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Obviously they are trying to be "modern" with the Bond series and trying to convince people that Bond is not old fashioned, hence those minimalistic posters during Craig tenure. But, fortunately, I think the painted work will come back.
Check this recent masterpiece by Kyle Lambert:
It is an homage to the great Drew Struzan: http://www.drewstruzan.com/illustrated/
I'd love something like these in the Bond series... (McGinnis should be a reference, of course: http://www.mcginnispaintings.com/
Shame Bond hasn't got similar confidence in its traditions rather than foist all this photoshop crap on us.
I always loved this and the TND posters. But the one sheets have really declined in quality since then. Every Bond film since '97 has had a better teaser poster than a full poster.
The DAD one is a bit videogamey but at least it has some colour and actually shows off the film. I think it's the best of the Brosnan posters after GE, and I'll take it any day over the artistic genius of "black and white Bond with a machine gun in the desert", "black and white Bond standing in a gunnbarrel that won't be used in a film", "photoshopped Bond standing in front of photoshopped London in a gunbarrel that won't be used in the film", not forgetting the masterpieces of "here's Bond in a turtleneck and that's literally it" and "photoshopped Bond and Madeline in front of background pic of Bond in disguise". I guess the Quantum Of Solace one Gustav posted with Bond and Camille isn't as bad as most of the Craigs but by Bond standards it's still poor.
I think CR had an amazing teaser and the actual poster was decent, but it's been all downhill from there (except the SP teaser with the glass forming the logo, but does that even count or was it just for the press conference reveal?). Most of the Brosnan ones aren't very good either but at least they have some colour to them and tease the film. At least they try to be remotely eye catching.
Yeah, the posters for the Craig films have been very disappointing, which is a shame since it's been a good era in terms of the films.
I think the reason it gets so much flack is because it was kind of dated, even back in 2002. I watched it last night after seeing this thread, and it's loads of fun. It's a cousin of the fun 'romps' like TSWLM and Moonraker. I like it.
And that shouldn't happen with ANY Bond film.
Its just all the crap that goes on all around him....
See I'm not so sure now. True he's more confident but there's several scenes where his performance is over-done. The hospital scene with JD is the most apparent one.
Main titles is the only decent thing in the film.
Along with Halle Berry's arse of course ;)
That's the irony of this franchise. Without 'bad' decisions, EON won't course-correct the series' direction. DAD doesn't need CR to happen, but CR needed DAD to happen (in it's present form).
A rare moment of half decent script-writing.
Very good observation.
Was the misery of DAD worth enduring to get CR?
I suppose so.
Even if DAD had only been dialled back a little instead of being a total OTT fest then they might have though we'll just carry on with Brozza as normal and now we've got the rights to CR might as well film it with him.
Perhaps we should all be thanking Tamahori as without him maybe the Craig era wouldn't have existed at all and we'd be now debating whether a 63 year old Brozza could get away with doing one more film after looking distinctly long in the tooth in SP?
But they went slowly into that direction if you notice the film starts to get lighter and more traditional Bond since he is shaving in his hotel in honk kong and the masseus appears.
It wasn't a sudden change, the film built till we get to that point, even the first part of the ice Palace its very Bondian with the icaurous presentation.
I found Kenneth Tsang rather unremarkable. The moments he pauses between the lines he is uttering, are an uncomfortable reminder of an actor who's only learning his stuff by heart without putting any emotion in it. His acting felt stiff, and rather 'stacato'.
Here's why we should love actors like Mads Mikkelsen, Javier Bardem and even Christoph Waltz. Regardless of how their roles were written, you believe the stuff they are saying. You get sucked into their acting.
And acting is another huge flaw of the entire film. Even Oscar winner Halle Berry had a serious 'off day' when I see her acting in that abomination. DAD is pure 'popcorn-porn', and then the popcorn is even burnt:
There, I said it :-P.
*Watch out for the next you see the prisoner exchange - Zao walks like a Thunderbirds puppet after he and Bond vow vengeance upon each other. Rick Yune acts like one as well.
They saved Tamahori s brain.
If only they'd given it back to him.
I find it difficult to find any justification for the Brosnan era. Okay Dalton didn't break any box office records, but did they really have to reduce Bond to the level of CBeebies? The Brosnan era is not just a low point for Bond, it's a cinematic catastrophe full stop. Rog had his embarrassing moments but his films blend cheese, great action, high camp and some wonderful dramatic scenes into an irresistible cocktail. Brosnan just makes you want to bury your head in your hands and pretend it never happened.
So, although CR was a massive step up (how could it have been anything else) I'm not sure DAD or the Brosnan era was worth it. Especially as the Craig era has gone on to be such a mixed bag itself.