Film/TV Nov 27, 2012 at 11:00 am

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Saw it here in Hamburg, Germany. It was a well-made film, almost devoid of stupid tech-gimmicks. Lots of loving references to London, so if you have an attachment to that city, you will like the film.

My only criticism is that the Bad Guy is terrible. Really something out of a Marvel Comic. Otherwise, the film is entertaining and worth seeing.
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A good movie, despite the insistence on old-fogeyism throughout. "Sometimes, the old ways are best" and "old-fashioned" popped up too conspicuously too many times in the dialogue, I almost expected James Bond to demonstrate the superiority of reading paper books over e-readers and tut-tut about "kids these days and their rap music". Baby Boomers are aging away, and they're taking their cultural icons with them. Bah! Humbug!

All that aside, I still loved this movie. For some reason. It was pretty.
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Only Bond to make me cry. Nice work, Mendes!
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@2 You are wrong and reading your own prejudice into the film. The goddamn central theme is about how the modern battle with enemies has to be fought with a cooperation of the old ways and the new. The reason why this Bond flick is probably one of the top 5, or maybe top 3, movies in the franchise is that it manages to be utterly classic and totally current at the same time.
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@1

Wait, wait... You're criticizing a 007 movie for having an over-the-top, eccentric villain?
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@6 - I thought Silva was the best thing about the movie! So completely camp and over-the-top that he was an absolute delight. A perfect Bond villain.
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@ 7 Agreed absolutely. A Bond movie isn't a Bond movie if it's villain isn't camp.
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GAY IS EVIL

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