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Very fun film. Exquisite production. Love it.
I agree the last half of TSWLM is really slow for me too. Kinda how some feel about TLD, I guess.
Don't get me wrong moonraker is what it is , but I saw it as a little pup and never get bored of it!
The soundtrack is a big part of that too though
No it hasn't. It has plot holes, but SF is one plot hole sewn to another ( come to think about it,not unlike SP. Probably a Mendes trademark.)
I agree 100%. I never forget that uplifting sensation exploding in my brains when I saw it in the cinema. That truly was a man who never gave up!
Have to agree with you regarding TSWLM!
Much prefer all of Rogers other Bonds. I find Spy a slog to get through, though its revered on here! GF, though it too slows when they get to Kentucky has too many wonderful scenes to dismiss! Those critical of TLD Afghanistan section want reminding a lot of Bond movies have their own slow parts!
I will concede that the original score for the tank chase - 'A Pleasant Drive in St Petersburg' - is absolutely horrific and I am glad the scene was re-score by something more traditional.
Oh, and Éric Serra's 'Experience of Love' is also the drippiest bit of music to feature on the credits of a Bond movie (and that's saying something).
And yet, despite these crimes against Sound itself, I still like the overall score and think the Goldeneye overture, played during the PTS, perfectly captures the mood of this new era of 007.
Which would make it a very consistend movie, now woudln't it? Is it safe to deduct you find SF and SP the best Bonds ever?
Consistent they certainly are in that regard, but tbh that's not the kind of consistency I hold in high esteem.
About SF and SP, Let it suffice to say they are not among my most often watched.
That's very much in line with how I feel about SF. It's like its parts are greater than the whole and it's just not that likeable. I may be one of the few who find the whole section from when Silva escapes to the underground crash and shootout at the hearing to be underwhelming.
It will be interesting to see how SF is viewed once we have some distance from the Craig era.
So is Goldfinger... Practically nothing makes sense.
Indeed? Would you care to list a handful of those plot holes?
I would probably agree with you there. Take out the aforementioned Experience of Love (so dreary its like Rory Kinnear in musical form), the dismal oil drum banging that is the GB and the 70's porn music in the car chase and I don't mind it all.
Indeed. We all have the "benefit" of coming to MR as one of many Bond films, so we can just enjoy MR's space age hi-jinks as one of Mr. Bond's more outlandish adventures. Had I seen MR when it was first released, my reaction most probably would be like @Birdleson .