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I miss the full James Bond theme (not just the bass line) peppered throughout the films.
Yeah, I share your opinion....at least NTTD's finale can be a bit lengthy. QOS' finale seemed rush, SP's too, almost as if they were writing the finale and shooting at the same time. But with SF, it was intense, explosive and lengthy. And of course CR as you pointed out really has emotional resonance. And because of it's gripping tragic end, one can overlook it's stripped down finale.
Yeah, I totally agree.
And I also think if they don't involve the whole of Mi6 at the finale, that would be great.
I just feel they need to pay more attention to the climax this time, just because of how SP's finale looked.
My Sentiments exactly....the electric guitar part of the theme played during an action scene. I think the last time that happened was during the hovercraft chase in Die Another Day. I think the end credits can feature another good theme song or an alternate version of the title song or even repeating the title song.instead of playing the bond theme. I think that's one of the ways of overusing the bond theme that fans don't like. Just look at how Shirley Bassey's Goldfinger Kicks in at the end, immediately Bond covers Galore with the Parachute, after saying 'This is No Time To Be Rescued'.
Did not know that
Now move on, lads. :-j
We most likely would not have had Brofeld and those mediocre action scenes.
Very true....it just gets to show Bond movies work much better as standalone adventures. It's the pressure to connect the Daniel Craig films that has made the gap between his movies wider & resulting in some not as good as the others. I know other issues contributed like studio issues and all that. But if Craig films were standalone adventures. We would have had Craig's films coming out quicker and he would have done more films. But NTTD already looks like it's in the same vein as CR & SF if not better. but let's hope the 7th actor stars in standalone films.
Yeah, me neither, I just think it doesn't really works because Blofeld doesn't come across as someone who could be behind the previous movies events. But I loved the idea on paper.
Or am I the only one? :-?
Yeah, exactly....it's the foster brother thing that would make one wish the Craig's movies were standalone adventures. Coz SF was really looking like a Standalone film until Mendes decided to directed SP as a continuation of SF. I jst think with standalone films, the filmmakers have more freedom to create something fresh without worrying about tying previous stories together. Jst my opinion though.
Or we could remake Spectre ;-)
TBH, I never diskliked QOS as much as many of us here did. And it still contains DC's best performance imho.
When I first watched SP I thought it was okayish but now I loathe it. The more I watch it the least invested I feel when watching, I just don't care about anything on screen. Bond never feels in danger, Blofeld's scheme doesn't resonate as dangerous to me, Bond doesn't seem to care in the slightest bit about Madeleine so why should I enjoy the scene where they run off together at the end, the forster brother thing doesn't seem to impact Bond at all and it has no bearing on the plot so why does it even matter that it's there?*.
I also have a few minor nitpicks (Skyfall score rehash, not a fan of Bellucci's acting) but I could get easily over them if I enjoyed the rest. For once, I think that the slide whistle in TMWTGG is stupid but I enjoy most of the movie so who cares. Same with the "This never happened to the other fellow"; it's a stupid line but I love OHMSS so much that I came to appreciate the line.
*I so wish they kept the card game from the script.
Yeah, I also like QoS....it's car chase is still DC's best.(that's until we see the matera chase in NTTD)It's the more reason why I really wished DC's era had standalone films, he would have done more films and we might not have had the foster brother thing(Something that always makes bond fans cringe).
The original schedule for Quantum of Solace was to be released May 2008, just 18 months after Casino Royale. Even with the writers strike they did very well to get it out Fall that year. I've always liked it.
On the other hand I don't see the observed connected-ness of the Craig films as extending production timelines. (And for Skyfall, there wasn't an outright connection to the previous two at the time.) So 4 years until Skyfall, 3 years to Spectre, and now almost 5 till No Time To Die. There's some history to it all.
So to me it's more outside forces at work, whatever the original intent of the filmmakers is. I also want to observe Brother-gate isn't such a big deal to each and every Bond fan. I could take it or leave as a concept. It exists as canon at this point, and doesn't register on the scale for me as a problem with Spectre. Another Bond film I've also liked from the start.