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Well prepare to be disappointed. The producers have said that SF will have more humour than CR and QOS.
Possibly but they could end up doing what the new spider-man film is doing and releasing this extended footage closer to the time of release.
Oh, I've certainly prepared for that. I definitely have my reservations about this film. I'm not expecting anything wonderful that's for sure. As soon as I read the QOS reviews shortly after the UK release, I suspected from the beginning that they'd go too far in the humour department for Bond 23 due to the criticism regarding QOS supposedly having too little humour. SF will have too much action too. The contemporary Bond films will never live up to the late great Bond films of the pre Brosnan era. Gone are the glorious days. It had to end somehwere though. :)
Well, they have said there will be some 'classic' & loved characters introduced, so you never know.
Oh, and MIB 3 was fun as well!
I couldn't agree more with these observations!
Two things potentially thrill me about Skyfall.
One is the fact that it is partly set in England - about time!
The second is the hope that we might get some Flemingesque touches regarding character development.
I do have two corresponding concerns - certainly I don't want more humour - just give me more story and be careful with the imitation Bourne action sequences. This style has been superseded by a new bone crunching realism as demonstrated in "The Siege" and "Hay Wire." I hope "Skyfall" adopts this wide shot realism and drops the frenetic cutting technique.
Regards,
Bentley
Sam, it can't happen soon enough for me brother. I am definitely highly jealous that I wasn't there to see it myself.
I have a 46" Sony Bravia and a soundbar, which is a wonderful alternative to a surround sound system and far less wiring. I'll bet it looked awesome. Lucky you.
As far as humor, I'm ready for some. While I appreciated the humor there was in QOS, I'd rather see SkyFall return more to some of the playful character interactions we got in CR and some Connery/Moore type one liners. I think the movie will be serious enough otherwise and I am very optimistic that this movie could be one of the finest in the entire series based on what little I have seen and read.
Are you trying to provoke a kicking from the anti-humour brigade? I'd be careful what you say round here. Careless talk costs lives!
When did they make this terrible but expected announcement just of curiosity?
I don't believe they - point blank - did. It will have funny lines but so did the past two films.
I feel it will be a little more in line with Casino Royale and Quantum Of Solace than people care to admit.
If you've read some of the script, it is very in line with Desmond Llewelyn's work of the past. Some great lines and 'fun' will come from this. I'm really looking forward to it.
If humour must be included, the Q scenes are as good a time as any, to do it.
Where is the script? Have you read it?
I think the whole 'humour' debate is slightly retarded. Most people (including DC) have stated they'd like it if Bond lightened up a bit. This doesn't mean people want a return to the Roger Moore years (if only!) but rather that you can take the whole glum, dour Bond thing a bit too far. Any way, I suspect everyone fundamentally agrees, but just likes an argument too much to admit it.
No, TB could balance humor with everything else, things lost in the Moore films.
The point surely is that TB was overall more humourous than CR and QoS, NOT that any one wants to go back to Moore-esque slapstick. There seems to be an inability/refusal to accept that there is any middle ground between MR and QoS. This argument can and will go on for ever because those 'arguing' simply refuse to recognise gradations of humour in the Bond series - for them it's either 2 hours of jokes or 2 jokes in 2 hours, with no middle ground.
I'm all for great one-liners, I just don't want a comedy packed Bond films that is more poky/camp than a serious spy adventure. TB is a great example of a great high intensity plot and also the best humor of the Connery era. The thing about the humor in Connery's era is that there is great content there, but it isn't slabbed on like it is in Moore's films, and it leaves room for great action and drama in addition.
Well, I think that's what everyone wants to see now. Unless you think CR and QoS fully delivered that satisfying full-fat experience you've just described.
Fair enough. I don't claim that they are without humour, but would beg to differ. IMO, good solid films that they are, they do not provide the fully satisfying full-fat burger and cheese of action and humour that I expect from a proper Bond movie. I believe DC is on record saying pretty much the same thing.
I've never heard him say that, especially about CR.
“You have to have a script that has the bones of comedy,” Craig tells us. “Comedy in Bond films, for me, comes out of the situations people get into. They're exciting, and hopefully heart-stopping, and the comedy comes out of one-liners and things. When Sam [Mendes] came in, it was key for all of us that there's a lightness of touch in the writing that's not been as evident in the past two.”
Producer Barbara Broccoli agrees. “It's got those situations where you think, 'You could only see this in a Bond movie,'” she adds. “That's where the wit comes into it.”
So something like what Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol managed?