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The comedy, character quirks and plot are all hilarious...the trailer doesn't do justice. The storyline is new: blundering wannabe crooks become the clueless classless muti-millionaires ever. What makes it different is the abundance of superb supporting characters to buffer Woody. Fun banter:

"Did you get your share (seed money for bank robbery)", Woody. "Yeah, I sold a rented car", crook Tony.

"They're not bums, maybe they didn't go to Harvard", Woody. "Maybe they never completed Kindergarten" wife Tracey.

"I'm getting some air, I'm going up on the roof", Woody. "Don't jump, you're too valuable as a dishwasher", Tracey.

"I hear you're a fan of the ballet" dinner guest. "Oh yes, I used to be a dancer" former stripper Tracey.

"I never before classified you as a human type female" come on line by Woody.

In the end what goes up must come down but it's all about the journey not the destination.

Very serious and rather demented....the perfect makeup for Academy Award nominations (have you ever seen a comedy get the Oscar).

John DuPont (Steve Carell) has no idea how to make a dollar or how to spend it. He's an amateur birdwatcher (even wrote a book on it), let loose a dozen prized horses, bought a military tank with extras, lives in a remote mega-mansion, flies by helicopter everywhere, pays for a wrestling team (calling himself coach even though he is high school level at best), pays for a flattering documentary of basically himself stating my athletes look to me as a father / mentor, pays to win a seniors tournament, pays to have the entire US team train on his premises, has to be visible as coach at the Olympics and never gave a crap about his own mother...self absorbed to say the least. This is a new thing for Steve to play a character who is basically not sane.

While Mr. DuPont is the focus of interest, we are compelled to identify with Dave (Mark Ruffalo) but not Mark (Channing Tatum) who is supposed to be the main character. You see, Dave is the voice of reason whereas Mark is just another dumbass athlete. In the near end, a shooting occurs to which I say stupid Americans with guns....sorry but you had it coming (I'm Canadian). At the very end, reality again sets in for Mark (Channing) which is a further depressing note.

As for the story, you kinda already know it: two brothers achieve Olympic gold (must have been different weight classes), one gets recruited to train with DuPont, the other is brought on board and Mark achieves gold again. Tragedy is omnipresent throughout the entire film. I give this move a 6/10, as opposed to higher, as it's just not uplifting at all. At the conclusion, I just felt depressed and not motivated to ever watch it again (I define watching a movie more than once as a good movie). See it for sure, but be prepared for a downer if that's your thing.

StevePunchard.

10,000 BC. Really. They are using metal (telescope + shearing sounds), concrete (the main building) and they speak English. I was expecting grunts and lots of action to survive. A good chunk of the film is animated which is also hard to believe.

They wanted to make this into a love story but that's also a stretch.

I don't wish this one on any of my fellow listeners.

IMDB wants a longer review so I'm just padding here. Fuddle diddle, little diddle , the cat ran over the moon. Little boy blue and and man on the moon. The dish ran away with the spoon. How many words do they want; did it!

Thanks.

StevePunchard.

The story is about 2 high school girls that keep stumbling into presidential situations. This catches the attention of all kinds of people worried they might know too much but really they're just high school girls. The fun is the girls giggling at most everything when everything is actually serious. And of course no one believes their tales of White House experiences.

The girls buy into Nixon, teaching him how to do the peace sign and give him all stars on their wall of fame (replacing Bobby Sherman......so yesterday). Their cookies even become a hit with everyone at the White House. They start to fantasize about Nixon to the point where one says she loves him on tape. But just when things were getting perfect, Nixon turns on them and now they hate him. Two down.

What to do next: "prank calls" "who should we call?" "Shawn Freshman?" "No, we always do him". They instead call the Washington Post to spill the beans on Nixon and reach Will Farrell (+ co-worker) who's a bumbling idiot; they nick name themselves "deep throat".

