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Temple of Doom is my favorite for how wild it is. I didn't think Crystal Skull was that bad, either. Too much CGI but it was fun seeing an Indiana Jones movie on the big screen for the first time. It didn't really feel like part of the trilogy, m…
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Gun barrel opens onto M's office. "Miss Moneypenny, send in Robo-Oh-Seven." The door opens. In steps CraigBond, who's now part cyborg. "Good to have you back, Bond. How do your new parts feel?" "You might say I'm quite..." turns to the camera …
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AKillToAView wrote: » I think there's also the issue that up until the last few years, most obvious (which is not the same thing as inherently bad) CGI effects looked like digital intrusions on photochemical film. Which has trained people to as…
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The torture scene was originally supposed to be a dinner sequence with Bond and Blofeld. Not sure why it was changed. Maybe they just wanted Blofeld to look as sadistic as possible.
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Benny wrote: » I wonder @slide_99 , what do you like about the Bond films? I don't recall a positive post from you. I like: the focus on plots (compared to most other action franchises) the tinge of fantasy the style and humor Bond as a …
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"So, 007, you failed to retrieve the undercover list, a foul-up which directly lead to the executions of several MI6 agents, you went AWOL for a month during which time we suffered a terrorist attack, and then you kidnapped the head of British intel…
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Spectre's ending is pretty on-the-nose. The whole movie is about whether Bond will continue his life of killing or fulfill Vesper's wish for him to do something else. Bond chose the latter, thew his gun into the river, and drove off with the girl.…
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That deleted scene from TWINE where M chides Bond for believing that villains live in hollowed-out volcanoes would have raised continuity issues, as it presented the Connery era as not being canon to Brosnan's. I think the producers had it cut beca…
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ColonelAdamski wrote: » CrabKey wrote: » I absolutely get your point. But isn't that what we've had to do with every change of actor? We accept a new Bond in a new timeline that has no connection to the previous films. I think people th…
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peter wrote: » @slide_99 ... Since you haven't seen NTTD, how exactly did the plot "go through massive" contortions", to make sure Bond died? Killing Bond is no different than killing 009. The writers knew that was the ending, and they wrote to…
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MakeshiftPython wrote: » slide_99 wrote: » There's a difference between knowing how your script is going to end based on the story you're writing, and coming up with a story to justify an ending. So… basically most movies ever written. …
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There's a difference between knowing how your script is going to end based on the story you're writing, and coming up with a story to justify an ending.
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I wouldn't want strict time limits because some stories just need a bit longer to tell. I never felt OHMSS's or CR's runtimes. The problem with the recent Bonds was that they were thin on plot and wasted so much time with overlong establishing sho…
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I wouldn't mind Bond having an occasional smoke, like if he's weathering the cold or something. Both Brosnan and Craig actually look more traditionally Bondian with cigarettes.
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I was never bothered by the loose continuity of "Bond Prime" (DN-DAD) because those were self-contained adventures that ran on a basic set of rules. Bond and Blofeld meeting twice in YOLT and OHMSS didn't bother me for the same reason that Connery…
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@Mendes4Lyfe I agree that the Craig era suffered from a lack of imagination. The model for a great action sequence is something like the Cortina chase in FYEO: motorcyclists pursuing Bond on skis, and then it ups the ante by having them go down a …
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Bond sleeps with a henchgirl in all of them but AVTAK is OOO because May Day turns good at the end?
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CrabKey wrote: » 263 pages in, fans checking in, commenting, etc. Are the producers thinking about the next Bond as feverishly as everyone here? One wonders if there is the same sense of urgency. The way that Barbara talks about Craig in in…
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With Mel directing LW5, the best he could do is give it a completely different feel from the previous movies, like what Stallone did with Rambo 4. Find a new take on old characters and some new story to tell. It'd be a fool's errand to try to recr…
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I'd welcome Campbell back. His non-Bond films are irrelevant; he understands what makes these movies work and he also understands how to bring Bond to life on screen. Neither Brosnan nor Craig recaptured the steely-yet-charismatic performances the…
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AI would be a good topic to explore in Bond 27 or 28, after Bond 26 gives us a more normal Bond movie. As long as it doesn't involve terminator-like robots like that unused Dalton script, Bond going up against some sort of AI-related conspiracy wou…
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In defense of the Brosnan era, it was the first time since the 60s where the Bond series wasn't too obviously aping other franchises. Apart from TND and DAD taking a few visual cues from what was popular in action movies at the time, the Brosnan fi…
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Nolan has the right sensitivities for Bond, at least better than Mendes, but he doesn't always have the right sensitivities for casting. If only Pattinson hadn't wasted his talents with the Batman role he and Nolan could have re-teamed for Bond 26.
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If the price of Nolan directing Bond is ATJ playing the role, I'd rather the producers hire another director.
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Jordo007 wrote: » Imagine if Craig came back back for Bond 26 haha, I thought they'd paint themselves into a corner with Spectre's ending I don't know him, but I think Bill was just messing around "Somehow Bond returned."
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I think an Asian setting would have undermined LTK. Bond going south of the border into a lawless land ruled by drug lords heightens the danger he's in and also brings out his own gangster-ish character traits. Of course, SE Asia is plenty dangero…
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Hayek would've been miscast unless they changed Jinx to be a voluptuous seductive type as opposed to an action heroine. Berry looked good doing the physical stuff, something I can't see Hayek doing, even with her bullet-proof chest. The problem is …
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My second favorite Bond game after EoN. Did a great job of putting Craig's Bond into a more traditionally Bondian plot. My only complaint is that the Russian levels were too trigger-happy and came off seeming like a generic shoot-em-up. On a side…
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CraigMooreOHMSS wrote: » As an Irishman, I take issue with Fleming's depiction of Grant from the FRWL novel which stemmed from clear dislike of the Irish people. They should remove it entirely. Or, I could just act like an adult and enjoy it fo…
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brinkeguthrie wrote: » Good take here from Screenrant. https://screenrant.com/james-bond-26-daniel-craig-007-different-how/#bond-26-should-honor-classic-characters Bond Needs Better Gadgets As long as they're clever, but I didn't exactly mis…
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