screen |skr_n| |skrin| |skri_n| noun • a blank, typically white or silver surface on which a photographic image is projected : the world's largest movie screen • movies or television; the motion-picture industry : she's a star of the stage as well as the screen. verb [ trans. ] • protect (someone) from something dangerous or unpleasant • evaluate or analyze (something) for its suitability for a particular purpose or application


Wednesday, October 27, 2021

No Time to Die

** SPOILER ALERT!! **

After a lengthy prologue that doesn’t involve James Bond, you start to realize that maybe this movie isn’t really about James Bond. He loses his job, he loses his 00 status, he loses his best friend, and he ends up being a lonely fisherman while the world continues on around him. Moments of this, like a sequence in Cuba with Ana deArmas, are exhilarating, vintage Bond kickassery. But by the middle, it’s a grounded, non-fantastic family drama that could easily be described as a big-budget Lifetime movie – a deadbeat dad trying to make good. The filmmakers do not pander and are not determined to entertain, at least not in a fun, “popcorn” way. It pains me to say this, but this is not that enjoyable of a movie. Sure, it’s action-packed and well-filmed, but it tries to cram in 60 years worth of womanizing Bond redemption into its final act, and it’s forced and clumsy. More martinis, please. Shaken... etc.

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  1. Unknown5:06 PM

    AGREE WITH EVERYTHING!!! Well said, my man.

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