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Much obliged, madam.
Having just watched this, can anyone in the know shed some light for me on what is the most likely shape of the script? This reviewer seems to imply that there may be trouble ahead but I am trying to look at it positively in that 3 writers had a bash at this and then an auteur too - Makes me think 4 heads - Better than 1 ?
http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/kino/james-bond-spectre-trailer-zeigt-boesewicht-christoph-waltz-a-1044847.html
I actually think it was a terrorist attack that for whatever reason coincided exactly when Bond is shooting his sniper rifle.
Exactly.
I was hoping that we'd have the darker, colder spy like that of the Bond in the books for atleast Craig's tenure. I don't want a Bond who is funnier than he is in 2006's Casino Royale. That's too much comedy. I think it's okay how he responds to Madeline Swann but I don't think he should be sitting there joking with M. That's taking things too far. If he utters one line clankers following someone's death or something like that, then this will hinder my enjoyment of the film considerably.
I wouldn't want that either. They tempered the humour well in CR. SF went too far imo, I'm hoping they rein it in again with SP.
I think its a hard thing to get right when done well in all Bonds its fantastic, when its done wrong its cringy.
Two of my favorites old and new
Diamonds
James is being served Sherry early into the film, Sherry is a blended dessert wine, high alcohol and sweet. He says to M, "Pity about your liver sir, it's an unusually fine solera. '51 I believe."
M replies, "There is no year for sherry, 007."
Not to be topped, James says, "I was referring to the original vintage on which the sherry is based. 1851. Unless I'm mistaken?"
I enjoyed the boyful playfulness. Bond being a smart a*rse in front of M, and M chopping him down. It represented everything about their relationship.
Skyfall
James Bond: I read your obituary of me.
M: And?
James Bond: Appalling.
M: Yeah, I knew you'd hate it. I did call you "an exemplar of British fortitude".
James Bond: That bit was all right.
Both great moments. That level of wit would be perfect for me. Just hoping we don't get too many conspicuous one liners.
One liners mostly aren't good. In fact, very often, they are terrible.
No, you're not the only one. Wooden delivery of a pretty wooden line if that's the context.
It might work in context, but in the context of the trailer it feels 'written' and comes across as dialogue written for a 'generic Bond', rather than 'DC Bond'.
Hmm, I tend to disagree. That example that was mentioned earlier from SF ("That bit was allright") didn't really work for me. I think it got mostly unnoticed, because of the entire atmosphere where Bond uttered that line. It was dark, gloomy. And the entire conversation was part of a rather moody discussion that "M" started. I'm pretty sure that audiences didn't really catch that 'witty line'.
Way better IMO was that short scene in the London Underground where Bond simply utters "Open. The. Doorrr!", after he 'jumped' on the back of the metro. Hilarious, typical Craig-esque, but made funnier by the given situation.
The line from the SP-trailer, "I was taking some overdue holiday" IMO was way more effective. It worked because the camera was fully zoomed in on Craig's face. A face with a Connery-esque smile (Remember Sean Connery in "NSNA": "And God knows how many free radicals I have eliminated!"). And it was not really a discussion between "M" and 007. Bond got lectured pretty heavily....Bernard Lee-esque style. And then, when you don't expect it, he says the line. Even the music afterwards, a loud, brassy Bond theme queue, has that wit.
And here those reviews from so called "movie fanatics" on YouTube are exactly interesting to watch! Because most of them immediately smile after Daniel utters the line "I was just taking some overdue holiday". By the way, please take in mind that "movie fanatics" on YouTube aren't necessarily Bond fans.
I like it too. Dont have a problem with it. I think people need to realise that although Malory harkend back to a more old school M, his relationship with Bond is going to be more relaxed than the relationship Lee had with his Bonds. Bond's first interaction with Malory in SF set the relationship dynamic between the two and although Bond in all likelihood will give Malory more professional courtesy than he gave Dench's M, it's not going to be as stringently formal as things were when Lee and Brown were in the role.
Agree on 'open the door', great moment. One of the best bits of DC humour.
Still not sold on the 'overdue holiday', it's a reactionary witticism and DC rarely does those well. SF offering the worst example, 'I got into some deep water'. Moore and Connery were experts, but DC is better when he takes the lead and the quips are either more subtle and cutting, 'Guten Abend' in CR, or more situational, such as 'You must be joking' in SF.
Very true. Dalts definitely would have benefitted from these lines being rewritten, or better still, omitted.