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Gross is an old Norwegian term for twelve dozen, that is 144. I only have ten.
It's a scene that goes too far over the top, when it could've played out better imo.
Perhaps, given that Carver was already more than suspicious of Bond but had no idea about Wai Lin, he had his goons briefed and they recognised 007. Being dumb and blinded by the threat, they didn't pay attention to Wai Lin.
It might be a poor explanation, but an explanation nonetheless of a possibly forced but quite entertaining - at least for me - joke.
I really enjoy the over the top humor of that sequence, but I suppose a more serious, tense car chase would have been nice. In that case, though, I'd want Bond in a better car.
Well rather than make a new thread, that might last a page or two, I thought such a question or statement could be posed in this thread.
I think that was for the audience's sake. Mendes was expecting them to go "Wow! He's Blofeld?!?! I didn't see that completely figgin' obvious thing coming!"
That's why the big reveal doesn't work. Everyone saw it coming a mile off and the name reveal means precisely nothing to Bond. Hence his indifference to it.
The "daddy like you better, so I killed him, then I'll kill you!" scheme is nothing short of sheer stupidity at best. The same goes for the revelation of Ernst Stavro Blofeld.
Franz could've hated Bond because he joined MI-6 and their paths crossed in the middle of the road to confrontation and botching SPECTRE's plans. Hannes Oberhauser, Franz's father, was killed by Major Dexter Smythe, a traitorous MI-6 man while stealing Nazi gold with the help of Hannes. So, to cover it up, he kills the former and lies about it to his superiors, then retires and is seen as a war hero. That's why Franz hates England, MI-6 and despises Bond for joining the organization whom Smythe worked for.
Once Franz is killed at the end of the movie, SPECTRE's leadership throne is inherited by a mysterious figure who takes the position and unveils himself as Ernst Stavro Blofeld, having his face coming out of the shadows, then the credits roll in.
That wasn't so hard, now, was it?
I like it. If only Mendes had the sense that most fans have.
But the reveal was not meant to be a big twist. Bond is not a Agatha Christie. Whatever one can say about Oberhauser turning into Blofeld, it was meant to be a Jekyll and Hyde or a Dracula twist.
Then why didn't they reveal it straight away?
"I'm Blofeld. No longer Oberhauser."
"So?"
See? I don't see why Franz would've told him he's Blofeld. What good would it have done to him or Bond? He spoke that for the audience to hear and be wowed, not realizing that it was rushed by the writers to force that down our throats. The earlier drafts had better revelations. It was Bond who slapped it to his face in the earlier drafts.
I agree. Oberhauser could have been a Largo-like figure.
Because I believe Cubby wanted to bring Blofeld back in future movies. As evidence with TSWLM. Blofeld was the original villain scripted in but they changed it to Stromberg after legal problems with Kevin Mclory.
Correct,but it was still a under-whelming ending,something that really annoys me about the whole oil-rig scene.
Not one inkling of tension or suspense,almost 'Carry On Bond' ..