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I have never seen this pic before, @Contraband
A quick "Tine Eye" search turned up nothing. I would contact the Instagram account
I'm really looking forward to seeing Bond work his way through the lair - those bits of him with the assault rifle while going through those old looking tunnels looks very good.
@TripAces
Yeah that would be plan B. Thought I start out with you guys first. Thanks anyway.
Damn irritating when people ruining photos by adding txt, playing with filters and god knows what
This is a pretty excellent example of a tracking shot for a climatic chase scene. Because we’re with Pacino through grand central station, the tracking shot makes the danger feel more immediate as we see him trying to evade enemies. It’s only about three minutes but it’s a solid case of what a Bond film can do to show a vulnerable Bond on the run like in OHMSS.
So good. And as always, there's the matter of location, location, location....
The better the location, the more I'd like to see longer shots - rather than doing them anywhere for the hell of it.
They need to establish or at least reaffirm, Bond and Madeline's love, Safin's threat, Felix and Bond friendship, Nomi's place in MI6 and subsequent partnership with Bond, we don't know how much Paloma will factor in the story, Blofled his surroundings and relationship to Bond and in general how Bond and the world around him has changed in the 5 years since retirement.
All that and that doesn't include bit part players or spoilers
I think what Cary said in that video, about how vital time is throughout this film and how it's a race against time, will play a huge role in how much we explore the characters in this film
Apologies for the long post guys
In terms of the story I think that it's the first Bond film (I believe..?) to have the director credited as one of the writers- it will be interesting to see what effect that has.
And I think that'll be key. Remember that Mendes didn't really want to do Spectre and it showed on screen. Same can be said about Forster and QOS, how he wasn't a big 007 fan and we all know the problems with the rush to get it out, along with the writers strike.
Cary is a Bond fan, I have the utmost faith that he will deliver.
Though the PTS in TSWLM was memorable it was not as extravagant as the battle aboard the Laparis tanker.
My point is that pre-credits prior to TSWLM were relatively low-key and when it came to the action department. GF and TB featuring a brawl was probably as action packed as it got. Then after TSWLM we get bigger sequences with the lone exception of CR’s brawl out.
To be clear, I don’t think any of this is bad. And to address a point I realize you were trying to make…
I don’t think SP having a bigger set piece than the low key climax in London is a terrible idea in concept. In fact, ROGUE NATION did exactly that on the same year and I thought it was actually refreshing to see the film have a climax that low-key rather than trying to outdo what has come before. It’s nice break from formula, and something EON has so far only done twice (FYEO and SP) and I hope they try again more successfully than SP in the future.
Guy Hamilton just perhaps lost track of what people were enjoying the pre-credits for in his 70s films.
The key thing about Rogue Nation though (and ignore all of those people who say MI is nothing more than dumb action) is that the climax is incredibly satisfying and beautifully ties back to the beginning of the film. It's a level of narrative cleverness which makes up for the lack of action, and actually perhaps doesn't really suit Bond as much as it suits Mission Impossible. MI is basically a heist/con format so we want to see a clever trick, whereas Bond is a blunt instrument and the audience just want to see him smash the baddie in the face, and the only cleverness really involved with Bond is in terms of his level of lateral thinking in getting out of a tight spot using whatever lies to hand with creating a crazy action sequence. I don't know if Bond can or should do that.
The only possible exception I think would have been Casino Royale, where the drama was so strong that I felt the big action climax of the sinking building actually got in the way and I wanted to see less of it!
We are living through Bond film history here.
I have complete confidence in CJF. I also have complete confidence in PWB.
Here is my concern: no matter how good this film may be, on its own merits, after an 18-month delay, after waiting and waiting, after looking at set photos and watching interviews and video blogs, I will find it disappointing. It will be over, and I will sit there and say, "That was it?" No matter how good NTTD is, I might be let down, which is unfair to CJF, PWB, and DC. We shall see. I hope this fear doesn't come to be.
It says that there are shootouts in Cuba, Jamaica, London and Italy. Yes to shootouts in Cuba, and Italy of a sorts, but Jamaica and London?