YES to the Fear and Loathing Vibe. I have a feeling Diamonds Are Forever was used as a reference point for Terry Gilliam while making the film.

What? I don't remember, did he grab her ass or something? Squeeze a melon?

maybe he was implying that the knickers should go as well.

For me the worst part is that the best part of the movie is the first hour, and you could stand to lose about 45 minutes of it with one scene of M summarizing most of what's going on to Rory Kinnear and Bond.
Did we really need the whole part about denting the terrorist's Aston Martin and then stealing his girlfriend?…

You just admitted you have a face made for radio, apparently.

I STILL don't understand the love for this film. It has such a flawed narrative structure that makes the movie feel like it lasts for days.

Yeah the Adult sections are supposed to mine a completely different horror: The realization that you're getting older and aren't the same person you were as a kid. Scared the hell out of me reading it as a young teenager. "Is that the way being an adult is like? Fuck that shit, I'm Peter Panning it from here on out."

The parallel structure also makes the story a mystery, as they dive deeper into their memories to piece together a timeline of what happened that fateful summer when they were kids. The way the climax cuts back and forth between the two time frames is beautiful, especially in how history is repeating itself, down to…

Sigh…. another one of you…

Reading Comprehension sure has gone downhill in the internet era….

Holy Fucking Shit you completely missed the point of the novel. The details ARE THE POINT.

So, more charming Woody Allen and less "creepy Uncle who hugs his nieces for FAR too long" Woody Allen?

This isn't a horror film per se. It's an adaptation of a long novel, which you know, obviously.

read the book, skip the movie.

Ughh, people who don't read…..

This movie appears to be 90% material NOT from The Gunslinger.

Um, because it's based on a book the length of several regular novels, maybe?

what's wrong with that?

or not.

Stop going at 7 on Saturdays then. Get used to going after work on Tuesday, it's awesome, and usually discounted. You're not missing anything, since the theaters on opening night in my town seemed to be filled of drunken marines who needed a dark place to pass out and snore for 2 hours.