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Depends on how it's done ultimately. The villain's 'gang' could be framed as a cult where brainwashed individuals believe their leader has supernatural powers. Or the threat (similar to DN's dragon) could be such an unknown but desturctuve entity MI6 get spooked by some sort of attack/event, hence why Bond is sent in.
B18, the film with the BMW backseat, has Bond cradling a dead loved one btw.
You capture an audience by showing them something they haven't seen, at least for a while. That's what makes it refreshing.
If Bond 26 features a downbeat Bond on an island again it will feel like yesterday's news. They need to change pace and give us a upbeat, all-in-a-days-work Bond, like he was in his cinematic heyday. It's what the audience has been clambering for ever since they watched him be incinerated in the last movie.
Bit puzzled by that to be honest. I'd say something like NTTD or, I dunno, CR, is much more through Bond's eyes than TSWLM or the like (as much as any of them are through his eyes: really I'm not sure he's supposed to be the audience surrogate).
Soz, it's not very clear. It's a personal observation of any modern film and the way they're made. Casino Royale is an immersive experience!
Personally, I think if Bond 26 had a scene like the opening of SP where we see him strutting along the rooftop to the Bond theme and going about his job in that confident manner, I'd be very happy. Not my favourite Bond film by any means, but something about that opening is so effortless and suave. Just pure Bond.
Same for Bond returning to London, getting the Aston Martin, and driving up to MI6 and marching into the building in a suit in NTTD. It's such a cool, stylish scene I can forgive I noticed on my last viewing that he parked on the double yellow lines! And the nagging idea in the back of my mind that London ULEZ laws would give him a hell of a fine most likely. Bondian fantasy and all that, haha. I do love how humorous and even arrogant Bond acts on his MI6 return though, particularly when he spars with Nomi and the 'oh, does that bother you' line. Reminded me of how Roger Moore played Bond in his earlier films on my last viewing actually. It definitely jars with this idea that Craig's Bond is miserable throughout his last two. I just don't see it frankly.
I love that. Giving the Craig Bond points for wearing a suit. Perhaps he should get points for holding the martini glass the right way up as well.
It's one of those elaborate but Bondian transitions, and I love how smooth it is from him in his more casual clothes in the garage, to getting into the Aston, to exiting in a suit and sunglasses. For me anyway it's really cool. Reminds me of Peter Hunt's old quick editing tricks in the first few films to patch together scenes (although it's obviously very deliberate and pre-planned in this instance).
Like I said, I really don't see Craig's Bond as some miserable, introverted version of this character in his last two, nor do I see his films that way. I find him much more humorous and confident than in CR/QOS, and from my last viewing of NTTD in particular I actually got a surprising amount of pace to the editing. A very unusual Bond movie no doubt, but I really think it was approached as being a Bond movie - from how the lead character acts, to how he's presented, to what he faces. Personally, I hope the next Bond can approach this role with as much confidence and humour as Craig got the opportunity to display in his last three.