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  • FicmanS
    FicmanS Posts: 134
    edited January 2007
    What a Bond movie should be, I think one of the best ever Bond movies...
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  • Chicomoralessxm
    Chicomoralessxm Posts: 417
    edited January 2007
    I could not agree more with the two later posts. I think the cast for this films was brilliant!!! Not just leads but also the supporting roles were well done. The overall directing was b+ maybe even an A. Very anxious to see if the sequel will match upcoming expectations. Honestly its is most refreshing to see what they have done to resurect what could have been a potentially dying franchise.
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  • Ron-P
    Ron-P Posts: 8,520
    edited March 2007
    I just finished this film, fantastic. A very well done Bond film but very different from all the others before it, can't really compare it to the others in all fairness. The LPCM track was excellent as was the PQ. A top notch Blu-ray presentation.

    Didn't care much for the intro though. The song was ok but the visuals...blah.

    But holy sheet, Eva Green is just flat out beautiful...can I have one, please? I think I might just have to go and spin The Dreamers...again.
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  • mutelight
    mutelight Posts: 1,054
    edited March 2007
    Ron-P wrote:
    I just finished this film, fantastic. A very well done Bond film but very different from all the others before it, can't really compare it to the others in all fairness. The LPCM track was excellent as was the PQ. A top notch Blu-ray presentation.

    Didn't care much for the intro though. The song was ok but the visuals...blah.

    But holy sheet, Eva Green is just flat out beautiful...can I have one, please? I think I might just have to go and spin The Dreamers...again.

    Man my copy just shipped today but I have heard that the picture and sound quality are spectacular on this release.
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  • PoLk FaN
    PoLk FaN Posts: 81
    edited March 2007
    I just finished the movie on BD, what a great movie the PQ the sound loved it very much!!! must see on BD
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,731
    edited March 2007
    This one gets my, extremely hard to get, stamp of approval. Excellent movie.
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  • ohskigod
    ohskigod Posts: 6,502
    edited March 2007
    just saw it today, one of the best recent bond films. I had my reservations about Craig as Bond, but he pulled it off.
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  • Shizelbs
    Shizelbs Posts: 7,433
    edited April 2007
    Literally watching it right now. Both PQ and SQ are oustanding. Not BluRay, just regular **** DVD.

    Besides the poker part being a tad long, its been outstanding and far better than my expectations.

    I love the first action sequence. That bomb guy he was chasing was amazing with his physical feats. Great foot work. Just everything about that sequence was great. Very nice way to start a movie.

    Mr. Craig is doing a great job as well. Great acting. I liked Brosnan just fine, but Craig is the superior Bond. I saw Layer Cake about a year ago, so I knew what to expect, and I was confident he would be a good Bond. Looking forward to the next films now.

    The female accountant posing as his girlfriend is gorgeous. I think I love her. It doesn't hurt having her wear those beatiful gowns. I'm sure she would still look great in plain clothes as well. She looks like a natural beauty. I doubt she needs much makeup or anything like that to loko great.

    Was that Alessandra Ambrosio of Victoria's Secret fame at the Beach Club in the Bahamas part?
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  • Sami
    Sami Posts: 4,634
    edited April 2007
    Shizelbs wrote: »
    The female accountant posing as his girlfriend is gorgeous. I think I love her. It doesn't hurt having her wear those beatiful gowns. I'm sure she would still look great in plain clothes as well. She looks like a natural beauty. I doubt she needs much makeup or anything like that to loko great.

    She played the queen in that crusade movie with Orlando Bloom, didn't she? Eva Green, yep.

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    Shizelbs wrote: »
    Was that Alessandra Ambrosio of Victoria's Secret fame at the Beach Club in the Bahamas part?
    Looks like it. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1080620/


    What are you doing writing here instead of enjoying the movie? :)
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  • Ron-P
    Ron-P Posts: 8,520
    edited April 2007
    So you like Eva Green, go rent (or like me, own it)... The Dreamers.
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  • Shizelbs
    Shizelbs Posts: 7,433
    edited April 2007
    Ron-P wrote: »
    So you like Eva Green, go rent (or like me, own it)... The Dreamers.

    Way ahead of you.
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,136
    edited May 2007
    Awesome Bond movie. . . it could have been called, "The Maturation of 007." Craig as Bond was excellant. I think he and Sean Connery are by far the two best actors to personify the license to kill. . . 007!!!

