Skyfall (aka Bond 23)
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Mad Old Lu
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I love GoldenEye. I'll admit it's not 100% perfect (I'm not crazy about some of the music cues, or the theme song even though I love U2, and a few other tiny nit picks) but I think it's like 99% there. You can see how Brosnan and Martin Campbell were trying to steer the character towards what he is in Casino Royale. Unfortunately, the succeeding directors for Brosnan all took him in wildly different directions, all straying further and further from what Campbell tried to establish. I loved how Bond seemed to be a top soldier first and foremost, and no one could get the drop on him (like on the yacht and the hotel pool). You really got the sense as to why Bond is considered the best agent in the world, much more so than any other actor before him, including Connery (blasphemous, I know). And that hand to hand fight with Trevelyan on the satellite is still one of the best fight sequences I've ever seen.
K07
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Goldeneye was my favorite. Until I saw Casino Royale. Could you explain what you like in Quantum better than Casino? I like it, own it, and re-watch it but nearly every thing in it pales in comparison to Casino for me. The villain, the girl, the cinematography, the editing, the theme song, and probably worst of all, the last action piece.
Mad Old Lu
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CR was good, but my main criticism is that I thought it wasn't Bond enough. I understand this is because "Bond" hasn't been established yet since this is his origin story. So because of this lack of "Bond"-ness, it felt more like a generic action movie. And as an action movie it was just pretty good. Some of the action scenes went on for too long to the point where it got tedious. For instance, I think the whole Bahamas and Miami sequences could have been cut out completely. And I didn't like Vesper. I put it on every once in a while but honestly I feel like the movie meanders and it ends up just boring me. But as a whole I thought it was pretty good and I appreciate what it does for the mythos of the series. I love the final Venice action scene.
Quantum, OTOH, I thought had a nice brisk pace. I thought the action was just right. I didn't mind the shaky cam stuff and didn't find it distracting. I loved the opening scene chase and the opera. I loved his interaction with Ms Fields. I loved the kill he did on the balcony in Haiti. And Bond was much more like the Bond we're all familiar with, but still with that Craig edge. It took the best character elements of CR and put them more in line with what the Bond series was like, while still avoiding the pitfalls of the old series (like too much humor or ridiculous gadgets and fantasy).
All this talk about them makes me want to watch them again! I'll give CR another watch and get back to you if my perspective has changed.
Kamandi
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I liked Goldeneye a lot. I also think Tomorrow Never Dies is underrated if only because Michelle Yeoh is so much fun to watch.
I also don't understand why so many people hate Quantum. It's not Casino, but it's still very good. If they just would've kept Greene from screaming in that fight scene at the end...
I also would've kept Mathis alive. A good character wasted.
I also don't understand why so many people hate Quantum. It's not Casino, but it's still very good. If they just would've kept Greene from screaming in that fight scene at the end...
I also would've kept Mathis alive. A good character wasted.
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The two best Bond IMO are Casino and Goldeneye.
Kamandi
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I wish there were a Dalton film i could add to the list. He was a good Bond in some bad films.
Kabukiman
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The Living Daylights was a good Bond movie.
K07
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I like shaky cam. But the editing jumped all over the place. The opening chase scene is cool. I can tell it's cool. But it took me two or three viewings to SEE the action. I like it more now than I did. Definitely one of the most intense car chases in the films.
The foot chase, again, has bad editing. They had all this choreography planned and executed but ruined it. I now understand the complaint in Nolan's Batman films. But this took it to a new level. I LOVE the opera though. Great scene. Great muted effects with the blaring opera. The jump cuts between the show and the chase were well done.
I loved that moment too. It feels so long to kill a man in these films.
My absolute favorite moment is the very end when he confronts Vespr's boyfriend and drops the necklace in the snow. I also love all scenes with Mathis. I liked him in CR, but love him in QoS.
Like I said, I like it. It's one of the only three Bond movies I personally own. Casino and Goldeneye are the others
I know very little about this other than M being a focus in the plot. Can't wait!
intothevoid
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Inception was the best Bond movie
Oh wait...
Oh wait...
EXOTICLEX
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Transformers 3 and Star Trek had very good IMAX conversions.
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But TDK and TDKR were not filmed entirely in IMAX. The 35mm footage had to be converted for IMAX.
Same with Mission Impossible 4 and Transformers ROTF. Which also had scenes filmed in IMAX.
So regardless of whether or not a film has some IMAX footage, it is still going to be converted.
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I agree, The Living Daylights doesn't get as much love as it deserves.
Plus a Bond theme by A-Ha? What more could you want?
Deckard
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I do enjoy the action of this series and look forward to the next installment of "The Bond Identity" but enough time has passed from Casino Royale and none of these feel like Bond to me. The dynamics just aren't quite right, no Q, lack of gadgets, even realistic ones (not that realistic matters, he fell out of a plane), lack of memorable villains. And even though the plots are interconnected they don't feel like consquences or actions are carrying over from one movie to the next.
For my money theres still only 5 James Bond movies.
For my money theres still only 5 James Bond movies.
intothevoid
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But TDK and TDKR were not filmed entirely in IMAX. The 35mm footage had to be converted for IMAX.
Same with Mission Impossible 4 and Transformers ROTF. Which also had scenes filmed in IMAX.
So regardless of whether or not a film has some IMAX footage, it is still going to be converted.
Mad Old Lu
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Maybe this deserves its own thread, but:
https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/1338823/bond_24_lined_up_for_2014.html
I remember reading an interview with Daniel Craig some time last year, and he alluded to wanting to do one more than Roger...so that would be 8 films. I don't think that will happen, but if he stops when he's fifty, say, we could get another three films out of him, tying with Connery.
