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2. LALD's theme song by Paul McCartney just doesn't seem to fit as a Bond theme song. Not to take away from Sir Paul being among the most talented of musicians. And yes, Paul's talent excedes Lennon's (to open another can of worms)!
3. Still uncomfortable about the "What makes you think this is my first" line by Bond in SF.
4. FYEO would have been a much better film except for the awkward interaction between Bond and the young skater. More than the extreme age difference between the two, it just seemed to go flat, and Moore seemed to me to be uncomfortable in those scenes.
5. Though Halle Barry is a great actress in her own right, she didn't seem to fit as a Bond Girl in (DAD). May have worked better before she had won Best Actress award.
6. The Elliot Carver character in TND didn't work well, and kept the film from being on an overall equal quality plane with GE. Also, Carver's right hand man character didn't help things.
It's certainly right up there with the best of 'em!
Hardly controversial.
Quite. If this thread was the "least controversial opinions", you'd win hands down my friend.
1. I love title rumors don't ask me why I just do always have always will. Specifically the kind of title rumor that produces tons of amazing fan art here.
2. 5 years later there is still something undeniably cool of hearing the movie voice over guy saying "Quantum of Solace" I honestly don't know why.
3. Dominic Greene was underused there I said it
4. As it stands Quantum has gone nowhere and stands as the biggest loose end in the franchise (yes bigger the Irma Bunt)
5. Everything or Nothing is ok however Casino Royale by EA would of either been the best bond game ever or the worst I am unsure considering how EA liked to through in an excessive amount of far fetched gadgets how they would of done with Casino Royale however what is known about the game is nice.
6. The Hildebrand Rarity can work as a title for a film
At least Skyfall references the past Vesper arc, while DAF not only forgets Irma ever existed, but also gives no mention to Tracy or Bond's thirst for revenge. Calling it a "loose end" would be an under-statement. Skyfall was a one-off, so there's no reason to claim that the Craig era has completely forgotten about Quantum already. That said, they need to wrap that up; it is seriously a make it or break it thing with me.
Makes even better sense when you watch it this order "YOLT, DAF then OHMSS" Then continue on so forth. So it goes from 6 Connery films to Lazenby to Moore.
IMO one of the biggest mistakes of the franchise was them making YOLT before OHMSS
No, it's just called bad filmmaking. EON didn't get the $$$ they were hoping for with the more earnest and deep OHMSS, and then cashed in and checked out (story and characterization wise) for the abysmally unremarkable DAF. It is a slap in the face to Bond fans who expected some revenge fueled follow up all leading up to an epic Bond vs. Blofeld face off. Blofeld could have been Bond's Moriarty, but they cocked it up way too much by that point to salvage anything meaningful from the wreckage the franchise had become.
EONs James Bond 007 has done more for the genre than Ian Flemings James Bond 007.
Silva was more entertaining in any 5 seconds ("Chasing spies. England. MI6.", "Mommy was very bad.") than Carver is across all of TND. To each their own, but damn.
But as for completely ignoring Tracy's death, yeah, that was unforgivable and one the of major reasons I hate DAF so much.
Some of Silva's flamboyance just didn't work for me and the examples you gave are lines that were realised in a way that do absolutely nothing for me. In fact, I'll venture to say that Silva is a terribly overrated villain.
Some of Silva's flamboyance just didn't work for me and the examples you gave are lines that were realised in a way that do absolutely nothing for me. In fact, I'll venture to say that Silva is a terribly overrated villain.
Over the course of Fleming's writing career, his novels became wildly popular, and certainly long before the film Goldfinger inaugurated Bond mania. That popularity suggests that Fleming would hardly have been forgotten. But popularity aside, Fleming was obviously a literary genius. Even without the existence of the films, Fleming's work would be studied as seminal for the thriller genre.
As for the concluding sentence, it doesn't merit a response.
I agree with doubloego.