After a bizarre encounter with Mr. Plinkett, Mike and Jay decide to see the latest James Bond film, Skyfall, starring that guy from Cowboys and Aliens.
@@CosmicTeapot In the novel it's stated subtly, but stated nonetheless. In the film it's very strongly suggested in a couple of spots, like when one of them makes a comment about an attractive female and the other one turns and looks at him with a mock shock "you're not turning straight on me, are you now?", but I'm guessing Broccoli and Saltzman didn't want to push it too far.
I know this is 8 years old, but... that final "Hi Nacy, I'd like to make a deposit..." is brilliant! The humour of these guys in all their videos is incredible. I've only recently discovered this channel; So much classic entertainment.... Thanks all at RLM :-)
That scene where the car jumps the ramp and does a corkscrew, is absolutely real by the way. They done it in one shot with a stuntman. The director of The Man with the Golden Gun wanted him to do it again because 'It looked too good'. The stuntman then turned around and said 'I'm not doing it again because that's the first time I've done it'
@Luigi Nastro no, I'm aware, but that type of thing would never happen in an actual car chase, and thats what they were trying to illustrate when they used that clip
Even on job sites they very rarely take the keys out overnight. The things are so huge, slow and loud the idea of trying to steal one is incredibly impractical. -t. someone who had a bulldozer we didnt own sitting isolated in the middle of a field left there by the work crew for 8 months.
@@WoWBaxter Lol. Howeer I think this examle is unfair tbh. Gypsies are a double negative, as they somehow manage to regularly make bulldozer levels of noise despite having no equipment, so when they steal one it goes relatively undetected.
No one had a golden eye in Goldeneye. That spy didn't love you, he was just trying to get in your pants. Tomorrow dies in 2 days. Diamonds decay after 32 billion years. You actually only live once.
"It would be nice to see them write a clever villain that does not use computers, but the last 3 James Bond villains have been Euro-Villain-SuperComputer-Guy" Good news Mike! Spectre has a completely fresh angle on... ohhhh.
First gay James Bond villains are the two fellows in Diamonds Are Forever but they shied away from making it obvious, the novel characters are gay and the insinuations in the movie are subtle but they are definitely there.
It was a little too silly for me, but that tag at the end when Plinkett comes right back in after he robs them had me laughing for a solid couple of minutes. That payoff made the whole gag worth it!
This is the first RLM review that I have seen, I like the casual atmosphere they display and it is a nice change of pace to see reviewers on the internet who casually talk about plot holes without shouting like a child or having a brain aneurysm. There is hope for the future.
It was actually very clever to have the villain win with high-tech gimmicks and then have the good guys turn the tables with low-tech counter-measures, but we didn't need it beaten over our heads for 45 minutes at the end.
When Bond switched cars, all I could think was, "You're going to make Judi Dench ride from London to Scotland in a Sixties-era sports car?" She'd be looking for the ejection-seat button before they reached the city limits!
If you disregard that the car was actually a stunt car designed specifically to perform that stunt, and not actually the car that was used in the previous chase footage. If they had attempted to perform that stunt with a car that was not designed specifically to perform that stunt, it wouldn't have worked.
"First gay James Bond villain" "tastefully done" "without making it a big deal" "without making fun of it" Oh boy...so "Diamonds Are Forever" is definitely NOT among the few bonds that Mike has seen.
Well, was that couple of henchman "tasteful" and without "making fun" though? Their gayness isn't even that clear if you don't pay attention or know already.
+EarendilUndomiel I have been watching their reviews for about 5+ years an I noticed that about myself several months ago, it was hard for me to enjoy movies because I would just critique them and come off very cynical instead of sitting back and saying "Hey this is just a fucking movie, just enjoy it." Needless to say I really love their reviews because I think they have great views, and are entertaining. There are still REALLY bad movies out their, but I leave the judgment to these two now.
Reading all the hate on here for Skyfall, i'm legit stunned like insanely stunned. People who are fans of RLM should be into films that have actual plot lines, engaging characters and concepts and a fulfilling and different narrative, which Skyfall has, instead people are like "Hurr durr Skyfall was BORING" what?? did you want more Explosions? little more action. Well go take your money and spend it on Transformers 6 or whatever while the James Bond franchise takes time to actually make good and engaging stories within there films.
The cut to Live and Let Die where the bad guy inflates and explodes...the way the cut was made during Mike and Jay's discussion.....perfection and hilarious!
Jay, seconds earlier: "As someone who hasn't seen James Bond movies but is very aware of the staples of James Bond movies because it's such a part of our pop culture..."
