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[annathyst]

Saw Die Another Day. It ripped off pretty much every previous Bond film, abused the hell out of Matrix-style fast pans and bullet time, and had the usual amount of outright impossibilities, but it wasn't at all bad. John Cleese makes a better Q than I thought he would, and having Bond start out in disgrace was a new plot twist.
Real classic old-school villain, too. Go see it if you've a few hours to kill.

I did notice that before the movie, besides the usual half hour of previews, they showed a *solid* 30 minutes of ads. This is one of the reasons I DON'T go to the movies that often - or watch TV that often - I HATE being bombarded with ads like that. Product placement in the movie was pretty blatant too, but that's pretty much expected by now...but 30 continuous minutes of ads even before the PREVIEWS? Meh.

More bookstore runs planned for tomorrow - dunno what else yet. I guess we'll burn that bridge when we come to it.

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[jzig.livejournal.com]

The ad thing is per theatre. The theatre I saw it in had about 1 minute of ads. So, if you don't like the ads, complain to the theatre management, explain that the ads may be increasing revenue but are driving valuable customers away, and take your money elsewhere.

[bitvoid.livejournal.com]

I'm around, and supposedly Nick is going to be down here at some point today..Not that I can suggest anything particularly interesting to do..

[achtzehn.livejournal.com]

The 'rip-off' of previous bond films was supposedly deliberate (http://us.imdb.com/Trivia?0246460) in honor of the franchise's 40th anniversary.