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The South Korea BO of SP was spectacular. In a bad way. I'd be curious to hear some comments from someone there.
As for CR, I think the reputation "the movie that started it all" will preserve its reputation from going down. Even the next actor's first movie will be compared to CR, I think, and not SP or SF.
I find Spectre a decent Bond film and I hold it in higher regard than DAD, but the public seems less favourable towards it?
They made some decisions with this film that are either going to be seen as more impressive in time, or which will bury it quickly and embarrassingly.
Time will tell. Give it 3 months after the blu ray comes out and we'll have a better idea. The reaction has been mixed to date, and most criticisms focus on the same issues (yellow screen, brother, average action, poor finale, implausible retcon of whole Craig era). So for it to improve and be seen as a classic, these things have to decline in importance to those who dislike them. I personally don't see that happening because we have such an outstanding back catalogue against which to compare, but again, only time will tell.
I loved Spectre, but I think it goes all Austin Powers with the Blofeld/Bond connection. It had some excellent moments and some that were so,so and lacking in imagination.
"We don't really go in for that sort of thing anymore," says Q in Skyfall, in reply to a quip about exploding pens. Bond was a spy who was going to rely on his resourcefulness and ingenuity, not exploding pens - the whole thing about being given a gadget that would conveniently be needed by Bond was a thing of the past. What does Q give Bond in the next movie? An exploding watch. This marks a retrograde step after reaching a high.
Well it's going to be a Craig specific narrative, so unless you're planning on DC sticking around for another 10 years I don't think you have to worry. The next incarnate will not follow this storyline.
True, but it bothers me that Craig's quadrilogy could be perfect but it isn't only because of a ridicolous contrived coincidence.
Want that strong sense of Fleming updated? Watch CR.
Want a lean, mean raw bolt of Bond? Watch QOS.
Want an art Bond with angst & emotion? Watch SF.
Want an entertaining throwback Bond with today's sensibilities? Watch SP.
Somethin' for everyone here. :D
Sad day when we slag off a Bond film for utilising gadgets that save his life.
Spectre rocks.
(It's all about the lasers)
:))
I certainly would not slag off any Bond movie. I did say in my post that I loved Spectre that you did not quote. It was Q's words, not mine, that told the audience that Bond did not do the exploding gadgets any more. That was the direction the Craig movies had gone before Spectre.
More than a little contrived. Imagine if in the next Superman movie we learn that all along Lex Luthor was Clarke Kent's step brother, or the new Star Wars movie reveals that Darth Vader was really Hans Solo's real father. Maybe in the next Jason Bourne movie, we discover that the character played by David Strathairn is really Jason Bourne's father. These would all be the worst plotting decisions of any of the movies.
Oh for crying out loud they WEREN'T stepbrothers, nor biological or foster brothers. They WEREN'T brothers at all. Blofeld clearly said, His father asked him to TREAT James like one. Not even close. Sheesh the exaggerated Hyperbole around here is starting to annoy me. Just enjoy the movie.