This is the very first Half in the Bag episode I've watched (4 years ago) and I remember watching the first few minutes and not understanding their style of humor and sarcasm so I quickly commented "fuck this review, the movie was not that bad" or something like that, and then people replied to my comment like "you're stupid, man". so now 4 years later I go through the comments telling new people they're stupid. yeah!
I didn't realize there was that much internet hate for Skyfall. I loved it! The perfect blend of fun, intrigue, action, etc. It was also a better Batman film than The Dark Knight Rises (There was a Gothic house with an attached secret cave, a British butler introduced, a disfigured villain, etc.).
The gay Bond villain was so subtle I didn't even think about it at the time, I thought he was just toying with Bond to throw him off in an unexpected manner, making a peak masculine heterosexual power fantasy feel odd with uncomfortable advances.
After all the other reviews (and internal emails from the North Korea Sony hack revealing it was a steaming pile), it was probably impossible to find an original way to say it sucked.
9:45 Mike must be drunk. THIS movie is better than Casino Royale? If Casino Royale isn't the best, most coherent, most well-written Bond film... it certainly is in the top 3. It could stand on its own as a genuinely fantastic spy thriller. Skyfall does not hold up.
That part was weird because I would have expected Tanner to physically grab M & try to escort her out of the building. I know he is not a field agent but if 007 says "Get M out of there", you get M out of there.
Skyfall: a movie about how Bond is getting older and computers are the future and old agents can't compete... except that an agent even older than Bond outsmarts their young computer genius in 5 minutes by using computers. Great action scenes and amazing cinematography, but the script has like 5-10 moments where it really hits the audience over the head with "Sometimes... the OLD ways are best" lines where they practically look at the camera.
I love how they mock the shit out of all the irritating Skyfall haters. "duhhhhh dis movie sucked becuz like Bond suked and had emotions and duhhhh." Skyfall was great.
The car stunts in James Bond movies has allways been done for real there are no fakes. (besides the flying car, but that was because the real flying car broke and killed the creators)
The Mission Impossible movies are better Bond movies than the Craig movies. They should've never revived the series through Craig, they're not even Bond movies anymore.
Mike and Jay commenting on Bond cannon without having seen every Bond movie (as if they don’t have the time??) is like listening to Civil War historians who’ve never actually studied the Civil War.
You god damn trolls lol You had me goin' there for a second. I thought that you were being double agents with your sarcasm. Well played Mike. Well played.
I might have to watch it then. I loved Living Daylights but my cousin told me Licence was too boring so I skipped it. That being said he also said View to a Kill was one of his favorites but I thought it was so incredibly silly so maybe his opinion isn't one I should be going off of.
Why the fuck is there so much hate for this movie? I figured people who watch this channel gravitate towards movies that dont treat them like children. This was a great movie, great plot, great writing, amazing stunt work considering the genre. I just don't understand you people, perhaps Transformers is where you'd be more engaged?
Kristen ingram Fucking really? It has bland characters, an extremely simplistic premise, its way too long with way too many unnecessary scenes and it only has a couple of good action scenes.
When I first saw crappy CGI Komodo dragons, I knew this film was going to be a total clusterf%^k. And, by the time Bond was holding a dying M in his arms while tears streamed down his face, my fear became true.
The entire james bond franchise made so much more logical sense when i learned that each actor who plays bond isnt supposed to be the same character. James Bond is the name that goes with the 007 status. So when connery changes to dalton changes to brosnan changes to moore changes to craig etc, they arent playing the same character - its a different agent who has taken on the 007 status and the name James Bond along with it.
The "silly" moments in old Bond movies are imo more a wink to the audience. The Tarzan-shout, the Beach Boys song gag, the double-taking pigeon etc are silly and funny but the overall plot and story is played straight and serious. A balance that mostly works. Skyfall on the other hand has a ridiculous and unbelievable story from start to finish. Just in the opening scene i count to five times that Bond should reasonably have died. Being shot in the chest with a depleted uranium bullet, being shot by an ar15 type rifle, falling from the bridge, drowning and/or bleeding out. The shot in the shoulder doesnt even leave a mark whereas in reality it would have likely torn his arm off. None of this is given any explanation. They basically establish Bond as a superhero that cant die like normal men, and thus all tension and suspense is taken away. At least for me. The last act of the movie, at the Skyfall house, is basically a lesser version of the last act of the latest Rambo movie. (Bad guys comes to attack the heros home turf...but he is prepared). In fact when you watch a James Bond movie and you think to yourself, "hey, they should have sent Rambo instead", you know something is very wrong.
