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"DO YOU WORSHIP HOMOSEXUALS?" - Curtis Saxton (source) - PeZook
. Now Bond actually acts and looks like a guy who kills people and breaks stuff.
They had a lot of fun filming that scene among others according to the official photo book on the movie. I expect it keeps you fit, what with jumping off cranes, between scaffolding and through walls.SylasGaunt wrote:The big free running chase at the start was great. Though I admit I had to keep from shouting out 'OH YEAH!' when bond did his Kool-Aid man impression.
Anyway it's a great way to renew the franchise.
Apparently the Guy is a RL "City-runner", I've seen videos of amateurs doing it and its not that far-fetched (Theres an absolutely insane video of a Russian kid doing it somewhere in Google videos if you look).SylasGaunt wrote:I don't recall anything in there that was too bad, at least on Bond's side. The bomb-maker was all over the place like Spider Man but then the guy who played him is one of those crazy-ass Traceurs.
Though the crane-crane and crane-building leap were pushing it.
). I'm well aware of the existance of Parkour/Free-Running hence why I referred to him as a 'crazy ass Traceur'. :pDEATH wrote: Apparently the Guy is a RL "City-runner", I've seen videos of amateurs doing it and its not that far-fetched (Theres an absolutely insane video of a Russian kid doing it somewhere in Google videos if you look).
It is a esoteric sport, and the guy had non realistic endurance (keeping up a sprint non stop) but the stuff he did could mostly be replicated (And no comments on the "unrealism" of the initial running climb up the scaffolds side?
I think the "action wank" was mostly down to the seemingly endless stamina of Bond and the bad guy he was chasing (apart from that, running through and climbing up a building site is not impossible). And Bond was perhaps so heavily focused on his mark, common sense and logical planning took a backseat to a gung-ho Bond (this was confirmed when Bond waltzed into a foreign embassy, thoughtlessly shooting things up and causing an embarrassing international incident for MI6).Darth Wong wrote: Having said that, we both agreed that the first big fight scene was really fucking stupid. The moves that Bond and his quarry executed were virtually superhuman, and represented the sort of action-hero wankery that has infected far too many films lately. All the while Bond is chasing that other guy up into the half-completed apartment building, jumping from cranes and running on girders and generally defying death I was thinking "What are you Bond, fucking retarded? The guy is going up into a half-completed building! Where's he going to go from there? Just wait for him to come back down, you moron." That whole scene was totally unnecessary and Rebecca was rolling her eyes. She said she was almost ready to give up on the movie at that point, but it got a helluva lot better after that.
Besides Vesper, he's the only person who could've told Le Chiffre about his twitching-eye tell. Since he trusted Vesper, Mathis had to be the one who told Le Chiffre about it.Big Orange wrote: Anyway I'v seen Casino Royale again and one thing still bothers me: Why does Bond realise Mathis is corrupt when Vesper Lynd receives a text message from Mathis himself? Bond goes "Mathis? ...Mathis!" then he goes after Vesper and see her being bundled into a black car driven by Le Chiffre's goons.
Any clear explanation of the only part of the story that really bothered me?
I don't remember, but did the agents show up on screen before or after Mathis poisoned the drink? If they didn't see him do it, then they wouldn't have had any hard evidence against himAlso Why does M think Mathis is "cleared" of being a mole, after Vesper's herself double crossed Bond, when Mathis was acting in a suspicious manner when he was arrested by two MI6 officers (he was poisoning Bond)?
Maybe she survived and went with Mr. White, when Mr. White himself went right up to Le Chiffre and planted a bullet in his head? And I find it odd that two thugs from some Third World backwater could track Le Chiffre down to his hotel room, although Le Chiffre and his entourage may have been under the heavy surveillance by Mr. White's "Organisation" (as well as by MI6 and the CIA), so they may have tipped off the rebel leader to Le Chiffre's precise location (with Le Chiffre's girlfriend also part of the "Organisation's" stakeout).Admiral Valdemar wrote: The trailer, as with most movie trailers it seems, showed some scenes not in the final cut. It could be she had a bigger role, but it was toned down at the last minute. Mr. White, at least, is part of a bigger picture. Perhaps Le Chiffre's girlfriend was related to this organisation somehow.
That's exactly the problem; it was treated as a sport rather than a logical progression of events in character. Logically, the guy had a fucking gun. He should have simply carjacked somebody. I don't care how fast you think you are, you'll get away more effectively if you carjack somebody. Especially since you don't know how many agents are after you. But oh no, that wouldn't have shown off his mad skillz, right? The scene played like wankery, not like a logical series of events.DEATH wrote:Apparently the Guy is a RL "City-runner", I've seen videos of amateurs doing it and its not that far-fetched (Theres an absolutely insane video of a Russian kid doing it somewhere in Google videos if you look).SylasGaunt wrote:I don't recall anything in there that was too bad, at least on Bond's side. The bomb-maker was all over the place like Spider Man but then the guy who played him is one of those crazy-ass Traceurs.
Though the crane-crane and crane-building leap were pushing it.
Why pick out specifics in a scene that makes no sense from top to bottom? Why did this imbecile even run up into a half-completed building in the first place, other than to show off?It is a esoteric sport, and the guy had non realistic endurance (keeping up a sprint non stop) but the stuff he did could mostly be replicated (And no comments on the "unrealism" of the initial running climb up the scaffolds side?
Funny and incredibly retarded. Bond should have run face-first into a wall stud.It was funy to see the Guy jump through windows then Bond simply run through the wall though
As far as recall that scene's quite ambiquous. Sure he made something up for bond, but was it poison? Or just his medicine for the day?Shadow WarChief wrote:I don't remember, but did the agents show up on screen before or after Mathis poisoned the drink? If they didn't see him do it, then they wouldn't have had any hard evidence against himAlso Why does M think Mathis is "cleared" of being a mole, after Vesper's herself double crossed Bond, when Mathis was acting in a suspicious manner when he was arrested by two MI6 officers (he was poisoning Bond)?
"DO YOU WORSHIP HOMOSEXUALS?" - Curtis Saxton (source) - PeZook
