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That Bond 23 be possible her last movie is something we already should keep in mind, also because of those litle hints in QOS. Bond returns and see the Empty chair. The only thing i don't whant to know is how. Dench look like more ill then before. In my fanart i hinted that i have liked to see she is gone and nobody knows where she is/fake her death in Bond 23 and returns for a finaly in Bond 25.
I have always thought M should be male again but as mentioned in a post ealier perhaps an attractive older woman could add a new dimension to the character, a bit of sexual tension with Bond maybe?
Dench has clarified her condition does not lead to blindness.
http://www.mi6-hq.com/news/index.php?itemid=10015
Balje and Shadow indeed have made valid predictions over the years. But the Balje Classic, the tow-truck, has yet to arrive on screen. ;-)
There you have M #4 if you ask me!
Taking M away to a secret place ? ;)
Only if Liam Neeson gets to voiceover.
I saw Skyfall for the third time today and still developed goosebumps when she delivered the Tennyson speech. The music/editing in that scene is grand too.
Dame Judi I salute you!
I concur. Dame Judi, you are nothing but class. And your presence alone elevated the stakes in this timeless series. The Bond franchise is better off because of your contributions, and your unforgettable exit is well earned.
Indeed. It still hasn't hit me, so much so that I didn't have any emotions after besides some tears that were natural. Next time around we'll see how I feel, but surely a huge loss. Judi has been wonderful to Bond.
You're right. I guess I just didn't enjoy it very much. I never particularly liked Dench's M, but I never thought I'd want to see her dead. I'm not sure what I think about a Bond film where you end up hating M. Was that totally intentional or have they screwed up somewhere. I cannot believe Mendes has done this by mistake, but equally I don't really understand the reason for making M so unsympathetic. As I've said before, in the DC era MI6 has increasingly come to resemble the Treadstone programme in Bourne - a shadowy, slightly sinister organisation turning our psychos and screwing over its agents when they start to 'malfunction'. The subterranean settings and the Silence of the Lambs glass case for Silva all contribute to an impression that MI6 is now a million miles away from Bernard Lee's old officers' club. I personally don't really like what they've made MI6 become. It would be fine in a different series of films but I feel they're messing this the underlying DNA of Bond and it feels wrong.
Of course the implication at the end of SF is that things are back to how they used to be. May be SF is a metaphor for the sinister and morally compromised behaviour of our security agencies in the war on terror - where we turn a blind eye to torture because it justifies the means. That's all very well, but I'm not sure I really want it in Bond. Bond is supposed to be escapism, not some miserabilist soul searching journey.
I don't find SF particularly soul-searching but it does throw up some interesting questions. Personally, I want my blockbusters to pack an emotional punch. SF gives me all the escapism I want, but it provides that something more, aisde from silly specatcle to ohh and aww.
I share your sentiment, but for me this is exactly what SF DIDN'T do. I guess it will always come down to how individuals. Sometimes a film just doesn't do it for you, and for me that film is SF.
I still think MI6 comes across as a) incompetent and b) all-pervasive, in a way that I find far more disturbing and sinister than Silva.