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The only movie it got annoying in was SP.. There was dabs in it in CR QOS and SF, and obviously they've done similar things in previous Bond movies as well.. But not like in SP.. I just felt like that was a little too much..
Me too! They could reboot Fiennes M for B26 like they did for Dench in CR.
SF was the worst for me. That whole Istambul mission with Eve and with M listening in was ridiculous. Then again with Q later on. Its like Bond was an instrument to the service, an over empowered muscled bruit with an earpiece and a Mommy issue. The best part was when he dumped the earpiece in the champagne glass and proceeded to be Bond for a bit. That I liked.
At least in SP he was alone (no Scooby gang) in Mexico, Rome, Tangier,..., If only they had kept it that way to the very end.
CR was plagued with cellphones like no other film since.
QOS was ok, actually, with M trying to keep up with Bond and failing, which eventually led to the single coolest moment in Craig's tenure as Bond, when he stylishly dodges Mi6's agents in the inner balcony of his hotel and confronts M about Fields. The music there helps too. QOS really was the best, wasn't it? :)
Well I loved spectre and it's title.
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I don't hate it. Back then I loved it. How could I not? It meant the return of a Connery era thing.
But to be fair, it doesn't sound Bondian. It's not as clever as Fleming liked his titles to be, most of the time anyway.
I don't like the ear piece thing either.. But its not as annoying in that particular movie to me than everything in SP
Yes, the Scooby gang was a big part of SP. And it made it worst for it. I was referring to the earpiece thing. But yeah, it was awful. Not defending it one bit.
SF urinates on SP from a huge height. enuff said!
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True.
Absolutely! That's part of the mystique. One man vs evil, St. George vs the Dragon, even vs Time itself. That is what Bond is all about.
Well that explains the piss filter.
These things actually aren't overused, and mix things up in a good way. They regularly play up the overreach of bureaucracy into Bond's world for a short time, he completes the mission in spite of them.
This too... It always grinds me when they do it.. In a real world spy thriller - I get it.. But Bond has never really been "real world" - yes the current state of our world is always represented - but things are a lot more colorful, larger than life in Bonds world.. I think as they gradually strip that away, we lose a little bit of what makes Bond movies BOND movies.. Its a fantasy...
EDIT: but obviously that's all within reasonable limits of course lol.
But it's all down to execution, there are many, many, many possibilities.
As much as I loath the sibling rivalry in SP - and as much as I do actually like Waltz as Blofeld.. Marc would've been just spot on as well.... In my perfect world, SP would've been used as a vehicle to simply reintroduce them as an organization - save the confrontation with Blofeld for Bond 25 - then have a big blow off for the 60th in 2022 before going on starting a new 007 actor
TLD is an amazing title... The only one agree on with him is OP... I don't like it either.
Hated it when it premiered because of the editing (95 cuts in the first two minutes fx). If I look past the editing today, it's probably my favorite of the Craig era: Bond really kicks ass in this one, there are some great location and stunt work, the score is probably the best since TND and so forth.
i like QOS as well... i dont consider it one of the best but it's decent... i think it's paced really really well - i love the opening car chase, the foot chase with Mitchell in Sienna and the fight with Mr. Slate - the whole Opera part is fantastic... i get the whole issue with the editing - it never really frustrates me (unless its parts of the boat chase).. its a movie that i kind of give a pass to, because circumstances outside of their control led to the mess of the script we got... in other words, they tried their best with what they could do.. i mean god, when you're basically writing it on the fly - to the point where not only were Forster and Craig trying to figure what to do, but even MGW dusted off his old writing slacks and tried to help sort it out too lol... if the strike never happened - perhaps we get a better script.. but who knows?.... as it is - its okay.. my only really real gripe with it, like i mentioned earlier - was titling the movie QUANTUM OF SOLACE and then naming the secret organization QUANTUM.. thats like putting *Frank's Red Hot on a nice french silk pie - two things by themselves - awesome - together though? it doesn't work, and doesn't make sense lol.
*Frank's Red Hot is a popular brand of hot sauce here in the states - not sure if they have that across pond.. just in case the reference was lost on you lol.
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