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I did notice that.
I just watched The Gray Man and I don't think there's a whole lot we should take from it when thinking about the future of Bond. The biggest part would probably be: If you can only do a stunt with heavy CGI, but can't really do the CGI convincingly, don't do it..
What I take away from The Gray Man is that Regé-Jean Page may not be Bond material after all...
That, too.
Also my takeaway. He tried to come across as way more threatening than he really was and I saw nothing about him that shouted Bond to me.
I was also really excited for Evans' performance, and while he's clearly relishing the opportunity to play such a hateful guy, it's funny how rather incompetent and useless he is throughout, especially those Vienna sequences (those golf polos and loafers weren't helping his case either).
To cast Page would be an egregious blunder. And Evans was fun. His character really was incompetent, though. Was he playing a gay man? I just wonder. Not that it matters.
Totally agreed.
And I got those vibes too but didn't seem like a character element they wanted to play up too overtly or anything. It would've been an interesting touch though. I did like how much fun he was clearly having.
Ana De Armas wasn't quite "Paloma" in this film, but she came close enough, IMO. Makes me once more regret that she got so little screen time in NTTD.
I love that most unanimously agree that her character and the Cuba sequences in general are some of the greatest parts of the film. I'm in agreement. I can't wait to see her physical skills once more in Ballerina.
Yes, I never thought he was suited for Bond anyway. This film confirmed it. As for the film itself - way too much CGI, far too unrealistic. It reminded me a lot of DAD.
Top Gun Maverick has set the standard now in terms of how action should look (as many real stunts as possible), and also how a film should be paced, emotional impact, etc.
I agree with this. I think there may be potentially a focus on trying to "one up" the emotional stakes that the Craig era had, it's not that I didn't enjoy it, I just think now it may be best remaining as very much a self contained universe of it's own. Top Gun Maverick proved that you don't need superheroes or a huge franchise to woo audiences. All it needed was a solid action movie with a simple to follow story along with great action set pieces sprinkled with that touch of 80s nostalgia. I would not mind going back to this kind of Bond movie for a while now. Sure, if they want to tie things in then great, but don't make it the hook.
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I think the fact that audiences have responded so well to it will hopefully bring good things to other series.
Top drawer action as the hook, efficient storytelling as the aftertaste.
Efficient is not as desirable as sufficient. I think quality plot and story is more important than action.
It depends on the film. The Top Gun sequel is a prime example of simple storytelling done well where the emotional beats compliment the action.
QoS is also a good example of that and SF a bad one. But nevertheless I’d enjoy something more intricate like CR.
But the overall plot suffers because of its over emphasis on simple emotional story beats.
I didn’t find Silvas revenge tale convincing.
I really do enjoy most of that film, I think it’s an excellent Bond adventrue. But I do not enjoy most of what happens once we get to Skyfall. I like the bit on the ice, that’s about it. I am never a fan of digging into Bond’s past beyond the little bit that Fleming gave us. Thankfully we have that wonderful denouement, possibly the best in the series (CR is hard to top, and OHMSS will always have the inside track).
Although I will say Charmian telling James about his parents' death in SilverFin is much better than hearing that Kincade told him. I guess it stops the priest's tunnel from being solely a plot contrivance but I just never bought that James spent two days down there.
Antony Starr ,he excellent as Homelander in the Boys and I wasn't aware he's from New Zealand.
Karl Urban would have made a great Bond ,everything he's in he good .
I still really want a Dredd sequel with Urban.
I don't think I could ever unsee Homelander whenever Starr does anything else from now on. Such a distinctive performance.
He's also too old for Bond.
I wouldn't mind him in any role in a Bond film, though. Like I said, it's hard to unsee Homelander, but he could do a very good menacing, clinical, torturing henchman.
And the same goes for Urban. I'd be totally fine if he was in a film as an ally or any type of villain. A slightly more sophisticated Bond paired with Urban as a door-kicking, head-bashing local paramilitary/law enforcement? Could work.
I'd like them to do a gunbarrel with a silhouetted Bond in the style of the Bob Simmons version. While I get that it was essentially used to cover for the fact that it isn't Connery, it gives Bond an air of mystery up until his introduction in DN.
That said the DN gunbarrel had those weird 'beep beep' and piano sound effects at the beginning, which I've never liked, so I suppose it wasn't completely silent. That and the fact that the theme plays fully into the title sequence immediately after makes it more organic. I feel we'd need something to build up to that fanfare - a slower gun barrel, a few quiet notes or at least a 'Michael G Wilson and Barbara Broccoli presents'.