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DAD, for me is simply unwatchable, and I don't see that ever changing!
It's one of those films that doesen't hold together as a whole, but parts of it are excellent.
The PTS is brilliant. Bond's scene with M is poor. Then it picks up until it gets to Rome. The SPECTRE meeting is ok but ruined by some unpleasant violence. The car chase is naff. Bond's meeting with Mr White is ok but it's starting to bore me now. The Hoffner clinic scenes are poor. Weak dialogue and while technically excellent, the plane chase is awkward and dumb.
The scenes in L'American are ok but nothing special. Best scenes in the film are on the train. A couple of decent scenes with Madeleine then we get one of the best fights in the series. Fast and brutal it deserved a better film.
I quite like the meeting with Blofeld although the torture scene while well acted, is so obviously a last minute decision. Bond's escape is ridiculously easy and the less said about the 'record breaking' explosion the better.
The third act is just a mess and seriously needed re-thinking. I don't mind the chase along the Thames and the scene on the bridge.
Good man. I'm glad to hear it. :)
I don’t think I’m ever happy doing a league table. I’d be pointlessly rejigging it every day. But I guess Spectre is in the 6-9 area.
Big +1!
I overall agree 100%, except for the fact that I didn't felt the third act to be such a mess. Yes, it wasn't definitely on the same level of the rest of the movie, except the snow chase that I never particularly liked. The torture scene, especially, suffered really lazy screenwriting.
BTW the Morocco train scenes are the highlight of the movie. The train cutting the Sahara in two by the sunset --> the dinner + choice speech --> the fight --> Madeleine's volitive "What do we do know?" --> BANG + WotW --> the desert train station --> Rolls driving through the Sahara approaching the meteorite spot --> first confrontation with Blofeld* by the meteorite spot are probably my favourite 15 minutes in any Craig Bond film, if not in any Bond film. It was like watching a cocktail of Alfred Hitchcock's tension + Terence Young's coolness + David Lean's panoramic grandeur. Amazing.
*Great scene. Waltz is incredibly scary. The way he says: "But I do" is great. Also the theatrical vibe of the scene really gets me.
I think that pretty much says it all.
As soon as Bond lands on the sofa and starts to give chase I fast forward through that and the opening credits.
I just find the helicopter fight boring.
Can't agree there Bazza. I hate the explosion/collapsing building part and landing on the sofa, but love the helicopter scrap. Sciarra was a real imposing villain for the time he was on screen (Love the sneering look he gives Bond as they run through the crowd!) And the fight scene was well choreographed and edited, particularly the barrel roll which nearly sends both of them out the doors! The sound of the gasping crowds is also great, as Bond tries to pull the copter out of its dive. Take the cgi building out and it's a near perfect pts, along with that tremendous opening tracking shot!
As I said me olde pal,i know i'm in the minority,mind you I do love Bond's walk across the roof tops and the way he squats down and raises the rifle.
Also fair play to Newman as the accompanying track,actually playing the Bond theme,is excellent and really adds to that moment.
It suits Moore era but didn't worked for me in Craig's SP. Same for me @barryt007
Bond movie behind QOS.
We agree on this.
+1000 :) always loved that line.
Maybe you are right. If we ever do this again, then someone else can get the job. Maybe you could do it, with your own spin. Still, when we started that thread, SP was more than two years old.
The could have done a film that started with as clean slate with a mysterious Blofeld who could have been slowly introduced, and revealed , over several film, and had no personal connection to Bond.
What a wasted opportunity.
I know Mendes is a good director....I don't know, but sometimes, it feels as if Mendes was lucky with SF considering it's his first real action film, because if a Director as consistent as Nolan, directed SF(which would have even been better) imagine what he would have done with SP....Because a Good Director usually tops himself consistently with each film, to prove his previous film was no fluke.