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I agree. The Miami sequence just seems superfluous and forced in for the sake of having a big action scene.
I agree completely.
The Aston Martin Vanquish is one of the best bond cars of all time
Dr. No is near the bottom of my bond ranking and a 7/10 film overall
The best Le Chiffre was played by Peter Lorre
Maximillian Largo was better than Emilio Largo
Fatima Blush is just as good as Fiona Volpe
AVTAK is one of Roger Moore's best films
I prefer Dalton and Craig to Connery
Melina Havelock from FYEO is in the bottom 5 bond girls
Renard was the last great henchman of the series
Nigel Small Fawcett is one of the greatest allies of all time
The best part of FYEO is the PTS
Some entertaining ideas there
I thought it was Bond poaching from ALL Joel Silver projects, but more LETHAL WEAPON than DIE HARD, and probably less of an offender than L&LD/blacksploitation. Main thing is that it actually gave those Silver actors like Grand L Bush and especially Davi (the two FBI guys in DIE HARD) some meatier bits.
If you just wanna talk RAIDERS rehash, Miami is it, except there's no freshness or excitement.
I thought them pulling it off without any big explosion involving the tanker was pretty fresh and the ending payoff with the bomber blowing himself up is the best part.
Neither do I, don't worry. You're not alone in not liking it (Bond changing, that is. I don't necessarily mind the gadgets: some are great and made some iconic scenes, like you said, and others are pretty bad and unnecessary.)
Here's probably one of the more controversial views I hold about the Bond films: Outside of the two title tracks, I think the soundtrack for On Her Majesty's Secret Service is barebones and totally overrated. I believe the most impressive piece of music in the Bond series belongs to John Barry in The Living Daylights. It's a treasure trove of everything his music means to the series with a diverse set of brilliant motifs that fit a variety of thematic tones.
The Living Daylights has the best soundtrack of all Bond movies. Spot on.
OHMSS may be a bit overrated overall but there are some tracks that are that good that the whole soundtrack appears to be great.
OHMSS itself is absolutely the best track ever done for a Bond movie, by far!
Thought I was the only one. I hate it too, most of the USA is pretty ugly and Bond's elegance doesn't bond with his environment.
This is the main reason I hate DAF and the last act of Goldfinger. Sunny days on wide streets of asphalt and urban sprawl is one of the ugliest things ever IMO.
I Agree that they've chosen the US locations pretty poorly and Bond doesn't seem to suit the US, but I don't think that most of the US is pretty ugly. Lots of Beautiful locations - just they're unused by Bond.
Interesting. I think some of Binder's titles are great but others samey and repetitive. Some look downright cheap and naff.
I think Kleinman's CR titles are the best. I'd prefer if he kept things simpler. I am not a huge fan of his other ones.
I sort of agree. San Monique, Nambutu etc is like seeing the cameras and microphones, it is announcing loud and clear that it is all just make-believe.
I'm with you there. Besides DAD (my worst title sequence), all of Kleinman's titles are way ahead of the Binder/MK12 titles. Binder's kinda hit (TSWLM), miss (OHMSS) or samey (MR). MK12 are just terrible.
No idea why MK12 were chosen for QoS, clearly Forster (I'm assuming it was his decision) has terrible tastes.
Not controversial. The scene with Yusef is excellent. CR at White's house is also excellent. SF is a bit of fluff in comparison, for me. (Unless you're referring to the action scenes?)
I think SF ranks last out of Craig's endings so far. There was just something a bit clunky about it.
I agree that Harris seems like a weak link in SF, but I'm holding out hope for an improvement in her capabilities in SP. From the last trailer, she seems to have upped her game this time.
It was overwritten, especially the MP scene. The M scene fares a lot better.
Not controversial enough? How about: "The ending of QoS redeemed the entire movie."
Figured it would be somewhat controversial, but surprised that it's already been discussed.