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For me, CR did that, but from your comments I can now see how SF, with some of its humour & characterisations, may have brought back some fans who were a little alienated by Craig's two earlier entries, with their hard hitting violence & different take on the character.
That's the power of characterisation (something Mendes gets) and the power of getting the humour/action/violence balance right for broad reach.
They've got a lot of pressure on them to make B24 the absolute best they've done, and I for one can't wait to see what they come up with.
He is obviously old enough to apply (and appreciate ) logic. Something that (just as obviously ) can't be said about Skyfalls fans.
I never knew the British Academy of Film and Television Arts was made up of kids and teenagers...
Who ever appreciates Skyfalls story development has no business watching (let alone reading) tales about espionage (or any tale at all that is not a Donald Duck cartoon ),academy or not. Who are these people anyway? Critics, former producers? One critic even wrote "Mendes puts the I as in intelligence back in MI6"!!
I won't put too much trust in any profession that someone so devoid of rationale can exercise.
It's certainly difficult to argue given you wrote the book on this.
Same here. But Skyfall did make it burn hotter.
I grew to like it.
Dangerous again. ;)
Same here! I was so excited, after the movieI ran through the parking-lot of the theater with my friends and I vaulted over the hood of a parked car, fell, and should have been hurt but I was on such an adrenaline high from watching CR, I rolled through the fall like a ninja, got right up, and was totally fine. Never have I felt so good leaving a movie theater as I did after watching CR!
I see you still feel hurt.
Good!
and you can never have too much DB5 IMO.
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It was probably in the context in which it was used ;)) I just have so many issues with Skyfall grr :-q the film infuriates me :))
It's not often one sees such blatant boorishness paraded about in public so proudly. I'd urge @Matt to "stay classy" ...but I'm afraid the subtlety might be lost on Herr Helm. Let's just remember that reasonable people can always disagree reasonably...and for unreasonable people, there's always the option of taking on the persona of a 3rd rate pretender when posting on a forum devoted to James Bond!
And as someone who had been in a state of shocked disbelieve since Brosnan first appeared in what was nominally called a Bond movie back in 1995, hanging upside down in a toilet cubicle (appropriately classy first appearance to rank alongside the greats), just having a decent actor in the lead role again brought an unimagined sense of relief. I no longer needed to hang my head in shame as a Bond fan.
Then came QoS, which for all it's faults I enjoyed, not least for its pace. I appreciated the stripped back simple story and thought the film has some really genuinely Bondian moments, not least the Opera. I even liked Dominic Greene.
However, with its lazy, frankly patronising plotting and fanboy elements like the tired DB5 appearance, SF reminded me of nothing more than the Brosnan era. Sure it looked nice, but for me a Bond movie has to have an old fashioned coherent narrative at its core and SF just doesn't. And as I was never a huge fan of Dench's, and actually found her more annoying in the Craig era, you can imagine my joy in discovering she was the 'Bond girl'.
On balance I probably don't rate SF as low as the 95-02 era, but it really has little to commend it to me. Craig is still decent, but I just wish he'd be given one straight down the line Bond mission to complete. Here's hoping!
Yes, I lamely put CR as first choice in the GE to SF rankings, but really I actually enjoyed QoS a lot more. I really did feel with QoS that a new, fresh template was being carved out. It's not perfect - far from it - but it just feels unencumbered by cliches, while at the same time capturing more of the essence of Bond than we'd seen for a long time.
I think part of it was the globe trotting as well. The effortless flitting from Italy, to Austria and Latin America. Glam Eurotrash opulence to elegant slumming in the barrios. There was just a vibe that I liked. I dislike the Fields character but it was nice to see Bond just bedding a hot girl and there not being some subtext. And then she dies and Forster does a stupid GF tribute. Anyway, moving swiftly on....
You're sadly one of the exceptions on this forum who thinks that way :-P.
A couple of years ago I gave Dalton's movies another shot, and they became my favourites. Then Dr. No fascinated me, later I found that FYEO & OP were entirely too much fun, later I found QOS to be memorizing in its simple narrative brilliance, most recently I purchased FRWL on Blu Ray & delighted at its economical & purely Fleminesque excellence.
Ignition all around!
:))
May I recommend to you to get acquainted with The Wizzards and mine posting exchange in this thread "http://www.mi6community.com/index.php?p=/discussion/10170/bond-polls-2014-let-s-rate-the-bond-films-from-goldeneye-until-skyfall#latest"; before you start to judge my manners and behaviour. If this proves too much of a burden for you I would ask you just to stay on the sideline and keep quiet. Thank you.