The feds suspect the girls of knowing too much and start digging around even stealing the infamous cookie recipe; like that's going to tell them anything. The girls endeavor to find dirt on Nixon and come upon a very young Ryan Reynolds for whom one of them asks "do you want to make out" as an opening line to which Ryan responds "sure"; if only things could be that easy.

The girls give the dirt to Farrell +1 (of course they get the Pulitzer) and the rest is history. We also find out the cookies were accidently made with pot....opps!

In the end everything is about roller skating....who doesn't like to do that!

Having had a serious history of a lack of self-confidence our gal goes to work for a lawyer who has his own serious mental incompetences. The job (her first) is a traditional secretary but the position is anything but. All this spells trouble.

The job starts with stupid things like setting mouse cages and finding coffee when none is available. When he finds out someone else likes her his demands expand to her hair, simple typos (which are very common on an IBM typewriter at speed) and her sniffling (which has got to be really hard to stop). She tries hard to try to accommodate them all.

You know things are about to change when he says "come here" sitting on the couch. It starts with "Are you listening", twice, and then after making his demand "have I made myself perfectly clear" it's all steering wrong. The initial punishment is a spanking which she trepidiously accepts; this keeping in mind this is a comedy/drama and not a porn. She's intrigued she ended up with a bruise and starts to do better at work.

Next is being handcuffed to a long bar across her shoulders as she goes about her duties around the office; she improves even more. But as he trusts her more and more she starts to purposely make mistakes just to be punished. While she's attracted to him perhaps he only thought of the antics as office procedure. The topic of workplace sexual harassment does eventually come up but only for normal people.

And for everything that gets built up, it will tend to fall apart as did their relationship. She tries to make a career out of sadomasochism but that didn't work out so she attempted a normal life but that didn't work out either. The solution was to make things work like they should.

Ah, if only real workplaces were like this one displayed, it would be a different world; they're probably not for a reason. Watch it if you're in the mood for something totally different.

....it's a damn good movie for any generation. I haven't watched it since I was a teenager, and it meant everything to me at the time, but now as an adult it still rings true as we all lived that period in our lives. What it really comes down to is the simplicity of the characters: they're not trying to act in calculated ways, they made mistakes and they didn't have agendas other than getting through the day.

My fellow high schoolers said I looked like Anthony M. Hall which was likely an insult considering he portrayed the nerd in the movie. I took it as a compliment as I at least looked like a movie star at the time. Mr. Hall didn't go onto major success but Estevez, Nelson and Ringwald did: this was a springboard for them.

The detention teacher sees the accused as "A brain, an athlete, a basket case, princess and a criminal"; labels to be sure. The whole idea is not to judge one another by their shoes (Dylan). Good job.

As they settle down the criminal accentuates his aggression, the athlete stands his ground, the princess remains pretty, the nerd does mostly calculations and the basketcase retreats. Everyone was supposed to be grounded in their pre-defined characters till it all got f**ked up.

The f**ked up part is they all started to mix. The jock and bascketcase intertwined while the princess and criminal became intrigued. They admit to their guilt and push each others buttons but mostly they concede their faults. And as you may have noticed my character, the nerd, was left without a date; took me years to get over that.

I believe the 80s as a coming of age for movies (the 70s were too slow paced) where this was one of them. And with the Simple Minds song for the movie, which has resonated in my psyche for 37 years, it goes like: "don't you...forget about me...don't, don't, don't.... don't you...forget about me..." I never forgot it.

I forever avoided watching this movie and it turns out there was a reason for that. Although Pacino may be a legend, I'm just not that intrigued by his shtick. He tends to gets all gouglie eyed and replicate his words as a means for emphasis.

He is felt sympathy by a young man with empathy. There are some fun points about making fun of himself being blind. And he does get to dance with a quite intriguing young woman.

Others rated this waaaaaay higher but the end doesn't make up for the sheer painful means to get there.

Sandler, and the rest of the cast, are more normalized here. Right from the opening scene a mother's (Paz) four ridiculous, and repeated, attempts to try to avoid crying in front of her daughter is absolutely hilarious. Paz couldn't be more opposite to Sandler's wife Tea who is about to blow a gasket every 5 minutes (including during sex).

