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True he does come across as an idiot: "Ha Ha! Great clown bit!"
Pros:
-Gun-barrel is at the start, where it fits best.
-The PTS is one of my favorites in the series; the Day of the Dead festival was an awesome setting, and the chase/brawl with Sciarra was solid.
-The lighter tone, while not always consistent, did benefit the film at times I thought. I liked "Stay!", the music gag in the car, and a couple of the lines between Bond and Q in particular. Unfortunately, not all the humor works, but when it does it was nice.
-The SPECTRE meeting. Just a really great, memorable Bond sequence.
-The scenes in Austria. Bond's final scene with Mr. White, meeting Madeleine, and the action sequence are all some of my favorite parts in the movie and worked very well I think.
-The train fight. Classic Bond moment. Second-best train fight to FRWL.
-Bringing back SPECTRE and Blofeld. I was happy to see Craig get to battle against the most famous Bond baddies, since Craig is my favorite Bond alongside Connery.
-Bringing back Mr. White and giving him a satisfying arc. I waited since QoS for it and was pleased.
-The way SPECTRE as an organization is portrayed. Very ominous, powerful, and adapted in a modern way pretty well.
-The cast. They all fit pretty well I think. Some people knock on Craig's and Waltz's performances, but I don't really have a problem with them. I think Waltz's Blofeld, while not great, is definitely overhated.
-The use of locations. I have no complaints about this area at all; I particularly wanted a new snowy location for Craig's Bond and got one.
-Ralph Fiennes is perfectly satisfactory as M, and I'd like to see him return.
Cons:
-"The dead are alive"; unnecessary, don't like it.
-The over-involvement of Q, Moneypenny, and Tanner. I like Q and Moneypenny fine (I don't really like Tanner though), but they all need to take a backseat again in the next one.
-Making Silva a SPECTRE agent. Just unnecessary and diminishes SF's standalone quality. It still can be standalone-ish, but connecting Silva to SPECTRE just doesn't feel right.
-Making Blofeld Bond's foster brother. Just a failed attempt to make the film have a personal angle and really adds no depth to Blofeld's character. He should have stayed separate from Bond's childhood; I don't think it's the travesty many will say it is, but it's just totally unnecessary and forced into the story.
-Generally the final third of the film. It's just far too predictable and not very creative. The action itself is fine, but there are too many no-nos: 1) Bond magically destroying Blofeld's entire base right after intense torture 2) Bond and Madeleine's relationship was a little forced; IMO, felt less authentic than Tracy and Vesper. I still think Madeleine's character is fine though 3) The timed bomb climax has just been done to death by now; the suspense was gone etc. I could nitpick other things like the predictability of Bond not shooting Blofeld, but those are the main ones.
I'm sure I could list plenty more for both sides, but these are the ones that spring to mind. I've called this the most up-and-down Bond film for me. It sits around the middle of my ranking (#15), and I view it as a decent but flawed Bond film. I'm very intrigued to see where they go from here in Bond 25.
@Birdleson if you are forced to pick which one thing do you hate most about SP?
What about THR?
Me too.
Oooooh I wouldn't recommend that lads .
Climax: CASINO ROYALE 1954
The gunbarrel!!!!
Actually it's not really, but kind of reminds me of the iconic GB.
Still, I'll take this over the cold opens from QOS and SF.
William Lundigan intro............he's been in some films..........
I dig Bond's dinner jacket. According to Suits of James Bond it might be buff in color. A deep yellowish/cream hue.
"It's like any game you win or you lose"- Bond's delivery is very Wally Cleaver. In fact Bond and Leiter kind of look like adult versions of Wally and The Beaver.
He probably would have made a great Count Dracula in a regular Dracula film.
Bond and Valerie making out............it's okay and makes Barry look reasonably smooth...........until she starts calling him Jimmy.
Very 2017, barbers using old school clippers and cutting close. Everyone in my town seems to have variation of the Daniel/Skyfall cut.
Interesting how 20 years ago Brosnan era, a haircut like Barry Nelson's or Jack Webb's would be considered way too short, but today, crew-cuts/buzz-cuts are immensely popular.
Leiter being threatened with a gun.........
phone rings......
"It might be for you"........
Leiter is pretty cool here actually.
If only he knew how iconic the part would become.
Yes. He was pretty nervous. I read in an interview he had said people thought he was trying to imitate Bogart, but it was pure fear.
Indeed. What a cool link, though to Bond. A golden age actor playing 007 as the first filmed incarnation. Barry Nelson is pretty cool. He's great in A Guy Named Joe with Spencer Tracy, and of course, The Shining.