Me thinks you are desperate to defend a turd

Posted by Analog Scott (A) on December 18, 2006 at 20:38:01

In Reply to: Re: It always annoys me when I am aware of holes... posted by RGA on December 18, 2006 at 19:26:53:

"He is a 37 year old actor no? The man is ripped. To be ble to do all that Bond is capable of doing - he ain't 25. So you are reading a lot of holes into things that don't exist."

WTF? what does the actor's age have to do with the price of tea in China much less the plot holes in the movie?

"It's like the scene where someone below is arguing that Vesper happens to be walking through the parking lot. These issues can easily be explained away in cutaway scenese -- maybe she saw him from the window and went down - or saw him leave the game and followed.
Films do actually occasionally require the viewer to fill in what is not directly stated. Though yes some people like everything spelled out word for word."

Actually it requires the film makers to create plausable explinations to fill in the holes. This one is ridiculous. She was in the fricken casino when he left. If she saw him go to the car then she saw he was in distress. so her casual "oops look what I stumbled upon" discovery of Bond, dead in the car, was STUPID. Not to mention that she just happend to know what he was trying to do with his gadget and was able to fix it with no knowledge of the device. These are minor issues compared to some of the holes in this idiotic movie. Lets not forget that he goes back in and continues the game as if nothing happened. No, there wouldn't be secret service people from both sides of the pond all over the place would there? No, no one would try to nail the girl for trying to kill Bond would they? Of course not. And no one was smart enough to use this as a legitimate reason for postponing the game and putting the preasure on the guy that way? No, to smart and too boring. well that is the fault of the film makers for putting their cards in ::couh:: a card game. A stupid idea through and through that simply lead to more and more stupid plot holes. You know, like the one where the bad guy loses the game and goes unprotected by any secret service people for the night even though there were at least two foiled attemtps to kill him during the game. Yeah that aint fricken moronic. Again I could go on and on becuase the movie is soooooo stupid but I am getting as bored talking about it as I was watching it. But I have to mention the stupidest part (already mentioned but I feel it deserves rementioning) the fact that the new airplane not being destroyed would do NOTHING to cause the guy to lose that money he is holding for terrorists. WOW WOW was that a major screw up. This movie was three stylistically different demos for stuntmen doing chase scenes, one boring card game and one stupid twist and a ridiculous visual effect of a building coming down for ten minutes. WOW sooo bad.

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Topic - Casino Royale... Royale with cheese might be closer - dave c 19:44:22 12/17/06 (29)

If the baddie sold the airline stock before the crash that didn't happen... - WinthorpeIII 10:21:19 12/21/06 (5)

how does that work? - dave c 13:08:12 12/21/06 (4)

Re: how does that work? - WinthorpeIII 13:54:57 12/21/06 (3)

if I get it... - dave c 19:13:31 12/21/06 (2)

Re: if I get it... - RGA 22:16:11 12/31/06 (0)

Re: if I get it... - WinthorpeIII 19:53:26 12/21/06 (0)

Isn't that a Quarter Pounder In Amsterdam? - cfitzger 10:17:33 12/19/06 (1)

Re: Dunno, I was always at Burger King (n/t) - grinagog 21:16:20 12/20/06 (0)

Nice to see another person who chooses not to leave their brain at the door - Analog Scott 09:28:21 12/18/06 (8)

You chose to do so for the incompetant Die Hard? - RGA 19:29:35 12/18/06 (7)

It seems hypocritical to you? - Analog Scott 20:19:03 12/18/06 (4)

Re: It seems hypocritical to you? - RGA 02:13:16 12/19/06 (3)

"But oh well - not everyone is going to like every film" True enough. It's always strange to me when people have such - sjb 14:46:52 12/19/06 (2)

P.S. - sjb 15:19:30 12/19/06 (1)

Re: P.S. - RGA 00:37:46 12/23/06 (0)

have you started the Xmas party early? - dave c 20:11:35 12/18/06 (1)

Re: have you started the Xmas party early? - RGA 02:17:44 12/19/06 (0)

After reading your laundry list...... - Troutbum 05:50:10 12/18/06 (6)

Re: After reading your laundry list...... - RGA 07:11:27 12/18/06 (5)

It always annoys me when I am aware of holes... - dave c 11:53:45 12/18/06 (3)

Re: It always annoys me when I am aware of holes... - RGA 19:26:53 12/18/06 (2)

Me thinks you are desperate to defend a turd - Analog Scott 20:38:01 12/18/06 (1)

Re: Me thinks you are desperate to defend a turd - RGA 05:00:09 12/19/06 (0)

David Niven was *not* the first to portray James Bond in a "Casino Royale", right? - clarkjohnsen 09:07:09 12/18/06 (0)

"Wasn't the password Bond keyed in at the game ELLIPSIS?" - sjb 21:09:46 12/17/06 (4)

My inventions will solve the building collapse problem! (Just FYI...) nt - clarkjohnsen 08:45:09 12/18/06 (1)

Well... get on it then! nt - sjb 23:04:22 12/18/06 (0)

I will let you off concerning wood and Ms Green! - dave c 23:05:21 12/17/06 (1)

Re: I will let you off concerning wood and Ms Green! - kh6idf 06:30:00 12/26/06 (0)

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Me thinks you are desperate to defend a turd - Analog Scott 20:38:01 12/18/06 (1)

Re: Me thinks you are desperate to defend a turd - RGA 05:00:09 12/19/06 (0)

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