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... Blofeld had heard her father say that, or something very similar, in SP, on the video that records his death.
Also, in NTTD, Bond makes his comment, "We all have our secrets, we just didn't get to yours yet," in the car just after that phone call from Blofeld. Actually, there's a cut to some action and then the Bond comment. Was it a live phone call and Blofeld was listening in?
And if Madeleine was the only one Blofeld was taking to in the prison, and given his obsession with Bond, it's not difficult to imagine him eliciting that information from Madeleine ....
Just some thoughts ....
Me too.
I thought the last few minutes of SP were wonderful, by the way. I so wish the Craig era would have finished there.
Exactly. I wrote of this a few pages ago: in death, Bond's image is split. There are two of him. "Two Jameses."
Thanks for posting the perfect capture of that.
The last 30 minutes of SP take place after the end of NTTD!
NTTD isn't real - it's all in Bond's head while he's being tortured in the crater base in SP. He's alive, man! ;)
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I don’t think the sentiment was directed at these types of very reasonable reactions. It seems like in the community there are some “overreactions”, is all.
Irritated, I can totally get. I’ve had that with some movies irritate me, but never extends beyond the immediate moment of watching it.
Methinks a few users here exaggerate for the drama. I’ve seen at least two posts made by “shell shocked” husbands needing to “console” their “hysterical” wives after attending NTTD. As if.
Merry Christmas.
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It's classic hyperbole. I've cried every time I've seen it but in no way does that qualify someone as being depressed or hysterical. I just show my emotions more readily than others and movies with sad endings always tend to make me cry anyway. I don't know.. The moment gets to me. It's five minutes then... I'm done. I suspect wives are being used to further arguments here when really they're probably setting an example on how to treat it.
The girl sitting next to me was wiping tears at the end. My sister did the same.
Biggest laugh: "Q shut up"
2nd place: "Another child?"
Other laughs were in the right places. Matilde's slinky got a chuckle
Just my opinion, but horrible film. All over the place, reflective of chaotic early production. Why do we need to give Bond a family? Who do we need to sacrifice him?
Bond rejected Madeleine despite the clear setup because ... trust issues? Safin wanted to prune the world of people because ... tidy? Bond needed to die because ... drama?
Don’t get me wrong. Craig was spectacular in Casino Royale, itself a brilliant movie, top 3 Bond hands down. Quantum is a misunderstood bullet and Skyfall has its charms as the broody one. But it should’ve stopped there. In hindsight, Craig should’ve stopped there. Spectre and No Time to Die are awful. Awful.
My lasting impression of this movie will be Craig limping around Safin’s lair for an interminable period before catching a missile on the chest. His end was more irritating than anything else.
Why? Why was this necessary? Are we so mired in television narrative arcs that each Bond instalment must now out-soap the last?
I really like Daniel Craig. But his “arc” has overstayed it’s welcome. Time for some decent storytelling and not these gargantuan messes weighed down by silly baggage.
Use spoiler tags please, I wasn't ready to read that.😢
First reaction, I really enjoyed it. Even the ending. Although it's not the normal way for a Bond film to end, I thought the story arc for Daniel Craig's OO7 played out well. I can understand it's not for everyone, but personally I had no problem with it.
I loved the look and direction, the score and Ken Adam style sets. Much better writing than SP, and although the villains plot may seem a little weak, it's still a decently evil Bond villain scheme. Top marks for Ana De Armas inclusion, and I even like her role was an extended cameo.
12,007th post ^
The more I think about the use of We Have All the Time in the World in NTTD, the more it angers me. It is lazy production at best and an insult to OHMSS/Tracy Bond at worst. It doesn't fit and is undeserving. There is only one Mrs James Bond.
I am glad the Craig era is done and it ended how it did. It is the final act of Craig trying to be different and stand out. It worked. Well done. But time for a change in direction. I was half expecting him to pull out a locket and take in a photo of Judi Dench in his last moments.
It's a game of opinions and so many will disagree. But I am fed up of leaving a Bond movie and feeling deflated, exhausted, downbeat and pessimistic.
Come on, he is just messing with us. If there is no Santa Claus, how come we still have Christmas and presents every year? How would that work?
I've cried every time I've seen it. It's an immensely moving film. I have found different parts get me every time. Last time I watched it, Bond and Madeleine pulling into Matera with WHATTITW playing nearly did me in.
When I first saw it, I wished Bond had kept the line at the end we have all the time in the world. But every viewing, I've loved the change to you more and more. In his last moments, he was able to give the time to her (and Mathilde) that his previous choices denied them. Craig's delivery is wrenching, and I'm always wiping my eyes.
However, instead of feeling depressed at the end, I usually can't wait to watch it again.
Sure, I'm a progressist, and I always wished what happens in NTTD happened in QOS right after CR. (In fact it would have if QOS had actually been Property Of A Lady).
The Craig era was never about the rulebook of traditions being ripped up and thrown out. It was on the contrary about going back to the roots. It was never about to move away from the original 20. It was to reach back in the inner Bond, and add progressively the elements we love about the original 20.
There were two distincts Bonds, the Fleming Bond and the Cinematic Bond, and the Craig era has been about marrying them together. Restore the authenticity of Bond.
BlondeBond I didn't cry in the end because I know Bond will be back (and I'm about 80% certain it will be a continuity). What really moved me is the Pre-credits sequence because it's insanely good. It's the best pre-credits sequence in the history of the Bond films. It had all the action, the surprises, but also it has what defines Bond, a conflicted man who live on the edge and who can never find peace.
That moment when Lea put her hand on her belly, and move to keep track of him, and he turns back to her emotions, and then disappears, man... This is the best definition of Bond ever put on film.
As noted on the recent Richard Maibaum thread, the writer Penelope Gilliatt once famously referred to Bond films as "modern mythology" and the ending of NTTD has taken that idea to heart - quite literally. With his death, Bond has become a mythic figure worthy of the heroes of the ancient past.