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Sometimes I wish McClory/Connery had made another Bond movie in the 90s, but it wouldn't have been as good as The Rock.
But there's just something about Connery in The Rock that is almost out of place in 90s action cinema. He's channeling the likes of Eastwood (and I definitely see more Clint than Bond in there, despite the obvious parallels) in a ballsy, swaggering blockbuster and gives us that "in" that you need for a film like that to have a lasting impression rather than just be another fun, dumb blockbuster. He was exceptionally cool.
Good points. To me Connery in the Rock looked in better shape than he did in both Diamonds and NSNA.
Daniel's Bond didn't really feature the Gunbarrel all that much. CR only had it at the end of the PTS and even that it wasn't a traditional gunbarrel. QOS and SF didn't start with it. NTTD had some foreshadowing with it.
Would you rather we just do away with the Gunbarrel, or use it at the start like the majority of the films?
The experimentations didn't bother me, but, it's time to return the gunbarrel back to the top of the film.
No more bullets flying towards us, no more tinkering with placement, no more letting the gun be exposed before the actor turns to shoot.
If anything, deliver a strong, loud, confident James Bond theme, an let the new actor get at it.
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I love the gunbarrels and I really hope they bring them back the proper way. The last traditional one was back in 1999... Way too long ago imo.
I note CR had the gunbarrel transition to the main titles, after we see both of the two kills that earn double-oh status reverse order. (And GE had the original bullet-down-the-gunbarrel in the transition to the main titles.)
I understand the choices for QOS and SF to have it other than the beginning. But especially QOS and even SF would have benefited by opening with the gunbarrel.
I'll always want it at the beginning. And if they play with the concept later in the film, that can be good as well.
Umm, obviously I choose The Untouchables.
After the moon and ice in NTTD with Bond 26 i like to see the sun... The Universal logo changed in white and then yellow dots and in the sun/sunlrays.
Bond with sun glasses on and take them off or first various people with sun glasses. Besides after gunbarrel it also be something for after the main titles.
There's nothing like the gunbarrel to get the heart racing in anticipation at the start of the film
Keep it simple and what we expect. No need to mess with it so often.
I remember thinking that the opening of The Rock could have made for a decent McClory Thunderball update in the 90s: with a long-haired, bearded Connery's Bond having been imprisoned in HMP Shrublands for the last 30 years, and MI6 needing info on his fellow inmate Count Lippe...
Agreed, although I thought the simplified version at the top of NTTD was great. I'd have no problem if they stuck to that, especially the way we travelled down it (rather than it opening up) to get to the film.
I find it very odd that they keep bringing back the tired DB5 but keep messing with the gunbarrel and its music.
Lets do a Pierce Brosnan question!
Would you rather watch Pierce Brosnan in Mrs. Doubtfire OR Mars Attacks?
In both films Pierce isn't the star but yet both films feature him and give him some great scenes to play in.
You can consider the whole film or just Pierce's role or his acting within the film.
I have never liked Mrs. Doubtfire. Meh at best.
Mrs. Doubtfire