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I know..talk about over-rated,and to think they can rival Bond ? ...get a life..
"Arrrr, Turner has woman's hands, my lord!"
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The first 3 are entertaining. But they lack the suave sophistication of bond.
Hahahaha Major,that is one of the best quips you have ever done....the old Tom Baker seadog episode...
That has made my night.....brilliant...respect old friend haha...
If anything, it is the MI series (the last two, namely GP & RN) that has come closest to capturing the pre-Craig Bond fantasy, glamour and style. At least from my perspective, they have done an excellent job of it. The last film is easily my favourite in this genre since CR.
Yes add me to the bored with Bourne list. Except maybe for the first one. It was ok but I don't want to own it ..or watch it.
Taking it back to actors, Tom Ellis has the look but I've never seen him in anything.
Debatable. Personally I would only rank Casino Royale as ahead. Rogue Nation is an incredibly entertaining, well made film that left SPECTRE in its shadow.
Well said. I only saw the first three and although I thought they were entertaining, they tend to run together for me.
but @bondjames, the MI films, especially the last two, have never made Bond box office. That's saying something, no? That yes, it's silly and fun, but Bond films, even with the faults of the last two, have an extra layer of "something more, something better".
Bond doesn't need to go back to the Rog years (they were brilliant because of Rog). Bond needs to follow a more Fleming'esque path that has so delightfully been executed in most of the films since CR. No change is necessary, just more development. Babs has taken the MI franchise on, and the Bourne, and TMFU and she's beaten them at the box office.
The new era will never be able to replicate the golden age of the 60s, but it does come close in this claustrophobic market we have now. Bond, and the actor who has played him, has never been in better hands SINCE the 60s.
I think the last two MI films have been spectacular. In combination, I much preferred GP/RN to SF/SP, no matter what the box office results were. RN retained far more of the GP audience from four years prior than SP did of the SF audience (only from 3 years prior), and that's saying something.
I enjoyed SF immensely though, and I really appreciated that they didn't try to 'out action' the previous year's MI-GP, but rather went in a different, darker direction. That was the right way to play it with Mendes at the helm, as it worked to his strengths.
I agree that one shouldn't try to replicate the Moore era. They tried that in the 90's and failed (at least in my view). Sir Roger is unique & inimitable and EON should know that by now. That doesn't mean that they can't go for a slightly lighter touch next time around (as Cruise has successfully done with the last two MI entries). Or they can go for a more suspense oriented entry if they want. Both will work.
I just hope they lay off the 'Bond back story' going forward. One can make a darker, more thriller-like entry without delving into the personal demons of the protagonist, and that's what I'd prefer. I'm sick of the 'peeling back the layers' stuff to be honest. What was novel in CR has become quite tiresome now, at least for this viewer.
The last time I watched RN I did a little experiment; In my minds eye I replaced Hunt with Bond. I pictured Craig in place of Cruise. While some adjustments would have to made, the results were exactly what I want in a modern Bond. The opera scene in particular was incredible viewed this way.
I disagree. I'd go as far as to say Rogue nation is better than every Craig outing apart from CR.