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... All you have to do is Believe ! :D
And then Craig can retire from the role, and this series has a full satisfaction arc of storytelling!
No thanks,i am sick of these story 'arcs' in Bond films...enough now...stop.
Yeah, I mean, the movie had a $250-300 million budget, it's not like they could afford building another set. Spending that money in a world record explosion was way more important.
If they introduced Bond’s archenemy in a slightly more sophisticated and intelligent way, I wouldn’t have minded seeing Bond pull the trigger. But the shoddy interpretation in SP, made me think it would be a criminal waste to kill him. Blofeld needs a chance at redemption after what Mendes did (or didn’t) do to him.
I’m also going to use this opportunity to vent about the bridge scene:
• In this supposedly grounded universe, how the hell am I supposed to believe that Bond’s puny Walther shot that helicopter down?
• I hate how unsubtle the whole Madeleine and Mi6 choice is. It’s way too gooey and obvious. (Made worse by the fact that P&W had Bond choose Mi6 – something far more interesting)
There’s some redeeming factors:
• Amazing cinematography. Probably my favourite shot is on that bridge.
• The score is magnificent – especially the use of Madeleine’s theme.
• Acting is great and there is some thematic resolution with the whole “licence to kill not being a licence to kill” nonsense (even typing that line made me cringe).
He would have been better of throwing stones at it. Even more glaring to me is how he managed to still somehow have his Walther after being captured, bagged and tied by the SPECTRE goons before he walked into Vauxhall Cross. Using the Sig Sauer on the helicopter would still have been highly improbable but still a bit easier to swallow.
Picture Bond racing towards a helicopter about to take off, he knows Blofeld is aboard. He empties his gun with no effect. He stops, and as the chopper lifts off a face appears in the blackened window, it's Blofeld/Waltz, with a smug grin on his face as he fly's off, contemplating future mischief
Where? I never read the leaked scripts.
P&W gave an interview recently with the Independent and they spoke how they originally had Bond reluctantly choose his MI6 life over Madeleine. However, Mendes overruled them. Understandably so, SP is supposed to offer some thematic resonance to the Craig era overall. Bond finally gets some happiness and the chance to escape his Mi6 life with a woman not dissimilar to Vesper.
So, I get why the decision is made. Even if I think it was a little obvious and “meh”.
Personally I think if this ends up being Craig's last film it was the much better decision and makes all of his films more interesting in retrospect by giving Bond an arc over the course of them.
I think the film would hold up a lot better if the finale took place at Blofeld's compound, rather than the "secondary" London finale we got.
And I still think Blofeld should be held back from BOND25 and brought back in BOND26...make BOND25 totally irrelevant and no connection to the Craig films.
If Waltz cant wait that long and doesn't return,then so be it,Blofeld has always had a different actor in the films anyway.
Even if Craig comes back for Bond 25?
I think it's the best way to move on if they have cornered themselves with Blofeld. Just do something else.
That would have been far better than what we actually got!
On to the original question. I did want to him to eacape. I just hope that they use Waltz as Blofeld more effectively in his next appearance. He could have been the best Blofeld of them all. Even if all the foster brother nonsense was removed, he was still written poorly.
The phrase "This time it's personal!" should be replaced with "Once again it's personal". Personal stories are so tired in cinema as a whole these days.