It looks like you're new here. If you want to get involved, click one of these buttons!
^ Back to Top
The MI6 Community is unofficial and in no way associated or linked with EON Productions, MGM, Sony Pictures, Activision or Ian Fleming Publications. Any views expressed on this website are of the individual members and do not necessarily reflect those of the Community owners. Any video or images displayed in topics on MI6 Community are embedded by users from third party sites and as such MI6 Community and its owners take no responsibility for this material.
James Bond News • James Bond Articles • James Bond Magazine
Comments
Barry might agree with that. It was the only slow rendition Barry included in Moviola II after DAF, with TMWTGG, MR, AVTAK, and TLD excluded.
There’s a cool scene in Drive that illustrates this, too. If you’re engaging in any kind of clandestine acts, a car that blends in will always be the best choice. Not really what Bond is known for though.
Can't say that's one of my favorite action scenes either. I feel the same way about the caviar factory bit in TWINE and the Miami airport section of CR. I really should love the airport scene in CR as technically it's quite excellent. I just want the film to get on to Vesper by that point.
Agreed. I find that whole Miami part to be rather dull actually. I always find myself thinking: "Just get on to the part on the train already."
I quite like the airport sequence in CR.
Not a big fan of the TWINE caviar factory action scene either as it's far too cartoonish. And why oh why always use a gadget laden car in an enclosed space? But at least there's somewhat a vague feeling of danger and a caviar factory is a bit more unusual as a setting than a generic car park. Not much to go for, but still a tiny bit better than in TND.
Edit: make that the post-1990 era as I only recall the pedestrian DB10 chase from the Craig years.
I like that CR tries a fresh approach with a more toned down PTS followed by the rousing Madagascar chase and then not much later the Miami airport and then calms down in the middle section with less action, save for the big machete fight with Obano and his thugs.
Also don't love the Miami sequence in CR; it just feels a little tacked on to me, in a film that tends to feel a little long. Bond also looks terrible in all of the Miami scenes, which makes a difference to me. He also does some bad spying here, as he gets made by both Dimitrios and Carlos almost right away. Ugly + Unprofessional = Not Bond. ;P
It was actually my very first Bond film, watching it on Pay-Per-View when I was 11 years old. After the garage chase, I stopped watching the film because I thought the movie was too boring. It would be awhile before I gave Bond films another chance.
Kershner was a good director, but nothing in NSNA made me wish he'd taken another turn at Bond, especially since he didn't like the character or Fleming. Semple excelled at writing good camp (the first season of Batman and Flash Gordon) but wouldn't have been suited to take Bond in more realistic direction.
Because of the writers' strike, Maibaum did not work on the final draft of LTK, so blaming him for the film would be unfair. And I think Wilson did a very good job with the final product--I'd say LTK is the best written Bond film of the 80s. The real tragedy is that Maibaum and Wilson did one film too few.
Agreed. The problem with the Brosnan era is that Bond is equipped with a gadget for literally every potential problem. I feel like the moment Bond smirks while using his phone scanner to open the safe in Tomorrow Never Dies epitomises what's wrong with his era. Bond returned to being a superman who is untouchable and knew it. The BMW chase in Dies would rank lowly with me too, because it's obvious that he has every gimmick to dispose of the opposition. I much prefer sequences like the Alfa Romeo chase in Octopussy which has genuinely brilliant driving and is tense as he races to defuse the bomb, or even that of For Your Eyes Only because Bond is in the inferior vehicle.
I think you're missing out on a couple of factors here.
Consider when TND was released that not everybody had a cell phone and having one that controlled a car was inventive and novel then. Has it aged well, no. As technology advances not everything is going to. I actually get a good sense of fun as he seems to enjoy frustrating the bad guys and this technology. I'll take it over the horrid caviar factory scene any time. Having a car that actually does something is miles better than having one he drives down a road and doesn't do anything with as in GE.
As far as the unprofessional/bad spying, consider that this film is Bond early in his career. That's established even by M. He's winning ugly but eventually accomplishing what he sets out to do and upsets LeChiffre's plan, setting the rest in motion at the casino. As for the ugly comment, well, that's your opinion.
It also makes me think of Roger Moore's comment about Bond being the world's most obvious secret agent. I think of TND where he announces himself and everybody knows what he is there for and countless other circumstances. So there's that.
Funny thing, I love GE, I really do. It's always top 10 for me, but the tank chase is my least favourite part of the film.
Yes. Both scenes are off-turning.
I enjoy all of the chases during the Brosnan era, they are some the biggest highlights for me.
I think the original plan was to have Bond on a motorcycle, think it was Gary Powells idea to put him in a Tank. I dont have issues with the vehicle, its the execution of the set piece i dont like! Dull.
The BMW chase is even worse!