So Paz walks into a glass door, which really no one would have noticed the way it was, and our house empress (Tea) declares "I'm not mad" which usually means just the opposite. The fact Téa can't pronounce Paz's name might also be a bad start. With the housekeeper job in hand, Tea asks Paz to make coffee and points to the coffee maker which is about 4' tall, is all shinny and has more dials on it than a cockpit of a jet fighter.

Sandler's job as a chef has its challenges too. He's on the cusp of being great but he's worried about the pressure to keep it up: "I worked in a restaurant in NY. When we got the 4 stars people's accents changed and the heart of the place left." An employee responds "I admire you for your feelings and I hope to adopt them as my own." Sandler also doesn't know how to judge Paz's daughter when he offered $0.50 - $5 for every piece of sea glass found - she collects $640 worth in one day to his astonishment.

Paz's attempts at English are initially embarrassing but she keeps working on it whereas Tea's attempts to speak Spanish go absolutely nowhere and she just keeps raising her voice (sometimes to panic volumes) with the perception that'll somehow get through. Paz's initial (English voice-over) perception of Sandler (as he has a breakdown) is: "To someone with first hand knowledge of Latin macho, he seemed to have the emotions of a Mexican woman." An argument between Sandler and Paz (with her daughter translating) is surprisingly coherent, fast, fun and with each making plausible cases.

Tensions rise as the families intertwine. And near the end talk about romance as Sandler says to Paz "they should name a gender after you, looking at you doesn't do it, staring is the only way that makes any sense..."

I guess it was a good ending; I never liked Tea and I might be left with nightmares of her constantly yelling "left" when jogging. Turns out the vivacious drinking mother was the wisest of them all.

Worth the watch.

Romcoms have received a bad rap as of late but I think this one is more fun than the too cutsie crap. Should be rated better in my opinion as the laughs happened every few minutes even though the lead actors are not A list. One such scenario was a guy who wanted to break up with his girlfriend by inviting her to a concert for his new song...as he sung it: "Jennifer.... Jennifer.....I found someone newahoo".

Our main guy's lying roommate's lies are just funny where he looses track of his get the girl lines. He eventually comes clean with his real name being Steve! (why would he lie about that?...my name is Steve for craps sake!). Do you realize just how huge these decisions are when you're picking a potential life partner; I mean everything matters.

Weird things are is why is Freddie a Jr. And why does Claire regularly go cross-eyed. But then things heat up with them falling for each other, but it's too soon in the movie.....surely something's going to happen! Then sex and excuses happen and they change everything going forward!

OK, it's clearly a romcom in the end and I cried when things worked out beautifully well. Enjoy it if you're up to it.

Right from the opening shot, Bond's eyes, and gun, are focused from the darkness moving towards an unpredictable scene. His counterpart is down and Bond walks into a Moroccan confusion with a Land Rover awaiting. That turns into a motorcycle chase of epic proportions cumulating into an above train (yes moving train with a construction digger) fight which leads to his initial downfall. Wow! In the words of Naomie Harris "It's kind of hard to describe Mom." And Adele's signature song to follow is elegant and memorable.

Back to MI6 they go underground (Churchill's Bunker) which is a cool cave. If you've seen this you know Q eliminates the gadgets which makes you think how can this possibly be a classic Bond; just wait! The fight scene next in the Asian high rise is done all in shadows, with moving visuals and original dramatic music. I don't believe anything like this has been done before: emercingly (new word) unforgettable, moving and downright thrilling. In between, Naomie Harris pays a visit to Bond and you'd be lying if you said she isn't super sexy. Have yet to find her in other films but maybe she's just staying true to the Bond franchise for now.

Next up is Macau which is full of exotica. The seductress is heavily makeuped (2nd new word 😊) and knows her business. She has only a chance with Bond not knowing if he'll be gone tomorrow (he isn't but she is). They travel together in an absolutely spectacular, classy and elegant 173' sailboat; as a fellow sailor, I'm in love with this thing which is completely opposite to gas guzzling party type supermotor yachts. More shadow imagery as a heart evolves between them when they kiss in the shower onboard.

