Watched the new bond movie last Saturday. i cannot profess that i enjoyed it much, even daniel craig's brooding charisma couldn't save it for me. it was action-packed of course, as expected of a typical bond movie, but really, where was the story?
it started off with a hi-speed car-chase scene with his black aston martin (what else?). lots of near-crashes... for what? don't know. bond had a man in his boot. who's that? don't know. scene jumps to siena in italy where the town was holding a horse race. apparently even "m" didn't know anything about "the group". so why catch the guy? don't know. no explanation.
then bond goes on a hunt for Dominic Greene in haiti (french man of course) and meets the half russian girl Camille (the bond girl). high-speed boat chase ensues, of course. then bond follows him to Austria to an opera. bond manages to take some pics of those involved. that was a pretty cool scene. bond indirectly kills a bodyguard - who's part of the british secret service and gets into deep shit i.e. cards blocked, no moola, nada.
he looks for mathis and ropes him in, arrives in Bolivia and meets this (fugly) Fields (and lo and behold, her first name is strawberry. argh, kill me pls). So when they checked into this posh hotel, he asks her to come into his room as "he cannot find the stationery", and the next scene they're in bed! what a lame pick-up line - i guess only bond can pull it off. but anyway strawberry gets to sleep with bond even though she's not the bond girl, and dies (thank God, i couldn't bear looking at her... i'm darn cruel, i know). still don't know why he jumps into bed with her. i mean what about the real bond girl?? she's like 1000 times hotter lor, and she appears on the posters, for f*'s sake.
Mathis dies in bond's arms (that was a quick entrance and exit) and bond and camille check out the barren land that greene wants. this time high-speed aeroplane antics ensue. big clumsy plane piloted by bond beats small, super maneurvable jet by bad guys. bond discovers the dam and water that greene wants. (finally! some useful information. brain clicks a little to link what has been some haphazard story-telling so far.)
the duo go on to kill the general (who greene is trying to put in power) at this funky looking place in the middle of the desert in bolivia and left greene to die in the middle of the desert. (erm... well) then bond and camille kiss goodbye at a train station. (that's it! nothing else happens, damn!) and bond goes to russia to look for this guy (don't know who) linked to vesper (his old love in casino royale) and doesn't kill him. (surprise surprise!)
anyhoo, i learn from wiki that this IS a sequel to Casino Royale and picks up where it left off. REALLY? it's a revenge firm - not a love story. Bond is still not over vesper lynd, his love interest in CR, so no love scene between Camille and him (yawn, pls explain the strawberry fling then!?). water is the new oil - totally agree. and i'm a pretty dis-statisfied movie-goer at the end of the day!
it started off with a hi-speed car-chase scene with his black aston martin (what else?). lots of near-crashes... for what? don't know. bond had a man in his boot. who's that? don't know. scene jumps to siena in italy where the town was holding a horse race. apparently even "m" didn't know anything about "the group". so why catch the guy? don't know. no explanation.
then bond goes on a hunt for Dominic Greene in haiti (french man of course) and meets the half russian girl Camille (the bond girl). high-speed boat chase ensues, of course. then bond follows him to Austria to an opera. bond manages to take some pics of those involved. that was a pretty cool scene. bond indirectly kills a bodyguard - who's part of the british secret service and gets into deep shit i.e. cards blocked, no moola, nada.
he looks for mathis and ropes him in, arrives in Bolivia and meets this (fugly) Fields (and lo and behold, her first name is strawberry. argh, kill me pls). So when they checked into this posh hotel, he asks her to come into his room as "he cannot find the stationery", and the next scene they're in bed! what a lame pick-up line - i guess only bond can pull it off. but anyway strawberry gets to sleep with bond even though she's not the bond girl, and dies (thank God, i couldn't bear looking at her... i'm darn cruel, i know). still don't know why he jumps into bed with her. i mean what about the real bond girl?? she's like 1000 times hotter lor, and she appears on the posters, for f*'s sake.
Mathis dies in bond's arms (that was a quick entrance and exit) and bond and camille check out the barren land that greene wants. this time high-speed aeroplane antics ensue. big clumsy plane piloted by bond beats small, super maneurvable jet by bad guys. bond discovers the dam and water that greene wants. (finally! some useful information. brain clicks a little to link what has been some haphazard story-telling so far.)
the duo go on to kill the general (who greene is trying to put in power) at this funky looking place in the middle of the desert in bolivia and left greene to die in the middle of the desert. (erm... well) then bond and camille kiss goodbye at a train station. (that's it! nothing else happens, damn!) and bond goes to russia to look for this guy (don't know who) linked to vesper (his old love in casino royale) and doesn't kill him. (surprise surprise!)
anyhoo, i learn from wiki that this IS a sequel to Casino Royale and picks up where it left off. REALLY? it's a revenge firm - not a love story. Bond is still not over vesper lynd, his love interest in CR, so no love scene between Camille and him (yawn, pls explain the strawberry fling then!?). water is the new oil - totally agree. and i'm a pretty dis-statisfied movie-goer at the end of the day!
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