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It's got to be more drawn out than that, to really accentuate the agony of the character.
"Whaaaaaaat's in the boooooooooooooxxxx?!"
One day, some director is going to get smart about this and ask if he can have Bond drive the DBS on his off time instead (a far more beautiful creation in my view).
DB5 excluded, What I mean is, they need to focus on their fans, not outsiders that aren't into Bond films.
They focus on getting new asses into seats because they know the die-hard Bond fans are showing up either way.
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news but it's those outsiders who don't mind where the GB is, like the DB5 and don't give a shit about Blofeld being Bond's stepbrother or Thomas Newman turning in a shitty score that put all the money in EON's pockets.
We here contribute such an infintessimal amount that we are not even worth considering.
If you're EON and the studio do you make decisions based on what we fans will like or what will go down well in China?
Heck. Babs and Mickey G better get with it and get that that MGM/ distribution deal settled so they can begin development on B25.
Well, in a perfect world, and sadly this isn't that world, but if I were EON, my heart would be making a product for the fans, not the bean counters.
He's got a real bug about this film and really doesn't like Bardem. I personally love Javier in this, the moment he says to Bond about all this running about is just great. It's like he cuts to the whole absurdity of it, the exasperated look on his face it's priceless, Bardem made some effort unlike Waltz.
Bardem whether some like it or not will go down as one of the legendary villains. I personally have Mads as my favourite adversary of the era but Javier is likely to be the most enduring and memorable.
Anything is better than an almost comatose Waltz as Blohauser, Almaric's under used Dominic Greene is more threatening and effective.
I said this before, Bardem's Silva would have been better for a movie like Tomorrow Never Dies where overacting and silliness was fitting the tone of the movie.
That may have been intended but on me it has an effect of laughing out loud because it looks so funny and making me cringe at the same time because it's such an obvious bad acting job.
I really wish they would have hired an actor of the calibre of Mads Mikkelsen for Silva and especially not make Silva look like some gay fashion label guru.
You know how I feel about SF, but I think the last thing Bardem ever delivers is a bad acting job. His acting (and I suppose the acting overall in SF) is one of the few shining moments in the movie, along with that scene.
The only scene with him that I "like" are him running through London and the shooting at the hearing and when he arrives at Skyfall standing outside the mansion.
As for Bardem not ever delivering a bad acting job, I think Bardem is highly overrated.
Not a fan of his introductory speech? Probably one of my favorite villain intros in the series.
Surely you don't consider Bardem's take in SF to be awful while subsequently seeing Waltz's Oberhauser/ESB in a positive light? That was nothing if not bad, thanks to the script and him not "properly finding the character" or however he worded it a week ago. Shockingly bad, I think he only delivers when he's working in a Tarantino film.
His introductory speech is one of the worst pieces of dialogue ever written. Mommy....was...verybad?? Seriously?? That is something people like and that ridiculous rat talk?? And how he delivers it. Could be right out of an Austin Powers movie.
But I get that I am in a minority with this. Not alone at all, but in a minority.
So I'll leave it at that.
For me Bardem/Silva ruins a movie that is near perfect up to the moment they arrive at the CGI island.
Yes sure I meant the Bond franchise...should be obvious.
Skyfall still is infinitely better than most of the crap that was released in 2012.
Fully agree. It's intense, it's psychotic. It seems Silva is punching 'M's wound more heavily. 'M's gasping for air, combined with Silva's total rage...makes this one of the most difficult scenes to watch. Nevertheles, it's a triumphant scene. It's the first time ever in the Bond franchise that a villain's initial plan is executed, thus being succesful: Destroying MI6, destroying British pride, and killing 'M'.
I always find it funny. In tone and stile both SP and SF in essence are....typical Sam Mendes films. Slightly different, SP is slightly more humourous, SF is slightly more emotional and dramatic. Yet both films are full of intense dialogue, bizarre silent scenes, moody cinematography, multilayered themes and marvellous acting. Yet you put SP on 1st place in your ranking, and SF on 24th place. I......I am always stunned when I see your ranking :-P.
It wasn't obvious, hence my reply.
I think with how little I enjoyed SF, I managed to enjoy SP even less, which, in turn, has had me appreciating SF more, somehow. It's odd. It won't be going up in my rankings at all, but I do find myself appreciating the moments I've always enjoyed, just a little bit more.
While you are correct with the typical Mendes traits both being in SF and SP they can also be seen in his other movies.
SP has everything I love in a Bond movie. Grand original breathtaking PTS, a beautiful Bond girl Bond wants to protect, even two if you count Bellucci as well, unbelievably moody, fascinating, creepy, beautiful sets (meteor room, L'Americaine, the conference room, Q's laboratory, the demolished MI6 building, the whole train, the abandoned train station, Blofeld's control room. A great and memorable henchman. A proper hand-to-hand fight, witty dialogue with Q who provides Bond with valuable help. The plane/car chase.
SF has nothing of that. The PTS is pretty middle of the road, the Bond girl is Moneypenny and/or M which is a joke, the only sets noteworthy are the Macau Casino and the Skyfall mansion. Henchman? Nada. Hand-to-hand fight? That choreographed dance in the shadows... and Q? one good scene at the museum and then he acts like an imbecile who should be taken to court for helping the villain with his plot. I guess the chase in the PTS counts for something...
It's astonishing Skyfall is even seen as a Bond movie. Without the DB5 you wouldn't even have a proper Bond car in Skyfall.
The same thing could be said for you and your views on SP, @Shardlake, so don't make me drop the "pot and kettle" line. It's interesting to be on the other side of it, isn't it?
You know, I would agree to that, but I'm just really feeling the urge to be contrary on this one...
;)
and it isn't so much about presenting a cliche'd checklist of a Bond movie again... for me, it's just about creating a good entertaining film - this series doesn't need to go so far up it's own ass trying to be the smartest thing in the room (if you get what i mean) - they don't need to be stories full of twists, double or triple crosses, or deep metaphoric symbolisms.. it's f##king Bond.