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Absolutely!! : )
I agree about Blofeld but I think Greene's death by oil is perfect, as it is exact revenge for Fields' death (who we can all agree deserved better from Greene and from this film).
Or:
Haines: Who the hell are you?
Bond (gesturing to White): He knew my name.
Blam!
Haines: Who you?
Bond (gesturing to White): He Blam!
No doubt the camera would be shaking so much that we wouldn’t know who got shot!😆
Yeah, or
Haines: 'Who the hell are you?'
Mr. White: 'Bond. James - '
Blam!
Bond: 'Bond.'
And then he shoots Haines and it turns into the gunbarrel.
I SO need this, even as a fan edit!
Certainly would have been better than the gunbarrel we got in QoS (IMO).
Good call. Craig's gunbarrels as staged just don't work for me, so this would've worked. There was a shot in NTTD in the bunker where he does perfect pose that would work for that.
While I applaud Craig tried to do many things with the character that differed from his predecessors, his gunbarrel walk is rushed and the pose just awkward in each attempt. It's one of the few drawbacks of the era for me.
I agree with you but I do like the Spectre one, as well as NTTD.
I wouldn't have minded if the shot toward the end of NTTD functioned as an Easter egg gunbarrel...or if the gunbarrel itself became an Easter egg that you were waiting for within the film.
Clearly, Eon wants to move on from the traditional gunbarrel. And after QoS, I think we just could have opened on the frozen Norway tundra.
Haha. Yes. Very good.
The Tosca 'unmasking' scene is probably my favorite from DC 's entire run... Just classic Bond. QoS had so many strengths that were,granted, overshadowed by it's stunted screenplay - but Mendes just threw all that had been woven out of the window.
SF and SP failed in the respect that it didn't build on QoS' strengths
You see,just compare that opera scene in QOS where Bond just walks in there and gets what he wants with no trouble at all and it’s boring,and compare it to the fun and suspenseful opera scene in Rogue Nation.Mission Impossible has being doing everything better than Bond in its last few entries.
I wouldn't say he got it with no trouble at all, and for me it certainly wasn't boring. I agree that it can feel like Mission Impossible does things a lot cleaner than Bond (Solomon Lane/Syndicate vs. Blofeld/Spectre, for example), but I've always found those movies to be enjoyable and then just slide off the consciousness quickly after watching. And I hate how they solve every problem with Deus Ex Maskina. Talk about getting what you want with no trouble at all...
Couldn't disagree more. Opera seen in MI was good but give me a an average Bond film anytime over Tom "look Ma I'm doing all my own stunts with cheesy silly grin. " Cruise anytime. Dan Craig is a better actor.
Interesting that, if I recall correctly, there are two soundless chases in QoS? At least, part of the chase at the beginning under the running of the bulls?
Hopefully at some point they will want to sella blu Ray QOS badly enough and throw in the ending that many of us want. The opera scene in QOS is brilliant and vibrant-the score really pulls one in as well. What a shame that Mendes threw it all away. Tragic. Mendes is overrated imo. Can’t understand having two films building on each other, and then Skyfall! I love Skyfall, but it deviates so hard from CR and QOS. I would much rather have seen the Quantum storyline play out than the Spectre hogwash. Did Eon not want Forester back? I know that Christensen didn’t want to return, and seemed kind of nasty about it or I recall. Anyone remember more about it?
They're both great scenes.
CR
QoS
SF / NTTD (as tie)
SF I personally kinda kicked off my list completely - I can't stand it even it has some really marvellous scenes and stallar performances in it. But as a whole I really can't stand it.
I just love QoS - it's awesome in my opinion and it's flaws are technical (the editing) and not by what they made out of it even with the writer's strike and other circumstances. I just would want to enjoy the action and locations more which I can't due to the editing.
@SeanCraig You have great taste my friend. I also appreciate you standing up for QOS on the NTTD thread. I guess I’m where you are about Skyfall in relation to NTTD. Simply can’t watch it. Quantum, I enjoyed the first time around, but it was hard to place. I saw it five times at the theatre and it is still my number 2 favorite film. I agree with what you said about the quick location cuts. They did the best they could with the writer’s strike (DC even wrote some of the story as I understand it). I got that from The Making of QOS book. The siting initially threw me off, but I’ve adjusted to it over time. I wish the next Bond would be more like the Bond we saw in QOS and Casino. But with even more of an edge about him. An assassin with years of killing constantly weighing him down (Fleming), and drinking profusely, nightmares, etc. I’m thinking about age 44 ish. Would love to see Hardy get it. Anyway, what are your top 3 favorite scenes in QOS all?
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I continue to grow fonder & fonder of this film as time passes. It is such a gorgeously shot Bond-flic. Moved up my DC list to 2nd place this year (not that that's relevant but anywho...)
Things I noticed upon this (4th in total) viewing, after not having seen it for about 7 years :
*QoS has INTENSITY
The opening car chase, Siena action, Opera action & the fistfights - all pure DC-universe balls-to-the-wall. This drive & intensity is missing in Mendes' films. NTTD recaptures some it.
*QoS has great lines
Other than the paltry dialogue given to the villains (Almaric is a bit wasted) there are more great lines FOR BOND HIMSELF in this than in any other DC 007 film. And Craig delivers them so well.
*QoS has Daniel Craig's best sequence as Bond
the Tosca Quantum reveal sequence is DC's crowing moment - the moment where he quips to his enemy & becomes 007, for me.
*QoS has a vibrancy - it's saturated colour scheme just brings out the locations so beautifully. It's directed FOR the viewer - SF and SP are directed for the auteur and for great-looking stills...
*QoS has the most gorgeous score, up there with CR, OHMSS and TLD for me.