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Good catch!
Exactly I agree with @Getafix on this one. Bond film's usually have better first act than the third.
I see they call her NATASHA Lynch. Subliminal message there, read it backwards.
Speaking of Ledger, I have a feeling that Malek may nab another Oscar, this time supporting, for his already iconic role as Safin. Just a hunch I have... the clips we’ve seen of him alone, we can see he’s giving what might be the best work by a supporting actor in 2020. Does anyone think Malek might get the Oscar nod? There’s already some Oscar buzz out there for his performance...
Unlikely, given that Blofeld is already in jail. Safin being captured would be redundant. If anyone will be manipulating things from prison it'll be Blofeld.
I was hoping for a villain as uncontrolled as Max Zorin, but it looks like this will be something completely different.
I'd argue CR.
This is a good point--SF being more confident than CR. But I think Eon was nervous enough about the reboot and the new Bond that they jammed in an action scene--and it wasn't bad, certainly exotic enough for Bond.
A third act problem is a first act problem. If you look at the best Bond films, they are driven by story, not action. And CR and OHMSS are two of those: you feel the dread as you realize that the filmmakers (and Fleming) are about to pull the rug out from under you.
This is all the reason more why we need a true MR adaptation--the ending unlike all other Bond stories.
Good observation, and it is a fitting progress the way things go.
We will have to wait and see how it plays out.
Well I'm in the other camp: in general I far prefer controlled and chilling villains than extraverted madmen.
For me it's 50/50. For this film I would like the extraverted madman.
Good thing to mix it up a bit.
Indeed.
But I could be wrong.
Didn't Craig say the film goes to Matera twice?
Uhh.... what?
My guess:
Fade in on the cabin. We begin here, with Safin's "visitation" and then his dramatic chase with the young girl out onto the frozen lake.
The young girl falls in. As she is drowning, under the ice, struggling...
Madeleine awakens from a deep sleep, trying to catch her breath. Bond is beside her and tries to console her. It is morning in Matera. They talk, kiss, he caresses her. The dialogue here establishes that Bond has left active duty. She goes out to the balcony of their room...and lights the wish that she then drops below.
Camera follows the little sheet of paper.
Crossfade back to the lake...and the man (Safin) fires into the ice, lowers his hand, and pulls her out...
Title song begins.
Yes it’s pretty good. The only thing I hate is the concept of an entire building sinking in Venice 5 meters deep waters. Too silly, given how grounded the movie is.
The fantastical moments help make the series what it is. CR is one of the most grounded films, but we still have the sinking building which while crazy is still spectacular and far from the wildest thing the series has seen. FRWL had the goofy suitcase, QOS had oily Fields. Even the most serious of the films have their quirky, non-realistic moments, and I love it because they always make it so Bond-esque.
I think controlled villains work better for Craig overall, also I think too often extroverted villains too often turn into untreatening caricatures. Not always, but too often.
Fair point, but it would've been interesting to see a complete madman, IMO.
He hints that he killed when he was younger to Camille but as he has rose to a higher level, killing isn't really his thing, telling others to do is bidding, although he seemed to have no conscience of launching Camille off that unstable balcony at the party.
Silva is quite unhinged and for my money Bardem plays it just right, he is ludicrous and a throwback but it doesn't feel out of place in SF. Though you can tell he is playing it bigger than Mads or Mathieu, I don't think he is understated at all.
Silva struggles to contain his rage, his entrance is likely to go down as one of the highlights of the series, it is the first time in this era we had a villain with an introduction that was old school Bond.
Waltz played it so softly that be barely registers at all. Hopefully CW will improve on his reading in SP, although from the trailer he looks better than he was in the whole of the last film.
I'm intrigued to see how another Oscar winning actor plays it this time round. I think Malek will try to be something different to what has been seen in this era, although like Bardem they'll be echoes of previous adversaries.
Whereas Mads (he is still my favourite of the era) and Almaric played it low key and didn't seem like old school villains apart from Le Chiffre tear duct quirk, Bardem seemed more aware that he was a Bond villain and didn't mind playing it big.