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Good to hear. I've seen it twice, but the second viewing almost put me to sleep. I'm going again on Wednesday.
Loved it the first night. Loved it! Had a hard time picking between SP and CR. Beating a dead horse but a lot had to do with the audience and the people I sat next to. So…unenthused. Plus, I couldn't sit there getting excited when people hadn't seen the movie yet.
By the same token however I feel a 2 year gap is not quite long enough to really yearn for the next one... 3 years is the sweet spot, personally.
QoS just arrived too early for me, and the Brosnan era just felt like a couple of quick episodes being churned out.
I suppose plenty of people had the same feeling in the 80's...
Nothing against Kinnear (who is by all accounts a fine actor) but nobody, aside from the hardcore fan base, cares about Tanner. Servicing M, Q, and Moneypenny is more than enough MI6 time for a film.
Call me a brazen old traditionalist - but other than Blades (if they ever get around to it) I'd prefer if M was a good boy and stayed put in central London, without getting mixed up in the finale, thank you very much. Same goes for blee**** Moneypenny.
I don't mind him but he's been made in to a bit of a lap dog. He's the chief of staff, yet for much of Craig's tenure you would think he was Dame Judi's PA. Michael Kitchen made his voice heard played it as his own man. But that's down to script mostly but Kinnear does look like a spineless tory not great casting IMO.
I'd imagine that the longer gap would mean the could polish the script and make a perfect product…but that don't seem to happen. Two year gap should be enough.
p.s. I ain't getting any younger!
So a Bond movie every 2 years was really cool.
Well, thanks for the insight, but I do remember the 80's and a time before the information superhighway :)
I just wasn't old enough to choose my movie-trips and only really became a Bond fan in the late 80's...
Because we don't need more subsidiary MI6 plots. And because it would have been a betrayal of the character--not so much as "evil M" but he's still Bond's best friend in the service.
I'd argue we also didn't need to see Moneypenny in bed with her boyfriend. I prefer when MI6 members' personal lives are mentioned but not shown: M referring to her late husband during the SF hearing, Moneypenny talking about going to the theater "with a gentleman," and yes, Q talking about his cats. I guess I'm old school that way.
Why?
Edit: I quoted you before your edit, which kind of answers my question. I was just curious as I thought it added a great dynamic. I was not particularly keen on the idea of MP as a field agent in SF, but so be it. What I do like is her role in SP and that scene works for me primarily because it fleshes out the relationship. I found a more genuine frisson between them in SP. She's much more confident and actually has the upper hand which is a neat twist on the Maxwell/Connery relationship where you always feel he's in control. The fact she doesn't stay for a drink at the flat and is then called why she has a guy in her bed is a great little insight into their relationship. I really loved Harris in SP.
Well, I drank too much beforehand. I needed to pee really bad by the time Bond and Madeleine arrived in Tangier.
@-)
Always a tricky one.
Haven't you got news to fabricate?
I think the Sony leaks screwed up everything. It was likely EON's idea that the ESB reveal would be a HUGE twist, one nobody saw coming. Could you imagine the audience's reaction that it was Blofeld? But I think we all pretty much knew beforehand who it was. Then again, if this was EON's strategy, why title the film Spectre?
Indeed. The look on his face says it all. Would have been a neat twist if it was 009 who was with her.
Ha ha, that would've been brilliant.
Moneypenny is a secretary.
I don't think she's convincing as a field agent, but perfect in SP so I'd have to say no. A female 00, though, that's an idea I've always wanted to see.
She and Mary Goodnight in a spin-off tv series perhaps. Otherwise, God no.