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Boxen whatever he can Since: Jan, 2013
whatever he can
#469576: Dec 9th 2015 at 2:57:03 PM

s-spaz rp...

dead devotion
Tatsumar Since: Mar, 2011
#469577: Dec 9th 2015 at 3:09:48 PM

anime is usually just plain gross

Deer
Boxen whatever he can Since: Jan, 2013
SR3NORMANDY Problem Child from N/A - In constant flux Since: Jul, 2012
Problem Child
#469580: Dec 9th 2015 at 3:16:55 PM

So I saw Spectre last night.

It was... eh.

Underwhelming, especially coming after Skyfall. Very by-the-numbers, almost lazy in terms of writing.

What if there’s no better word than just not saying anything?
ramuf Electric Heart from the Shining Throne Since: Jan, 2013
Electric Heart
#469581: Dec 9th 2015 at 3:17:26 PM

I am the architect of all your pain.

ChrissieMcNapkins bruhonetta from the traphouse Since: Nov, 2012 Relationship Status: Hoping Senpai notices me
bruhonetta
#469582: Dec 9th 2015 at 3:19:04 PM

coming from the furry, that means nothing

I live in a constant state of fear and misery.
SR3NORMANDY Problem Child from N/A - In constant flux Since: Jul, 2012
Problem Child
#469583: Dec 9th 2015 at 3:20:01 PM

I was just watching it, feeling absolutely nothing. Nothing made me laugh, nothing got me excited. The whole thing just felt empty.

What if there’s no better word than just not saying anything?
ramuf Electric Heart from the Shining Throne Since: Jan, 2013
Electric Heart
#469584: Dec 9th 2015 at 3:22:49 PM

It was soulless and cliched in terms of plot.

They hardly explained much of anything.

You just roll along with the incredibly obvious "twists."

But it did piss me off a little at one point.

Yes, I know it's Bond, and I know he's a suave ladies man, but did he really have to sleep with the fucking grieving widow.

I mean, come on.

SR3NORMANDY Problem Child from N/A - In constant flux Since: Jul, 2012
Problem Child
#469585: Dec 9th 2015 at 3:24:43 PM

The grieving widow who contributed fuck all to the plot at all.

And then the guy who wants all intelligence to be combined into one global network that totally wasn't going to backfire or end up in the wrong hands no siree. I was basically daring the movie to have him not turn out to be the mole.

I'm not even spoiler tagging that because first thirty seconds of meeting him you cal tell.

What if there’s no better word than just not saying anything?
ThanatoSeraph ARE WA DARE DA from The Land Down Under Since: Feb, 2012
ARE WA DARE DA
#469586: Dec 9th 2015 at 3:26:19 PM

Personally I liked the cheese. It felt like it wasn't scared to be a bit more cheesy and I liked that.

Helped that I saw it with friends I think.

I had pretty severe problems with it too though yeah.

thespacephantom Jamais vu from the smallest church in Saint-Saëns Since: Oct, 2009
Jamais vu
#469587: Dec 9th 2015 at 3:26:54 PM

james bond is growing stagnant i feel

UN JOUR JE SERAI DE RETOUR PRÈS DE TOI
ramuf Electric Heart from the Shining Throne Since: Jan, 2013
Electric Heart
#469588: Dec 9th 2015 at 3:26:58 PM

Yeah I called it too when I first saw him.

They didn't even try to be interesting or subtle about it.

The whole thing about the global intelligence conglomerate is painful. Like, when they vote on it, who the fuck would design the room in such a way that some of the voters could look at how everyone else was voting?

And why is South Africa on that council of all countries?

grumble grumble

Just give us another movie like Casino Royale because Casino Royale is actually pretty good I think.

edited 9th Dec '15 3:29:10 PM by ramuf

SR3NORMANDY Problem Child from N/A - In constant flux Since: Jul, 2012
Problem Child
#469589: Dec 9th 2015 at 3:29:15 PM

I was actually hoping that Q would end up being the "Bond Girl", getting all the "needing to be rescued, dragged along in the adventures" deal while being a bloke. That would have been entertaining and original.

But nope. Yet another nondescript girl with zero surprises.

