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I know Craig didn't want to be the glum or serious Bond forever but that tone suited him more in my opinion. He did have some funny lines in CR, QOS and SF.
I prefer Bond to have a dry wit/dark humour than the Moore/Brosnan era constant quips
I just hope that fun and charm isn't like Craig's predecessor...
I really thought the three bald henchmen carrying the eye were such an awesome touch. In my mind, they're the Eye, the Ear, and the Mouth of Blofeld.
It's some super memorable iconography for sure. The one with the cocked eyebrow as he moves the pillow just cracks me up XD that Cuba sequence is just so awesome. Might just be the most straight up "classic" James Bond sequence in the whole Craig era.
It might have been for me too, if it didn't involve the (near) complete destruction of Spectre! ;)
For me, that scene award goes to the Dead Island in SF.
I don’t necessarily want a return to DAD style puns and invisible cars,but the Craig era got too bogged down with melodrama and “ personal “ stakes for Bond.I just want to see Bond go on actual missions and have the plot stick to them without him retiring or going rogue every time.I don’t want an MCU style saga across the films and just want good stand-alone stories.
No, a lot of the humour didn’t land for me,it wasn’t Craig’s strength and he lacked the charm and sophistication that the likes of Moore and Brosnan had.He was tough for sure,and good in the fight scenes but that’s about it.CR was a terrific debut but it all went downhill for me ( though there are aspects of all his films I did enjoy ).
They also shouldn’t feel like they have to go after best Oscar winners to play the villains.Waltz as Blofeld proved that having a great actor to play the villain doesn’t necessarily work if the writings not up to par or if they are not suited to their vision of the role.
The one in the middle fit the part perfectly.
This I do agree with. I can think of a good few actors who’d make fantastic Bond villains who probably wouldn’t even get a look in now, because they seem to like casting a recent Oscar winner to add a bit of prestige.
Famous names can work, obviously. I loved Bardem as Silva, and personally I thought Blofeld (just a shame about the foster brother gimmick) and Saffin were fine. But I don’t like the idea of only A listers getting to play Bond villains, because think of how many great performances we’d have missed out on if that was always the case.
I think it could also be a result of the massive budgets, maybe need all the star power they can get just to make their money back? So, since the budget is probably going to be lower next time, I do think it’d be cool to have a less famous face as the villain again. Just to show that it’s still a possibility.
There is no future for Bond. He's dead. They killed him with bad narrative choices & poor writing.
But everyone got one last payday out of the 'OMG they did that' event.
Yeah — in how they tried to make them films with more emphasis on story/emotional weight, allowing more of that to get through. And based on commercial results, it seems to have worked!
Ha ha. Real machure. (SP intentional)
Cheer up. There is always this travesty for those who prefer the past.
This was me after posting that gif,
I am thrilled you enjoyed it but on your sense of loss consider this.
I am 66 and my parents took me to a James Bond week at RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus in early 1966 where I was blown away by the first there films and enjoyed Thunderball.
What so wonderful about those movies is they were part of the Zeitgeist of the time and Connery was there with the Beatles and George Best the Irish Footballer.
For me they were exciting and aspirational and lead to all sorts of journeys in my life.
However Connery who became more and more disenchanted and worried about being type cast then made YOLT and DAF. The latter he made so he could donate a large sum to charity and make some indie films, talk about going through the motions. So my purple patch became faded and jaded.
Then we had George who tantalising and frustratingly stopped after one movie and 35 years of completely horizontal story telling which became increasingly tired with flashes in Tim's two films . The single mission films, the repetitive plot the YOLT film, was riffed twice. Rinse and Repeat, Rinse and Repeat.
Then out of a clear blue sky the only way to go post 9/11 and for REAL development and momentum an exploration of the inner bond which on those terms has ended on a high where the Bond that looks at Vespers grave communicates I am older I think different I have been through something.
So look back at this and watch your Blu Rays or whatever with real fondness and thank your lucky stars Barbara took the decision she did fifteen years ago.
Given what you were looking for from these films far better to start in 2006 rather than the seventies or nineties where I came out year after year muttering next time next time.
I, too, enjoy the serious tone of the Craig films, as well as their sense of naturalism. That is not a damnation of the Moore era, though, as I find its lighter tone positively scrumptious. But the Craigs were more straight-faced, and I'm glad such Bond films exist too.
Surely getting Oscar winners only ADDS to the high budget? But yeah,they should just cast the right actor for the role.I don’t think many people knew who Mads Mikkelson was before CR and he ended up being one of the all time best Bond villains.Certainly he was the best of the Craig era.
Don’t forget the stairwell fight vs Obanno & goon in Casino Royale. Not lengthy but definitely one of the best fight scenes in the series
I'd love to see a return to this, as well. And yeah, I suppose beyond the Hinx fight, the longest we get is between Bond and Obanno (and his ill-fated goon). My favorite, however, will always be Bond fighting Slate, but that's over in a matter of seconds (thanks to Bond's incredible fighting skill in that movie). I'd just love to get another lengthy, memorable, possibly iconic fist fight in the next film.
The Spectre train fight while well staged,just comes out of nowhere and there is no buildup.It comes from the school of “ We hasn’t had an action scene in 10 mins so we should slot one in here “ thinking.
I really liked the Bond vs Obanno fight in CR as well,great buildup of suspense and the fight itself is brilliantly staged.