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Previous three guards wasn't that competent as much as him i believe, even quarrel admire him, i have forgotten what he said about the guard though. Better safe than sorry i guess, who knows what would have happened if he didn't kill the guard, the fact that he came back shows the he was better at his job than others. A psychopathic won't show any remorse by saying 'i had to'.
I agree about the tank sequence though, it was stupid idea to go against that. They could have waited longer, but we audience might have gotten bored, waiting to see them waiting ;)
One thing that always bothered me was M's line when Bond first comes back, "it was the possibility of losing you, or the certainty of losing all those other agents." Your decision caused you to lose both, didn't it!
She made a tough decision she thought was the correct one at the time it was done and doesn’t regret it, as she once said “regret is unprofessional”. She doesn’t really begin to reconsider those decisions until she’s at Skyfall asking Bond “I ****ed this up, didn’t I?”
Good points.
Ha! True. I think Eve is actually the most to blame and she did show her unsuitability to the field: once she'd shot Bond she should have kept shooting and got Patrice as well!
Yes, that´s the only thing that has always bothered me about the scene. She had plenty of time to at least try to shoot Patrice, and it wouldn´t have been all in vain.
But then again, the film is better with Patrice alive and the disc stolen ;)
Yeah, the justification is that she's really shocked she's just killed Bond... but she's supposed to be a professional killer! I'd expect a little more steel than that- really she should have been feeling pretty guilty about the whole situation in the film: not just Bond's injury! Her hesitation meant those agents got murdered!
She's inappropriately cocky in scenes like the shaving scene when you consider that, in fact :)
Very true! :)
+2, I couldn't have put it better.
:)) who knows, I guess the only possible explanation was that the drivers hadn’t realized what happened in time?
Nah. People in Turkey are tough. They are used to inconveniences, especially with public transport. Adding to that the vagon Bond destroyed was the one with third class passengers, so who would care? ;)
Ha! I always wondered why none of them seem at all shaken by hearing an ongoing gun battle on the roof of their car! :D
Incidentally, Roger Deakins has had Sam Mendes on his podcast (no, I didn't realise he has a podcast either: proving yet again what an absolute dude he is) where I'm sure they'll be chewing some Skyfall fat:
https://podcasts.apple.com/my/podcast/team-deakins/id1510638084#episodeGuid=8e449c50-1f41-4132-975e-5950a3002be7
And Bond doesn't know at first the tank has a big flamethrower and thinks they can't escape anyway and will definitely be discovered, so he tells Quarrel to shoot at the vehicle dome, and he shoots at the headlights, the possibly vulnerable spots.
It's basically good they wanted to be faithful to the novel, but unfortunately the film doesn't make the decisions plausible.
:)) When was this?
Ah that does make more sense! :)
It's when Bond is lying in the river and fears to have been discovered, so he stands up.
In the novel, the man then hits Bond at the forearm with his rifle butt, and Bond shoots him.
Yes, that makes more sense 🙂
"I had to" Er.. okay James...
:D
Just imagine what was going through Honey's head when he disconnects their boat from Felix's boat at the very end!!
Yes, she must have apologized to him for tons of things to survive 😆
Was it just so he could chat to M? I guess he is mad so that sort of makes sense.
Also, how come that tube platform is so crowded that Bond has to squeeze between people but he can easily walk along inside the train? :D
:))
The opposite of real life.
That has always been my interpretation: He wants a chance to confront M in person and to humiliate MI6 further by escaping. The fact that it happens to coincide perfectly with the date and time of her hearing is, well... an added bonus I guess... ;)
Heh! And the platform is even empty enough for him to run after the train once it's left... so where do all the people go?
:D
Yeah I guess that must be it. It sort of feels like a non-essential part of the plan though! But yeah: he's mad :)
Taken aside after a ticket control.
Wow! Ha! How did the audiences react to that?
Still, I guess they were already probably pretty confused by watching a film called ‘The Another Day’ anyway :D
But it's even worse, as Brosnan is dubbed by the voice of Al Pacino (and Kevin Costner). And to close the circle, Lazenby got the same voice as Connery (which makes the "This never happened ..." line a bit weirder), while in DN Connery gets the voice of Clint Eastwood ("I had to")... 🙃
Because Silva is hell bent on humiliating MI6 and demonstrating just how smart he is. And the best way to do this is on their own turf, on their own terms. Of course, Silva manipulated both, which again goes back to one of SF's themes: that of free will.
"I made my own decisions," says Bond.
"You think you did," says Silva.
At first this seems like a throwaway exchange, but it's pretty important.