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Just imagine, for instance, a slight emotive cue from his Vesper theme playing when Bond finds her interrogation tape in White's secret room in Morocco? I'd be covered in goosebumps.
You've given me some ideas. ;)
Ideas, you say, @Murdock? Like a completely revamped score for SP in the style of Arnold? :D
That's a bit out of my hands at the moment but if I can find the scene where they find White's secret room, I can add that little hint of Vesper's theme. :)
I would be overjoyed to see this. Then, every time I watch SP I can pause the film at that point, watch your video with the Vesper theme, and then tune back into my copy of the movie afterward.
No, but I'd love to. Are they posted on the forum anywhere?
http://www.mi6community.com/index.php?p=/discussion/6553/the-james-bond-rescore-thread-formerly-favorite-james-bond-rescores#latest
Bond gives a knowing half-smile as if remembering Vesper making the same observation.
I think a fresh turn around can come with Craig onboard... i think the decisions made by Mendes and co. (personal feelings aside) have been dubious in terms of popular opinion here.... personally, direction wise, i think Mendes creates some beautifully stunning work... from a story/script standpoint - he's been hit or miss...
i think if they brought in some new creative blood, that would go a long way to freshen things up.. rather than just simply swapping the main actor..
but if you're looking for a complete overhaul, then i understand your point.
respectfully disagree... i think it's all dependent on making a great films that are successful..
Tom Cruise is still going strong with Mission Impossible, having just completed his 5th film last year - and a 6th already in development..
make a great film, and people will come to see Craig in a 6th..
SP started off great - but by the end felt bloated, and overstayed it's welcome by about 15 minutes.
I liked Hoyt Van Hotema with SP... he's no Deakins - but he created some stunning imagery and lighting..
@talos7, I do the same thing in the SF casino scene when Bond tells Severine he knows when a woman is afraid and pretending not to be. It's moments like that I really enjoy because you can tell she's still at the back of his mind at moments.
It's a shame we still haven't gotten a Fleming-esque scene of Bond visiting Vesper's grave. The perfect place for it would've been at the end of QoS following the Yusef confrontation, but oh well. I like to pretend he's visited it once or twice anyway pre SF.
Other than that, I quite like it.
Of course, I would have preferred something different and with more Bondian panache though.
Fleming writes about visiting Vesper's tiny, almost anonymous grave site in OHMSS the novel. I think it would be a cool, Flemingesque touch.
Indeed. Doesn't Fleming say it is an annual pilgrimage?
I would happy to see Dan do it, but of course we are stuck with Madeline now. I guess if she dumped him we could have a scene with him at Vesper's grave but I fear we would be approaching soap opera melodrama so probably best avoided.
I suppose if a new actor takes over it could be done in an FYEO PTS sense to say that this is the same Bond before we embark on him taking on Blofeld again (with, hopefully, this time no mention of a DISS - although it could be an amusing homage to have Blofeld serving up Bond some salami and a pork pie at some point).
True ..but in a movie at least to me that would come off as yet another homage. This time to the FYEO pts.
But I concur now yes that would be a nice Fleming touch.
They've pretty much buried (pun intended) the Vesper angle with Maddy.
His message to Vesper in spirit being, "The man who led to your death won't hurt anyone else now."
I have to say I think it's probably best to steer clear of this. If we're not careful P&W will kill off Maddie in the PTS and then later on we'll have a scene with Bond at a graveyard and we'll have Vesper, M and Maddie all lined up in a row.
F**k it might as well throw Solange, Fields and Severine in too.
Shagging Dan's Bond is clearly a dangerous buisness. There's only Lucia who has survived it and she's now in the witness protection scheme. I guess Maddie is still alive - for the time being.
Bomb disposal squads have better survival stats than that.
Courtesy of P&W.
It'd be a great way to have Felix involved again (a must for me), but I liked that Lucia got as happy an ending as someone connected to SPECTRE could have. It'd be a shame to see that undone.
What I wouldn't want EON to do is heading down the way of the OHMSS dilemma. It was done once, leave it be. Leave Madeleine alone, start over. She's a closed case.
We witness Bond trying to move on with her at Bond 25's start, but quickly he realizes that the calm doesn't suit his stormy tendencies and he decides to part ways with her as his heart isn't in it. He thought he could move on, but realizes the only life he knows is that of a blunt instrument.
Or, Madeleine sees that their life makes him unhappy and she ends it with him instead, to aid the both of them in the long run from drawing out a relationship that had no chance of sustaining itself. Madeleine could tell Bond to come back to her when his business with Blofeld is ended, and he could take her up on the offer, or it could be left more ambiguous as to what he does, choosing between her and MI6.
If the Craig era has to conclude, however, I'd much prefer some finality in its ending. I care too much about the era at this point to get an ending that leaves us hanging to wonder forevermore about what Bond will be doing next. Having an ambiguous ending is also very anti-Bond. It just doesn't feel right, as it's a series that always delivers films carrying a definite ending that has real impact sans mystery. I'd like for this idea to continue even if EON want to tell the last adventure of Craig's Bond to wrap everything up with him for good.