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This is a good point. There's something about a car/tank chase (how fast can a tank go?) that is more controllable than a plane/car chase. The streets seem fairly deserted. And in the PTS of SP, where are the bodies from the helicopter landing? Campbell, to his credit, and even though it's ridiculous, shows the police car driver surviving the tank. That's a Bond film.
I wish I could find the quote. I'm pretty sure it's Cubby or MGW.
I love any snowy region especially in Austria. I'm all for more Austria in Bond movies. Whatever the problem was with the chase in SP it certainly was not its setting.
The problem was that you didn't see anything of it. Just like before and in the rest of the movie. And come to think about it, like in SF before. Seems to be another Mendes trademark. Along with lack of originality, modesty and humor that is.
In any Bond film in fact. In how many high profile movies has Austria been featured extensively? Last one I can think of was... The Sound of Music. And that was a while ago. Amadeus was set in Vienna but was shot in Prague.
I'd love a Bond movie featuring an Austrian castle as the villain's lair.
That brings to mind one of my disappointments in SP was the trailer with the OHMSS theme hints and Craig finally in a snowy environment against Blofeld that had me getting OHMSS vibes, especially that still with Craig and the Walther.
And we got the plane crashing thing. Besides being uninventive, it was just uninspired. Then it's back to the desert. All that planning and build-up for that?
The use of the OHMSS music and the way they cut the trailer was extremely dishonest, as if we were going to get something to compare.
The film that was sold in the trailer looked so much better than what we ended up with.
I watched that trailer over and over,and yes,basically it was a disgusting thing to do.
Show a film that didnt exist just to dupe the public into thinking it was something it wasnt.
This again shows the arrogance and over-confidence this lot has at the moment.
TND soundtrack and score ,brings it close to GE alone.
Oddly, though, one of the things GE has going for it is that it's Serra's only one—that alone is enough to make it distinct, giving to it by default the thing which Barry had by extreme talent, i.e. despite being the same guy he managed to give to each film a distinct sound. Neither of Arnold nor Newman have been able to do that.
So two decades later looking back at TND, part of what might have been its uniqueness sound-wise is lost in all the other Arnold scores. Whereas GE might be more atmospheric and stand out as particularly different because Serra never did another one.
It's a very generic plot, often by the number, with a few dead ends. Paris Carver has a past with Bond so they can get in bed faster and her death is quickly meaningless. But I think Spottiswoode made some really thrilling action scenes. Large scale and low key.
Basically its a good old style Bond film,probably the last one as none have matched its formula since.
Great viewing for Easter or Xmas when people hear there is a Bond film on.
I could easily watch a new one now,if Spottiswoode is given better material,he certainly understood what makes a Roger Moore'esque Bond film,which is why i like to watch it..especially with that wonderful score and Surrender playing throughout.
Parts of the GE score is horrible, some of it is all right, and there are also several brilliant pieces.
For the longest time, it just didn't feel like a complete Bond film to me if it didn't have Barry... I'm more accepting as I enter these twilight years of mine.
Agreed. If they had just injected a bit more genuine romantic flavour into it (something which Gilbert never forgot to do despite his larger than life plots) then I think it would have been a far better film, despite the weak finale. The Bond 'girls' are quite poor in this imho. No chemistry with Bond.
Agreed again on TND although I think LTK has character.
I agree. I'm a huge fan of the score, and all the other one-offs. I wish Newman had stayed a one-off quite frankly.
I was listening to the soundtrack the other day and you're right, it is good, especially the use of Surrender.
I'd heard that Hatcher was a pain on set so this is unlikely, but it occurred to me that the film might have been stronger if she survived and we had an evil husband-and-wife team for once.
It isn t too late. They can still use Blofeld/Bunt.
God this girl is a gift that needs to keep on giving....
So shoot at me now. ;)