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**DontMentionTheWar** · 20-11-2006, 13:57

Saw it yesterday : a much, much darker, more brooding Bond. And the end of it's pretty good as well.

**milsum** · 20-11-2006, 14:07

I thought the ending was a bit rushed, especially given all the time spent over in the hotel. Excellent film, although a few loose ends still niggling at me.

**Ratcatcher** · 23-11-2006, 23:34

absolutely great, get to find out how he gets his 'OO' status, by beating someone to death in the khazi, and drowning him in the wash hand basin, makes that Jack Bauer look like a mincing fairy...

Ratcatcher

**civvygit** · 23-11-2006, 23:36

Originally Posted by Ratcatcher

absolutely great, get to find out how he gets his 'OO' status, by beating someone to death in the khazi, and drowning him in the wash hand basin, makes that Jack Bauer look like a mincing fairy...

Ratcatcher

Oy, some of us haven't seen it yet.

**Ratcatcher** · 24-11-2006, 00:34

Civvygit you slacker, suggest you get yourself along to the pictures before a tw*t like me spoils it for you, best be quick now...

Ratcatcher

**psychobabble** · 24-11-2006, 00:51

Originally Posted by maninblack

The original book is a very dark and brutal thing with Bond as a moderately competent although somewhat damaged character who is subjected to and accepting of extreme violence.

If you read the book you will come away with no love of the character. The James Bond of the books is a hard drinking man, a world war 2 naval officer with little care for others and certainly not the dinner suited brothel creeper as portrayed in the films.

The character is hard as a woodpecker's lips.

Daniel Craig actually gets closer to the rather unpleasant charcter in the books than ayone else who's played him, IMHO. There was a little too much love story but pretty good overall!

**Litotes** · 24-11-2006, 01:01

[quote="BigRed"]Litotes,

Without wishing to give it away its not what you see on the torture seen its what you understand to be happening. Saw plenty of young ankle biters (6 upwards) in the cinema.

Depends on whether Litotes Jnr has been numbed to violence at an early age like most of society.[/quote]

Thanks for that, BigRed. Litotes jnr has been kept away from most "bad" things but he is pretty mean with Lego Star Wars on the computer.....

I might take him this weekend.

Litotes

**civvygit** · 24-11-2006, 01:05

Originally Posted by Ratcatcher

Civvygit you slacker, suggest you get yourself along to the pictures before a tw*t like me spoils it for you, best be quick now...

Ratcatcher

Difficult as I am miles away from the nearest screening and my Jack Russell will go nuts if I am away too long. Change in working hours means I don't finish until 1900 weekdays so have to pick and choose.

Used to go to a lot of these. It's very good but can be a bit last minute. Definitely worth registering though. http://www.seefilmfirst.com/homepage.welcome.action

Nice to see pictures and not movies

**Chuzu** · 26-11-2006, 00:20

best bond ever a definite english effort.

**PartTimePongo** · 27-11-2006, 17:07

Stunning opening sequence with the talents of Sebastien Foucan ably showcased. How bloody fit is he???? To see more of him 'en parkour' click here http://www.parkour.com/ . Some may also remember the 'Jump Britain' Channel 4 documentary , where those lunatics were scaling buildings and walls effortlessly. More freerunning videos here

http://www.freerunning.net/

The embassy sequence is superb , but the escape? Oh pur-leeeze. "And he celebrates getting 00 staus by shooting up an Embassy"? :D

..and someone needs bloody shooting for what they did to those Astons. Great sound effect on the off-camera 'exploding key ring though