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And the Dr Kaufmann scene is one of my favourites of the whole series.....as is the moment where Bond pushes over Carver's satellite as he tries to escape..little things that are pure Bond.
Well said. TND has always been my personal favorite.
I quite liked the DAF ending as well (on the boat and on the oil rig). Tonally, the film was consistent, like all the Hamilton entries.
CR's doesn't work when you've front-loaded the film with two frankly much more frenetic and thrilling chases. It works only an emotional level (and quite well, admittedly). But in my opinion the fight is subpar for Campbell, and the visuals are all wrong due to the use of CGI and switching between the inside where it is dark and claustrophobic and the outside where it is bright and sunny. The fight is my least favourite part of the film.
QOS's climax just flash cuts too much and it's undermined because Camille's facing a tougher opponent than Bond. As if axe-wielding squealing Greene could defeat 007. It's over before it begins and is unrealistic (fuel cells? I don't know how many hotels are powered that way but if they're that volatile why would you stay in one?)
SF's climax is probably the best because they took time to set up atmosphere and a sense of build-up. The visuals artistically speaking are extremely impressive. The Home Alone comparison I think is unfounded. The only two gripes are that after the PTS you have waited for a legitimate big action-set piece for the whole film and it doesn't exactly live up. The second thing is that Bond doesn't have a true tussle with an important character, there's just the guy he suffocates beneath water, which is nice, but superfluous.
And now SP. It starts out alright, but M's tussle with C is rather superfluous and dumb and there's just too much Mi6. After Bond meets Blofeld there's just this feeling of cliche. I groaned when Blofeld said that he had three minutes to find Madeleine or save himself or live with the pain. Cliche one. Then we have a visually impressive boat chase which actually had me gasp a bit because I'm thinking 'it's so hopeless; he can't shoot it down!' Then he does. How unfair. Then we get the bridge scene and the worst line in the film - a groan-inducing 'finish it'. Cliche two. And then it's over and you realise in those 20 closing minutes of the film Bond didn't even fight anyone!!!
Far cry from GE in my opinion.
I want a Jet pack to return, this is awesome.
For me, the climax of YOLT was one of the best examples of this IMHO,
in addition, its also great to see Bond alone, but still on a massive set or location, working his way through the security guards and escaping (again YOLT has the great rooftop sequence).
As Creasy says,Bond has already taken a good few whacks and been knocked all over the place..
Any man facing a crazed man with an axe has to be careful.
I thought it was a good moment,showing that beneath all that calmness and serenity that Greene showed throughout QOS,his mask finally reveals the real beast.
And the fact he puts the axe through his own foot is realistic,as he is not a fighter,just temporarily insane.
Would you prefer if he beheaded him?
As much as I love SF, I have to agree. They need to bring back Bond properly squaring off against the main villain - at least a little more frequently.
Far more compelling than the "finish it" scene in SP.
Eon ,Craig,Mendes etc missed a golden opportunity to show that Bond can be beaten, to a new,younger audience....he is not superman,and he wasnt left in a terrible situation ala Bond with Tracy in OHMSS (which was a brilliant ending),so no revenge outing.
But,i suppose if this was Craig's last film,he couldnt go out in defeat so Blofeld had to look a pratt and not the arch-enemy he was in the books etc...
That's the modern way......but ,if that was the case then Bond should have fought one more Quantum villain,complete Craigs' tenure ,and held Blofeld back for something really special in the future,maybe even in a new actor's debut film,as they did in OHMSS,and set tongues wagging that Bond lost and Blofeld got away.The next film would have been huge.
Don't forget MI6'ers that this is the 1st time Blofeld has ever been actually seen to be caught (apart from the FYEO PTS spoof)...he wasnt seen to be caught in YOLT,OHMSS or DAF...so the mystery of Blofeld has gone.....shame.
Rant over...
The way I see it, CR should have had three set pieces: parkour, airport and poker game. Although one might not consider the poker a traditional set piece, it represents a significant conflict between Bond & villain, contained in one space, over a definite period of time. It leads to Le Chiffre's death, like the previous sequences ended with Mollaka and Carlos' deaths. After the poker game, the story should really be over - except we have the Vesper angle to wrap up, and so begins what has been referred to as CR's "fourth act." Which is a bit hard to sit through in the first place... but the presence of yet another set piece, well over 2 hours into the run time, turns things deadly boring.
Along with grand set pieces, CR also deals in another kind of action - short bursts of brutal violence. Such as the PTS and stairwell fight. I think the final conflict between Bond, Gettler and Vesper should have been just another burst of violence. Could have gone something like this: Gettler and Vesper flee - Bond takes out the gunners. Then he takes out Gettler, only to find the suitcase and Vesper missing. Mr. White walks away with the suitcase. Bond returns to the hotel to find Vesper has drowned herself in the bathtub. No sinking house necessary. (Of course, this would miss the personal element of Bond witnessing Vesper's death, which is very effective.)
I honestly thought that Silva was going to kiss M. Very creepy.
I took it as him being pissed off that Bond stopped him immediately before he got to kill M, moreso than him being angry that he's dead - he doesn't care as long as he takes M with him. Loved it.
That sounds about right.
When you get a knife in the back, you play it cool?
Obviously not in real life, but the way he groaned kind of suggested a "curses" attitude to Bond. I remember it got a few giggles in the cinema too.
I was once stabbed in the back. Luckily I wore a thick leather jacket. Those things are life savers. No groans from me, though.