Reviews

Last night (Dec 30, 2022) we saw No Time to Die.

We were all excited to see it having seen all the other JB films since the beginning of the JB era (1962).

We were incredibly disappointed. Not only me, but all 5 of us.

First of all, there was plenty of discontinuity in the film. One scene led to some scene from some other movie, or so it seemed. There was action but in between there was plenty of blah blah. And more blah. If I wanted blah blah, I would have watched another movie not JB!

Yes, the bad guy doesn't kill a young girl who grows up and owes him? Excuse me? JB and the Stockholm syndrome, more or less. Then the bad guy appears and gets shot just like that? No spectacular killing sequence, the trademark of JB films? And, wait for it, JB dies at the end? WHAT?

If the producers wanted to finish JB they can send him to Jamaica to retire. They don't need to kill him. So why did they?

First of all Fukunaga shouldn't have directed this film. It should have been give to someone like Mendes who did a much better job in Spectre.

And finally, I am sure Ian Fleming is turning in his grave watching his beloved James Bond end like this. Pity.

No time to die is certainly neither shaken, nor stirred.

Ok, I have been to Amanzoe hotel many times(the hotel where the film takes place), I have been to Speteses, the island where the film starts, I have been to the beach club, where the beach scenes are filmed so I had personal interest to see this film.

I was disappointed however. Yes, Daniel Craig plays the detective just like the previous film (does he really need to play an American accent?), and Dave Bautista plays the character spot on, and yes Edward Norton plays the evil genius very well (or is he Zuckerberg, Musk or anyone of the current zillionaires?), and yes Kate Hudson plays the silly billy, and yes, Leslie Odom and Kathryn Hahn and all the others fit their roles perfectly, but really, where is the pizazz?

The film takes a long time to develop, and by the time it does, either the audience has fallen asleep, or is keeping its eyes open with martini sticks.

The excitement comes from time to time, and at the end the bad guy doesn't die. What? Excuse me? Since when does the bad guy doesn't end up as a souvlaki stick? Marinated of course, in spectacular fashion.

I was expecting either the hotel to blow up, or a hydrogen bomb to turn Spetses into Spetsekini, but all we got was some crystals broken, and punishment inferred. Tch tch tch I say.

The producers could have done much better here, but maybe the Covid pandemic put a damper on their original plans.

I can't wait for the next sequel. Maybe we will see "Crypto mania: Knives out 3" coming to a theater near you sometime soon.

This is a great series of short video news that I first watched as a podcast. I came across it by chance when I was looking for news. What a discovery!

There are many episodes and a website (http://theonion.com) that has been in existence since the 70s. Yeah right!

The episode about Obama lip syncing had me falling over in laughter while the episode of sluts causing a major environmental disaster was a killer. Other episodes include how to put the spark back into your relationship with a cat, the end of the newspaper industry and what will you put on your garage floor when painting, and the abortion procedure episode were priceless.

To top it all, the individuals with upcoming bachelor parties subject to internet attack episode and the latest car that Ford suggest to everyone for 2010, the 1993 Taurus for $680 round up a great list.

And as each episode says, "since 1896, in 811 countries, this the news show everyone depends on!" Great!

After getting enough encouragement from facebook friends to go see this movie, I finally made it and was pleased to have done so.

This movie is close to my heart and life. I fly often. Not 350,000 miles as Ryan (played so convincingly by George Clooney), but about 200,000 miles per year. In 2009 I flew 159 times. I was on the road for almost 300 days. I do consider airports my places, have learned how to go through security (and yes I do follow people that have very little hand luggage), have learned how to get miles from everything (although I would never sit down and exchange loyalty cards with anyone because, what's the point) and how to live, an at times, pretty lonely existence.

The fact the Ryan meets a lovely woman with similar life at an airport is interesting, although many women I meet flying certainly do not have kids and if they did, would not fly as much as she does. It is a life choice.

George plays the role very well, although you would think that after getting #7, he would give up his airline seat, instead visiting airports where he can go see his "Ryan" labeled airplane. The film of course finishes in a way that there will be Up In the Air 2 coming soon in a theater near you. Maybe this is the plan.

I don't give this film a 10 because: Would a company really sent a 25 year old to fire people? Would people that have worked at a company all their lives really accept to lose their jobs by such a young person? And is it morally acceptable to use video conferencing to do such a life changing event? Or we just accept this movie as, well a movie.

And finally is there a need for so much endorsements in this movie? Do we need to push Hilton, American Airlines, Hertz and every other company mentioned. Or future movies will become infomercials. Or maybe this movie could not be made without names, any names.

Yes, this is a good movie and recommended to anyone who lives Up in the Air. Just like me.

This is a good film by Mel Brooks. On the easy-to-watch side, it is the story of two very rich men who bet the ownership of a homeless area of LA on whether one of them (Brooks) can stay alive homeless, paperless and pennyless in the slums of LA. The dance number with Brooks and Warren is good as is the scene in Brooks house "my Rodin....my van Gogh...." This is a nice movie, portraying the dirty and awfull side of homelessness in a perhaps un-true manner (for younger audiences). Also shows how bad lawyers are and how easily money changes people.