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My thoughts exactly.
Thank you :) That’s Thursday evening I take it?
Sure, makes sense! :)
You like the script?
The context of my post is how it is a better, more developed script than the one for Quantum of Solace. They had a story which is new and developed through the film, and which links in with the previous ones. QoS is a film in need of a reason to exist: it pitches itself as a sequel to CR but has absolutely no idea where to go with the Vesper plot, ends up treading water with it through the film, ignoring it altogether and then just paying lip service to it right at the very end by taking a scene from a Bourne film and patching it on, having to the repeat the 'he's really James Bond now' ending from the previous film because they literally don't have anyone to write it. As a script in its own right, Spectre is a more polished job. That doesn't mean that it's good or that I hugely like it, no. Both of them are blown away by any of the scripts of the last three Mission Impossible movies! :)
I really want to know what part it plays. That is what has intrigued me the most. Pity they couldn't squeeze in the OHMSS DBS too.
Yeah I thought the misuse of intelligence angle was a decent one: rather than Blofeld having been behind Silva and Le Chiffre et al it might've been nice if it had turned out they were his enemies/rivals and he'd been manipulating Bond to get rid of them for him. I don't think you even need a personal angle of the likes of the brother thing: just that Bond fitted the profile of someone he could use. Maybe he even selected Vesper as the perfect woman for him.
Perhaps even reveal that Blofeld was the one typing '007 status approved' in the opening credits of Casino Royale! :D
Having him to some extent having made Bond would've been more interesting than just them growing up in the same house for a year or two.
:)) Blofeld typing....Yeah, the movie had potential though. But it just doesn't engage the viewer enough. Maybe Moneypenny or Q in peril....then Bond comes to the rescue or M has an hour to deliver a parcel in a scary locale. Just intense moments like these....that's what SP lacked.
Very true, and I'd say Skyfall managed a few of those.
I'd like to see them get near the tension levels of Fallout though.
Exactly, am ashamed to say Fallout is the best spy film in recent memory. But am glad Fallout came out. As it might have just made NTTD up it's game more....coz James Bond is the Quintessential Spy....he showed other franchises how to do it, so he needs to remain ontop of his game.
I think it plays the part of his car ;)
Yeah, I suppose so....nothing wrong with subtle jealousy as a Bond fan though :)
And there continues to be not a lot in the way of new NTTD topics to discuss. Not really one for these "stay on topic" requests; let people discuss what they want to discuss.
Exactly....as long as it concerns Bond and doesn't stray too far away from the topic.
all true
That tracking shot, though.... loved it. NTTD will hopefully be better paced and more gritty.
Here's the excerpt from Some Kind of Hero, page 647, a quote from Mendes himself:
Per the book, it seems this was an idea that only came up after Purvis & Wade were brought in on May 2014, when John Logan left to focus on his commitment to Penny Dreadful.
Neither did Mendes. And I think they needed more time but didn't get it. I agree with @cwl007 in that SP is a frustrating film. It had a lot going for it. I'm not sure I have to rehash my objections, because we all mostly agree. This film had some truly talented peoiple omn board, and it's frustratijng that they couldn't see (or fix) the film's flaws. Had Mendes hired me to work on this script in fall of 2014, I would have made significant changes.
Something like that.
Some really good ideas there, improving on what we have. Not sure about yet another foot chase near the start of the film though - well-trodden ground with CR and QoS.
@Birdleson In what thread can I drop new photos of Rami Malek? It's a magazine photoshoot
In that form it’s not a horrible idea. I guess just adding that aspect to the character of Blofeld was the issue.
Perhaps if the Oberhauser brother (or sister maybe) had been a secondary underling (Number Two!) that Blofeld indulged. I guess even then it’s unlikely that they’d grow up to enter the same business. Maybe Blofeld finds Oberhauser and grooms him/her because he wants to get to an MI6 officer.
It’s fun but I don’t think making it smaller scale helps really. Stuff like removing the helicopter from the opening seems a bit of a strange choice to me: that’s the element that makes it exciting. I’m not sure why you’d remove Nine Eyes either: that’s a pretty solid bit of the plot and has global consequences. It’s also a very solid bit of plot for M.
“I heard that,” he says, perfectly pleasantly. “Am I? I mean, isn’t that an exciting thing to consider all the way up to the release?” He does, however, acknowledge that “there is a resurgence of an Ian Fleming influence on this film”.
https://www.esquire.com/uk/culture/film/a30875686/rami-malek-interview-no-time-to-die/
https://www.esquire.com/uk/culture/film/a30875686/rami-malek-interview-no-time-to-die/
Very exciting feature in Esquire about Rami....terrific actor I didn't care for his Freddie, but his work in Mr Robot (especially the exceptional final season) is quite something to behold. Anyone who has seen that episode in his psychologist's apartment can attest to this guy's acting talent.....