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I do appreciate this @Denbigh. It’s always nice to see positive views.
That's simply not an accurate assessment of people's grievances with the film. It's a total straw man argument. I am not as against the film as many on here, but not one person has made that claim. For one thing, grimacing and punching people in the neck is the thing Craig's Bond does more than anything else.
lol, true, forgot about that one ;)
Still, this is what should happen when a kid shows up in a Bond film:
Trust me, Sir. Rog always knows better ;)
Or at least as ;)
I'd say that makes sense, considering the movie.
Not exactly unexpected, considering the bold steps the movie takes. I imagine we'll be in for strong debate about it for years.
"Fosterbrothergate" seems like a blissful memory in comparison.
Who would've imagine it?
I don't want to imagine what they'll conjure up next...
The one aspect I didn't like was when she bit Safin, which was fine, but I was slightly confused by him being like "Ok, just go." I was left a bit perplexed by that.
Damn, you raise a superb question. So, gone is the need to educate masses on unprotected sex, std's and unwanted pregnancy. The Dalton years were a bust, then.
;)
Me too. One of the things that always attracted me to Bond was the notion that it was slightly meant for adults, and it didn't feature kids or kids stuff, partially because I've never felt really like a kid. Always wanted to be an adult and wanted adult stuff. Wanted to be James Bond. Just not
That being said, the
What the hell did the 5 screenwriters do the whole time?
"how do we get her to escape and find her mum?"
" I know, she bites him on the hand and he let's her go"
"Brilliant"
Considering his special connection with Mads, it just made zero sense. the kid was, at the very least, a huge bargaining chip. It tends to undermine any threat and menace with the character. Imagine trying to escape from Darth Vader or Thanos using that method. (or Dr No !!)
Laughed their brains off with Phoebe's sex innuendos offstage, and forgot all logic and reasoning at the door.
Strangely enough, people who were critical of SF's plot holes seem to be forgiving this sort of stuff. I say, give them time. There'll be plenty to discuss. And plenty of time for it.
I was wondering this as well. I assumed he was in his late teens, early 20s in the PTS. Malek himself is 40 so I guess with the facial scarring Safin could pass as being in his mid-40s.
Exactly the way I'm rationalising it, my friend :)
He just escaped
I have no problem with it, just it didn't make sense to me. The mask is fine, but he doesn't seem a younger version of himself. Nor does it explain how he survived the shooting. Anyway, it's fine.
The problem is that the film is not really about his plan. Or at least, not enough. Because they have to cram everything else in.
I thought Malek was great, and wanted to know more about him and his plan (why the mask? why the garden? why did Blofeld want his family dead? etc). But we don't really get it.
I'd really like to see that, but I doubt EON would take the gamble or maybe they could poach Chris McQuarrie from M:I?
What Eon did is unforgivable. Sure, it's just a film, in the grand scheme of life it doesn't mean much but to me killing James Bond would be like Barbara Broccoli having a favourite photo from her childhood. An old Polaroid photo of her on holiday or from school.
One day she is rummaging through her possessions and she can't find that photo. She asks her partner or close family member "you know that old photo of me on my last day at school saying farewell to my friends for the last time... I can't find it."
And her relative says "oh that. It was a bit damaged so I threw it away. Hope you don't mind."
And Barbara Broccoli nods a forlorn nod. She walks away with sadness in her eyes. She goes into her bedroom and cries.
That's what she has done to the franchise.
A complete lack of emotional respect shown to the franchise. Forget Daniel Craig for a moment, he's ephemeral, just another Bond actor that will come and go from the Bond stage. It's not the fact Craig's Bond dies as much as the character is *deemed expendable*. Barbara Broccoli and her submissive half brother MG Wilson see Bond as disposable. He can die, who cares? Forget any emotional attachment. Just kill him off to make NTTD seem profound, tragic. Well, it's not because we all know the death of James Bond is a gimmick to give Craig an exit strategy from the franchise. Bond will be alive and well in Bond 26 but that doesn't justify killing him off in Bond 25.
I'm thankfully not one of those fans.