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a Bond finale.
It just looks cheap TSWLM did the same and looked better.
To my eyes, the same thing applies to SP. It comes across to me as though they're doing a favour by throwing the red meat to us rabid fans while they focus on all the psychological and thematic stuff. As if they don't credit us with enough intelligence to see through the obvious lack of interest. Pastiche.
There's a trick to formula and it only works well if there's a real understanding behind it and a passion for it. The conception, direction & delivery is critical to make it at least 'seem fresh', precisely because it 'isn't fresh'.
Blofelds base in SP really is underused, it's a blink and you will miss it scene, I wish a great finale had been staged at Blofelds lair rather than London, Blofeld could have easily put photos up of his minions in his own base with less hassle.
I am not keen the Silva character or his convoluted plan.
It is the best looking bond films and perhaps one of the best looking films of all time. They are really amazing scenes in the film ( the casino sequence, meeting Silva for the first time, parts of the finale, the pts) this film is shot incredibly and the colors are great. However, the logic is so trash that this film really lets me down and floats around 20th place for me in the rankings so I see what your saying.
In addition my biggest problem with her character being that she seems to be in love with bond and thinks that he can do no wrong. She likes him in QOS but is still harsh and the ruling figure while she’s like a child in skyfall
The Bond/M relationship is an interesting one. It's more like family (mother/son even) than boss/employee. They can be curt and brutally honest with one another but deep down there's a mutual understanding of either party's strengths and faults. 'Take the bloody shot' was M panicking and making a bad call under pressure, and Bond made her aware of that when he returned.
Her behaviour when he showed up at her apartment is just English humour/sarcasm. It got a laugh out of most of the people in the theatre I was in at least.
Deep down they had a deep respect and trust for one another, forged from CR onwards.