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I apologise Bondsum, i mistyped your name. I hope i didn't offend you.
Over Defensive over people who think Moore and Brosnan are great Bonds.
My thoughts exactly.
Well, at least Sir Roger was original in his approach :)
I was going to ask how you got to this, but I forgot about the fifty-year old scotch that Bond and Silva share. This now makes me wonder what M "needed Bond" for at the end of QoS.
Well alot of people on here asked how could Bond be a seasoned agent at the bottom of his game after 4 years and when I realized that QoS still takes place in 2006 as it's a direct sequel to CR so I thought I might clear up that thought.
Hmmmm I never heard of that.
I'm saying it's a possibility that CR ended in 2008 if the charity fundraiser invitation in QoS has a 2008 on it.
I never thought of that! Brilliant!
Thanks man, and the others who appreciated my review.
Think you're looking waaaay too much into this. There is no logical narrative reason. The films were made two years apart. That's it. He's wearing a different suit and driving a different car in QoS continuity was by no means paramount methinks.
I'm sure he could have had UK Government satellites track is cell number and track him to the Italian villa.
Agreed.
Like both LTK and CR, after my first viewing of SF I was left thinking...wow, that was so...different. Each was so different from my expectations that I couldn't fully form my opinion until having had seen them a second time.
So, having seen it a second time, what was my reaction? The same as the second time I saw LTK and CR - that was bloody incredible!
I'll post more detailed thoughts later, but a few things that went through my head after it was over:
1) I liked the music much better this time. There are some nice, sweeping themes during establishing shots but for the most part it's understated, which works very well for this film (no using the Bond theme four times in the first half hour like in TND). I still think that it could have sounded more "Bond-y" but it played better to me this time.
2) Things that seemed strange or like plot holes made sense this time. For example, when Kincaid and M go through the priesthole he takes the flashlight with him and turns it on. But you don't see him using it on the moor until after Skyfall and the helicopter explode. The two of them watch and then turn away, their manner suggesting that they think "It's over now". Why would explain why Kincaid then lights the way to the chapel (although the uneven ground is another good reason!).
3) Holy cow was the acting good in this! Everyone was at their top-level, even minor characters.
4) Even when the film slows down, it still carries you along. The pacing is fantastic.
5) When Bond parries Silva's advances with "What makes you think this is my first time?" Silva immediately drops that act and switches tack. Clearly it was only to try to throw Bond off his game and mess with him.
6) Being able to concentrate more (because the shock of the unexpected has worn off) it was interesting and how great Craig was in changing his intonation during certain lines. There's a moment when his voice goes soft when talking to M during their roadside stop in Scotland. It's almost as if he switched into "child mode" as he was remembering growing up there. Again, fantastic performances all around.
More later...
Two other quick points...
1) For those who complain that Bond didn't care when Severine died, he's clearly upset. When Silva asks him for a reaction, there's a moment where he pauses and is it a loss for words. He turns his head away from Silva to cover this and then quips about the waste of scotch. Again, it continues the chess game between them of Silva doing anything to throw Bond off of his game and Bond parrying Silva's every move.
2) One thing that disappointed me the first time that I saw it was that it wasn't as "fun" as I was expecting. On my second viewing I found it much more enjoyable, not at all as dark and dreary as I had first thought. The characters have to fight and earn their victories (big or small) and there's the sense - or threat - of things ending or changing, but like the end of LTK it just means that everything is earned and more satisfying. Again, like LTK, I can't think of any other Bond film that does this as well or has as much of a sense of a "journey" to it.