits and pieces but surprisingly quiet overall. Still annoying though.
 
Haters hate Quantum of Solace, but it was awesome.

QOS has the rare distinction of being one of those movies I thought was bad when I saw it and even worse when I rewatched it and gave it a second chance. It was just a convoluted mess, and Bond isn't about sequels, particularly when there was nothing to continue that people cared about.
 
All this movie was missing was an army of ninjas repelling into a crater to fight another army of Asians contracted out to the evil villain. Bond's only got to make it to the control room to click the "off" button on the diamond-studded laser satellite that threatens to melt the ice caps!
 
Haters hate Quantum of Solace, but it was awesome.

Saw Spectre last night and thought it was ok. The last 15 minutes was extremely disapointing in how easily the evil plot was foiled. Also thought it was funny that they borrowed/copied a major plot twist from Austin Powers Goldmember.

QOS has the rare distinction of being one of those movies I thought was bad when I saw it and even worse when I rewatched it and gave it a second chance. It was just a convoluted mess, and Bond isn't about sequels, particularly when there was nothing to continue that people cared about.

Hating QoS isn't just a haters thing - it's bad. Regardless of being a sequel, it's not a good movie and looks even worse compared to CR and Skyfall.
 
The ending to The Mist is not uplifting
That ending turned a decent monster flick with bad CGI into one of the best horror films of the last 20 years. Stephen King said that he wished he'd written that ending himself.
 
So Shia is livestreaming himself watching all of his movies in a row, in reverse chronological order, in some tiny theater in NYC. Started yesterday at noon and will wrap up sometime tomorrow night. Dude has been in 27 feature films.

Link to stream of Shia watching Shia:

http://newhive.com/allmymovies
 
Now I'm going to set up a livestream of me watching Shia watching Shia.

He must be watching Transformers x where x>1. He looks bored out of his skull at the moment.
 
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