Xander ,'First Date'
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I'm not a computer whiz by any stretch of the imagination, and even I was thinking "No! Don't jack it in in the middle of MI-6! Take it someplace not the brain of the thing he's trying to undermine!"
I enjoyed it, but was underwhelmed at the end with the reveal of Ray Fiennes new role. Actually, I was underwhelmed with him the whole movie. Mabye because I kept waiting for him to turn out to be a bad guy.
I figured that once they mentioned he was a vet of Northern Ireland there was no way that would happen. UK narrative rules, if you're not trying to be radical (and Bond never is).
Aha! Rapace! I thought I saw that name in the credits--Noomi's husband plays one of the bad guys.
Okay, so I think I have my thoughts together about Bond.
1. I think it was entertaining, but I think I'm a little disappointed with the film. Not like "this movie is BULLSHIT"-disappointed, but I think with a bit of tweaking, the movie could have been more satisfying. I feel like what I saw was a bit of missed opportunity and that leaves me in a less than satisfying place.
2. I think Daniel Craig is a great bond. No quibble. And I thought most of the actors did their jobs except for the villain. I thought his characterization was kind of terrible. Bond villains, by definition I suppose, are caricatures, but it would have been nice to get a better sense of the grand scheme of things. What did this villain want to accomplish ultimately? If it was just to kill M, then I think he could have done that with FAR less effort.
3. As noted the posts above, it was flat out ridiculous that the quartermaster hooked the fucking computer up to MI6's network. It threw me out of the movie it was just so stupid. Couldn't they have had a new flunky do something stupid? I could almost believe that a bit better.
4. Similarly, when Bond was manhandling the dynamite, I rolled my eyes, because that wouldn't have happened either!
I like escapism with my Bond and I thought the references to classic elements of the franchise were fun, but I want my escape in the form of fun technology, travel, stunts, and shit and not interrupted by baseline stupidity.
len, on your number 4, I was having flashbacks to Art on Lost and screaming "be careful!!!!"
right?
OMG.
LeN, I think key to the villain's motivation was a public stage, and also recognition and cleansing. A sniper's bullet wouldn't have had the psychic effect.
So Michael Arndt isn't just writing the next Star Wars film, he's set out a three film treatment.
Since there are talks about bringing back original cast members to reprise their roles, I presume it won't be too far in the future after Return of the Jedi.
Neil Finn has written a song for The Hobbit.
This looks like a great idea for a franchise: [link]
Though I might be stretching the definition of "idea" there.