Bond. James Bond.

[Eddie The 'Ead]

Not long now until Skyfall! Anyone else going to see it? I just bought a ticket for the midnight showing tonight. It's going to be awesome (or so I've heard).

[Andara Bledin]

I actually made a point of watching Casino Royale (as I hadn't seen it) recently so that I'd have a better idea of the character for when Skyfall comes out.

The trailers actually make me interested, which a lot of trailers fail to do. Rotten Tomatoes gives a critic rating of 93% with over 100 reviews, so that's really heartening, too.

But we probably won't catch if for a couple of weeks. We hate dealing with the crowds during opening week.

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[Kal]

I saw it last week (went with my brother and dad). Spoiler free version - in my opinion, one of the best bond films to date, if not the best.

[Rapscallion]

Very, very good. Excellent writing and a decent mixture of laughs and pulling at your emotions. Tipped the hat many times, but I'll not say to what.

Rapscallion

[Greenday]

I'll be watching it tomorrow at cheaper matinee prices.

Just saw it's 163 minutes. Holy crap.

[Eddie The 'Ead]

I'll be watching it tomorrow at cheaper matinee prices.

Just saw it's 163 minutes. Holy crap.

The places I've been to say 143, though there's the possibility for error.

[Andara Bledin]

I just checked my fave local theater, and it says 153 minutes... o.0

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[lordlundar]

From what I've heard the best way to watch the latest movies is to treat them as though they're a trilogy instead of separate missions like the previous films were.

[Greenday]

From what I've heard the best way to watch the latest movies is to treat them as though they're a trilogy instead of separate missions like the previous films were.

The first two, definitely.

The third one? Eh, not really so much.

Honestly, even though I liked this movie, I loved Casino Royale a lot more and I liked Quantam of Solace more too. Just didn't like the flow of the movie or the villain.

[violiavampyr]

I actually liked this one more than the first two (D.C. Bond films). I think that the nods were excellent and well timed. I thought the humor from Bond was top notch, and the way he and Bardiem played off of each other was superb and fits with the times. Highlight for a line, but I whited it out ["How do you know I've never done this before?"

This outing kept my attention in ways that QoS never did, and the characters felt more fleshed than CR.
Oh yeah, I love Dame Judy Dench!

[Jay 2K Winger]

Was I the only one who expected Kincaid [to be played by Sir Sean Fucking Connery?] It would have been a great nod to the series, and Kincaid's best line ("Welcome to Scotland!") would have been awesome.

I liked the movie very much.

[smileyeagle1021]

I loved it. I saw it in IMAX, and I have to say, the elevator scene (the people who saw it know what I'm talking about) gave me serious vertigo... I have issues with heights, and normally I'm good as long as I'm behind glass, but this, just watching it on the screen I was freaking out. Damned good cinematography.

[Jay 2K Winger]

One thing I liked was the actual AVERSION of the typical action movie tropes of bottomless magazines and nigh-instantaneous injury recovery. [Bond's injured shoulder causes him a lot of grief for part of the movie.]

I liked Q's smug little put-down to previous Bond gadgetry, too.

Bond: "A gun and a radio? Not exactly Christmas."
Q: "What were you expecting, an exploding pen? We don't really go in for that sort of thing anymore."

[wolfie]

Just curious, but how did a hot property like James Bond fall into the hands of a movie company most people have never heard of? After all, "IMT made the Sky Fall".

Cookies for reference (and yes, I'm a geek).

[violiavampyr]

MGM or EON? EON's had Bond forever. And MGM been around since the golden days of Hollywood.
I guess I don't get the joke.