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[docellis]

Jennifer Lynch. Has it taken this long to get over "Boxing Helena"?

that might be one of the worst movies ever. I swear, Surveillance is awesome. at least imo.

[Swirls]

Yeah, I thought Skyfall was very good overall. The best Bond movie since Goldeneye, in my opinion.

[thrill]

Skyfall is fantastic. Has elements from all of the Bond eras. Great villain, some camp, beautiful locales, great art direction, great action and the best direction since Moonraker. Feels big and small at the same time. The action is broad but the conflict is intimate. Some elements are very Bondish to the point of being cheesy, but it's sentimental in a way that helps ground the movie while the changes happen that essentially reset the whole series fresh.

I love it, but I'm a Bond nerd. I've already seen it twice.

[Jocephus]

Yeah, I thought Skyfall was very good overall. The best Bond movie since Goldeneye, in my opinion.

agreed. i did enjoy casino royale but yeah.

maybe spoilerish?

[SHOW]

one thing i thought was "interesting" was that there really wasn't any sex. there was one sensual scene and a few flirtatious scenes but nothing like the usual.

in other news, anchorman 2 may have some musical numbers

And course, no night out is complete with a mix to go with it, and "Fully Loaded" boasts an intriguing selection of indie tunes, kicking things off with Los Campesinos! infectious "You! Me! Dancing!" And for anyone who has followed McKay over the years, they know his comedies have often featured hilarious setpieces build around musical moments. And so, we had to ask if "Anchorman 2" would follow suit. "There will be some music in 'Anchorman 2' though for sure, we have some songs already written," he shared.

"We were going to do 'Anchorman 2' as a Broadway musical first, for like six months and then go shoot the movie. That was our initial idea," he also added, reminding us of the film's rocky history from being turned down at Paramount into a suddenly greenlit project. Does he mean whole sequences? "Whole song sequences, absolutely," he said. With "Les Miserables" coming up and pushing the fact the cast sang live on set, we asked if he would take the same approach.

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[MrSaigon]

So Anchorman 2 is alive and well I'm happy to hear. What of Old School 2?

[TAZ]

in other news, anchorman 2 may have some musical numbers

That's good, cause there was some good music in the first one.

[SHOW]

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[Vidor]

Saw "Flight", which was very good. Unfortunately, we got to the theater late yet again and I missed seeing Nadine Velazquez from "My Name Is Earl" naked in the opening scene. Still, good movie. Worth it for the crash scene, actually.

[Maclowery]

Rewatching John Carter. (well, fast-forwarding through parts, it's a long movie)

It never really had a chance to make megabucks, but it really is a pretty fun movie in the Star Wars vein. ie, it's dumb and corny and absurd, but has plenty of spectacle. I found popcorn in the kitchen and am gleefully chomping away.

edit: I should probably explain that I'm pretty much fast-forwarding any time someone actually starts talking, and only watching the action scenes. So, yeah, approximately half the movie is fun. I like the little speedy fat alien dog.

[AdmiralKird]

Like Skyfall a lot, although it had to sit with me for awhile first.

It felt a little bit too Jason Bourne / Dark Knight in a few places though. I guess I'll always still like Casino Royale more because it felt more like a Bond movie than this one. I think its fresh and really good, way better than Quantum of Solace - and probably has the best intro cinematic of all the films.

[SHOW]

1. Javier Bardem's villian felt a bit too much like the Joker. Wanting to be captured... having pre-placed explosives, joking with Bond as he runs into his traps, rolling in with a bunch of nameless henchmen cavalry, etc.

2. The reboot has only been around six years in a neverending saga. Did we really need a "Bond is getting old" movie already? Just roll with the bullet injury and time being AWOL for the rustiness.

[JL21]

Goon was cool as hell, one of the better sports movies in recent memory. It's riddled with sports movie clichés but also makes fun of those same clichés from time to time.