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I like the opening shimmer that resolves into Bond's silhouette, the latitude/longitude lines that recall Binder's work in YOLT, the visual metaphor between the sand dunes and a woman's body, the mandala of female silhouettes, and the images of Bond falling that forecast the Skyfall titles.
However, there's a little too much of Craig walking around aiming his gun and the opening/closing images of the bullet flying through space drag somewhat.
Another thing to praise MK12 for: its creative director Ben Radatz wrote a superb and highly informative history of Bond titles sequences in 2012, which remains the best resource on the subject--"James Bond: 50 Years of Main Title Design."
James Bond - Quantum of Solace - (Game) Intro - HD.mp4
I think it's ugly. Even though CGI has been utilized in the title sequences since GoldenEye, I never feel that I'm watching something ultra-artificial and plastic with any of Kleinman's sequences whereas I'm consciously thinking about how I'm watching CGI when I see the QoS sequence.
I don't like the colour palette at all, it's so brown and black and tan. I don't like the way Bond looks in it, or the overall effects of the bullets and whatnot. I don't like the spider web-like strands that streak in the background (this happens in the music video as well, which is even POORER looking, and I'm not even going to get into how godawful AWTD is), and as @MakeshiftPython noted above, it's unbearably repetitive.
CR and SF are exceptional sequences, the Spectre one is really meh, no cohesiveness in the design, just a load of stuff thrown together.
I still like it a lot. Love the octopus and the call back to previous films.
It's very reminiscent of TMWTGG for me. I like it as something very different from the more normal type of Bond theme and I think that it works on that level.
Like Writing's on the Wall, I listen to the instrumental a lot. All of my problems with it disappear when you take away the lyrics and respective performances. :))
I can totally get not liking the performances, absolutely. But I find the lyrics quite good. A very cool, rock and roll description of what it is to be Bond.
Yeah, maybe I'm being unfair to the lyrics as written. I've actually never heard a cover of AWTD; perhaps one that hits the mark for me in terms of performance would have me look upon it more favourably.
You probably know Q the Music. Their version isn't a duet, it's a female vocalist doing all of it, and it's much better than the original.
I think everything works in the song except the singer. Have Adele sing the exact same song and you've got something very different.
Yeah, that's definitely more like it. The song sounds great when given the big brass band treatment, too! Thanks for sharing, @ProfJoeButcher :)
Few belting memories here: https://www.bikesure.co.uk/bikesureblog/2021/04/james-bonds-greatest-motorcycling-moments.html
I reckon we'll see plenty of two-wheel stuff when No Time To Die comes out too
There are so many mistakes in that piece, I just stopped reading.
And brown.
I hope Kleinman doesn't give away the plot in the NTTD titles, like he did with SP and to a lesser extent SF. I prefer the more "thematic" titles, like TSWLM and CR and even GE.
That's what bothers me about the Mission impossible title sequences. They are giving away good parts of the movie in them, especially with Fallout
I like the title sequences to ALL the Bond films including NSNA.
Actually, the CR spoof has a very entertaining title sequence.
Always found it interesting Kleinman chose to use the poster art font when the actual title appears on his Bond films.
I imagine he'll keep this tradition alive with the NTTD Love Boat font.
Mission: Impossible had done that from the very beginning, with the TV show having a different intro showing bits of the episode in the opening sequence. I’ve tended to look at those bits as “trailer footage” rather than something genuinely spoilery. I think the second film is the only one to veer away from that tradition.
The third film also abandons that style and sticks simply with a burning fuse.