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Comment on Looper by calm sea raging undertow

calm sea raging undertow — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 00:22:11 +0000

I hadn’t noticed young Joe’s imitation of old Joe, but I will seek them out on replaying the movie. The any moving parts didn’t seem to bother me. Yet there was something about young Joe that kept me from diving into the film completely. Maybe he seemed too shallow or that the worlds that they both lived in seemed thin.

The future seemed just more futuristic and the past too easily apocalyptic.

Comment on The Birth of a Nation by writingprincess

writingprincess — Sat, 29 Dec 2012 20:16:46 +0000

I’m with you James! After watching this movie and knowing that the Klu Klux Klan reached its largest membership ever after this movie’s release which resulted in thousands of blacks being lynched, tortured and killed during the 1920s I cannot not even begin to understand how this reviewer can call the KKK”s depiction in this movie “exhilarating.” If only White southerners had taken Griffith’s politics with a “grain of salt,” legions of black people would be alive today.

Comment on Skyfall by Jay Antani

Jay Antani — Sat, 22 Dec 2012 18:19:27 +0000

Thanks so much for your comment. I share your pain. Let’s hope things rebound next time around.

Comment on Skyfall by Mat

Mat — Sat, 22 Dec 2012 13:15:22 +0000

A late response, but I hope I’ll be excused by the fact that I saw this movie only yesterday and was also very disappointed. I found it even more disturbing to see that the Tomatometer for this film was at 92. I wouldn’t have expected anything below 80 but this I found rather exagerated. There is SO much that can be said about this film and you’ve already summed up a lot of my feelings towards this movie. There are, nevertheless, a few additional things that struck me: first thing was that the movie was VERY long and that nothing within the story seemed to justify these lengths. I found myself tempted to look at my watch while people were leaving the theatre in rather large groups about 1/2 hour before the end of the movie. Then there was the theme that sounds like an attempt at creating the most generic James Bond theme ever. Where has the creative fun gone, that consisted of fusing contemporary pop music with the Bond theme? Then there were the mind boggling plot holes or inconsistancies. I know it’s a Bond movie and it’s all about nonsensical spy fiction but there are rules of logic even within the parallel worlds created in films. Here. we are presented with an evil genius who executes his plans by thinking several moves in advance and who is one of the world’s most acomplished computer experts, but who fails to discover a terribly clunky device the size of a lighter, which itsel is laughable given that Bond was always all about using the most high-end equipment. Then, finally, there is the gratuitous destruction of one of the most beloved symbols of Bond history: the Aston Martin. What was that for? Why does he use the old jewel of a car at all? Why is the Aston Martin waiting in a hidden garage near by the MI6 headquarters at all? This all makes no sense and it just made me sad. Finally, there is this whole thing about Bond getting old, the service getting old, M getting old. Enough already. I’m also getting old and I certainly don’t want to go to the movies to see the newest creation from a franchise which I grew up with just to be confronted with the fact that my world is coming to an end. Like someone said already: Bond was always about chases, nice ladies, exotic places and about saving the world from a crazed baddie with a lot of charme and dry British humour and I want this back so badly!

Comment on Lincoln by Sean Huze

Sean Huze — Sun, 25 Nov 2012 09:52:25 +0000

“Talky” isn’t bad, albeit as a playwright turned screenwriter I am likely a bit biased towards dialogue driven films. Films such as the adaptation of Mamet’s “Glengarry Glen Ross” or Mamet’s “State and Main,” John Patrick Shanley’s “Doubt,” and Sam Shephard’s “Paris, Texas are great examples of films that are propelled forward by dialogue (yes, I’m well aware all are penned by playwright/screenwriters too!). I just remembered the classic filibuster speech given by Jimmy Stewart in “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.” Brilliant! It’s hard to imagine any studio exec approving a twelve minute monologue these days, but there are so many examples of great films that don’t have something exploding or a car chase every ten seconds!

I really enjoyed reading your review and a film that was already on my “watchlist” just got moved closer to the top! Thanks for your post!

http://seanhuze.com/blog

Comment on Skyfall by Roy

Roy — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 21:30:25 +0000

Call me crazy, but I thought this movie WAS fun. That said, I don’t find anything wrong with a movie exploring a different aspect of a character that’s had over 20 damn movies of the same old thing. I mean this is the 50th anniversary, give us something new or pack it in. In this case, I thought they did right by mingling old and new.

But if you want to see a movie completely undone by its grim tone and lack of joy, check out Amazing Spider-Man, an example of this type of movie gone horribly, horribly wrong.

Comment on Skyfall by mustafa

mustafa — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 11:19:52 +0000

daniel craig is not bond. He is just a jason bourne wannabe

Comment on Skyfall by Steve

Steve — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 17:35:27 +0000

If it wasn’t for his voice, I would not thought that was Albert Finney. He was perfect for the role, which is really a “game keeper” not a “grounds keeper.” He’s the person who taught Bond how to shoot and hunt.

Comment on Skyfall by King MC

King MC — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 06:03:57 +0000

After seeing this moving this weekend I went to Rottentomatoes, because I was sure that most critics were going to rip this movie a new one. I was shocked to find that critics and fans alike rated it in the 90% range. I know that everyone is entitled to their opinion, but I feel like I saw a different movie from everyone else. The villian’s plot alone baffles me as to how any critic could take this Bond film seriously.

Spoiler:

The villian knew that if he blew up MI6 that they would relocate underground. So he devised a plan to get caught, so he could break out, and sneak in to the court house to kill M, who he somehow knew would be having a hearing there. The new Q even said this had been planned for years. First off, how could he have know she’d be at the courthouse. Second, why? Why go to all that trouble? If he can do all that then why not simply break in to her house and kill her?

Also the entire scene at the Skyfall property reminded me too much of Home Alone: the James Bond Edition. I still don’t know why the groundskeeper was there. He obviously wasn’t taking care of the house or living there cause there were cobwebbs and dust everywhere. So if he wasn’t doing his job, why did he just happen to be there at that moment?

I could go on and on. This was a very disappointing movie full of holes and weak plot points.

Comment on Skyfall by Rex

Rex — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 02:58:19 +0000

Totally agree, went into movie with high expectations because of all the good reviews, but couldn’t believe how they sucked all the fun out of the franchise. No gadgets? No grand plot to take over the world?