Skyfall BD - Sainsbury's instore offer, £12
(apart from the DB5, which was daft).
Its a confusing analogy to boot. Can't really explain my point without massive spoilers, so I won't bother. The film does send some mixed signals both embracing modern Bond and rejecting it at the same time... But who cares. It was an awesome film and I enjoyed the pointless eye candy of the DB5 wafting through the scottish country side.
(apart from the DB5, which was daft).
Oh I'd have been fine if it was just A.N.Other DB5 (like the one Brosnan drove for example) but it wasn't, it was THAT DB5, complete with weapons and gadgets (apart from the bulletproof rear shield), which were used to effect, which raises all sorts of timeline paradoxes (not least because I thought that one was destroyed in Goldfinger but I might be wrong about that, it was certainly heavily crashed). Now, I understand that the whole continuing presence of Bond in every era is a paradox in itself but it's easily ignored. This isn't though, it's a direct link to one of the earliest films and for me at least, threw me right out of the film, which I'd been quite immersed in up to that point.
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I assumed they were blowing up THAT DB5 for a reason, drawing a line under old Bond. Fixing the timeline so to speak, it can't come back now. I assumed it was a metaphor for the point of the film really, that the old style of espionage portrayed in the series has evolved, the old ways have been put to bed. Then they cocked it all up with THAT leather door, killing you know who (and with it one of the corner stones of modern Bond) and getting all nostalgic? Very mixed signals from that film.
I think its easier to assume the DB5 was in it cos it was pretty, and you know who has gotten bored of being in the series.
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The film has been out for months now. I won't worry about the spoilers.
I want the old Bond back;....And I want real baddies, not some camp fairy!
Best you don't watch Sean Connery in 1971's Diamonds Are Forever, with its two gay assasins then 
Too right I don't! I want Jaws and the guy with the hook from Live And Let Die - real baddies. This is what I want. What you want is up to you and, indeed, you are entitled to your own opinion. I am merely saying what I want.
Exactly, it's not just a good Bond film, it's a good film full stop (apart from the DB5, which was daft).
Though according to TV spots for the BD release, it's "the greatest film ever." That's right, not just the best Bond film, but the best film, period!
I thought it made sense to end the above sentence with an Americanism, since I can longer distinguish between US and UK advertisements. I find the extraordinary hyperbole in advertising these days irritating and insulting.
Am I missing something? Aren't camp villains a Bond staple? The most iconic Bond villain image is a man stroking his cat.
I haven't seen it, so I appreciate the spoiler alerts!
Exactly, it's not just a good Bond film, it's a good film full stop (apart from the DB5, which was daft).
Though according to TV spots for the BD release, it's "the greatest film ever." That's right, not just the best Bond film, but the best film, period!
I thought it made sense to end the above sentence with an Americanism, since I can longer distinguish between US and UK advertisements. I find the extraordinary hyperbole in advertising these days irritating and insulting.
I thought it was a very good film, perhaps the best Bond film to date.
As to it being "the greatest film ever." thats maybe stretching it a bit.
All in my opinion of course.
Let's play, Spot The Coincidences:
Oscar-winning SFX guru Chris Corbould worked on the Dark Knight trilogy and Skyfall (and countless previous Bonds)
James Bond and Bruce Wayne are orphans
The Dark Knight Rises and Skyfall scripts both contain the phrase, "There's a storm coming..."
The Dark Knight Rises and Skyfall both use a decline-and-rise theme for the main character
Silva and The Joker both have facial disfigurements - and both, obv', are fruitcakes
During Skyfall's Shanghai sequence: when Bond does an athletic run/jump/cling onto the underside of the lift, the music suddenly sounds a tad Hans Zimmer/Dark Knight-esque?
The main characters' vehicles, the Tumbler and the DB5, are both destroyed by an explosion
I purchase DVD's every week from Sainsbury almost always at £10 for new releases. Why suddenly force someone to spend £30 on shopping when Asda and Morrison are only charging £10? It may be okay if you have one of those stores on your dorstep but what about regular Sainsbury shoppers, especially if you have already done your weekend shop.
Asda have Quantum Of Solace, Casino Royale and Skyfall in a box set for £17. Now that is serious value for money. Or value for Moneypenny I should say.
I purchase DVD's every week from Sainsbury almost always at £10 for new releases. Why suddenly force someone to spend £30 on shopping when Asda and Morrison are only charging £10? It may be okay if you have one of those stores on your dorstep but what about regular Sainsbury shoppers, especially if you have already done your weekend shop.
Erm, you're ranting re the cost of £10 DVDs, but this thread is about a £12 "BD", aka Blu-ray disc. Relevance?? 
Let's play, Spot The Coincidences:
The baddie Bain wears a mask in The Dark Knight Rises but Bond wears a similar mask on the running machine in Skyfall. So is this a coincidence or a difference?
The country mansion in the middle of nowhere, one with a butler, one with a gamekeeper.
The sewers below Gotham, the Tube below London.
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Exactly, it's not just a good Bond film, it's a good film full stop (apart from the DB5, which was daft).
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