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Dalton - Won't return as Bond as he considers himself too old (Which, no offense, he is).
Brosnan - "MONEY MONEY MONEY".
- A new James Bond, but is presented as is.
- Great villain, physically and mentally a match
- Great supporting villains and henchwomn
- Great secondary characters, all interesting and with their own personality
- Great action setpieces
- Great title song
- Presents the traditional Bond formula but freshens it up
Basically, do that again and they’ll be fine. I make it sound so easy… 😂
The Living Daylights & GoldenEye :)
Given that NTTD performed poorly in the states, and that the Craig era never went there except for a small part of CR (Miami, and even then, I dont think the production actually went there), putting Bond 26 partially in the US may not be a bad idea.
Is that right about NTTD? I didn't know that. Although I guess it was still in covid aftershocks time, so I don't know if studios will look at it as a standard release.
Personally I don't love the US-sets ones as much, but it can work.
Ireland
Poland
Australia
Mongolia
South Korea
Nepal
Lebanon
Or maybe something really exotic like the Arctic or Antarctic.
I think that's been lacking for a number of years. Since the Brosnan films really. Maybe the modern pacing just doesn't allow for it anymore.
I think it's a fear of going too far or risking portraying different cultures as a mockery, which I do think Bond is a little guilty of in a lazy, inoffensive way.
The OP Tuk-Tuk chase instantly comes to mind.
To be fair I do think seeing Bond on the Tube in SF did give London that extra bit of presence in the film. I like how Q even implies Bond rarely uses it, which gives that extra bit feeling of 'Bond being slightly out of his depth'.
Or OP's treatment of India generally, really. That's why I'd quite like to see bond return in a more realistic way.
It was shooting in India and the dichotomy between the lavish lifestyle of Bond and the poverty of some of the people which drove Sir Roger to work for Unicef of course.
Yes, Skyfall uses the foreign locations pretty badly, but the home locations are used pretty perfectly, I'd say.
I don't disagree, but I'd like to see more of London and England in general. The charm and attraction of any country can be shown without mockery and stereotypes.
I wouldn't necessarily say that. I think the section with Bond in Fethiye is pretty good and shows him interacting with the locals (mainly with him playing the drinking game with the scorpion). I suppose the issue with SF is that for most of the abroad scenes Bond is on a pretty straight coursed mission without any deviances, so the story doesn't necessarily require any pauses. I can understand the criticism though, some of the more exotic locations lack the same sense of identity that London and Scotland (and perhaps Fethuye and Silva's island) have in that film. But then again I always thought that the Shanghi of that film was purposely meant to be a bit more urbanised/neon (or 'modern') anyway, and the Istanbul purposely more 'gritty', so...
I liked that London had a sort of greyness to it in SF at times (I've lived and worked there in the past - personally I find it a bit of a horrid city, but nonetheless a very important one which many others have more affection for). It reminded me a bit of Bond's rather dull professional life in the MR novel and his relationship with it. It's not a city in Bad I think should be glamourised in that sense, but I'd like if it's depicted in a way that's a contrast to the more exotic locations in a deeper way.
Agree with this.It beggars belief that after sixty years of movies,Bond has never been to these places.Ireland especially has some fantastic locations that were showcased really well in shows like Game Of Thrones and Vikings.
It'd be nice to see Bond in the Antarctic; I'd echo that call.
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