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Silly reason to critique a film so heavily.
I like the use of Dr. No's electronic sound in the background. Perfect for Skyfall?
I actually don't mind that - i mean, being that it's fan created... i like the subtle use of the DR NO electronics, you can tell they are there, but they are not overpowering..
its "okay" for a gun barrel... but the arrangement of the music i think befits a trailer better.
It wouldn't have shot up my list but I definetly would've liked the film a bit more.
I just found this on Youtube, I think it's a good gunbarrel.
Its a commercial.
Its a commercial.
Its a commercial.
:)
Kind of like the QoS Sony commercial where Craig is just exploded for 30 seconds straight. That kind of commercial.
My version
1. The opening action sequence will be 11 minutres long. This seems far to long to wait for a gun barrel.
2. I beleive the music credits will roll when bond has been shot and falls into the water.
These are two reasons why i think it will return. Im not certain about number 2 , but its just a thought.
But its where it belongs. Its been there for nearly every bond film, and it shouldnt change.
I have been hoping for it to return back to its traditional style. If it doesnt, then its no bond with a capital B for me. I dont know how anyone could want it not to return.
Exactly. Watching a James Bond-film should also be some kind of 'rollercoaster ride'. At least, that was how I grew up with Bond as a child. I still can recall the first moment of my first ever Bond movie in cinema: Maurice Binder's gunbarrel with the thrilling music by Michael Kamen for 'Licence To Kill'. I was 8 years old then, kinda shocked, but instantly awake and goddamn curious about this 'weird' intro.
That's what a gunbarrel is doing with our minds.....especially when you are a kid. The same for me in 1995 with 'GoldenEye', 1997 with 'Tomorrow Never Dies (Best of Arnold's gunbarrel-music) and lastly with TWINE (1999).
After that I felt quite disappointed in 2006 with 'Casino Royale'. The opening started to become a 'normal', generic action thriller opening, devoid of that 'Bond-ride' I was expecting.
You know what I'd love to see? A crisp and clear hommage to Maurice Binder's first ever gunbarrel. This design:
And I have a feeling Danny Kleinman knows, just like the music department, that WE Bond fans are in desperate need of that typical 'Bond-ride', kickstarted with that old Binder-barrel. That makes me feel almost 'horny' of happiness.
And I also think the kids of 2012 should get that thrilling Bond-ride-feeling also.....
Also, the aopening gun barrel represents it more as a bond film, and not just some typical action adventure. It should never lose its place. It makes sence bringing it back aswell, because quantum of solace had it and the end, before it was a continuation. Skyfalll is a whole new chapter.
That's exactly how I interpreted it. CR/QOS were about showing how a rookie agent named James Bond evolved into being a professional. They could play around with the gunbarrel in this instance. I liked the CR gunbarrel where they put it. And it will be back in the beginning, that I'm very sure of because I haven't let it's prior placements jade me into thinking it was messed with without purpose and reason.
For you, me and other Bond fans: yes. For ordinary cinema-go-ers: no. We understand this arc-thing. And frankly, we Bond fans would have loved the ending of OHMSS to be part of the pre credits sequence of DAF. But frankly, I think the larger audience recognizes Bond, with the capital B, with that famous gunbarrel-trademark at the start.
Moreover, I think the story-arc from CR-QOS should have been clear from the actual plot, the story, the narrative of the screenplay. How Bond turned into the smooth agent should be crystal clear from the story. The gunbarrel at the end of the movie is simply....silly for me....and is IMO nothing more than an failed experiment that actually distracts the ordinary audience. Even Bond fans at first were not very happy with it......only after the reality kicked in we learned to accept this 'end titles gunbarrel'.
So, GUNBARREL. BACK. AT. START.
But i think it iwll be, ive just been worried about it, because it means alot to me.