lauralh: (rain)
Not that I find the man actually attractive in general, but I can see how others might. Anyway, Skyfall is the weirdest James Bond he's done yet. I mean, they were all weird, right, but this one has him caring about MULTIPLE THINGS besides drinking, hot chicks, and shooting people. Of course he loses most of these things during the course of the movie and kind of goes in a circle right back to original 007 stuff. Kind of weird. And then there's Ben Wishaw and Javier Bardem, both used quite well. (Not to mention Ralph Fiennes. I'd still do him, believe you me.)

And then I saw Cloud Atlas and that made me forget about everything else. Oh my lord, I forgot how much I love Tom Tykwer and everything he touches. He did half the "movies" in CA - it was more like 6 movies in one, you might say. The Wachowskis did the rest of them, and well, you know, you could tell. I like weird sci-fi action as much as the next nerd, and they do it pretty damn well.

Oh yeah and Ben Wishaw was in this too. And Tom Hanks played more roles than anyone else. Sometimes you forget the man actually won a bunch of Oscars for a reason, but also that he's a damn fine comic actor.

ANYWAY IT'S GREAT OMFG
lauralh: (bond)
Quantum of Solace finishes the update that Casino Royale begins. This Bond doesn't make puns to relieve tension, he kills people. This reboot is basically the coolest thing ever. I enjoyed the previous film a great deal, but this one is even more of a character study. The plot is an excuse to show that this guy actually gives a shit about people and country. He is mostly motivated by revenge, but that alone is amazingly different from any other Bond I can remember. Being so sore about his girlfriend committing suicide that he wants to take on the entire criminal organization that was running her? And, and, they tried to hurt M. That's reason enough for this Bond. This Bond has a place for women in his world that isn't just sexy way to waste time. Not that there are none of those girls, but not many.

This Bond bleeds when he gets punched in the face.
lauralh: (bond)
SO THAT MOVIE WAS PRETTY DECENT.

edit:

[18:06] skipbreakfast: He doesn't seem to have a sense of humor
[18:06] lauralBaby: he says some funny stuff
[18:07] lauralBaby: in a dry way
[18:07] lauralBaby: it's not cheeky ho-ho silly bond
[18:08] lauralBaby: he's less a spy and more an assassin
[18:08] skipbreakfast: oh good
[18:09] lauralBaby: and he's not superhuman - every time he tries to jump on something he stumbles a little
[18:09] skipbreakfast: even better
[18:10] skipbreakfast: does he bag 3 chicks as usual?
[18:10] lauralBaby: just two
[18:10] skipbreakfast: hahaha
[18:10] skipbreakfast: that whore
[18:11] lauralBaby: actually i don't even think he fucked the first one

mm mm mm

Nov. 30th, 2002 11:56 am
lauralh: (forehead)
I'm not really a Matt Damon fan, but I am a stupid spy fan, so I gladly paid my $3 to go to The Bourne Identity at the cheap movie theater last night. And I did enjoy it, probably more than the Bond film. It wasn't so goddamn over-the-top. Not that I expect Bond movies to be under-the-top, but I do feel that Die Another Day wasn't as restrained as even Goldeneye. And plus Frank Potente rocks. She's not traditionally gorgeous, and while she was "the chick" she was treated more like a sidekick than a sex object. I haven't read the book so I don't even know how much she was supposed to be in it, but I'm glad with what they did with her.

I also finished The Phantom of the Opera last night. Fuck Andrew Lloyd Webber man. He's perverted a classic ghost story with "music" and "love". OK so that's in there too, but the treatment is more suspenseful and dreary in the original. Liked it.

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