What if there’s no better word than just not saying anything?
ramuf Electric Heart from the Shining Throne Since: Jan, 2013
Electric Heart
#469590: Dec 9th 2015 at 3:30:59 PM

Unfortunately Q is a dude and Bond has no compulsion to save anyone he can't bang.

josh6243 Betty "Blast Hornet" Blanctorche Doppler from Digital Realm Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
Betty "Blast Hornet" Blanctorche Doppler
#469591: Dec 9th 2015 at 3:31:15 PM

I watched Spectre recently. I was confused by some of the choices they made. Why did Bond sleep with the widow if she wasn't gonna be crucial to the plot? Why did that reveal have to be so confusing?

thespacephantom Jamais vu from the smallest church in Saint-Saëns Since: Oct, 2009
Jamais vu
#469592: Dec 9th 2015 at 3:31:24 PM

casino royale was good, i liked it

UN JOUR JE SERAI DE RETOUR PRÈS DE TOI
ThanatoSeraph ARE WA DARE DA from The Land Down Under Since: Feb, 2012
ARE WA DARE DA
#469593: Dec 9th 2015 at 3:31:44 PM

Well that's part of what I thought was the good, unafraid to be cheesy part of it.

Sure they didn't try to hide it. That's because it would have been bleedingly obvious even if they tried so they didn't bother trying. They just rolled with it. They never presented it as a twist.

The movie definitely had problems (in the latter half of the movie in particular, but running throughout it it just felt like a lot of the time characters were doing things with absolutely no reason to for one thing, the widow scene mentioned above is another) but I don't really think that's a fair criticism.

Also South Africa was on the council because it wasn't global. It was an international agreement between said countries. It was never implied to actually be global.

The design of the room was dumb though yeah. Just for the convenience of the audience and could have been done without making the countries seem braindead and not understanding the concept of anonymity in a very important secret voting poll.

edited 9th Dec '15 3:32:40 PM by ThanatoSeraph

SR3NORMANDY Problem Child from N/A - In constant flux Since: Jul, 2012
Problem Child
#469594: Dec 9th 2015 at 3:32:22 PM

And don't get me wrong, Pyro, I loved that it was trying to be cheesy. I have a lot of respect for big movies that aren't afraid to get outside the box. But this movie did it without any spark or flair. It was boring cheese.

Cheesy is not an excuse for a lazy script. Done badly, it just emphasises it.

edited 9th Dec '15 3:33:27 PM by SR3NORMANDY

What if there’s no better word than just not saying anything?
ramuf Electric Heart from the Shining Throne Since: Jan, 2013
Electric Heart
#469595: Dec 9th 2015 at 3:36:12 PM

I think it was actually implied to be global.

During the whole.

Literal big bad board room meeting of hell and doom and gloom.

You know.

The one where the guy's eyes get pushed into his brain.

That one lady says "we will have the capabilities to outmaneuver the world's intelligence agencies once the agreement is made."

Not the intelligence agencies of that specific group.

I mean, yes, you could argue that the group would be able to outdo everyone else, but still.

It had a global goal.

ThanatoSeraph ARE WA DARE DA from The Land Down Under Since: Feb, 2012
ARE WA DARE DA
#469596: Dec 9th 2015 at 3:36:49 PM

Eh, I won't argue with that. Although I would say more that the quality varied wildly from scene to scene, and sometimes even within the same scene.

A classic, creepy Evil Bond Villain machine scene that has you gripping the arms of your chair in sympathy pain: Good.

Said Evil Bond Villain really missing the mark and just looking ridiculous with his cuckoo noises: Really Bad.

[up]Sure the ultimate goal was global

But the deal itself was just vastly increasing their information capacity in important countries

For example, the USA would have nothing to do with it, but they'd still learn more about the USA due to spying and whatnot

edited 9th Dec '15 3:37:59 PM by ThanatoSeraph

SR3NORMANDY Problem Child from N/A - In constant flux Since: Jul, 2012
Problem Child
#469597: Dec 9th 2015 at 3:38:00 PM

Man, next time my dad neglects me for another boy, I'm also going to form my own global and undetectable terrorist organisation and get revenge by killing people close to him, even though one of those girls committed suicide and the other died by a stray bullet but whatever that was totally my plan.

What if there’s no better word than just not saying anything?
ramuf Electric Heart from the Shining Throne Since: Jan, 2013
Electric Heart
#469598: Dec 9th 2015 at 3:38:50 PM

The dude's motive was so.

Bad, though.

Like really really dumb.

Norm ninja'd me though so nyeh.

SR3NORMANDY Problem Child from N/A - In constant flux Since: Jul, 2012
Problem Child
#469599: Dec 9th 2015 at 3:40:30 PM

Also here's my creepy torture machine that does horrible things to your brain except it doesn't. Did anyone keep the receipt for this thing?

What if there’s no better word than just not saying anything?
ThanatoSeraph ARE WA DARE DA from The Land Down Under Since: Feb, 2012
ARE WA DARE DA
#469600: Dec 9th 2015 at 3:41:35 PM

Yeah that was... underwhelming

They never gave a reason why it didn't work either

Just "whoops guess I forgot how science works"


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