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Bond standards vs. Regular standards
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When judging Bond films, it seems like there are 2 standards. Bond standards vs. the standards people would have for a film in general.
Bond standards may include the checklist (gadgets, lair, villain, henchman, bond girl, one-liners, etc). And also, what it does for the franchise. Does it bring it into a new direction? Does it breathe life into the franchise?
Goldeneye is a perfect example this From critics and audience scores on IMDB and Rotten Tomatoes, it's rated as a good film (i.e. 7-8/10). But by Bond fans, it's a 9/10 or 10/10. It was revolutionary for the franchise. But from the perspective of the movie industry overall, it's a decent action movie, but it mostly follows the formula of spy films and it doesn't do anything super high IQ or game-changing. The exact same points could be made for The Spy Who Loved Me.
Are there counter-examples of films which are better as films-in-general than as Bond films? (LTK and QOS come to mind maybe?)
Bond standards may include the checklist (gadgets, lair, villain, henchman, bond girl, one-liners, etc). And also, what it does for the franchise. Does it bring it into a new direction? Does it breathe life into the franchise?
Goldeneye is a perfect example this From critics and audience scores on IMDB and Rotten Tomatoes, it's rated as a good film (i.e. 7-8/10). But by Bond fans, it's a 9/10 or 10/10. It was revolutionary for the franchise. But from the perspective of the movie industry overall, it's a decent action movie, but it mostly follows the formula of spy films and it doesn't do anything super high IQ or game-changing. The exact same points could be made for The Spy Who Loved Me.
Are there counter-examples of films which are better as films-in-general than as Bond films? (LTK and QOS come to mind maybe?)
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