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On a related note, I think it would be fitting if Craig's Bond retires or dies is his last film. If the crew as the guts to do that I don't know, but I think it would be awesome to have Craig's Bond have a true end. Whatever they do they can still reboot the series with a new actor.
Actually the critique and comments, I find to be funny in parts, but it doesn't change the fact, all Bonds films IMO, are greater than the sum of their parts.
They all work as grand entertainment, and as escape into the exciting world of 007.
"Despite the current tensions between Russia and the West, we can expect to see Bond praising the fine people of Mexico, or taking photographs of it with his Sony mobile phone."
I like having escapist plots detached from reality but I think it is a shame that the series can't really play on real world events like it could in the past. This is more a problem with films as a whole though. I mean the only acceptable real world target seemed to be North Korea (the Red Dawn remake, originally featuring a much more plausible Chinese invasion, pussied out and replaced them with the Koreans) but after everything that happened with The Interview I bet even they won't be used as bad guys anymore.
Still, in some scenarios it's for the best. I mean for example, as satisfying as it could be to watch Bond defeat ISIS in the PTS or something (as a full film it wouldn't work because they're just not Bondanian enough to be villains), it's not worth the risk of some jihadist setting off a bomb at the premiere.
What a load of bull.
Some folks don't like Bond. The rest paid for Skyfall's 1 billion plus results.
Exactly.
And the responses are funny and give a good insight in those who wrote them.
Yeah I have wondered about this, will Craig be the first Bond to get a true Final Film that's a definite ending to his era, whether its Bond dying, retiring, or having a YOLT-style "goes missing" ending. It seems there's a specific arc running from CR to SPECTRE, so hopefully they have something in mind for the finish.
There are real dangers with the route EON have taken. But Bond will return - it's no reason to bump him off. The Craig films are far superior to the Brosnan era, but the writing is still all too often abysmal.
I agree Skyfall was a fiasco and the sense of genuine, well executed fun and tight plotting has been lost.
Seems like a few of the comments here are equally full of hatred. The author of the piece is entitled to his/her opinion.
Obviously I don't agree with much of it, but there were a few bits that I agreed with. I really liked that line about frivolity and deftness of touch, as well as the bit about Craig's "plumber" Bond. What is odd about that comment, however, is that while the author spends time criticizing SF it was precisely that film that rubbed out some of the blue collar aspects of Craig's Bond and brought more Fleming in.
But yeah, most of the article I find amusing at best, and obviously disagree with its general thesis.
I feel the point about deftness of touch acutely. I think that's what's been missing since the end of the Dalton era. CR and QoS had it in parts, but it never really comes together as a whole package any more. It feels like we get flashes of greatness but not the real deal.
I wouldn't give it much thought.
Maybe do a movie instead about how fantastic and rewarding trolling around any opinion site on the net is and how it can give such an enormous feeling of importance, accomplishment and well being.
Back to this appropriate image then:
WAVE-LINK: Dressed to Kill.
"Trust the trolls, they just know." =))
Again, I don't see it that way at all. He goes out of his way to praise CR. I don't think this is coming from the perspective of someone who liked DAD.
Not sure why people insist on conflating criticism of Craig era with a supposed love of Brosnan.
It is possible to dislike the Brosnan films AND still have serious reservations about Craig's era. I should know!
SF and TWINE are disturbingly similar films.
He obviously hasn't got a clue. MR's studio work was filmed in France due to UK tax burdens in the late 70's so this has been going on for years, not just during Craig's run. The Omegas, Brioni's and BMW's were all over the place during the 90's as well so product placement is nothing new.
As I said, I wouldn't give this much thought. SP will do the walking in November. This fool can keep on heckling.
I like DC, but am not sure how well he's been served by the scripts and directors. I still don't feel he's given the definitive fully formed Bond he's capable of.