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Some nice visuals but given the director we knew we'd be getting those. Other than that I thought it was a pretty clunky trailer. I'm sure the movie will be fine (maybe even great!) but I was a lot more excited for Blade Runner. Been meaning to read the books for a long time so I may give the first one a go prior to this bombing being released.
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No Time To Die | October 8 2021 | 82% on RT | RIP Sean Connery
Hatebox replied to Neo's topic in Box Office Discussion
To be fair Tenet must have been one of the hardest movies ever to create a coherent trailer for. I'm a lot more sympathetic to its marketing department now I've seen it - there weren't even that many money shots to work with. But I agree, there's a lot of 'throw everything at the wall and see what sticks' with some recent offerings. WW's promos are so half-assed. -
No Time To Die | October 8 2021 | 82% on RT | RIP Sean Connery
Hatebox replied to Neo's topic in Box Office Discussion
Could be that they're holding more footage of her back - eg. scenes of her and Craig kissing would be incongruous and spoilery given his supposed relationship status with the spectre woman. -
No Time To Die | October 8 2021 | 82% on RT | RIP Sean Connery
Hatebox replied to Neo's topic in Box Office Discussion
Better. They seem to have finally realised no-one wants Spectre part 2. Ana De Armas looks like the MVP, unsurprisingly. -
Ha, well maybe I'm just not one for predicting twists. At any rate it feels like it was meant to be one but when it's played out with Pattinson murmuring it as he walks off to die and within seconds we're onto the next scene neither the character nor the viewer is given any time to take in. Just a very odd storytelling decision from a director who, whatever his faults, is usually really good at final 5 minutes.
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No Time To Die | October 8 2021 | 82% on RT | RIP Sean Connery
Hatebox replied to Neo's topic in Box Office Discussion
Yeah, I was hoping this would be a more fun last hurrah for Craig but instead they've seemingly doubled-down on the portentous Spectre serialisation. Not my thing at all. But it's Bond, so it's got at least one ticket out of me depending on covid allowances. Fingers crossed I guess. -
No Time To Die | October 8 2021 | 82% on RT | RIP Sean Connery
Hatebox replied to Neo's topic in Box Office Discussion
I hope the next trailer they've got lined up is a hell of lot more exciting than the previous one, which wasn't any better on the big screen in front of Tenet. (Doesn't matter for me as I'll watch any Bond movie in cinemas, but marketing has been decidedly off for this.) -
I wouldn't call this 'a mess' as I've read elsewhere. There's never the sense it's slipping out of Nolan's control. For better or worse he's doing everything as he planned to and he doesn't give a shit if you can keep up or not. I... didn't mind it. There's something undeniably exhilarating about a Primer-esque script being given a 200m dollar budget and I've no doubt even the studio execs didn't really understand the plot when they greenlighted it. The hook of the time inversion is surprisingly low key when it gets to the foreground but I think keeping it vague was probably for the best. The fight scenes were strikingly good and I wish the batman movies had them. All the cast are fine and I look forward to Washington having a long career as a leading man. I'm in no rush to see it again but I'm sure when I do there'll be a lot of 'oh, so that's why this was happening' moments. I'm afraid I'm going to have to add to chorus of complaints about the sound mixing though. I was in a small theater that by design or by accident had everything - the ads, trailers and movie - ridiculously loud, and a lot of lines got lost in the music. Wouldn't matter for a lot of films but in this every bit of dialogue can be the difference between you having a clue what's going on in the next scene or not. The soundtrack is completely relentless and I'd honestly have been happy with subtitles (not to mention earplugs). I don't know what you think the average person's hearing is like, Odeon, but turn your movies down FFS.