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Dec 1, 2013 - 6:35 PM
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Michael24
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And some of the films here that people claim to be so narcolepsy-inducing baffle me. Skyfall? Titanic? Does everyone have the attention span of a gnat these days?
I enjoyed Titanic, and I'm not embarrassed to say I was fully caught up in the emotional aspect of it and was practically in tears by the end.
But Skyfall, aside from the teaser and the climactic action at Skyfall (even if it was basically James Bond a la Home Alone), was an absolute borefest. I hardly felt any excitement watching it, unlike with Casino Royale, the villain was terribly lame with motives so muddled I had to look them up online afterward, and as usual there was too much M, M, M, M. Sam Mendes seemed more pre-occupied with showing off his flashy sets and cinematography than anything else. It was painfully boring. As bad as it was, at least Quantum of Solace moved.
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Dec 1, 2013 - 10:11 PM
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BobJ
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And some of the films here that people claim to be so narcolepsy-inducing baffle me. Skyfall? Titanic? Does everyone have the attention span of a gnat these days?
I enjoyed Titanic, and I'm not embarrassed to say I was fully caught up in the emotional aspect of it and was practically in tears by the end.
But Skyfall, aside from the teaser and the climactic action at Skyfall (even if it was basically James Bond a la Home Alone), was an absolute borefest. I hardly felt any excitement watching it, unlike with Casino Royale, the villain was terribly lame with motives so muddled I had to look them up online afterward, and as usual there was too much M, M, M, M. Sam Mendes seemed more pre-occupied with showing off his flashy sets and cinematography than anything else. It was painfully boring. As bad as it was, at least Quantum of Solace moved.
I love the attitude that an individual who does not like Skyfall has to have the "attention span of a gnat" for it to make sense to the poster of that statement. More an insight into their character than the critical filmgoers to be sure. It is just a movie in the end.
But watching Skyfall is more like having to fill an aquarium at Sea World with a coffee cup, one cup at a time. There just isn't enough there to be very interesting and it just never seems to end.
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barryfan: Re: Prometheus was very dull, I agree.
Funny, but as much as I adored the original "Alien" and bought it on VHS and DVD and again along with the other 3 on the "Alien Quadrilogy" boxed set, and not only all 4 again on Blu-ray on the elaborate "Alien Anthology," but a second copy of "Alien Anthology" when I misplaced my first copy and was afraid someone might have walked off with it. Plus I bought the soundtrack CDs for the first 2 movies AND paid to see all of them in the theatre and even took friends back to see the first 2. So you could say that I not only paid my "Alien" dues but should be allowed to claim to be an "Alien" fan. But I don't hesitate to say that "Alien" was a verrrrrrrry slow movie -- it takes over 30 minutes for any real action to happen, and even then it continues to go at a pretty deliberate pace, and I have friends who were bored to death by much of the first part of it. In comparison, "Prometheus" begins almost with a bang (the "seeding" of planet Earth) and, action-wise, sooooooooooo much happens, some of it even before they land on the planet, and little of it is "dull." I think that many of those calling it "dull" simply don't like the movie, and many of them claim to love "Alien," which is quite ironic. Call "Prometheus" bad or poorly written or even illogical. Say it wasn't what you expected. Even say you were bored by it. But that movie is NOT "dull"!!!
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To TALL GUY- Didn't you find the music score alright?
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