Bond 24 - Spectre

[DONNIEP]

Cool trailer I like that there are no explosions action and so on like a Liam Neeson.

Waltz is clearly Blofeld as predicted.

The static shot that's showing before you hit play - hard to believe that's on there 'cause Craig's not wearing an Omega. That's a Rolex 6538 on his left wrist.

[Seshmeister]

Looks good, I like the call backs to the OHMSS soundtrack.

[Seshmeister]

The initial reviews are good...

[Seshmeister]

Saw it tonight and thought it was very good.

Looks amazing as it should considering the crazy amount of money spent on it, all the actors do a great job and there is a lot for Bond fans in there. The pre title sequence is one of the best ever.

It's not absolutely perfect though, some silliness and plot holes but overall I highly recommend it. I'm not sure how I would rate it compared to Skyfall and Casino Royale, I'll need to think about that but it's definitely in the same ballpark.

[DONNIEP]

Dammit, I'm glad you got to see it. That's as it should be, doesn't mean I like having to wait though.

Are you going to go more than once?

[Seshmeister]

The static shot that's showing before you hit play - hard to believe that's on there 'cause Craig's not wearing an Omega. That's a Rolex 6538 on his left wrist.

There is an Omega product placement although not as clunky as the horrific one on the train in Casino.

[Seshmeister]

My original plan was to go tonight to the opening and then take the family later but they all wanted to see it.

I may go one more time depending on how inspired I get when the US podcasts hit.

It's long though, not Lord of the Rings long but just about the longest Bond at 148 minutes - because it was so busy tonight I broke my golden rule and had to sit through trailers tonight so that we all got decent seats. I hate the amount of spoilers in trailers these days, Spectre suffers a bit from it but not fatally just good lines - to be fair to Star Wars they are doing it right so far at least. There was a trailer tonight to a Di Caprio movie tonight called The Revenant that I don't need to go and see now, looked like the whole movie was in the trailer.

As far as the release date goes, now you know how we usually feel when the US release is early. It does mean that there will be cam shot bootlegs available on torrent sites - you would be fucking insane to watch one of them as this is not a film you want to watch a shitty quality version of.

It's gone up tonight at 8.3 on IMDB.

[Seshmeister]

I was back at the cinema tonight at the super big 18 screen complex to see Sicario and 10 screens were showing Spectre half of which were sold out a couple of hours early - I think Spectre is going to do ok. I've read some commentaries about how Skyfall is better, I'll be going back to have another look at that, I've only seen it once after a few beers...

[DONNIEP]

I only want to know one thing - please tell me there's no invisible Aston in this one.

[vandeleur]

I only want to know one thing - please tell me there's no invisible Aston in this one.

How would you know there wasn't

[Seshmeister]

I'm looking forward to this movie being released in the US so I can start throwing spoilers into this thread.

There are a few faults with the film which I want to rant about.

[Seshmeister]

The Bond themes that they used to reject are all better than Sam Smith - I like this one.

[Von Halen]

I'm looking forward to this movie being released in the US so I can start throwing spoilers into this thread.

There are a few faults with the film which I want to rant about.

Feel free to do so now. There is no way in hell I can sit for 3 hours in a theatre to watch a fucking movie. I haven't watched a Bond movie since Roger Moore was Bond. Besides, I prefer Matt Helm to Bond.

Movies have gone the way of CD's, with being too fucking long. I used to think a 2 hour movie was too long, now they are approaching 3 hours. They need to shorten this shit up. Leave you wanting more, instead of leaving you exhausted, and wondering when the fuck it's going to end.

[Seshmeister]

I usually avoid long movies as well - this one is 2.5 hours which is my absolute maximum some of that Lord of the Rings shit went on forever.

[DONNIEP]

Feel free to do so now. There is no way in hell I can sit for 3 hours in a theatre to watch a fucking movie. I haven't watched a Bond movie since Roger Moore was Bond. Besides, I prefer Matt Helm to Bond.

Movies have gone the way of CD's, with being too fucking long. I used to think a 2 hour movie was too long, now they are approaching 3 hours. They need to shorten this shit up. Leave you wanting more, instead of leaving you exhausted, and wondering when the fuck it's going to end.

Look here grandpa, strap on a Depends and get you a large drink and a giant bucket of popcorn and quit your cryin