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For me, after having seen "Licence To Kill" in cinema's as my first ever film, I truly loved the last effort from Maurice Binder:
So then Daniel Kleinman replaced him for "GoldenEye", and I really had to get used to his titles. They were way more heavy on (dodgy) CGI and women crawling on these weird imagery of the Soviet Union.
Same goes for "TND" and especially "DAD". Daniel Kleinman had the disadvantage of rather dodgy CGI-effects back in the 1990's as well.
But hell, did he improve his efforts as of "Casino Royale". Stunning stuff! I especially like the "SPECTRE" titles, because they are the most erotic titles ever since Binder passed away. I love this slimy octopus crawling around those naked girls. Sexy, very erotic, and in a way very Brownjohn-esque as well:
Some other screencaps of the georgeous 'sexist' (I mean that in a positive way) portrayal of the women in these titles. And I really don't understand all the complaints of people that these titles are too erotic. These titles are a true homage to women, from Brownjohn-esque female silhouettes to actual female characters! By jolly, Ian Fleming would have wanted it this way!:
So in all honesty, I think the "SPECTRE" titles are by far not 'dodgy'. They should wet all guy's pants in cinema. And that's part of Bond too :-P.
...and then Daniel bleedin Craig James Bond turns up butt naked too - weird shit"
I haven't analyzed it or thought about why, but every time I saw the film, the title sequence just screamed 'old school'. It could have been the surplus of girls, the colours, the vivid imagery, or perhaps the LALD type mask on Waltz. not sure.
Yes at the risk of Brosnan era bashing again I now find the Kleinman titles for GE, TND and TWINE to be quite dated, cluttered and downright tacky. It's like Kleinman felt he had to fill every inch of the screen just because he had the technical means to do so.
Fortunately he now seems to exercise better self-editorial control. CR was a great modern evocation of 60s spy title sequences and there is just something rather epic about the SF titles.
SF & CR were distinctively different, and less traditional in style for me. QoS had a consistent desert type feel for some reason on recall from seeing @Gustav's last post.
The SP one threw me back to the Binder sequences.
Kleinman's work for the Craig-era looks way more...stylish. More nuanced and coherent. Thanks also go to MK12, who actually made quite a coherent desert/drought-theme. With the quality improvement of the actual movies, the titles have become equally Oscar-worthy. Add to that more low-key font styles (Century Gothic?), and even a return to Binderesque simplicity for the Bond titles ("SPECTRE") as well, plus magnificent CGI-work (easily 4K -ready), and you know that Daniel Kleinman finally is the man.
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I don't want to know how he got them.
Been linked here a while
I'm surprised it hasn't been closed on YT. Many Bond soundtracks I listen to there have lately
http://d2ebqvzxkz5e0j.cloudfront.net/2019543/2019543_H_HI.mp4
Seriously, check out how awesome the lyrics and mood fit:
I pressed the play button in Framestore site using mobile and it automatically downloaded to my phone.
I really like it. Fits really nicely, more akin to CR.
Yes. Did it bother you so much to scroll past? Or did you have to waste your opinion on me?
@domicgreene Thanks! The lyrics really stuck out to me for SPECTRE:
"Black ocean, cold and dark
I am the hungry shark, fast and merciless
But the only girl that could talk to him just couldn't swim
Tell me what's worse than this"
"I've seen your best and worst
And at your worst, you're still the best
But at my best, I am the worst
It's a curse"
"I can't fucking breathe, much less believe the truth
I pick up a gun, aim for the sun, and shoot
Better days, so unafraid in my youth
I can't breathe or believe the truth"
Well done.
All he did was just replacing the theme song. Any idiot with Windows Movie Maker could do that.
Nope. My comment was relating to something elsewhere in the thread; a fan-made thing. Not this. No idea how my comment ended up here.
This 'ere one.
Good to hear that, sorry for the misunderstanding.
No problem at all. I think I managed to comment on something much earlier in the thread without realising it would appear pages later.
That is excellent work. If Kleinman is unavailable for B25, call Heebok Lee.