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That looks a better fit to me. The other rumoured Norwegian location was nice, but fairly generic (it could've been Canada, the northern USA, other parts of Scandinavia, etc.). For me, if they're going to use Norway at all - and I very much hope they do - they should really go for dramatic landscapes.
Granted, they'd be beautiful in the spring/summer as well. But these are striking winter-themed locales if the production can get there on time.
EDIT: A quick Google search shows that village is a ski resort, so...
Norway is far less generic than any part of the USA and Canada, surely.
At Beitostølen, the skiing season lasts until May.
Then there’s a great deal of the USA and Canada that you’ve never seen.
This was reported back in late January. The article is behind a paywall, so I can't access it.
https://www.oa.no/nyheter/kultur/film/beitostolen-kan-bli-location-for-kommende-james-bond-film/s/5-35-795965
Well that's neat...thank you!
CJF’s first Bond film? A View to a Kill.
The younger villain against an older Bond certainly has an AVTAK vibe over it. Wonderful! :-D
I think that scene in Shanghai is the best scene in Skyfall and one of the best in the entire series. Pure gold! I wouldn't change anything about it.
The key thing which makes the first half of Skyfall tic, is the mystery about it. A silent henchman leaving no verbal clues is perfect!
Not going to disagree with this, it's just that I hate actors and actresses being wasted in small or non-speaking roles. SF managed to do that with both Ola Rapace and Bérénice Marlohe…
So your logic is that it is better to cast bad actors? ;)
Maybe…? :-D
I guess anyone with the right look could have played Patrice, by the way the character was presented. Bérénice Marlohe's Sévérine was the best thing about SF IMO, but was killed off early – so that's a bit different.
Didn't even connect that dot! Even better :-D
Had a great time watching AVTAK only last night, and I can definitely see the age gap between Bond and the villain providing us with some great moments.
Yes but that's not the point: the USA has often been done, obviously in many movies. And Canada was often used to pass as the US in movies and TV series. In any case, Norway is much more exotic and lesser seen in movies. Hence my comment.
I love this line of thought! Here's hoping. Just need a Barry-esqe score and we're all set.
But let's be honest. How many Bond villains truly are menacing, especially in a physical sense? Few of them could actually stand toe-to-toe with Bond.
Dr. No? Menacing only because of his metal hands. I'll say no.
Red Grant? YES. But is he a villain or a henchman? Rosa Kleib? Only because of a poisonous shoe.
Goldfinger? The man is overweight and has a serious case of the yips on the golf course.
Largo? Another overweight villain. He only looks like a badass because of his eye patch.
Blofeld (Pleasence)? No. He's ugly. That's it.
Blofeld (Savalas)? YES.
Blofeld (Gray)? Absolutely not.
Mr. Big. YES. I'l buy this.
Scaramanga? YES.
Stromberg? Seriously? No.
Drax? No.
Kristatos? Maybe. But I'll lean no.
Kamal Khan? Puhleeeze.
Zorin? Absolutely.
Koskov? Not really, no.
Sanchez? I'll lean YES.
Trevelyan? Absolutely. YES.
Carver? Nope.
Renard? YES.
Graves? Toss up. I'll go with YES because of the fencing duel.
LeChiffre? No. The guy is a wimp, true colors seen when his mistress is threatened.
Greene? No.
Silva: YES. He's a former agent.
Blofeld (Waltz): No.
Point is, most of these men are threatening because of the muscle behind them. Goldfinger and Odd Job, for example. I can absolutely see Malik as one of these deviant brilliant villains, propped up by wealth and a henchman.
I agree. I'm not sure that making Fiennes a traitor immediately in SP, after just having introduced him in SF, would have worked. I wouldn't want a series of revolving Ms. This isn't The Prisoner. #besttvseriesever
Making Tanner the traitor would have been more dramatically satisfying as he's been around in Craig's era longer, and it would have the added bonus of culling the ranks of MI6 a bit. Now, Tanner as traitor would go against Fleming canon but since when is that a goal of Eon's? As an example, they killed Mathis! (I loved Kitchen in GE but that was so long ago, and Eon has been as erratic with Tanner as they have been with Leiter.)
So yeah, I'm coming down on the side of: they should have killed Tanner in SP.
I think most if not all of us would agree that the C character didn't work and that they either should have dropped this traitor storyline entirely or fleshed it out more.
I'm really looking forward to finding out who the composer for B25 is. Hopefully we'll know in a few weeks time!
It was poor. FYEO on the other hand...
However - Dan doesn’t ski so I can’t see it. They contemplated it in SP.
100% agree. Watch SPECTRE again and skip all the C bits and you'll find its a significantly stronger experience.
This is debatable...
Never too late to learn? Or they could leave it to the stuntman. I’m certainly all for it. The skiing scenes in OHMSS, TSWLM, and FYEO are a lot of fun.
Agreed. That's why Tanner would have been a better choice. Who would suspect him?