Bond gets to meet the villain (who is extremely well played by Javier Bardem) where he surprises him with a response to a radio signal .... classic Bond gadgetry, if simplistic, is still here.

When the villain gets loose from MI6, Bond is able to track him by talking to Q in real time: this is new and a great way to keep the conversation going. Just how Bond gets on the subway (train) is a thing of beauty and the reactions to it just plain fun. The original symphonic music in complete synchronicity with the action starts here and builds up in a 10 minute sequence peaking (the best part of the film) at a dramatic courtroom shootout; this won them the musiconic (3rd new word 😊) Oscar for just that. Great driving sequence just missing, by a hair, a couple of other cars. Q: "I'm guessing this isn't strictly official" Bond: "Not even remotely" Q: "So much for my promising career in espionage."

M and Bond head to Scotland in a 1964 Auston Martin with original Bond music. Bond opens up the top of the stick shift with his thumb poised: "Are you going to complain the whole way?" M: "Oh go ahead eject me, see if I care." The last 20 minutes are a fight at a Scottish estate (called Skyfall). It's a good shootout but done mostly in darkness for which I'm not as much a fan. The end is a character leaving the franchise and a reshuffling of personnel for the next film in the series.

Doesn't get any better than this.

It might be because of the cool sunglasses he wears. Or because he, as a killer, has a heart which lots of killers do and the people he kills were all bad guys. We like him because he's a simple person (but also because he's a very good killer). The girl is simple too just wanting to move on with life.

So why, as rated by my fellow rating persons, is this movie ranked #33 BEST OF ALL TIME (out of close to 1M IMDb titles)? I will agree it's well acted, has a compelling story line and is cute but really! 33! It's good, but not THAT good.

About the story, the plant lives. Watch it once, enjoy, then move on.

I should have paid attention to all the other reviews that said don't watch this, however, I thought the last Hugh Grant movie I watched was hilarious (Music & Lyrics) so how could they mess this one up; they did, colossally.

My first thought was it must be the director but as pointed out by a fellow reviewer the writer and director (Marc Lawrence) was not only the same but he did 2 weeks notice as well which I also liked.

That leaves the female leads as the only difference between the 3 films: Sandra Bullock (2 weeks), Drew Barrymore (Music) and Sarah Jessica Parker (Morgans). I was never a fan of Sarah going in (I don't consider her an A list actor) but I knew that and there were good supporting actors here. The only thing I can think of was Marc thought he had it in the bag and didn't put the effort in.

The first 2 minutes were funny with Hugh recording voice messages, to Sarah, while the initial credits ran. This was a good start I thought, then it all went downhill.

There were stories that went nowhere (villager needing a will), a tired grizzly bear routine, vegetarian proclamations, cityite Sarah running after her horse was not funny, Hugh is made to look like a bumbling idiot the entire film and absolutely no chemistry between Hugh and Sarah. Overall there were several unsuccessful attempts at humour while the only cool thing was a female trick rider at the rodeo...well done.

Lame climax (does the guy get the girl? / does the bad guy get caught?) with an epilogue that hits rock bottom.

I should listen to more people. So listen to all of us, don't waste your time.

What more do you want in a film? They did get around to a plot around half way through (kill the president), there is betrayal (by the hot blonde), bad assness (Ice-cube broke out from jail by grabbing onto a helicopter), recon/covert ops., NSA/Seal types and a gadget guy. Definitely not a romcom.

The initial scene starts with a ka-blawie and follows with a lot of shooting. About the bad guys, their black batman like uniforms look like they're trying to portray being ripped with 10 bulges protruding from the stomach to chest. Where it used to be snipers had red laser sights, these guys have red dots for eyes for which I'm just not sure how that helps them. Also in the initial scene is a UFO like camera flying around that is clearly added by the FX department; when the camera is later taken apart, it looks like a piece of Chinese plastic with a microphone and simple circuitry.

