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I hate both of these ideas simply for the fact that if Madeline is not going to be a major the part of the film then I dont want to waste 10 minutes at the start of the film on Bond and Madeline breaking up.
I think there's a possibility of an idea here. Blofeld escapes and Madeline tells Bond she cant go back to that life (although I realise that this is a straight copy of the dumping scene in SP - but where theyve left us with SP there are no ideal solutions) and to come back to her if he ever can give up his job. Bond sees it as his duty to go after Blofeld so off he goes, promising Madeline he'll be back and they go their separate ways.
We have the whole garden of death finale and Bond ends up forgetting who he is. But, of course, as we know he remembers Madeline's face anywhere so he goes back to her (dont ask me how he finds her) not knowing who he is but knowing that he loves her. She realises that this is the chance for them to be free so the Craig era finally ends in bittersweet fashion with them hiding from the world somewhere (a bit like the end of the Bourne Identity) happily together but Bond not knowing who he is.
How about not?
I wonder why M was killed?
So me and my mate went to see Skyfall in the cinema. When M was dying, really emotional like, my mate turned round and said, not so subtly - "F*** me James!"
He's ruined that scene!
How about James Bond gets an assignment and along the way, he meets someone new, never once mentions Dr Swann, and definitely doesn't whine about Vesper?
I suppose, in AVTAK while wining and dining Stacy with his home made quiche, Bond could have emoted and teared up that things hadn't worked out with him and Octopussy. But, I'm glad he didn't. I'd like Dan and Bond 25 to follow that tradition.
We also get it when he succeeds in raising the falling helicopter back into the air in the SP PTS, so it's not dead. And it was more present than in SF, as I only remember it appearing when Bond makes the jump to the next train carriage in pursuit of Patrice. I don't know if I'd count the DB5 moment as it's not a moment of action, and we're talking about wanting more moments were the theme is used during action here.
In SP a definite missed opportunity was blasting the Bond theme as Madeleine and Bond race out of the smoke cloud left by MI6's destruction during the finale.
Then I'd like to hear it interspersed within, and as a component of, an original composition like Barry used to do so well in the later years.
Right, like it was used for 20 films.
The reboot films though have made effort to be a different kind of Bond animal, for better or worse.
I say worse.
The breaking with certain ways of doing things has been by design.
But I am not saying anything here that hasn't been obvious.
Personally, I find it a failed experiment, but it really comes down to preference.
That is, when, the tech catches up, I will be converting all of the first 20 films ( the 14 that would benefit from converting, although I might keep two versions of OHMSS) to the new improved Connery versions of those films.
I won't bother with any re-boot film conversions as I am not interested in Sean playing in those films.
In fact there is no need to have Connery versions of the Craig films other than maybe SP.
I might order the Connery SP, but I don't think there would be much demand for Connery versions of the first three films.
Edit:
Actually, a young Connery in Campbell's CR might be interesting, but QoS and SF, fugettaboutit.
I wouldn't want the Connery Bond persona subjected to all that drama.
Well said.
Bond theme noticeably present in first parts of film. And at the end as well. Witness "detonation" in the soundtrack for an example.
So in other words EoN are ashamed to be making Bond films. Bloody hell.
Give me this!
Not this!