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The nice thing about Desmond's final scene is that it's written as a way of saying goodbye to the audience. It's a touch that no other Bond actor has been allowed, and all the more sweet for that singular quality.
And yet, we manage to ridicule it anyway, and probably will continue to do so.
But two.
And I don't even watch that much Family Guy. For some reason I thought of this after reading the posts up to this point. ;)
Okay, maybe an overreaction, but both films should go down as misfires in my opinion. I'll throw in my two cents and say that I prefer TWINE, but perhaps only because of that great pre-titles sequence and Valentin. Otherwise, Brosnan was over-dramatic, Richards was...well...you know, Carlyle is terribly wasted, and the whole falling in love/being betrayed by Elektra subplot fell right on its face.
We all know the problems with Die Another Day. That movie makes me want to look away from the screen more than TWINE does, despite a fairly solid first half.
Anyway, I don't think it's all too controversial labelling TWINE as Garbage. Sorry, I couldn't resist. :D
I disagree. For QOS and SF, I think the traditional sequences would have worked fine. It could have worked well in CR too, but when taking into consideration that CR started a new continuity and is somewhat of an origin story, I suppose the break in tradition is kind of understandable.
So for the sake of consistency, I think the remainder of Craig's films should have the sequence at the end, rather than have the sequence bouncing all over the place for Craig's 5 or so films.
A massive understatement if I ever saw one. It was utter comedy - an unintentional farce from the moment Dench steps off the helicopter.
I agree but it's still streets ahead of DAD.
If invisible cars, SNES style CGI, Rent-a-RoboCop, Mr Kil (the most pointless henchman in any movie. Ever!) & Jinx are deemed less of an "unintentional farce" then I really don't know what it.
A lot of those are consciously camp and tongue-in-cheek. With the exception of the Colonel/General Moon stuff and Bond's capture/betrayal, nothing in DAD is as earnest as TWINE at its most soapy.
Oh I see. The filmmakers were having a laugh at our expense by making it all tongue in cheek. I guess Tamahori was wetting himself with laughter when he saw the worst CGI ever to appear on film.
"Yes, that's what I wanted. Special Effects so bad, they come across as camp and tongue in cheek"
But so much of the rest of the film just went WAY too far. It might've been OK if it was actually funny, but it wasn't. It was just lame. It was like a four-year-old's interpretation of a Bond movie. The Brosnan films had been getting steadily worse since the wonderful GoldenEye, but they were all at least entertaining. DAD was excruciating.
And then there was the fact they almost completely eschewed traditional practical effects - one of the linchpins of the series - for masses and masses of CGI. Seeing Vic Armstrong and his team desperately trying to rescue things with their (typically brilliant) stunt work in the car chase was more depressing than uplifting. I felt sorry for them.
I dont. I think Craigs next 2 should have the gunbarrel in the begining. Sam Mendes wanted it in the begining for Skyfall but nixed it because of the Bond lifting a gun in the first scene. So I think for Bond 24 he will put the gunbarrel back in the begining like he wanted to in Skyfall
And this still has no relevance whatsoever to the quality of TWINE. It is poignant in hindsight only, but was hardly something critics in 1999 would have praised.
I don't think they were tongue-in-cheek at all. They were simply awful ideas, atrociously executed.
So you've just proved my point about DAD being the worst Bond film ever. Thank you.
Quite. Does Bernard Lee's passing allow MR to be cut any slack?
Or does it elevate the quality of the film? In both cases, the answer is no.
Also I have been replaying Batman Begins for ps2 and I have to admit an EA Casino Royale (if they hired the same team as Batman Begins) they might of given us the perfect Bond Game.
As for films the car chase in Die Another day while amazing would of been far better in the script for Dalton's third film even more so because if I remember correctly the vilians car was a new jaguar and Dalton's Bond was in the old DB5.
Speaking of DB5's why was it gadget laden in Skyfall I presume bond had the car fitted with gadgets similar to Goldfinger due to some unseen mission but uhm... Sticks out like a sore thumb .
Most people would. Me included. Not controversial. I'd rather watch it than any of Moore, Brosnan, or Connery's films.
Ill watch OHMSS over FYEO, TMWTGG, and LALD. But not over MR, TSWLM, OP, AVTAK
That's hardly controversial, at least around here. The only ones you might get some debate over are The Spy Who Loved Me and For Your Eyes Only.
Someone castigated Timothy Dalton ? The man's a fool - or has an issue with his eyes. Guessing never watched The Living Daylights or License to Kill, or maybe any Bond release come to that..
They could at least do the decent thing and pick on the Lazenator instead.