The rest is more of the same: cars / trucks / tanks, more shooting (with really big weapons), the good guys come from chop shops (which makes them cool), piles of special effects and more women (with push-up bras).

This very expensive film is the kind where your mind goes into a state of fuzziness, the ending doesn't matter and don't expect any of it to be plausible. Not at all like not like the original, with Vin Diesel, which I quite enjoyed.

You just need to decide if you're up to a Hugh Grant comedy mixed in with an 80s music theme. And light romance. That's it really. It was much more fun than I thought it would be (wasn't rated by Roger Ebert).

It starts off with a company pitch for "Battle of the 80s Has-Beens" which is kinda amusing but it steps up when it's revealed the "Battle" part refers to a boxing match where the winner gets to sing one of their songs.

Where Hugh's 80s band's hit song is "POP...goes my hearrrt", and the name of the band is POP, I honestly got this horrible song stuck into my head for a few hours. As Hugh is performing hotels and the like it's amusing all the wives gather at the front of the stage with their husbands were sitting down at the back of the room. Grant, wearing his standard tuxedo shirt with cuffs extended, isn't ashamed of this of playing his old hits while swinging his hips.

Some fun exchanges included:

• "Your song inspired me when I was 7" Current 17 year old pop star Cora. "I wrote that when I was 9" Hugh, former boy band performer.

• "I want you to write a new song...see I recently broke up with my boyfriend....we'd been together for almost 2 months...it was a terrible experience." Cora.

• "It's like my throat is closing up, like anaphylactic" Drew about to sing "It's alright, it's only a 3 minute song." Hugh
• "That's amazingly sensitive, especially from a man who wears such tight pants." Drew. "It forces all the blood to my heart." sappily Hugh

While the 80s boy band MTV prologue gives context, the epilogue is just annoying....turn the movie off after the guy kisses the girl.

Good fun overall.

Co-incidence? I think not. They were either paid to write something glowing about a movie that's a write off or they worked on it and are trying to bolster their CVs. Do these people have any consciences?

I'm not going to bother watching it based on credible reviews. Too bad Roger Ebert (Glenn Kenny) had to suffer through it before assigning it a rating of 1.

I have never seen so many 1 and 10 ratings in one place. The 1's are clearly normal movie watchers who are having a hard time coming to grips they actually watched the thing. The 10's are obviously trumped up with a vested interest in the project.

Also, it's never a good sign when the Roger Ebert franchise doesn't even bother to watch it (and they watch almost everything).

I didn't know I was about to watch a Canadian film but right there, in the first scene, the talk is about going to Kelowna for an abortion. No American would know where Kelowna is, but I as a Canadian certainly do.

Shot in Revelstoke (the extreme skiing capital of this country), the scenery is fantastic. BTW: if you don't know what province I'm talking about yet (or what a province is), you're not from around here.

It's all about how 2 brothers initially perceive each other, one supposedly a looser and the other supposedly successful, and how that changes as the truths to come out being stuck together. Turns out the successful one has a few downfalls while the looser has many undiscovered strong qualities.

What makes the movie interesting is the successful guy keeps thinking he's right about everything even when he's blatantly proven wrong. The looser takes some big chances that prove to be the right moves like lowering his brother down a cliff. If I were the one being lowered I'd be freaked out too.

In the end, they truly are brothers and not so far off. Worth the watch where only a few have watched.

This is a horrible movie. Basically, it's just one on one conversations that don't go anywhere at all.

The only reason I kept watching was because Nell Minow (Ebert) gave it a 3 out of 4 stars so I kept waiting for something exciting to happen. That never came. By comparison, its predecessor Braveheart was totally exciting.

When I say again about Ebert being off, I recently watched (and rated a 10) Erin Brockovich for a third time and noticed he gave it only 2 out of 4 stars. He was critical of almost everything in the movie. He couldn't have been more off (think Oscars) for the second time since I started counting.

