Skyfall

[Montydog 135]

Anyone know if it’s on in Pattaya cinemas yet? Would probably be the first time me and a TG would be happy watching the same thing.

[atlas2 4,329]

Opens ist Nov everywhere in pats

[Montydog 135]

Opens ist Nov everywhere in pats

 

Cool I land on the 2^nd , thanks for the prompt reply.

[MM 6,562]

This is a good site to find out what is coming, and what is playing now.

 

http://www.movieseer.com/th/index.aspx

[Grandpollo 366]

Unless you like the dreadful Tyler Perry (Madea) stumbling through a wooden performance skip Alex Cross which was shite.

 

Great cinemas here though with sofas at the back enabling drifting off when the film is crap.

 

Skyfall with luck will be at the SFX VIP tomorrow with even better sofas. We're off to the first showing.

[atlas2 4,329]

See you there!

[Guest Fatboyfat]

Is it available on DVD around the bars yet ?

[atlas2 4,329]

Just got back from the Noon showing.

 

The cinema was quite crowded.....lot's of old farts like me with their squeezes.

 

Busiest I've seen a Thai cinema since 'Avatar'.

 

I loved it. Lived up to the hype.... for me anyway. I'll see it again on my own in the First Class lounge. Can't believe it was exactly 50 years ago I went with some mates to see 'Dr No'....And that in the very same month 'Love me Do' launched The Beatles.

[chameleonic 4]

This link will show the screening times for Central Festival

 

 

http://www.sfcinemacity.com/index.php/en/timetable/lookup?ccode=PTBVIS2K

 

Just be mindful of the codes in ( ) after the title. Most are obvious except (P) which means Patio, that is the open air cinema. I have never been but I have made the mistake looking up the screening times and then showed up having to wait an hour.

 

 

C.

[jimmac 66]

How is the open air Patio cinema? Does it have comfy seats? I might think about going with a TG. It sounds more appealing to a vacationing farang like me than freezing in an a/c'd indoor cinema.

[Idefix 2,275]

This is a good site to find out what is coming, and what is playing now.

http://www.movieseer.com/th/index.aspx

 

Yes, and direct links if you don't want to "play" with menus all the time :

http://www.movieseer.com/th/showtimes.aspx/theater/71 for Central Beach Festival

http://www.movieseer.com/th/showtimes.aspx/theater/49 for Major / The Avenue

[aussiechic 209]

How is the open air Patio cinema? Does it have comfy seats? I might think about going with a TG. It sounds more appealing to a vacationing farang like me than freezing in an a/c'd indoor cinema.

We went about a year ago and it was bloody freezing, they open the curtain about the last 20 mins. as the sun went down.

[jimmac 66]

We went about a year ago and it was bloody freezing, they open the curtain about the last 20 mins. as the sun went down.

 

You mean its not really outdoors? And its air conditioned? What about in the evening after dark? What are the seats like?

[steamer 158]

Saw Skyfall today with oddball at Central festival. It wasn't good nor bad just bleh.

 

The film stopped for 3 minutes just as one character said "don't cock it up"

 

Ahh, movies in Thailand.

[atlas2 4,329]

Reader beware.......My view of the Bond franchise is wrapped heavily in goodwill and sentiment.

 

Looking back over my 60 years, life had been, exciting, testing and a drudge. But, delicious anticipation has always been a punctuating theme: the next Christmas, the next birthday, England game, World-Cup. The next 'Beatles' or 'Stone's' release......'Ali' fight......Olympics......etc.

 

Well Lads there'll be no more 'Ali' fights or songs from the 'Beatles'.......And maybe for me not many World-Cups, or even birthdays...Who of us can say?

 

But it's not all, 'Doom and Gloom" the Stones are still around and of course we still have 'Bond films'. In the 80's and 90's many of them turned out to be disappointments.......Enjoyable parodies and of their time send-ups but no one came close to Connery's commanding presence. I gave up expecting that from anyone.

 

And then 'Casino Royale' and Daniel Craig came along forging a new 'Gold-standard' more than an equal to anything that had passed before.

The filleted 'Quantum of Solace' left too much on the cutting room floor, (the editor should be shot) and didn't match my raised expectations...but Craig was still good.

 

50 years of Bond to celebrate and not to betray is quite a burden...'Skyfall' didn't..... doesn't disappoint.

 

But you'll take your own view. Those who grew up watching Rodger Moore don't really know what Bond is about. I reckon today's generation are as lucky to have Craig as we were with good old, " I mustache missh Moneypenny" Connery.

 

A two-parter up next sees Craig complete his 5 films and tenure as Bond......I'm still a big kid..... and I can't bloody wait!!

[mykl 72]

It's available on PirateBay

[keyman 1,413]

I watched it in the UK a couple of days ago. I consider Daniel Craig a more believeable Bond than say Roger Moore or Pierce Brosnan, because he looks the part. He looks like he can handle himself, rather than relying on just good lucks to win the day.

As for Skyfall - good film, well worth going to see - IMHO!

 

Keyman

[Bushcraft 2,579]

Hear, hear, went to see Skyfall last night and thoroughly enjoyed it. I too thought that nobody could possibly top Connery as Bond, but Craig has made the part his own now. IMO the worst interregnum stand-ins were George Lazenby (1 film) and Roger Moore, who played Simon Templar (The Saint) very well on TV but perhaps should have resisted the temptation to play the same effortlessly superior, smug 1960s character in Bond films. Fleming's books and the Bond character are nothing if not gritty, and it's nice to see that the pissing-around has stopped with Craig in the role.

[MM 6,562]

It's available on PirateBay

Camera copy?

[mykl 72]

I'm not sure. I downloaded it but I haven't had time to actually check it out yet.

[js007 795]

For what it's worth, I read that even the Vatican newspaper liked the movie. I'll go see it next week when it comes out in the USA.

[Keen Punter 272]

Anyone know if it’s on in Pattaya cinemas yet? Would probably be the first time me and a TG would be happy watching the same thing.

Nah, I reckon you are going on a man date with Popeye.

[Mick2 11]

I haven't seen Skyfall yet, but it sounds like it's a good one. Sometime next week for me.

 

Daniel Craig is a great Bond, but was wasted in A Quantum of Solace A great name for a movie, and had some good ideas. However I found it disappointing, especially from a franchise that usually delivers.

[chameleonic 4]

Here's something else for the Bond fans.

 

Have a search for this on Piratebay or what ever favourite torrent site you use:

 

Everything or Nothing The Untold Story of 007

 

Or click this link:

http://thepiratebay.se/search/Everything%20or%20Nothing%20The%20Untold%20Story%20of%20007/0/99/200

 

I haven't watched it yet but the reviews seemed very positive.

 

 

C.

[jaxxon55 252]

Skyfall was a good movie. The Thai lady holding my crotch most of the movie might have influenced me but it seemed fine. I didn't even care she was pretending I was Bond (or the Thai BF or some of the other guys she has known.). I was pretending I was Bond myself and enjoying every minute. Pattaya illusions are a wonderful thing.

Jack