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I emailed Eon Productions to voice my dismay at their decision to kill off James Bond. Maybe if other Bond fans do the same the producers will get the message and be more respectful and not dismiss the James Bond legacy created by Ian Fleming and Albert Broccoli/Harry Saltzman. Their email address is on the Eon Productions website.
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Eon Productions,
I am a life-long fan of the James Bond character created by Ian Fleming and then brought to the cinema by Albert R Broccoli and Harry Saltzman.
The latest Eon Productions James Bond film 'No Time To Die' released in the UK in September 2021 features James Bond's death. Daniel Craig's James Bond 007 is killed off.
Bond producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G Wilson felt the story necessitated Bond's death. Irrespective of the film's plot, I regard the death of James Bond wholly unnecessary and disrespectful to the memory and work of Ian Fleming and Albert R Broccoli. Barbara was bequeathed the franchise. She should have more respect than to kill off the hero of the franchise. How is that honouring her father's legacy?
Daniel Craig never wanted to play Bond. He stated that in interviews. He turned down the role. And we all know he only returned to play Bond in NTTD because of the money. His infamous remarks after the release of SPECTRE revealed his true feelings about the role. My guess is he came back on the condition Bond was killed. Director Danny Boyle left the film over that decision. To his credit, integrity came before money.
Ian Fleming died before the James Bond film franchise become a worldwide phenomenon. Had he survived to see the franchise flourish, I'm near certain he would have regarded the release of No Time To Die as a sad moment and proof that the producers have little to no regard for his character and the rich body of work he created.
Bill Smithson
Echoes my sentiments entirely. Thanks.
Bear in mind Fleming was already toying with the idea of killing Bond off. Had he lived longer he very well may have done so ( he had a practice run with FRWL).
So I don’t think Fleming would have reacted the way you suggest. But then I don’t know for sure, none of us do.
Think his last line is "I know" . Funny I was thinking about how Scouse his first line in the film is "you ok?" :))
Exactly. The more I think about it, the more I'm hating the ending now because it could've been handled so much better to make it his last without killing him. After all the movies we went through with him, only to have him be killed in the end is just depressing. How anyone can be ok with the ending is beyond me.
The movie was great. Madeleine's role being much more bigger here than in Spectre was good. Craig playing Bond at his best here too I feel. The rest of the characters such as M, Q and Moneypenny and even Nomi were utilised well. Paloma stole the show even if it was a short but exciting moment in the movie. Overall, felt like a great Bond movie. And then came that ending..........
His MI6 file says he's difficult to control - a nice way of saying that everything he touches seems to wither and die.
no, come on, i can't believe you really did :))
Oh my god, i just can't :))
Man, I will have to rewatch that entire sequence roughly a dozen times before I can come to an opinion. Him cowering is definitely weird, but he does it to get to gun (did we see him pack a second handgun?) and then does a number on the three guards, but Safin and M2 are gone through a lift in the floor!!?!??! And that's before we get into all the delusional things Safin says there, which I basically didn't get anything of (I was way to occupied with thinking about what I feel seeing Bond cower like that...).
It's one of roughly 12 things in the film where my current thoughts are: "It's definitely a choice, to do it that way. No idea whether it was a good choice..."
It was weird but he was doing that only so he could reach for his concealed gun all while saying he is sorry as some sort of distraction. Pretty smart move I felt.
What's even more weird was prior to that scene, when Safin was talking and the camera was facing the back of Bond, you could see Craig mouthing the words that Safin was saying for at least a few seconds... It was distracting enough and I was surprised that made the cut.
Sure he does it in order to reach the gun he was hiding... but felt really weird, I don't know. I believe this is the sequence they struggled so hard to crack during filming because they didn't liked what PWB came up with.
The moment Waldo said to Nomi that he could exterminate her race and she kicked him à la 300 to his death was so satisfying tho.
I was wondering if anyone else would pick up on that, I noticed it and smirked a bit. Scouse Bond
It reminded me of Dalton in LTK (things were about to turn nasty)
Did anyone else find it weird how there was a lot of choppy cuts to get to next scene? Like they cut something for pacing in almost every location
I felt the transition between Cuba and London didn't worked.
Yeah I know there was big cut there. Bond crossed the road and cars stopped in his way in London was filmed but wasn't in the film
@Zekidk I thought it was odd but I thought it was more Bond's own disbelief about him having a family. I didn't know if it was muted as much as it was he couldn't get the words out
Hah! I never noticed this but being Scouse too I'll keep an ear out next time I go to watch it at the cinema. I've noticed before it definitely slips out of him from time to time in the past.
He audibly says "Familie" quietly in the German dub. So maybe a sound problem and they wanted it in the film.
Actually got a laugh, when I saw it.
For example:
I loved that they didn't do the title card thing for most (all? I think London got one title card?) of the film. It felt like a nice stab against handholding.
Nope. There were none. For the opening scene in London, it only states "5 years later".
It would be good especially when he was in Matera, Jamaica and then Cuba afterwards to have the title cards so that we get the idea of where the setting was.