Don't watch this movie unless you're trying to put yourself to sleep.

Well there's nothing wrong with it. It's just that......it's just not memorable. If anything I found the supporting characters to be more fun: the economics prof with the evil laugh, the grammar challenged student, the dancing student, the cheap neighbour and the fung shui moped girl.

I find it hard to believe Julia Robert's husband is looking at porn in his spare time.....doesn't he realize he's married to Julia Roberts! Not only does she throw his stuff outside but she leaves the computer on playing his favourite videos...well done.

Tom decides to enrol in college for a better job. You can tell he's new to all this as he highlights 90% of his text book. The fung shui girl teaches him to be cool and gets him to join a moped gang; this is the start of his transformation which is really what the whole story is about.

Eventually Roberts perks up and gets more excitable. There really isn't any chemistry between her and Hanks...they only go through the motions. This was supposed to be the story but it's not.

Watch it if nothing else better is on.

Very funny right off the bat. The kicked in the groin joke is not about the recipient's reaction but about how English uniquely twitches. In fact English's (Rowan Atkinson's) facial expressions, and physical comedy, are all priceless. Some of the scenes seem to stretch a little too long, and can be repetitive, before we get to something uniquely funny.

Didn't mind the initial product placement here as it was hilarious: when English arrives back at British Intelligence HQ he finds it's now sponsored by Toshiba. Rolls Royce also advertises but it's OK as it's obvious they're doing so. The Royce follows English's commands so everything he says accidentally the car does...quite fun.

The Roger Ebert franchise didn't even bother to review it, so that was a bad sign before watching. Don't watch it for the plot but overall it was quite funny even if there were lags in between.

This is the first movie I've watched produced by Netflix which I have traditionally avoided altogether not regarding them as real films. I was drawn in by the lead actors which I think of as fun. It's is not an award winning film, the critics didn't like it but the users (on IMDb) did. What the hell, I gave it a try but wouldn't watch it again.

The introductory camera shot zooming down from the sky and into a car chase was a really cool start. We soon find out Reynolds is a bad guy, which is new. Lots of stunts in the beginning scene during which you would have to be completely blind to miss the Porsche Taycan (and later Mercedes) advertising. As things progress, Johnson seems to become a bad guy too, which is also new. We like these bad guys cuz they're only stealing fancy eggs from true villains (one of which is really short), they have good banter and they look good in tuxedos. Something I didn't know is Reynolds is tall...not too far off from Johnson who is really tall.

There is a fair amount of action with helicopters, cars and a fake bull. When I say fake, a lot of the movie is just special effects where the people employed in these departments outnumbered the stuntmen 3 to 1. Make no mistake, however, this is a big budget film with total crew exceeding 1,500 persons; Netflix has money.

A couple of quotes in the movie from Ryan Reynolds were rather cute: "They're always watching, always listening.....Kinda like Alexa but with guns." "Doesn't matter what you do, only matters what they think you've done."

In the end the double crossers get double crossed....it's that kind of caper.

What this film is, is a dizzying array of action and technology. Over a hundred stuntpersons were used keeping it real. As for the technology, most of it is just too far fetched to be real, however, it's not our jobs to think about it.

Jason Bourne does what he does best which is outthink and outfight all the bad guys. The story that doesn't matter is him trying to get back to his roots and his flashbacks are a little annoying. The supporting characters Nicki Parsons (helps Jason), Pam Landy (believes in Jason) and Noah Vosen (wants Jason dead) don't really add too much but they all do their jobs in the film. Bad guy Desh doesn't say anything at all but you just know he's going be taken down by Bourne in violent fashion.

This being the third film of the Bourne series is played with the level of intensity of the other two. My theory is the first in any series is usually the best and I believe that to be the case here (Bourne Identity). A fourth Bourne movie came out without Damon and I never bothered to watch it; the series was over.

Superb action and that's why it's worth watching.

...no. Weather you're into this movie or not, it is nicely played. I'm a bit of a romantic so I don't mind the soft movies and I don't need to see crying to feel it's emotional. It's all about the journey, not the destination (we already have a good idea how it's going to end don't we).

