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His schnoz was looking a little hefty during his conversation with Lucia at the funeral
I disagree. He looked great with stubble.
One lesson learned for me: I won't read that much before the movie next time. I had too many expectations - like a ski scene that was not there and other things.
That looks like Blofeld to me!
Alan Dale IS James Bond OO7 in...
...Neighbours From Hell
Yes, or an action packed car chase
i will do the same next time
New lets see an actor who, when he walks through the door, even red blooded males go "who is THAT dude!"
Like Sammy Davis did in that Diamonds are Forever out-take.
Completely agree.
The most logical plot development would be Blofeld escaping prison, Bond retired and married to Madeleine.... and then Blofeld threatens the world, Bond's licence to kill 00 status is renewed and Madeline is given some temporary assistant role.
But all that can be scrapped if Craig is serious and does quit and a new actor takes over. I think the franchise is at another (potential) transition period.
Very true. I hadn't quite thought of it that way, but you're right. They played the ending of Spectre very safely and ended it so Craig could leave or continue. And despite the overall arc of Craig's Bond presenting a confusing arrangement of life stages (CR and QOS presenting Bond Begins, then SF starting with washed up Bond and concluding with yet another sense of Bond Begins), SP does wrap up with Bond quitting the service and fulfilling the promise he'd originally made to Vesper. Could have been in a better story with a stronger love interest and with no need for retconning, but the idea is there nonetheless.
That kind of thing really annoys me. What are stunt men and doubles for?!
Furthermore, you don't introduce an actor such as Christoph Waltz as Blofeld, give him not even a half an hour of screen time, keep him alive at the end, and end the story right then and there. There is MUCH to be desired after an ending like that, in my opinion.
On top of it all, Craig needs to give us one more film seeing as though we were gypped an adventure between QoS and SF. If Craig (hopefully) does indeed return, the story MUST be written to be an absolute, banging grand finale for him as 007. It cannot be left open like SPECTRE's ending was because it is simply not fair to the fans.
If Craig does not return for the next film, fans like me will be let down because of how incomplete SPECTRE felt. Again, that's my opinion, but there was much to be desired by the time SPECTRE ended.
I came out the cinema completely thinking Spectre was the last Craig film, and it was written as such. Vesper said to him in CR "you can change", and he briefly did, he left the service to float around the world with her. She dies, and he becomes cynical Bond that we know and love, and is 007 again.
In Spectre, Madeleine tells him the same thing, on the train, he ponders, and says "I'll drink to that", and realises that he's got another chance to leave. He always had a chance. So when it comes to the (rather ham-fisted) moral choice on the bridge, with M on one side, (ie being an agent and assassin), or Madeline of the other, he chooses Madeleine, (and more importantly, not to kill Blofeld). And the whole Vesper story arc is completed. From his first two kills, ten years ago, to his refusal to kill. "Out of bullets" he says. Figuratively and literally. He's done.
So Craig's Bond drives off towards Big Ben in the DB5 and that's that.
Obviously any Bond movie where he doesn't die is 'open ended', so the actor can return. But there was never, ever, in the whole series, an ending where Bond makes such a bold move as leaving the service, and driving off into the sunset(rise), to start another life.
@DonnyDB5, I can appreciate where you're coming from. However, all long running Bond actors have ended on a relatively poor note, so if this is Craig's last, it's par for the course.
I don't think they scrapped it because he didn't know how to ski but because he injured his knee. Same difference though, I guess. Let's keep in mind that during OHMSS Diana Rigg actually didn't know how to ski yet we see her skiing thanks to the movie magic of the 60s.
I too was looking forward to the "skiing parkour" they had planned. Bond crashing a biplane into some trees is just no comparison. SP was really lacking in any great action sequences and could have been improved by a good thrilling ski pursuit. We've had good skiing scenes with Lazenby, Moore, and Brosnan. That's one Bond "trope" that hasn't been overdone. I'd love for each new Bond to have their own innovative ski chase.
FYEO is excellent. Underrated actually.
Incredibly. I can't imagine how high I would rank it if the score was done by Barry instead.
It's like Serra's work in GE: mostly terrible, typically stands out in a really negative way, but the few highlights it does contain are really stellar bits of music.