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Which makes it the same as the opening of Spectre then (depending on which M you pick! :) ).
So again, just like Spectre!
I didn't say it was him going rogue: I said it was him disobeying orders. As I said: that was one of the criteria which is apparently unacceptable and which no-one can bear.
Yeah that's a good point: I'd always just kind of accepted that. I guess it's partly to try to make up for his mistake but mostly because he just wants to do the job. He's just very pig-headed about it: like a dog with a bone.
But where are we drawing the line with this 'personal' stuff? Is Bond doing things because his character and personality drives them to do them off-limits too? Are we after a sort of Bond robot?
Are we saying that's bad? I thought you were arguing for him being driven by nothing but his duty?
If we really want a Bond that is written where his own personal instincts and feelings don't drive him at all but he's just there to carry out M's orders, then I wouldn't expect to see any good actors taking on the role in future.
Yeah I don't know anything about guns but I know it looks pretty old and out of date. But I guess that's Bond movies: it looks good so it works.
He has been disavowed, killed, missing, or resigned from the force for many of the last 20 years of the series. Every mission seems to have a tie to someone in Mi6 or to Bond himself. Must be a small world? Or maybe Bond is well connected to shady characters. I hope this clarifies my personal trope nomination.
I wonder if anyone walked out of the theatre after the pts in 1967, exclaiming in disgust: " I can t believe it! They actually killed him! I am done with this series! Daaamn!!!"
Ha! That one really has only happened twice, hasn't it?
They may not be the best Bond films but watching GE and TND the other day, i realised how much i missed the straightforward Bond on a mission films.
I couldn't agree more....EON might just have forgotten that what makes Bond films Adventures, is Bond taking his London mission briefing from M and going to the Far Edge of World. The fact that we don't see Mi6 until the film's end, increases the Tense-Mission feel....Bond is far away from home, he's alone.
I just hope this returns in Bond 26.
Maybe but I doubt anyone who'd seen the trailers or commercials for it did.
I'm not quite up to date with recent regulations as its been a while since I've owned a weapon (I was more of a rifle person anyway; I had a Walther G22 at one point, which I loved, but the declaration from a decade ago that bullpup rifles were restricted made it necessary for it to be gotten rid of), but a lot of what Bond uses is determined by Walther rather than the producers I think, so I guess sense might not have been any sort of factor. If Walther wanted to show off the PPK/s then that's what they would have wanted used in the film. Alternately, the pistol's slightly larger size might have been a deciding factor when they spoke with production and realised that it was going to be displayed as being fitted with a fingerprint/palm reader.
The rest of the voting looks like this:
Now on to the next Klebbie and this one might be a tough one! It's time for us to consider worst director! Over the years there has been stellar work done but some of the entries well lets just say a better director may have elevated the material. Our nominees are:
Interesting that 2 of our worst nominees were nominated for best director too! Remember we are considering their director skills not the film as a whole. So while we may say DAD has a ridiculous plot that shouldn't be worn by the director.
Time for the academy to vote...who deserves the kick to the shins!
I'd agree both Tamahori for DAD and Mendes for SP are the bottom two in this regard though. Mendes, for all his prententiousness, is not a bad director. Some shots in SP are handsome, even though the movie is poor.
I think DAD is more enjoyable than SP overall, but DAD is single-handedly ruined by its director though. So the award must go to Tamahori here.
I think I might ask for a recount on that one! :)
Given the nominees, I will regrettably have to go with what I expect will be the mainstream answer, and vote for Lee Tamahori.
I was just thinking "Least Useful Gadget" would be a great category, but couldn't think of any good nominations. ;P Agree this would be a good one!
Runner-up is Lee Tamahori : Bullet time doesn't belong in a Bond movie.
So... another "no contest" then? ;)
Strange, found them all pretty comprehensible. But makes sense why people wouldn’t like the editing.