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You saw NTTD more than once? Did your opinion change?
For those of you who have seen NTTD more than once ... has the additional viewing changed your opinion of the film? Are you now at peace with the shocking finale?
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But the repetitive viewing did not change my overall opinion of the film, no.
My expectation for my 2nd viewing is that the honeymoon phase of the first watch is over, it's probably not a classic, but could still easily be in the upper half.
I was already at peace with the shocking finale though.
First half of the film is probably top 5 bond films for me. But it pivots on a sixpence in the last 20 mins.
I Almost hope they add in two or three extra lines for the dvd. Just outline Safins motivation around Madeleine, and murdering millions of people. An explanation as to why he let Matilde go wouldn’t hurt either
All in all, a great cinema experience every time but it defintely helps when your enthusiasm is shared by the person next to you.
Wow, you went SEVEN times? 😲 @StirredNotShaken, you must be the film's biggest fan!
I don't think I'm done yet, either. I think I'm going to go to a ScreenX showing next week for the hell of it, and if by some miracle it ends up on the proper IMAX screen again, I will ABSOLUTELY be seeing it there.
Good for you. I usually see Bond film ten times while in first release and then dozens of time after that. One my second viewing my appreciation increased as I caught more of the films nuances.
I think the gut-punch ending totally overwhelmed me, it really overshadows the rest of the film (quite an achievement given its length). However on the second viewing, since I knew what was coming at the end, I was able to appreciate all the good lines and scenes from the rest of it.
It's not a perfect film for reasons others have pointed out (weak villain, lack of clarity over the plot despite having so much dialogue) but I rate it highly overall. Will go to see it a third time before awaiting DVD.
Second screening was more postive, and third my most enjoyable. Its no classic, but i am looking forward to seeing it on bluray now!
A few weeks later I have moved on from the film as a lot of what goes on is surface level and has no baring on anything that follows (Bond 26 onwards).
I will no doubt enjoy NTTD on Bluray etc though I am glad the DC experiment is over and my focus is now on the next era of Bond.
:D The PTS was absolutely amazing every time.
I enjoyed it when I first saw it, despite thinking it was quite flawed narratively, but I definitely appreciated it more on rewatch when I noticed more little details. Like the conversation between Bond and M while the OHMSS theme plays. Originally, I felt Saffin was a real weak point of the film. But the way they spitballed possible motivations before deciding it didn’t matter, with that theme playing (nobody remembers Blofeld’s weird hypnosis scheme, they remember Tracy dying), and Bond’s unceremonious execution of him all made me think they were doing something more interesting there. On my first viewing, I wasn’t sure if they were trying to subvert the whole standard diabolical Bond villain plot (as if to say “that’s not what this film is about”), or if they just half arsed it, but after my second viewing, I settled on subverting it. Saffin (also, Lucifer Satan, the most generic evil villain name ever, that can’t be a coincidence) is more of a literal embodiment of the Craig era’s running themes than a character in his own right, and that’s what the virus becomes by the end too. The whole film works relentlessly towards the personal stuff, despite having the most classic Bond framework of any Craig film. I still wasn’t overly keen on Malek’s performance, but I found it interesting unpacking that.
The score grew on me too, and I enjoyed the action more the second time. First time around, I found myself longing for the days of big stunts in Bond (which I still hope we get back). But when I watched it again, I appreciated the action on its own terms, and the intensity Fugunaka and Zimmer bought back to it. I also appreciated the balancing act they pulled off more on my second viewing. I was so swept along on the first one that I never stopped to think about how full of mental contrasts the film was. It’s gritty and personal, but it’s also the most OTT and sci-fi of all of Craig’s films. Initially that bugged me, because it wasn’t what I expected from a Craig film, but on rewatch, I was amazed that the film managed to keep propelling me along despite those different tones. It could’ve so easily turned into a DAD esque trainwreck, they did a very good job of making it feel cohesive.
I enjoyed it from the start, despite its flaws, because it really worked for me as an emotional experience. But I liked it a lot more the second time around. I’m still not sure where I’d rank it, because it was a lot to take in. A real shock to the system at first. But I think this one is going to keep growing on me to be honest. Usually with a new Bond, once the hype wears off and I start looking more critically, they lose their lustre a bit for me. But this time it was the opposite. The more critically I think about it, the more I like it.