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1.TWINE
2.GE
3.TND
4.DAD-i have to admit every time i watch it my opinion about this movie improves
Besides, Craig had a similar moment in Quantum - the parachute CG scene.
You're very close to the truth there, Bain. The scene is as inept as most other scenes in that pile of excrement masquerading as a "Bond film", in that the "writers" don't seem to have a frickin' clue about what or who James Bond actually is, two twerps who seem to think that as long as there are explosions and puerile jokes, then you can just write any old rubbish around it, even a wretched daytime soap opera.
ONE THING makes Q's farewell scene an emotional farewell to a beloved character, and that ONE THING was unsurprisingly provided 36 years earlier by PRODUCERS WHO ACTUALLY HAD A CLUE WHAT THEY WERE DOING: The casting of Desmond Llewellyn. The look on Q's face as he departs is touching and sincere, an 80-odd year old man showing every other person on that wretched set how to show more genuine emotion and sincerity with ONE LOOK than anybody else in that tripefest of a film could even DREAM of mustering.
The writing of the scene is terrible, in that the two hack writers obviously haven't got a clue about Q, for a start: Two things he's "always tried to teach" Bond being "Never let them see you bleed" (WTF???? In 16 previous films over the course of 36 years, when on Earth did Q ever say anything even REMOTELY like that to Bond?) and "Always have an escape plan" (Okay, that can be construed as "always have a gadget" I suppose, but it's still more vague than it needs to be, and again they're words never spoken to Bond by Q previously). Des's face as he departs is the only thing in that scene (and in the ENTIRE FILM, come to that) which isn't the work of clueless hacks. IMO.
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Welcome back Shark
Hmm, I don't know if I'd go that far. The former doesn't feel quite so "video-gamey" as the latter IMO.
It must be how many of you feel when you watch the excellent PTS in "Moonraker", that is absolutely thrilling and spectacular, until its all spoiled by Jaws crashing into a circus. Not that I don't like the scene, but I know it's not a fan favorite.
GE
TND
TWINE
DAD
The CGI and general OTT of DAD just ruined it for me. The first half was enjoyable, but it all went downhill from there on. I loved Brosnan as Bond, however his films were all pretty average.
My Rankings,
Goldeneye(Decent)
Tomorrow Never Dies (Bad)
The World Is Not Enough (Worse)
Die Another Day (Unwatchable)
I'd have to say TND. GE had some flaws but otherwise was great, and I found TND a poor followup (it might play better now with all the scandal surrounding Carver...uh, I mean Murdoch). Lame use of Michelle Yeoh considering her talents, Hatcher is out of her element, Bond mowing down people with machines guns seemed weird, I found Carver a dull villian, and the stealth boat fight was a letdown. All of Brosnan's films have an odd mix of good and bad but the good in TND was mostly "meh", with the exception of the Dr. Kaufman scene.
1.) GE
2.) TWINE
3.) TND
4.) DAD
I just don't see the TWINE hate. Maybe because I'm a Brosnan nut, and I'll watch and love anything the man is in...though I will admit, DAD was pretty bad the second half of the film.
1. GE (by a slight nod)
2. TND (very close including an excellent Arnold soundtrack)
3. TWINE
Sorry but DAD by a long shot for worst. The first half has some good spots, but it's still too flawed for my liking. The CFI surfing, the unrealistic scenes such as the hovercraft chase, Bond's phony death complete with his arrival in pajamas at his usual Hong Kong hotel which are strangely dry but his hair is wet, etc. From the time he arrives in Iceland is at best painful to describe .
All of the above is in my humble opinion of course.
First of all, I love the retro "Barryesque" feel of the work Arnold did. "Surrender" rates with the greatest Bond songs, it should have been the title song, and I'll agree that Sheryl Crow's track was not one of the better songs in the series. I don't remember this though having anything to do with the rest of the soundtrack. It should have been saved for the credits where no one really cares. I remember getting up to leave and sitting back down the minute I heard the Bond horns blaring to begin Surrender and refusing to leave before I heard it. How you found this song not to be memorable doesn't register on my reality grid, sorry but I don't get that. It's used in the soundtrack like Barry would use his theme songs, and while I never got to meet the greatest composer of my time, I honestly do have myriad connections in the music biz and I was told by by someone who was there that Barry stated he absolutely loved the song.
Another way it is "Barryesque" is how the movie musical motif's change from locale to locale, something else Barry believed in doing. Arnold talks about this in depth on the AVTAK UE special features DVD. He says that he used techno, which I am not a fan of either, because Germany is known for that, and it wasn't overdone because in Germany we also got the exquisite "Paris And Bond". So it at least makes sense. Some Oriental instruments are paired very nicely with the Surrender theme in "Helicopter Ride" as Bond and Wai Lin enter Saigon, and I think "All In A Day's Work" is one of the greatest accompaniments to a Bond grand finale, using Surrender yet again with strings and piano to close the movie.
I have no issue either with the Bond theme liberally used in Bond movies. Barry did plenty of that too. To sum it up, it's an excellent soundtrack that sounds like a Bond soundtrack, and it's still my favorite work Arnold has done to date.