Stiflers Mom
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Massive spoiler alert....
How crazy it would be, if this movie would turn out to be better than Skyfall (for us "haters" at least)...
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Massive spoiler alert....
How crazy it would be, if this movie would turn out to be better than Skyfall (for us "haters" at least)...
Yes!! I was afraid this would be bad, even after loving both Skyfall and Casino Royale, but good to know it might be great after all!
HIGH DEF JEFF
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I already know I am going to hate all these scenes of M and Moneypenny fighting red tape and problems in the office. Who fucking cares.
They need to be in one scene. "Good Morning 007, here is a mission"
They need to be in one scene. "Good Morning 007, here is a mission"
The Outsider
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Really happy about positive early reviews. Didn't actually read it myself, but the reactions to the script leak were worrying. And it seems like this one hasn't carried nearly as much excitement as Skyfall did.
I'm not expecting CR, but if it's on par with Skyfall, I'm happy.
I'm not expecting CR, but if it's on par with Skyfall, I'm happy.
Messypandas
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Can Crusher
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Seems like a mixed bag
Hopefully these show up!
Solid 9/10, ahaha.
Hmm well early impressions seem decent so far, to be honest I'm just happy that a good few people have said it's quite good, the lack of hype for the movie and amount of people seemingly wanting to shit on it early on was worrying (although I know the leaked script was the main reason for this). I'm still dead excited for Monday, I think the last time I went to see a movie on its opening day was The Dark Knight and that was on a whim.
SpaceHorror
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Waiting for that Mark Kermode review. I think it's going to be positive. Well, at least mostly positive.
Can Crusher
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Holy fuck.
I am always suspicious of early word of mouth reviews from early screenings (I seem to remember QoS had similarly positive reviews) but I am cautiously optimistic about this.
That reminds me of Sculli's review of Avatar.
10/10, 'good, not perfect'.
Didn't the Sony hack reveal emails that claimed the budget for SPECTRE has spiralled beyond $300m?
I think it's worth remembering that Bond is a cash machine for the producers who routinely pay themselves an absolute fortune.
I wouldn't be surprised if over $100m of that supposed $250m budget was on talent such as Craig and Mendes who both probably got paid a premium too.
That reminds me of Sculli's review of Avatar.
10/10, 'good, not perfect'.
Didn't the Sony hack reveal emails that claimed the budget for SPECTRE has spiralled beyond $300m?
I think it's worth remembering that Bond is a cash machine for the producers who routinely pay themselves an absolute fortune.
I wouldn't be surprised if over $100m of that supposed $250m budget was on talent such as Craig and Mendes who both probably got paid a premium too.
It's not word of mouth now, though, it's newspaper reviews. But the critics liked Skyfall and I didn't and they didn't like QoS, which I did, so I don't trust them with Bond anyway.
I only just skimmed that review and a few others, but the general impression seems to be
there's no big swerve anywhere, no "Monica Bellucci is Blofeld" twist or anything subversive about the plainly obvious villain casting (Waltz, Scott).
Some cuts have been made to reduce the age rating from 15 to 12 in the UK. I hope it's uncensored in the Netherlands just like with Casino Royale.
http://www.movie-censorship.com/news.php?ID=9675 (Slightly NSFW link)
http://www.movie-censorship.com/news.php?ID=9675 (Slightly NSFW link)
Like a review thread? Or should reviews go with the OT?
I'm making the OT. It will be up on Sunday, the day before the UK release.
Stiflers Mom
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They did with Casino Royale, though...
Soundtrack is on Spotify
It fucking sucks. Majority of the cues are reused from Skyfall, and the new ones aren't anything special. Worst of all, this is the first bond film that does not have the full James Bond theme anywhere in the soundtrack. Theres only a couple of hints of it.
Was hoping Newman would do good, but no.
It fucking sucks. Majority of the cues are reused from Skyfall, and the new ones aren't anything special. Worst of all, this is the first bond film that does not have the full James Bond theme anywhere in the soundtrack. Theres only a couple of hints of it.
Was hoping Newman would do good, but no.
Stiflers Mom
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That's weird..
Is the OHMSS theme that could be heard in one of those trailers in there?
Nope
HIGH DEF JEFF
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Not suprised. Thomas Newman sucks. Yeah so what he wrote a good score for a good movie in 1994.
David Arnold wrote an all timer for Casino Royale. Don't hire him back.
Fucking Broccoli and Wilson. Why do they let these director for hires bring in their own people/friends for Bond?
David Arnold wrote an all timer for Casino Royale. Don't hire him back.
Fucking Broccoli and Wilson. Why do they let these director for hires bring in their own people/friends for Bond?
I was a little surprised yeah. Not like Mendes 'auteur' touch is felt on Skyfall otherwise, shouldn't have let him dictate the sound for it. Hopefully he's done now.
HIGH DEF JEFF
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And they let it happen before with the nobody Marc Forster and his visual effects idiots that did the opening credits of Quantum of Solace. If I was Daniel Kleinman I would have told them to bugger off when they came crawling, hat in hand for Skyfall.
Fancy Clown
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That's very dissapointing. I was not a fan of Skyfall's score at all.
That was a relaunch in a post Bourne era they could afford to take risks with that as they wanted to get away from the 'cheesy' Pierce Brosnan era with a tougher, harder Bond. And it payed off magnificently.
Skyfall was them reverting to type and we'll see about Spectre next week.
this
even then, casino royale wasn't a massive departure in itself. was kind of a... repackaging.
Thats weird. I live in the US and I'm pretty sure my DVD version of the movie isn't censored like that article describes.
And half the film was the most authentic Fleming adaptation in years.
Bobby Roberts
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Not seeing it.
So it's up in UK, not US.
Bobby Roberts
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That explains it.
Apparently so.
sankt-Antonio
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Wow, never knew they cut one of the best scenes for UK audiences. That ballsy scene was GOAT.
Uh, the scene wasnt cut. Just two shots.
I'd love to see Murray Gold get a shot at it, personally. He usually does a couple Bondian/John Barry-style cues each season on Doctor Who and I always really enjoy them.
Bobby Roberts
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David Arnold probably shouldn't have ever gotten kicked off, honestly. I thought the Skyfall score was good - but Arnold was basically made for Bond scores.
I mean, I know it's the brosnan era but still
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_9ut5Mv3Pk
It obviously wouldn't fit into the Craig films though - but it's so instantly "bond". And his work on CR and QOS is the same. Newman though...hm. Nope.
Bobby Roberts
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Heh, that Propellerheads connection.
Arnold was the only really consistent thing about the Brosnan Era, really. Not even Brosnan was. But Arnold's scores worked. Tomorrow Never Dies is a damned good Bond score, honestly.
Arnold was the only really consistent thing about the Brosnan Era, really. Not even Brosnan was. But Arnold's scores worked. Tomorrow Never Dies is a damned good Bond score, honestly.
Corpsepyre
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69 on Metacritic. 84 % on RT, but average score being 7/10.
Hmm.
Seems like a disappointment of sorts.
Hmm.
Seems like a disappointment of sorts.
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