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**Pappers_** · 11-26-2012, 10:57 AM

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Originally Posted by passedpawn

Just got back from it. I liked Casino Royale much better (and that is IMO the best bond ever). This one was good though.

Casino Royale was a great Bond movie. I liked Skyfall because it seemed much darker than other Bond movies and perhaps could stand on its own, apart from the Bond franchise.

**passedpawn** · 11-26-2012, 11:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Pappers_

Casino Royale was a great Bond movie. I liked Skyfall because it seemed much darker than other Bond movies and perhaps could stand on its own, apart from the Bond franchise.

That's a good point.

It's difficult to fit this movie into the rest of them. On the one hand, Q makes fun of the gadgets they 'used to make", like exploding pens. And, Bond is old and retirement is suggested. That clearly puts this movie after the old ones. On the other hand, Bond meets Ms. Moneypenny for the first time, implying this movie precedes the others (i.e., after Casino Royale but before the rest).

**Homercidal** · 11-27-2012, 05:52 PM

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Originally Posted by passedpawn

That's a good point.

It's difficult to fit this movie into the rest of them. On the one hand, Q makes fun of the gadgets they 'used to make", like exploding pens. And, Bond is old and retirement is suggested. That clearly puts this movie after the old ones. On the other hand, Bond meets Ms. Moneypenny for the first time, implying this movie precedes the others (i.e., after Casino Royale but before the rest).

First, I want to engage in the topic, which is Lincoln. I'm so-so on the movie, but my wife is very excited to go so I guess I could say "I can't wait!" I'd really rather watch a documentary.

Now, the newest Bond movie is the best yet, IMO. I did like Casino Royale, but I thought this was went farther into Bond as a person and the plot was pretty solid for a Bond movie.

The new movies are like a "reboot" of the classics. They don't actually progress linearly from the older movies. They make references to "The way things used to be", but I think that isn't really a reference to the older Bond movies so much as a reference to the previous MI6 operatives. It's as if the Bond in the older movies did not exist, although MI6 did, and they did things and had operatives like Bond in the past.

They hinted that the current Bond may be aging and on the way out, but hopefully that is not the case as I really like Craig in this role. And my wife does too, which is good for me.

I just hope they don't go back to making the Bond movies so very over-the-top with the action. There is a point at which the action overcome believability.

**Pappers_** · 11-27-2012, 07:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Homercidal

. . . as I really like Craig in this role. And my wife does too . . .

I'm sure she does

My wife is in lust with a Chicago actor/director, Tim Gregory, and frankly, I can't blame her.

**Airplanedoc** · 11-28-2012, 03:10 AM

I thought this thread was about Lincoln?

**Pappers_** · 11-28-2012, 11:42 AM

The movies is close enough for me

**Homercidal** · 11-28-2012, 01:01 PM

Almost rented Vampire Slayer last night. Instead I rented the latest Spiderman movie.

I expected to be tired of yet another Spiderman movie, but it was pretty good.

**Pappers_** · 11-28-2012, 03:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Homercidal

Almost rented Vampire Slayer last night. Instead I rented the latest Spiderman movie.

I expected to be tired of yet another Spiderman movie, but it was pretty good.

I haven't seen Spiderman yet, no way my wife will want to see it, so its definitely a netflix or on-demand movie for me.

Can't wait for the Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Slayer prequel featuring another president with a compelling story regarding an axe . . . .

George Washington: King George is a Vampire

**Laughing_Gnome_Invisible** · 11-28-2012, 03:44 PM

I'm looking forward to it if it is at least close to historically accurate. Daniel Day-Lewis was made for this role, at least by appearances.

On a side note, if anyone is intersted in a decent degree of historical accuracy, don't waste any time watching on TV Mankind: the Story of all of us. It's just as appalling as America: the story of us. Seriously, I'm expecting the Lincoln movie to have more accuracy than those so-called documentaries, and it's a movie!. What is the world coming to!?

**Airborneguy** · 11-28-2012, 04:05 PM

^ I was casually watching Mankind last night while trying to put my daughter to sleep alone for only the second time. I learned that 1 in 200 men alive today have Ghenghis Khan's DNA because of how much rapin' and pillagin' he did during his conquests (hehe). I looked this up online, and apparently according to a 2003 study, it's actually true!