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I agree, but it's also convenient for Madeleine to be out of it at that point so that she can get captured by Blofeld.
Not fishing for straws here, but t me, this does make sense. She sees in the office, how they are talking business. That so strongly reminds her, what his business is and she feels, she can't do it and leaves.
Then gets captured and AFTER that emotional turmoil, it totally makes sense, that after a near death experience, she feels, it doesn't matter anymore. Grab what you have and don't give a damn.
Life is too short to worry.
Yeah I agree. And I really like the idea of choice between his job and having a 'life' that started in CR. It's awhile now since I saw Spectre, just thinking back it seems to be a bit contrived that last act. I need to see it again.
Blofeld put his socks down his pants to impress Madeleine.
Yeah I forgot about Tom Cruise, he's another good example. They can all carry off action very well. The big question is, can Craig be bothered to put himself through another good years worth of murdering himself? He's not a bodybuilder like Stallone or Schwarzenegger whose main selling point is their ability to perform action, Craig's an actor who is capable of much more.
The other big question of course is women, they're going to have to start casting more age appropriate women (of which there are plenty) for him to play opposite. I think I speak for everyone here when I say I don't want a repeat of AVTAK.
Also, Tom Cruise looks younger than he is, Craig does not. So with that in mind, I think Cruise can get away with another MI film.
Cruise if a force of nature because his 2015 self in Rogue Nation could demolish his 1996 self in the original M:I.
Never would I have thought when I saw Collateral in 2004 that Cruise would be this credible in action movies 11 years later.
I see where you're coming from, but I like the intricate, smaller scope of that first film. Though recently, MI3 knocked the original into 2nd place as my favourite MI film.
I like all 5 as well. MI2 might be my least favourite, but even that one has it's good points. MI2 is also the only MI film that i've seen in the cinema. I don't know why... it's probably because I don't go to the cinema that much anymore. And with the gap between cinema release and home release shorter than it's ever been, I tend to wait until it's released on DVD.
I agree, I've only seen 5 films in the cinema in the last 2 years - Edge of Tomorrow, Interstellar, Taken 3, Spectre, Star Wars: The Force Awakens
I see where your coming from, although one thing I like about the these new films is they have a little more continuity attached to them, something the novels often featured, and since CR we've been watching Craig's Bond evolve from a 00 agent at the beginning of his career, so I think it would be nice to see him come full circle.
IMO that's the big difference between Connery and Craig. Because Connery not only sold his take on the character, but created the whole character and it's legacy in his introduction scene.
Yes, if you create a character and dont change.
If you want a character having an arc, it cant be done in one scene or ne or two films. At least it depends where you start and where you want to end.
It's just that Mendes has chosen to focus on melodrama & family connections / history since, but Bond himself has been somewhat unperturbed by all the palaver that has surrounded him in both SF & SP, unlike in the first two, where the focus was more on him & his personal development.
So however you look at it, Mendes was instrumental in the melodrama and family connections business in both SF (mansion past)/SP.
PS: The statement in the above post from @SerialHitman appears to be coming from me, but it's his comment.
:P
Cruise is Dorian Gray in oh so many ways.
His 'deal' comes up for re-negotiation in a couple of years, and there will be Hell to pay.... :P