Re: The satisfying thunk
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Hey, he drove a Toyota in one of the scenes as well.
This is not your fathers Bond??
Fred
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My son, who has just been initiated to Bond, picked up on it. I spent a good 15 minutes trying to explain how uncool that was for Bond.
Then, of all things, I could not ID the flashy sports car he drove later.
Fred
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Re: The satisfying thunk
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Ditto on the critique of the movie. My main complaint was that it felt like three different movies, with unnecessary plot twists thrown in for apparently no reason. I know that's probably how the book was written, but the plot twists just felt a little contrived today.
Still, I agree with the Daniel Craig assessment. He's definitely a much more gritty bond than Brosnan was. I enjoyed him in the movie and think he'll last more than a couple of movies in the role. But, my fear is that they'll try to upgrade the series to be more realistic - - it was the campy fun that I enjoyed about Bond. Supervillians, ridiculous locations, nonsense quasi-scientific plots, double-entendre laden leading ladies, etc. Formulaic, but good.
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I also agree about Daniel Craig. I like the "new" hard-nosed Bond. It's funny, they've reinvented the character in the movie that explains his start as an agent.
I think the Bond movie "campiness" went too far when they wanted me to believe Denise Richards was a nuclear scientist, or physicist, or whatever she was supposed to be. . .
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Yeah, Denise was pretty bad. For me, she's just not hot enough to be such a bad actor.
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So true, Capn!
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