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It wasn't color-blind casting. They really wanted Lupita Nyong'o, and that makes sense considering that we first meet her as an agent undercover in Jamaica.
https://deadline.com/2019/02/lupita-nyongo-bond-girl-shortlist-rami-malek-villain-james-bond-25-daniel-craig-1202567458/
I wish the Jamaica sequences were a lot longer. I wanted Bond to spend more time there.
Where I think they failed the Nomi character was in the third act, when they had her leave the field of battle to save Madeleine. Surely Madeleine could have piloted that dinghy herself.
I think it would have been much more in character to have Nomi tell Bond, "Commander, you're blinded by this family situation. You need to send them to safety and you and I need to finish the mission."
Whether that means Nomi would die too, I don't know, but that would be a hero's ending for her too.
I prefer if she goes with Bond in that battle, Bond was shot by Safin, but Safin was immediately killed by Nomi.
Then Nomi would try to save Bond and escape from the lair, then when they reached Madeleine and Mathilde on that far island, that's when Bond gave his farewell words, weakening and running out of blood, then Bond dies in Madeleine's arms, caressing him, and it's Madeleine who would tell to Mathilde that " It's alright now, he's having a rest" (a great OHMSS callback), then Mathilde would hug the corpse of her father, that would be dramatic and as a great wish fulfilment for Craig.
And it's Nomi who would tell M through that radio that "He's dead", just like how Bond uttered that "The Bitch Is Dead" line at the end of CR, now it's Nomi who uttered that words for him.
I liked how it resembles that scene in CR, where it's Bond, talking to M, telling that "The Bitch is dead", to NTTD where it's Nomi, talking to M that Bond's dead.
Same scenes from the first and last film of Craig's Bond.
Unnecessary, 007HallY said it wasn't colourblind; no-one said it was.
I'm not sure if echo was referring to my post or not to be fair... if he was he didn't read it properly. But nonetheless...
That would have been quite fitting for her character. They could even have reshaped the scene to have had Bond in some way using the shutters to lock out Nomi/protect from the missiles, thus not only protecting Madeline but also her.
Then again I suppose logically Nomi was needed to get the boat with Madeline/Mathilde to safety, and they wanted to concentrate on Bond for the final portion of the film... anyway, like I said, she's slightly underwritten.
I don't think Lupita would have made "Do you know what time it is?" any better than Lynch did, for example. A pretty woeful line by all accounts.
To be fair in the run up to the film’s release I was basically telling myself “as long as it’s better than Spectre I’ll be happy”, and I do think it’s a better film than Spectre… but not by as much as I was hoping and starting to believe it was.
The more distance I get from it the happier I’ll be with it, though. In a few years and a few rewatches it’ll just be another Bond film to me.
To be honest, I have more problems with Madeleine Swann than Nomi, and yes, that involves both the script and actress herself.
Madeleine was the least likeable in that film for me, depressing, dull, and boring character, nothing to like about.
Nice take.
Yeah, me too. I thought it was going to be so much better. I think what NTTD has shown is, directing a Bond film is not for every director, even if a director can successfully direct other projects. SP has its problems, but like CR, QoS & SF before it, its tone is even and balanced. I don't love NTTD, I don't hate it. I'm not just crazy about it like other Bond films.
Yep, agreed: I lay my antipathy with the film at the director's feet.
What still amazes me is the pace of NTTD. It still moves really fast and certainly doesn't feel like the longest Bond film.
So I'm pretty happy I can look past a lot of the flaws and still find Craig’s last hugely enjoyable, even after multiple viewings.
I quite liked Lynch. She reminded me of Emma Peel somehow the way she spoke and moved. But it does seem like they had a solid idea for "Nomi in the trailer" and not so much for "Nomi in the movie".
The trailer was very misleading regarding the Nomi character. She also had some dialogue that didn't make it into the film...
"Cubby, I've got a shuper idea!"
"What's that, Sean?"
"Well in the next film, we'll kill James Bond off"
"We can't do that, we want this series to carry on as long as we can"
"That's okay, it'll be my last one, just cast another actor for the next one"
"To play who?"
"James Bond"
"But he'll be dead!"
"No, it'll be a new character arc"
"What the hell's that?"
"It's where one timeline stops and another starts"
"Timeline? what are you on about?"
"It'll be a reboot"
"You want new boots?"
"Nooo! It's a thing. You kill him, but he carries on"
"So he doesn't die?"
"No, one James Bond dies, then the next one starts up again"
"Ah, the codename theory. I get it now"
"No, it's the same character, but in a different universe"
"But these films aren't sci-fi Sean. Have you been on the Jamesons?"
"Och, you have no vision Cubby. It's all about taking chances and subverting the character".
"It sounds daft"
"But I want to have a death scene, all good actors want a death scene, I WANT HIM TO DIE!!!"
"Sorry Sean, no actor is bigger than James Bond. We'll go for the flaming kebabs and bomb in a cake idea. Thanks for stopping by, and your new toupee's on the hat rack, you can grab it on the way out".
:)) =))
Nice post, and pretty much reflects how I see the Bond films too. LTK and CR are the last 2 films I've really loved, and they have spanned over 30 years now between the two.
In between there are some films that I tolerate (MR, OP, GE, QoS, SF) and some that I quite like (DAF, TMWTGG, FYEO) but for an outright instant classic, I'd have to go as far back as OHMSS, then after that LTK, then CR. 3 films that are stone wall bona fide classics in a span of 50 odd years ain't great.
Haha. Very nice! Well done. =D>
😆 That made me chuckle. Great stuff!