‘There are at Least 11 Runaway Galaxies Screaming Across the Universe.’
Those graphics are adorably:
Yeah. For the most part, it was just the plot logic that was moronic, while the character motivations/behavior were more plausible. (And of course the acting was great). But poor Q got to embody all the stupid in person :/
This is broadly true. But when a movie indicates that a person/organization has a certain capability at the start and then completely contradicts that later in the movie without any plausible explanation simply ‘because plot!’, it unnecessarily strains credibility.
Wow, 25? So, quarter-life crisis and it moves back in with its parents?
No — you seem to have missed the the very loud memo from circa 2005: the producers were very vociferous in crowing that Craig’s rebooted Bond would be grounded in reality. This fundamentally changes the expectations of what is plausible within a Bond story, and effectively shunts Bond into a different sub-genre of…
This is essentially what’s most infuriating about Skyfall — all the problems could’ve been fixed fairly painlessly if the producers had just left the script in the hands of Tony Gilroy or Scott Frank or someone of that calibre for a couple of days closer to filming.
‘Bond’ as a concept is, of course, implausible. Just as Cruise’s Ethan Hunt or even Damon’s Bourne.
‘Skyfall was no more ridiculous than any other spy film...’
Well, that’s not story logic, that’s more the premise of the entire series.
Nice. Although, personally, I’m waiting for ‘Earth Day 2: Zombie Boogaloo.’
I’m a little sad that Skyfall’s success demonstrates that many people seem content to live in a world where a Bond movie now has the same calibre of story logic that would make a Charlie’s Angels movie blush.
Of course, the real M would’ve prefaced any ‘in case I die’ video with: ‘the following request shall be considered null and void should I suffer an ignominiously trite death in the service of some fecklessly implausible cobbled together circumstances, in which case, Bond, you should consider it a matter of the utmost…
If they get Stan Lee to narrate it, it’ll make more money than Avengers: Infinity War Part I and Part II combined.
Said Damon Lindelof never.
Pee Eww!
‘Also, AoS has become about ten times better than Avengers was...’