11-16-2008, 09:00 PM
Quote:Pleasantville. Quirky (though a little predictable in places, which actually made the quirks more comfortable to me) but a lot of fun, and some good nostalgic moments for an old guy.Lovely movie, yes.
I saw Quantum of Solace tonight. Some good points: just like Casino Royale, Bond resembles the hero of the Fleming novels - a hard, sometimes cruel man, and not the dandy he was when Roger Moore played Bond. (It helps that Daniel Craig resembles Vladimir Putin.) His car is an Aston Martin, and not a BMW.
On the negative side: Alicia Keys' song. Of course you can't beat Louis Armstrong's "We have all the time in the world", but this was really substandard and made me wish that Amy Whitehouse will be up and running soon. And most of all: the villain is not a real villain. In the Christmas season, James Bond is there to safe the entire planet, at least. Now he saves just one country. Disappointing.
Still, in balance, entertaining. Not the best of all Bond movies, not the worst.
