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It would be wonderful @Brady if Q could show some MacGyver like quality in a future Bond. It would be totally believable too as Whishaw would make it believable on screen. I really underestimated that actor at first, I have to admit that.
As for Desmond, no one will ever be able to replace him. But as with Connery, it was proven other actors can take the role. So Ben is in a good place now and I'm sure he could become this and future generations ultimate Q.
CR is much better
Kermode doesn't really like Bond that much, he's more of a horror buff. Though I agree with him that OHMSS is probably the best 007 entry. No offence to Calvin Dyson but I honestly don't see what the big fuss is about his reviews. Besides, 2 reviewers isn't much of a consensus.
CR is miles better, by the way.
I switched it off after a while. it still doesn't do it for me! Better than CR?? Not by a billion miles!
The plotting is better, the story is better, yes yes I get it.
But I never summon up the enthusiasm to watch CR the way I do SF. The latter is my favourite Craig Bond simply because I never tire of re-watching it. The look of the film, the flow of the film, I find it endlessly accessible.
CR is more of a chore simply because the last 20 minutes seem pasted on. Necessary of course (the story has to be concluded), but the film feels like it has already ended when Le Chiffre dies. In CR Craig is relentlessly terrific, the women are comparable to the 1960s Bond girls (higher praise than that is impossible to give), the cast excellent, the action is exciting, the cinematography exceptional, but it simply doesn't pull me in as much as SF does.
In that way both SF and SP are indeed easier to watch, and more escapist.
I don't find SF or QoS lighter at all, quite the opposite. CR works well for me because it strikes a perfect balance of light and shade, where SF and QoS have a similarly dour atmosphere.
I'm always flabbergasted at how many people on here dislike the finale. I think it's inventive, original, well paced and perfectly executed. In terms of dramatic build and pay-off it knocks the SF finale into a cocked hat. Just watch Vesper's final moments and Bond's reaction versus the Chapel scene in SF. No comparison imo.
I don't dislike the finale of CR, I just feel exhausted from the watching the film unfold up to Le Chiffre's death. It's hard to take any more. The film ends when LeChiffre dies, ends again when Vesper dies, and finally ends a third time at Mr White's villa.
My problem with SF is that any tension is undercut the moment Bond jokingly quips, 'I got into some deep water'. Remove that and you have a much more appealing scene.
at that point.
I also caught it on ITV (why do we do this when we have the DVDs anyway?), as a massive fan, I will always watch it again. Now this very much could be me looking too deeply into a movie and seeing things that are not there but freeze the clip at 0.38 and compare their profiles (forehead, nose, chin, cheekbones etc) , if someone told you they were mother and son, would you you see this? M as the mother figure and Bond's affection for M (and the bad guy's feeling so for M ) is the core theme and is this scene a clever way of re-enforcing this or is it just co-incidence? Happy to be torn to shreds on this one
I see where you're coming from though. They do share a slight resemblance.
Is this the Canadian version?
Moore is my favourite Bond. It's about context.
And you swapped with Connery?