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I actually think the car chase and Sienna rooftop chase and kitchen/opera chase are quite visceral in QoS. They have real tension as far as I was concerned. Wish the car chases had been longer - it is beautifully filmed IMO. The Sienna chase is pretty badly edited though, making it difficult to understand what is actually going on. I thought the PTS in SF was very bland generic action stuff. Bond smashing his bike into the bridge and magically landing on the train and the stuff with the digger was yawn inducing for me (and out of character - Bond does not need to use a digger to chase one man). And please no more popping the cufflinks in Bond 24 - thought we'd left naff stuff in the Brosnan era. Totally takes you out of the scene. The fact they'd shown everything before release, including Bond getting shot, did not help though.
Any way, yes, the car chase and opera chase in QoS beat any of the action in SF IMO. Stylish, beautifully shot and exciting.
The car chase in QoS was over-edited. Count the number of cuts next time. It doesn't really add anything to the film either.
I like it. And I really love the way it is preceded by the long sweeping shot across the lake. QoS is a far more visually interesting film IMO than SF. SF looks fine but I do slightly feel people are over-doing the whole 'ooh Roger Deakins' stuff. Like someone else has said, the shots are often quite narrow, so we rarely get any sweeping sense of location. The feel looks and feels cramped and claustrophobic. Just my view any way. Sure I'll get shot to pieces for that comment.
So many Bond movies have ended in glorious locations - OHMSS, FYEO, CR, where you have a real sense of place. Again, perhaps it's because I ruined it for myself by watching the filming so clsoely, but I found those closing scenes a bit drab.
I agree with that. I actually loved everything involving Skyfall and I got a kick out of Bond throwing the knife. Bond breaking through the ice and the struggle underwater is one of my favourite scenes actually.
The only thing I did not like is that Bond does not even for one second shiver after that.
And Tennyson was one of the most inspirational things ever seen in Bond imho.
As someone said Fleming was never averse to throwing in a few gay characters in his books. And when someone says 'Don't get me wrong I'm not homophobic' it usually means the exact opposite.
DTK, Bond just said it to show Silva he wasn't intimidated by him. He wasn't telling the truth. You say that people won 't be able to recognize the sarcasm, but really, people are smarter than you give them credit for.
some of my best friends are Roger Moore fans
At least your woman agrees with you on Bond. My insane fiance doesn't like Dalton X( she reckons Brosnan (at least that's something) and Craig are the best.
:x
I have no Mrs :(
Never mind. Enjoy being single while it lasts....it won't last forever.
Yeah, well...Neither does James! He has bad luck in that area, so consider yourself lucky that you haven't experienced the problems he has.
I WISH WITH ALL MY HEART my Mrs. were still alive. Whether you agree with them or not, be glad you have them. Being a widower at 49 truly sucks way worse than most of the negative posts I've read here.
How's that for perspective? People crying over every little thing they didn't like. Pathetic.
We get way too wrapped up about every little thing here. It's only a bloody movie
How did I become Sir Hilary???
No my friend Bain, you were not whining. Believe me. This thread is such a whinefest that I hope they brought some cheese. Life is way too short and full of real problems to get this upset over a film you didn't like.
I am sorry about your wife @SirHenryLeeChaChing and it does put things in perspective. I feel the same about my dad (well, he wasn't my real dad but my real dad is a knobhead frankly).
* Most of the casino scene which is a bit too comedic and I find much of the dialogue exchanged between Severine and Bond in this segment cheesy.
* Some of the one liners. For the Craig era, I feel more natural humour like in CR (not that all the humour in this film is natural though but most is) is more suited.
* The fact that the DB5 had an ejector seat and machine guns. This was unnecessary.
These are my three main issues. I don't really like how Eve became Moneypenny either but I accept the fact that this is mainstream Hollywood and that all these characters seem to have to have a glorified, romanticised background history. Another minor criticism is that I think the romance scenes between Bond and Severine and the girl at the beginning are too short along with the "enjoying death" scenes near the beginning of the film.
All I'm saying is that it would be a shame to lose a fellow Bond fan.