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the complaints about Dan's looks have been a (non)issue since CR - even then there were complaints that he 'has an old face'..... personally, i don't care.... i think the only thing that has changed about him over the years since CR is that his body is less bulky than it once was... IMO, Dan still looks good - he's no 57 year old Rog just out of face lift surgery in AVTAK tho lol..
in regards to Spectre - i think the core difference was we had 3 films where Bond directly dealt with the organization, and confronting it's mysterious leader in YOLT felt like a good climax for Sean, but also worked as a branching off point for someone new to take over...
in SP we got the organization and Blofeld all crammed into one film - and it just seems like a terrible waste of the property... i think the only way EON can make SP better than merely being a one off, is by making Bond 25 an extension of the ending of SP - meaning that new film (with Craig on board) should focus on Spectre's retaliation on MI6 for capturing their leader - and it should focus on Bond's struggle with normalcy, and how living a normal life just doesn't cut it - and he needs the service.
And thinking about it, while I'd love Craig to do one last Bond movie, given that he is in good shape, etc. I think if they cast a new Bond going after Blofeld would bring a nice touch of continuity. Like it did in OHMSS. I do agree that Bond 25 should deal both with Spectre's retaliation and Bond's struggling with civilian life.
and i am not saying it didn't make sense to have Spectre as the real masterminds behind Quantum - but a little more exposition explaining just how they are would've been nice - but like i said, the only thing that ever tells us they are, is a voice over from Wishaw saying that they are, based off of DNA samples from a ring (which is convoluted on it's own - so everyone wore that same exact ring, or came in contact with it?? - thats really stretching things).... and i never once considered Silva a part of Spectre or Quantum or whoever, until they retconned it SP - i prefer him being his own loose cannon, with his own crazy agenda, rather than acting on behalf of Blofeld, to sour Bond's life... Because Silva's issues went far beyond Bond, obviously - he was all about revenge on M, Bond was simply in his way..
Regard the ring - the idea is that the toxicology reports on the deceased all showed traces of the same element, a specific element from the Kartenhoff meteorite from which the ring is forged (I forget the name). Hence anyone who wore a ring could be linked. Not sure why they omitted the exposition.
but i dont believe that brings any real sense of closure to Craig's run - not in the "it's the perfect send off for Daniel" as Mendes as company like to spin it... i find it more of an open ending than a resolution befitting of someone's supposed last film - because i dont feel like the story arch they were trying to weave is complete at the end of SP - it feels like the end of part 1 of a 2 part film.
and again - that is something that needed to be discovered after the movie, because the movie itself didn't make that clear enough..... thats a failure of story telling...
... i am not advocating being spoon fed every little last detail - but something like that needs to be incorporated, because it's a pretty big "why" and "how" that they don't directly address.
Yeah. Like I said, not sure why it was omitted.
I thought there was a sense of closure to the Craig era, if SP is the last film of the Craig era (not that I want it to be): Blofeld is captured, Bond is off the service, etc. It is however the new introduction of Blofeld. His future escape and Bond's return to service would fit very well a new Bond actor, give him the proper introduction while giving a sense of continuity. if done properly of course.
Me too.
Yes. Mendes confirmed it.
what i bolded in your words is exactly why it doesn't sit well with me as closure... much like how Nolan screwed with Batman's character motivations to fit his needs, so i feel Mendes and co. altered Bond's to suit their needs.. Bond (as a character) isn't long for normal life outside of the service - which is why i feel like if Craig does return, they need to continue on - and IMO, show just how it's not a life for him.. he is 007, he just doesn't quit... as i stated in another thread - the sins of his work should follow him home, and leaving Blofeld alive should have dangerous repercussions - that need to be resolved..... if it's done with a new actor, so be it - but i would prefer it be done with Craig, and let it be his last.... allow then whoever takes over after him the clean slate (so to speak) by not having to directly address left over plot elements from the previous actor..
100% agree. As @Ludovico said, with Blofeld arrested and Bond off the service, SPECTRE brought perfect closure to Craig's tenure, and considering how badly the handled the whole Quantum/SPECTRE/Blofeld stuff, they better hire a new actor and start a new storyline.
poppycock.... poppycock i say. lol
Unfortunately that's what it looks like. IMO the biggest missed opportunity of the Craig era was not sticking with Quantum.
Montages are so 80s!
You say that like it's a bad thing.
I say that like it was sarcasm...because it mostly was.
Anyway, SF technically gave us a modern workout montage for Bond, so tropes of the 80s are perhaps still at large, if only slightly.
And then the love montage of Bond and Tracy in OHMSS, and I think there's a small montage of Bond and Kara as they enter Vienna, if I remember correctly.
Do you have a source on this?