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As long as they use the thumping music from the first teaser trailer for SF or something like it, and have something as iconic as 'the Hitchcock fall', I'm all for anything they put in the SP teaser.
PS:
I now think those thinking this Craig's last have jumped the gun a bit.
Thanks @antovolk. That makes sense now.
A few things I love:
- This song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7QzxYAjgNc
- As much as I would have loved a finale set in the Alps, I LOVE that the finale will be set in London.
- Main title sequence. (Although I'm praying they won't use footage from the previous movies. If Kleinman animated the whole sequence in a similar way as the MTS of CR, this could be really great!)
A few things I like:
- Swann. Her character has GREAT potential, although in the mid-October script she still felt a little bit incomplete.
- M does NOT turn out to be a baddie. They wanted to turn the new M into a villain. Ralph Fiennes fortunately refused (which makes him my new hero).
A few things I am OK with:
- The MI6 crew: I like the fact that they wanted to give M, Q and Moneypenny substantial roles but their storyline is simply not that interesting. 52 years after the beginning of the franchise these characters (except M) are simply dead weight. And I never want to see Tanner ever again (he is one of the most uninteresting movie characters of all time).
A few things I dislike:
- Too many locations. Mexico City, London, Rome, Austria, Morocco. This is waaay too much. Imagine if everything in Morocco took place in the Alps instead. A hotel in an Austrian village, an Alpine train (instead of the one in the boring desert) and the main villain's lair up in the mountains! Moving everything from Morocco to the Alps would have been a HUGE improvement.
- Pastiche. This screenplay feels like "Bond's greatest hits" and unlike CR and SF, it does not move the franchise forward.
- Blofeld. Ok, they were still working on the third act during October and November but in the version of the screenplay I have read, Blofeld is not really interesting. He has a great scene in Rome but after that he doesn't really feel threatening and powerful. And why does he have THREE different names? The big reveal at the end (that his name is Blofeld) is terrible. I mean why should the audience care? I really hope they fixed this part.
A few things I hate:
- Bond's car is wrecked again. I'm not one of those car nuts who hate to see a beautiful car destroyed. No, I hate to see Bond's car destroyed again becasue this is what always happens. It's boring! The DB10 should have survived the chase and this is the car they should have used for the last scene instead of the bloody DB5...
While I supported the darker and grittier take I don't want Bond to stay dour, the personal angle is a given here with Craig's tenure and I'm not going to get critical of it.
I think it's an angle that might be while he still plays the role there and as I said in my last post I think this does not spell the end for him in the role, while they might park things here for a few entries down the line I still think we'll get another 1 or maybe more out of him.
Agree with all your points @PanchitoPistoles, particularly
2. There appear to be too many chase sequences. I hope these are properly integrated
3. The Rome SPECTRE meeting looks delicious. It's taking me back to three iconic scenes.
-One is the Quantum meeting in QoS, and two others include:
a. the chilling masked 'orgy' meeting in Eyes Wide Shut with Tom Cruise and
b. the equally chilling cult meeting in The Ninth Gate with Johnny Depp.
In a way, I wish this was the masked scene rather than the pretitles, so that Bond could mingle slowly and discover the diabolical plot more discretely. This scene does appear to be very moody and if done right, could be a killer scene.
A question for the ones that read the script, do you regret reading it?
Where did you get all this info? Could you send me the links for the files. Kind regards. Alex
Not at all. I read a shooting outline and it's only whetted my appetite for the movie. It's good to see where they're going with this. In fact, to some extent, it's reassuring. As @Suivez_ce_parachute perfectly stated elsewhere, it's like I've read the novel and now I'm waiting for the adaptation.
PS: This is a spoiler thread after all. Visit at your peril.
@JWPepper No, I do not regret reading it.
Can you send me an email? I can send you a private message if you want to ?. :-) All the best
I understand, sorry for hassling you to much I will bring down a step. Sorry again.
I hope we can continue a fair relationship and that we can communicate via the blogs.
Could you please tell me how the schedule goes for the film. Example: First Act: Austria, Second Act: Morocco, etc. I mean can you tell when which location will be seen in the film. All the best again. Alex
Here goes
To be honest: not a bit! Now the wait will be easier to bare! And dont worry in November 2015 you will be trully happy! With the exceptional creative team behind the movie you can prepare for Bond at its best. Trully Epic.
Thanks for the answers!
that is funny! And even more so as answer to the question asked. :))
Then here we have another "homage" to the past movies - OHMSS Pizz Gloria.
Basically the movie has "references" to Bond Movies from start to finish.
This is risky. With Same Mendes i am confidente that everything will work fine, with other diretor could feel, like @PanchitoPistoles said, too Pastiche.
Holy crap! Seth Myers HAS seen the script. Cheeky bugger.