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I even think it benefited from the writers strike. It lacks the stodgy dialogue of a lot of recent Bonds. It just feels stripped back and lean.
I definitely need to see it again. It's been nearly a year. But as of now I think it's one of the worst Bond films (alongside TWINE), so I disagree as I feel it deserves a lot of the criticism it gets.
Hmm you're right but he does beat up a lot of people. ;)
I never criticized Bourne, I'm just saying the Bourne trilogy is more action and thriller orientated, while the Craig films, while having taking notes on the grittiness and believability of the action scenes, are still larger than life and classy. Bourne films are more rugged.
Gloriously so.
There's also the airport scene in Expendables 2.
I know :) I was thinking of films with a high body count.
Ah, I see. Good ole Arnie kills about three million people in Commando, a masterpiece of 80's action cinema.
me too
:D
No longer.
Heavens no. That would've gone against all that Bond had grown into by the end of QoS.
Kind of interesting: both Greene and Sanchez fight Bond with a sharp object, both have a lair that gets blown up, both threaten a president/president wannabe. Also, in both movies, Bond is on his own and in both movies a villain gets captured and escapes.
I'd hardly call the eco-hotel a "lair." ;)
Gives me something else to think about.
That's a valid criticism.
For me, though, I liked that Bond basically took everyone out rather swiftly--he's a trained assassin. That's his job.
Rama....oh poetically brutal Rama. The way this man just eliminates people is enough to make one weep from overwhelming joy.
That's the rule of cinema. The final confrontation between the hero and the villain always has to be a long, tense and even affair... nobody cares if it makes any sense or not. The classic is when the villain has done no fighting and given no signs of being a warrior through out the film, but then suddenly pulls up a sword and happens to be an agile expert in sword fighting... (:| Its the same with computer games. The final 'boss' always has to be the most challenging one.
I've also never liked how Blofeld personally goes after Bond on skies in OHMSS. It seems a bit silly, out of character... Its so much more satisfying in Spy for example, when Moore quickly shoots the guy in the balls, and we're done! ;)