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Except the title didn’t apply to Bond, it was his family. No one realizes that until the ending.
As for TLJ, it’s actually referring to Skywalker in the beginning of the film, as that was what he was described in the opening crawl of TFA. It’s only at the end of the film that he says “I will not be the last Jedi”. It’s too bad you haven’t seen that one, it’s easily one of the best Star Wars films since the TESB.
I saw the movie I just refused to go to theaters, I waited until it was on Disney+ and watched it for free (not my account) it was the better of the new trilogy but in no way will ever compare to TESB (ever)
My second viewing touched me even more than the first. I felt with them even the sixth time last week. Like all others, I don't want to see Bond being killed for a long time but it works for me here and it makes this film special in a positive way (maybe I will disagree one day, but for now it works). However, I have to admit that I didn't no how to feel about after the premiere. I almost couldn't sleep that night.
Strangely, despite loving OHMSS, the ending there never touched me much while NTTD and CR work much better for me on an emotional level. Main reasons could be Eva Green and Zimmer's score. Furthermore, Lazenby is not a very talented actor compared to Craig.
They could have called it Plenty of Time, Plenty of Tme from the dialog but it wouldn't strike a chord.
Which was a Roger Moore line in a previous Bond movie first :)
I agree Lazenby never had Craig's acting ability. But one thing Laz did nail was the final scene. I don't think any actor could have improved on it.
I agree, mate. Having watched OHMSS again at Christmas, and knowing that ending is coming up, it still gets me. Lazenby handles it very well, love it when he kisses her hand!
I was strangely unmoved by NTTD ending, despite being a huge fan of Craigs, was much more affected by Bond visiting Vespers grave.
Yeah, after the initial shock the NTTD ending seems contrived and cheap. It's like that was the starting point of the script and everything was built around Bond’s demise.
It doesn't feel natural.
I really like the film up to that point.
I think we agree 100% here. I'm still affected by the ending of NTTD, but not so much his actual death, but Bond's realization, when Safin says "you made me do it". IMO, Craig conveys an absolute ton in that moment and it's really impactful.
I do also feel very moved when he visits Vesper's grave, but that could be me being caught up in the excellence of the PTS as whole, and the fact that Craig looks incredible throughout the Matera scenes.
Despite countless viewings, the approaching end of OHMSS always makes the heart begin to race.
*survives jumping off the top of a crane
*unarmed, defeats two assailants wielding a handgun and a machete in a stairwell
*successfully revived after flatlining from martini poisoning
*survives rolling over seven times in an Aston Martin
*has testicles beaten with a knotted rope
*survives an 800-ft. free-fall from an airplane, no parachute
*unarmed, takes out three SIS agents in an elevator
*gets shot off the top of a 200-ft. bridge
*catches the tube after it has left the station
*fights an opponent submerged in a freezing loch for two minutes
*crashes own airplane into the ground
*survives having head drilled
*watches world's biggest explosion from a safe distance because he's already sniped everybody in the compound with his semi-automatic after having head drilled
*dies from getting shot in the open by a man who lost a gun battle to a 10-year-old
;)
I'm afraid I disagree. The scene was as corny as it could be, and it was all due to Lazenby's lack of acting prowess. Which IMO is responsible for this movie NOT being totally top-notch within the series, but reduces it to second-tier. Which is still an achievement.
I’m sorry, those points means absolutely nothing.
I'm still divided on how I feel about killing Bond and more specifically how they went about it. Just pointing out that an essential attribute of the character for more than 50 years has been that he always pulls off the miraculous or escapes impending doom, however improbably. When they say, "Get out of it, James," he does, somehow, some way.
Except he didn't in OHMSS, so there's that as something of a precedent ... and perhaps one of the reasons why it's so present in NTTD.
Such figures are inherently unselfish, which is why Bond's death in NTTD meets the criteria of heroic action. He dies, as he lived, very much a hero ...
Well, he failed to save someone he cared about (and Tracy has been the most extreme example of that over the years), but he has lost countless friends, allies, and lovers dating all the way back to Dr. No and skipping very few films since. I'm talking strictly about Bond getting himself out of the mission alive, whether thanks to that Union Jack parachute he packed or by driving a motorcycle off a cliff after a nosediving biplane. Sure, he could just not have that parachute or not catch up to that nosediving biplane, but that's not what we come to a Bond film for.
Bond survives for the mission and for his country. He very much considers his own life expendable and very much lives that way.
LOL, I haven't read that one, but that's a perfect panel for the discussion.