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Yep.Agree with this.
Not all that surprising given how many times he was shot at close range by Safin. That was a real visceral shock the first time that I saw it. In the same vein, the one mystery I don't quite get is how Safin survived all of those bullets in the PTS.
Yea. I think Safin made five shots, then there was a few really loaded seconds before the next single shot in the back, (you've had your six?), and it was quite brutal, I agree. That last shot in the back affected me much more than the happy death bombing.
Then they go to the beginning; fill in the Inciting Incident. Plot Points at the end of each act and mid points. Then move into plots B, C and D.
Having a firm idea of the ending is wise; no matter how far off the rails the writer goes in early drafts , they have the ending to anchor them....
He had to die a certain way to make it meaningful and worthy. So the list of circumstances that preceded his death had to be ticked off one by one on screen, and you can see it. It's so obvious that it gets in the way of the emotional flow of the film.
I personally didn't feel this way in the slightest.
I was listening to Roger Moore's Cubby Hole where they interviewed Olly Smith. He stated his own pros and cons of NTTD, but, his wife and daughter felt it was one of the best Bond films. After this admission, he believes the film hit all the right marks for the general audience.
And that's what show biz is; it's a business that needs bums in seats, and; even more now than ever: repeat business.
In a crowded marketplace, No Time To Die competed with an exceptionally beautiful film that caught the attention of global audiences.
It did the job it set out to do.
This just wasn't your cup of tea.
How simple it would have been to give us (ME) a last, fun Craig Bond victory over terrible odds.
I'd have loved that, seriously.
I never expected his last to be some joy ride. Instead I thought they were going to double down on CR’s idea of half monk/half hitman and Double-Os having a short life expectancy.
Quite frankly, the scenes in Jamaica, for example, gave me such joy as I was seeing the melancholy of James Bond that I envisioned at the beginning of YOLT the novel. And him being thrust into and “coming back to play”, in NTTD— this broken and long missing agent— also made my heart flutter since this will be the closest I’ll likely get to seeing TMWTGG novel played out on the big screen (and yes, I love that novel!).
But throughout the years between SP and NTTD, never did I ever think DC’s last was going to be a fun and whimsical joy ride.
And to me it was all very masterfully done. And I'm not exactly general audience, I've walked the earth since the 60s.
Not at all expected on many levels, especially with the departure of Danny Boyle (and rumors that convinced me that HE wanted to kill Bond as the creative conflict he left over--totally wrong on that part). Though I was aware enough close to the release that it was likely happening and I was ready for it.
But what a bold, fitting, heartfelt tribute to the character and the WWII connections of Fleming, Broccoli, Saltzman, and many of the original makers of the franchise. Very smart and tasteful choices made through this production. Place it in these pressed times of the pandemic and the delays, even more so.
So there are slivers of meaning for the characters through each sequence that combine and grow over time and resonate to film's end. And it's definitely not defeat presented to me there.
The theme I'm left with when the credits roll is: It's a good life. The best. Commercial and critical success is the icing on the cake.
Yeah though I didn't quite expect the film as presented, now it makes perfect sense and then some.
Credit to the producers for taking it on and making it count.
Agreed @RichardTheBruce … the producers aren’t idiots. They knew that by making this film, that it’d likely upset a percentage of Bond fandom. But they had the balls to do it anyways.
Their gamble paid off.
Most responded strongly and you make almost eight hundred million (during a pandemic) when there are repeat customers coming back for more.
Calvin Dyson goes into detail about that in his long review.There are photos of deleted scenes from the film which mirror The cell from Crab Key in Dr.No and in one line of dialogue from one of his men,he is referred to as “ Doctor “.
I’m pretty much convinced now that Malek was indeed supposed to be Dr.No and that they pulled away from it in editing given how badly “ Brofeld “ was received.
If that's true, it staggers me that the idea made it as far as filming. It would've been yet another pointless reference and added nothing to the story. The fact that they were able to cut around it just shows how inconsequential it must've been.
It would have been nice.
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The heart is in the centre.
The safest way to shoot this baby is to aim for the middle either way.
And then Bond died.
Look, I knew going into this there was a good chance Bond would die. But I always expected it to be done in an ambiguous way, I think. Not to leave it open for another Craig film, but just to have a little ray of hope for him. I was waiting for it right up until the moment he got blown to bits on screen, and then I had to try to make my peace with the fact Bond really was dead.
It's not that it's necessarily a bad decision from a narrative perspective. It suits the story and Craig's Bond overall despite its contrived nature. And it was certainly bold to kill him in a clear-cut way, showing a dedication to telling the story that Craig and Broccoli wanted to tell. But I just can't bring myself to like it. Seeing Bond, and especially Craig's Bond, my Bond who I grew up with die really kicked me in the balls. Of course, that was the intent. Yet I simply cannot appreciate it like I can for various other deaths of fictional characters I loved no matter how many insightful takes I've read. It's the most irrational of issues, but it's how I feel, and it's why I can't rate NTTD as highly as I want to.
If I had to choose between this and the last scene of Skyfall as caps to the Craig era, I would choose the latter any day.