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Now we know what C stands for :D
Yep. YKMN is an underrated title song.
Yeah. But one with huge fans ^:)^
(I would also put SF into the above category).
You’re very close. The watch talk doesnt bother me as it makes sense in the context of the scene and the conversation (Vesper is slagging Bond off for being a flash bloke with an expensive watch).
No I would chop out the Ford Mondeo sequence when Bond drives to the Ocean Club. It is shot and scored like a commercial.
I actually love that scene, probably one of my favourites. It's one of those very upbeat moments in a Bond film, similar to Moore arriving at the lake before the snake fight in MR, or Dalton smiling to himself after throwing a guy and money out of the plane in LTK.
It helps that the Mondeo scene has a very upbeat Barry sounding score too.
We need more moments like this in Bond films, instead of dark, gloomy, depressing, shadowy, whispery Mendes type stuff.
In the Bond books, the sun is nearly always shining, which gives the reader a lift. This needs to be reflected more in the movies too.
Exactly!
Interesting read. But the real question is how did Martin Campbell find such an ugly angle to film Daniel Craig from! Woah.....He looks especially bad in that photo. Not a pretty picture in the slightest.
Good post. I agree.
One of the things I liked best was Arnold's variation on YKMN as Bond drives, one of only a couple of occasions that very effective theme is used throughout the film. It so harkened back to the days when Barry used multiple variations on the theme.
Haven’t read this yet but as a fair weather poker player it would have been cool to see some good folds by Bond; I take this sometimes as a hallmark of a really great player.
For an example, if there was an instance where Bond and his opponent had the opposite hands that Bond and Dimitrios had (so Bond had a set of Kings and would lose to a set of Aces); Bobd analyzes his opponent and makes the good fold, this would have been cool to see. Of course, this is the losing position so I can see why they wouldn’t want to include any of that, but it can show great analytical power to cut your losses when you have a great hand. As it stands, Bond always has the best hand and wins, something anybody can do.
I actually think this is one of Arnold's best realised moments, and I have it as one of my ringtones. It's just a shame there isn't that much of it.
Where is it in the soundtrack? CCTV? I'll have to listen to the album again.
EDIT: The end of Blunt Instrument.
Nice, thanks. Added to the playlist!
No problem :-bd
Agreed.
It reminded me that there were a couple of Eva Green films on streaming that I needed to catch-up on. I watched Dark Shadows - it got some hideous reviews, but it's a properly gorgeous film (Tim Burton was always more of a production and costume designer than a director). It's campy light entertainment done well-ish. Eva Green is having a literal blast in the film. Her loud and OTT performance kinda reminded me of Anne Hathaway going for broke. But something about that blonde hair had me hooked. She probably steals the film. She's so sexy...
I also watched Cracks. Which was one of those films I have been meaning to watch for years, but somehow always fell through the cracks (ahem). Another movie which got crappy reviews, but I really liked it. It's elegantly made and pretty compelling. In Cracks, Eva is the epitome of bohemian cool and gives an interesting performance - at times, she's captivating and so authentic. However, there are moments were she's pretty exaggerated. It made me wonder if Eva is a bit of a ham....Though, it's undeniable that she has a bewitching quality. It's those smoky, marbly eyes and lips.
She's also perfect in Penny Dreadful and Proxima. I hope there will be many more leading roles for her, whether in Hollywood or Europe.
So, not a masterpiece. But...
1. Daniel Craig provided the greatest performance as Bond in the franchise's history.
2. The script is terrific.
3. Greene and Mikkelson are fantastic
4. The PTS, titles, and tile song are top notch
5. The ending is spot on
It remains a solid top 4 Bond film for me. But I think SF is closer to being a cinematic masterpiece.
Weaker third act compared to the first two, and I wish they had waited to kill Le Chiffre until near the end.