Masterpiece
Not only the best bond film, but also one of the best action movies ever made.
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Way down the list of best Bond films. The opening chase scene was way over the top and so unbelievable it was worth fast forwarding just to bypass it after the first minute or so. Actually most all the chase scenes are over the top. Not only that Danial Craig is the second worst James Bond in the series. Also Eva Green isn't in the running for the best Bond girl. I would place her in the lower 1/4 of the 23 Bond films. Case closed.
shareIt's one of the top five Bond movies ever.
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Lay off the crack pipe.
shareIt really is. I just don’t know how/why they failed to recapture the magic with the subsequent Craig films. It’s seems so simple - just hire Martin Campbell to direct and get Paul Haggis to polish the script, and possibly base the film on a preexisting novel (if Flemming has been exhausted then move on to the prestigious Bond writers who have come since)
Sam Mendes is far too ‘feminine’ a director - too arty and impressionistic, unlike the muscular direction of Campbell who crucially understands the Bond character, as we also saw with Goldeneye.
As you pointed out, this isn’t just a classy Bond film. It’s one of the best action movies ever made. The free-running scene is definitely a contender for best action scene ever made. Jaw-dropping every time.
The film is also pre-woke and still has a pair of balls, fifteen years later he’s being cut down to size by a black female agent with attitude 🤦🏻♂️ Yawn.
Sam Mendes is far too ‘feminine’ a director - too arty and impressionistic, unlike the muscular direction of Campbell who crucially understands the Bond character, as we also saw with Goldeneye.
The film is also pre-woke and still has a pair of balls, fifteen years later he’s being cut down to size by a black female agent with attitude 🤦🏻♂️ Yawn.
Agree. I was really aggravated at the end of Spectre when he throws his Walther away as a show of devotion to Madeline, and I'm saying this as a woman myself. The introduction of Madeline was not good for the original vision of Craig's Bond. share
It really is. I just don’t know how/why they failed to recapture the magic with the subsequent Craig films...
Because it was, quite literally, a one trick pony.
You substitute a real Bond film with a hard edged, Bourne type action film and it can work once due to change in style and freshness to the audience. But once that's been played out, you can't redo it. You land up with something like QoS...
Even the lesser formula films - say like Golden Gun, Diamonds Are Forever, The Living Daylights still have some trademark Bond humour / charm to them. If you just go with a straight action flick and it's shit, then you've just got a shit action flick...
The film is also pre-woke and still has a pair of balls...
I think I can see them!
https://cdn3.whatculture.com/images/2015/10/1MQB0s4p.jpg
Maybe not full on woke... share