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SPECTRE - 7.5/10
My opinion has always been that if it weren't for some of its more egregious aspects (and unfortunately some of those are pretty large) Die Another Day would just about be the best Brosnan entry. It'd be neck and neck with GE. It is so kinetic, and there's a lot to love about the first two acts (or there about). Unfortunately, it has Jinx and she brings down some of the otherwise excellent first half when she shows up.
I'd remove:
•Most of the puns and Jinx's cringey lines.
•The entire ice dragster/CGI wave sequence. The film flows perfectly without it.
•Some poor CGI during the finale.
Also, I'd reinsert David Arnold's original music that was replaced for certain scenes and the end credits to make it feel more traditional. And maybe use Beyond the Ice by Red Flag as the theme song. It's a little dark but it suits the first third of the film well.
Not unlike the Icarus edit from a few years back. Not quite as extreme though since I'd still keep the invisible car and VR scenes.
Which scenes did David Arnold’s music get replaced in?
@vzok Bond's return to London, the party at the ice palace, and the end credits. It's all on YouTube.
God, I'd really like to have seen a Brosnan Bond in 2004 with a more subdued, mature approach, while still retaining some of the elements that his interpretation is linked with. I think he was aging so well into the role.
Agree with all of that. Even with the minor detour of a battered and bruised Bond, it still plays out like a good old fashioned romp for that first hour.
What's Moonrakery about GE?
Both are two faced villains, Janus; they are duplicitous in nature and present one face as an ally, the other as the secret enemy who embeds himself.
Hugo Drax pretended to be an ally of England, a protector of Her Majesty and Her subjects with his Moonraker program, but was plotting its demise; Alec was an an ally and an agent born to protect, but, hiding his family history--
(as Drax hid his personal history)--
-- he also was plotting the downfall of England.
Both wanted to destroy London, and set it back by decades as punishment....
Very off the top of my head, I see how MR the novel influenced GE the film...
Well it is snow actually. Spectre has a snow scene that I don't mind. The music is a bit more energetic. Shame Bond's attempts to rescue Madeline are a touch dangerous. Relies on pot luck to keep up with the escaping Hinx.
In DAD the snow chase sees 007 go on a speed run. He broke Graves' record. The escape from the Ice Palace is exciting enough and the speedster looks ok. But there is that pesky tsunami.
That's quite the stretch. DAD is much closer as Drax is a public personality giving something back to the British, who he has been adopted by. Trevelyan is just a more straightforward kind of traitor.
Something like Licence To Kill is more of an adaptation (of TMWTGG) than GoldenEye is an adaptation of MR.
Most Bonds films are! :)