The movie capitalizes on Seattle being the new "it" place; this coming off the grunge music scene of the early 90's followed by the Matt Dillon movie Singles. Seattle has lost its coolness since then (rainy, depressing, obscure etc.) where it was only really cool for Nirvana and a few others. And of course Tom owns a huge boathouse where nothing else would suffice. Speaking of Tom he's an Architect...why is it hip leading men are either architects or writers?, not insurance salesmen for example, I think this is because movie people think these are the only reputable professions for leading men to have.

The story really starts with Tom telling the world he lost his wife and he seems like a nice guy; tons of anonymous women on the talk show line start falling for him. This is where Meg kicks in: she's already fallen for this voice on the radio too...and it's genuine lust. Meg plays the part well dreaming of love magic which propels the story along.

Tom then has a date with an incessant fake exaggerated laugher who is annoying to anyone watching the film but he seemingly overlooks it. Meanwhile Meg and her girlfriend (Rosie O'Donnell) keep looking for the signs (of love) as she tries to get close to Tom.

The signs get closer and closer till Hollywood does it's thing. We all need some Hollywood now and then.

...whereas action has seemed to evolve into how many people you can pull a trigger at, which we all know is just the use of props. The negotiator, brings the reason into pulling that trigger which, in this case, is justified.

Superb performances by Jackson and Spacy (ignoring his personal troubles afterwhich). Compelling, thinking and definitely suspenseful. The hand of Hollywood clearly makes a play here but I kinda like that.

Timeless (to add yet one more description)...so watch it again if up for real excitement tonight.

Daniel Craig was an excellent Bond. That being said, he had some good and bad films. I wasn't happy right in the beginning in No Time to Die when they started to talk about topics from the past: Vesper and Spectre. I was really hoping this Bond would be a fresh beginning as the last one, Spectre, was just horrible. Luckily, these topics started to fade and not play too big a part.

Lots of cool things about this movie such as the 1964 Auston Martin (which I thought blew up in Skyfall) with all its gadgetry which James somehow makes sense of all in the middle of a car chase. There is stunning scenery, a beautiful sailboat, excellent action scenes (including a spectacular motorcycle jump) and small Bond toys made a comeback. Always luv Money Penny, M, Q, Tanner and Felix. Craig is still in shape and there is a new temporary 007 who is definitely one cool cat.

What wasn't cool was the introductory song by Billie Eilish: I believe it to be the worst ever done in the history of Bonds...just my opinion but I highly doubt you're going to listen to it other than it being stuck in the front of this film. The artists preceding her were real stars like Madonna, Jack White / Alecia Keys, Adele etc.

On the repetitive side, there are a few things said, and acted, that are near identical to what was played in his (Craig's) previous movies. Also, the unmistakable phrase "Vodka martini, shaken, not stirred" is getting a little dry...pardon the pun.

There were more than a hundred stuntmen used where the action is the most real you're going to find; the digital / visual artists are there to accentuate not replicate. In fact, there were just a ton of people employed for the film that cost a quarter billion to make which is probably the most expensive like ever. On a different note and as a Canadian, I just am not sure why the Government of Canada gave them a tax break when none of it was filmed here.

If I were to rank Daniel Craig's Bonds I would do so as follows:

1) Skyfall (it won the Oscar for best original musical score which was right in sync with the action). I would argue this was the best Bond film of all time as you become emotional engaged. Purists will say Dr. No, with Connery, was the best but I believe they're stuck in time (as in 60 years ago time).

2) Casino Royal. Ground breaking with unforgettable energy.

3) No Time to Die. Classic Bond with some twists and great scenes. Quite long however.

4) Quantum of Solace. Off the beaten path but that made it unique I guess.

5) Spectre. Just followed the script; you could have predicted every next move. Too much digital effects.

You'll know which ones you really like by how many times you watch it. I think I'm up to 5 for Skyfall, once for Spectre.