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True your pause button might wear out when you get your hands on the DVD!
The soft reboot of SF kinda through me off a bit. Craig's Bond in that regard is worse than my laptop always needing to be debugged and rebooted. I really wanted to keep pursuing the CR Bond.
I am very excited about SP despite the complaints.
Craig though and this era for me has been very successful and set a new standard which is amazing for a fifty year franchise.
Only major complaint... and this directed at you Mendes :( ..is the gunbarrel!!! CR made sense ..QS ok that's fine I get it BUT SF screamed for a proper gb and we got that cheesy LTK like mess at the end.
Booooo...
I was just going to make the same point.
If you consider that people regard FRWL as the best Bond film ever (let alone Connery's best) does this mean EON shouldn't have bothered since 1963?
Same for Brosnan. I don't particularly like GE but accept that it's regarded as Brosnan's best so all downhill again.
None of the Moore films made more than his debut (inflation adjusted) either.
This just smacks of another disingenuous excuse to bash the Craig era.
I quite agree, the DC era has been quite a ride, so far (hoping he does at least one more!)
So Craig's tenure has been no different, although it's certainly of a much higher calibre than what we've seen for some time from this franchise.
Should it have been different? Perhaps......yes, of course, it would have been nice.
However, maybe it's not possible. Maybe there is an inevitable laziness that sets in with time. Perhaps only with the undue pressure of taking over the coveted role can the best (from actor, producer, scriptwriter, director) really come out.
I think those are very good points.
I haven't seen excessive negativity, I don't understand what people mean by that. Has there really been a vast number of people saying the movie was crap and I just missed them somehow? A lot of people loved it, but also many did not and are indeed frustrated because there's so much great stuff in it, and it had potential to be much better. That's not some crazy negativity that's somehow unfair to other people and I don't understand why people read other people's opinions before seeing the movie anyway. Surely with any Bond movie opinions will differ? What's wrong with that?
I had some issues with it (definitely not blown away) but I agree with you, it didn't feel long at all to me, and I had no problems with pacing. It might indeed have been improved with a bit more time rather than less, though I'd say the problems were with the writing more than anything. I hope to enjoy it more when I see it the second time - that wouldn't be a rare occurrence at all.
Thanks @Tuulia, i agree I don't think this is excess negativity. You know it's just like I prefer the 'Naked' version of The Beatles' Let it Be album, because I prefer that vision of the album better than alll the production by Phil Spektor, but I still love listening to the Phil Spektor produced album. I like world cinema and films that are considered to have more artistic merit than any of the James Bond films, but being a James Bond fan whilst I agree with that I probably enjoy the Bond films more :)
Otherwise I think he has been terrific. CR was sumptuous and so elegant and romantic. But it suffered from multiple endings.
QOS was enjoyable enough, but was never allowed to breath.
SF I loved regardless of negative reviews on here. It was pacey and daring and larger than life.
SP is just a blast.
Overall his 4 have given us more than we could have hoped for, because let's face it back in 2005 our 'expectations' were at best worrying and at worst shot to ribbons. I knew Craig's work and was already a fan of his in 2005, but like others I did have my reservations about him being Bond after he was announced. Then I saw Layer Cake.....
So, yes he has lived up to, exceeded and blown out of the water my expectations. Here's to a 5th.
He has had some amazing moment so far, and some great lines.
CR: Dryden: Made you feel it, did he? Well, you needn't worry. The second is...
[Bond pulls his gun and kills Dryden]
James Bond: Yes... considerably
CR "now the whole world gonna know you died scratching my balls"
QOS "Can I offer an opinion? I really think you people should find a better place to meet".
PEOPLE WHO HAVE SEEN SPECTRE
I am pretty sure many years from now DC will be held in an even higher regard than he is in present day he is one of the greats.
Craig is the best Bond since Connery and CR was the best film since 1969. Spectre is a top 10 Bond film. Full stop.
Word.
I concur.