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If you actually do live in Hamburg, don't see it at Cinemaxx Dammtor. Went to my third viewing there today (first two were at Savoy) , and they seem to show films at like half the correct brightness. It was awful. People are finally thinking about going to the cinema and they're delivering a terrible experience.
But this is 2021,showing a straight white male seducing women is unacceptable apparently 🙄
I think there are more references to OHMSS and YOLT though that in no way effected my viewing, I think NTTD was a great movie in the context of the separate DC era.
I hope in time some others can enjoy the film as much as I did, personally in years to come I think it will be highly regarded.
Nah I think it was an age gap issue. The reverse of Moore and Bibi.
Or is it only okay for Bond to reject the advances of the opposite sex and not find someone attractive?
Also, No Time To Die was always gonna be more about Bond and Madeleine. I’m sure we’ll see Bond up to his old tricks again in Bond 26, just don’t expect him to get with every woman he meets.
And again after such a paternal relationship in Knives Out I’m glad they didn’t go there with Paloma.
Yeah I didn't like the fact she turned down Bond, it felt shoehorned in. It would have been better to keep them platonic, like QOS with Camile (minus the kiss)
Ana and Daniel's chemistry was superb, I love the tender moment when she touched his face to put the earpiece in
My only really gripe was Paloma doing the "Fleabag expression" at Waldo when he thought she was his escort. It was silly and felt beneath her badass character
I didnt mind that, theyre on a mission and she is nervous enough as it is.
If it had been otherwise, more in line with the old Bond girl instantly wants to undress Bond and makes that known clearly on the screen, I actually would have been slightly disappointed here. This film is never glaringly "pc" or "woke" (Both terms of which I am easily fed up with people harping on about - nothing in NTTD to complain about, in my opinion, on that territory; none at all). For me, as a female viewer who enjoys many of the incarnations of Bond girls in the history of Bond films, I found Paloma in every way to be just right in this film. It was spot on perfect and she served this story like a glowing gem in a fresh, appropriate way.
Yes - Bond's unused line from one of the drafts of the SP screenplay ('But I hardly know you!') would've got a big laugh if Paloma had made a move on him.
I'm glad to hear you found her a really good part of the film and that the film isn't overly PC - I've heard Bond "gives as good as he gets" towards Nomi, so that sounded promising. I have to admit, I liked that Bond and Camille's relationship was mostly platonic, so this might work out fine too for me. I just have my concerns about them moving more towards monogamy or no sex at all with Bond, which I think would be too far from the original character.
I completely agree Ana did sparkle and she was a shining light in this film.
I didn't mind them being platonic, I just wish they had been just that, instead of Bond seeming out of touch by trying to seduce Paloma and her rejecting him like he misread the signals. More so for the story than anything else, he's meant to be a wounded animal over Madeline.
Like @FoxRox said maybe it would have been more interesting if Paloma was trying to seduce Bond and he's the one that pulls away. That would've cemented Bond's love for Madeline and it would have given Paloma more of a lead in there interaction.
A minor gripe with a fantastic character and a brilliant segment of the film admittedly
I didn't read it like that. I just took it as Bond going along with Nomi's cover story and maybe seeing how far she will go. Like he knows it's her who's broken his motor and correctly guesses she's a 00.
"Shows no interest in him"? She is a professional on a job with no time for nonsense. At the end she leaves him with "I hope you stay longer next time!" That seems like a pretty strong hint to me... duh...
I am just not a fan of this screenplay to be honest. Craig is certainly giving it his all, but he deserved better writing.
I feel that Jamaica-Cuba is the best section of the film for sure, maybe because it's free of the rote melodrama with Madeleine, and just focuses on thrills and fun. The subversive scene of Nomi walking into Bond's room was also clever.
I feel like the subplot of the scientist had to take some inspiration from Boris in GE, who was also meant to be like nails on a chalkboard, but I actually liked him, unlike Obruchev. I feel like the characters in GE had a bit more meat to them, tbh.
As much shit as we gave Sam Mendes for SP, one thing he might have done right is let us marvel and bask in more on the locations such as Matera, Jamaica and Cuba, which felt pretty fast paced during the first third of the film.
That's what I got out of it as well and I think the penny dropped in that moment.
It's not unacceptable but - I hate to break this to you - it's not inevitable. You see, inconveniently, we have preferences. And those don't include everyone. We're sort of like men. Who knew?
When asked about Bond's womanising, Fleming said that one woman per adventure was about right.