    BTW my gonads are still aching!!! ooooohhhhh man that hurt!!!!
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  • MSALLA
    MSALLA Posts: 1,602
    edited May 2007
    hearingimpared wrote: »
    Awesome Bond movie. . . it could have been called, "The Maturation of 007." Craig as Bond was excellant. I think he and Sean Connery are by far the two best actors to personify the license to kill. . . 007!!!

    BTW my gonads are still aching!!! ooooohhhhh man that hurt!!!!

    Totally agree!!!! I'm glad we have a cold hearted bond back instead of the cheesy ones ever since Roger Moore.
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  • MrNightly
    MrNightly Posts: 3,370
    edited May 2007
    PoLk FaN wrote: »
    I just finished the movie on BD, what a great movie the PQ the sound loved it very much!!! must see on BD

    Ok, I gotta ask.. what is BD?

    Blue Disc? Bad Demo?

    I thought it was blue ray? I'm so naive in these audio visual things ;)
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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited May 2007
    Hahaha. I remember thinking the same thing when I read that first time through the thread.
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  • Ron-P
    Ron-P Posts: 8,520
    edited May 2007
    BD = Blu-ray Disc
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  • MSALLA
    MSALLA Posts: 1,602
    edited May 2007
    We're getting a bit nitpicky around here.
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  • dane_peterson
    dane_peterson Posts: 1,903
    edited May 2007
    hearingimpared wrote: »
    BTW my gonads are still aching!!! ooooohhhhh man that hurt!!!!

    "NO!!! NO!!! TO THE LEFT!!!"
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,136
    edited May 2007
    dane_peterson wrote: »
    "NO!!! NO!!! TO THE LEFT!!!"

    Just thinking of that scene gives me the heebee jeebeessss!!!
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  • MSALLA
    MSALLA Posts: 1,602
    edited May 2007
    I felt that scene....and not in a good way.
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  • krabby5
    krabby5 Posts: 923
    edited May 2007
    tommyboy wrote: »
    Well, maybe this would be one of the few bond films I might actually like...

    See, I hate super hero movies, and I think bond films should be considered one. Always useless action and unbelievable stunts. I know, I know, I shouldn't expect bond films to be believable, but thats the exact reason why I don't like them...

    Then don't watch the first half hour..talk about unbelieveable stunts:D
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  • Chicomoralessxm
    Chicomoralessxm Posts: 417
    edited June 2007
    I surely hope they get campbell to direct the next one he did a masterful job not mention the casting. my only question is in the scence after he arrives at the island club in the bahamas........how do he know dimetrius would be arriving when he did and where he did to that exact spot with security camera right there when he made that phone call. Just luck??? that did not click with me
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  • Ron-P
    Ron-P Posts: 8,520
    edited June 2007
    Seems there trying to get the Olsen twins for the next installment...barf! Let's hope not. If so, their on there way to ruining a great new start for the Bond era.
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited June 2007
    I absolutely loved it and I'm a Bond fan. It's finally one that gets back into the roots of the series. It makes Timothy Dalton, Pierce Brosnan and Roger Moore look like wanna-be's in the **** pride parade
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  • Ron-P
    Ron-P Posts: 8,520
    edited June 2007
    You left out Connery, the leader of the **** pride parade.
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,136
    edited June 2007
    Ron-P wrote: »
    You left out Connery, the leader of the **** pride parade.

    No way man. . .Connery was a bad **** as Bond. Connery is a man's man!!!
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,731
    edited June 2007
    Connery, ****??? Man, you've got to stop smoking that wacky weed.
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited June 2007
    Connery is solid in my book, the later couple are all that did him in.
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  • Ron-P
    Ron-P Posts: 8,520
    edited June 2007
    Connery is so over-rated it's not even funny. The guy was maybe a manly-man (looks wise) but his acting, average at best and no better a Bond then any of those that followed, well maybe Dalton, he was by far the worst. Connery acts the same in every movie, he gives us nothing new movie, to movie, to movie.
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  • MSALLA
    MSALLA Posts: 1,602
    edited June 2007
    Ron-P wrote: »
    Connery is so over-rated it's not even funny. The guy was maybe a manly-man (looks wise) but his acting, average at best and no better a Bond then any of those that followed, well maybe Dalton, he was by far the worst. Connery acts the same in every movie, he gives us nothing new movie, to movie, to movie.

    You could loose your James Bond club card for such a bold statement as that.
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