Would you rather watch Dalton's Bond get revenge in LTK OR Craig's Bond get revenge in QOS?

Ludovico

I'd say that the wedding in LTK is a bit too short.

DEKE_RIVERS

mtm wrote: »

I watched it again for the first time in years recently (we're disappearing down a Batman hole!) and I know what you mean: that stuff did feel undeveloped and just comes to a sudden full stop at the end- we don't get an impression of how Bruce feels at all for avenging his parents. And yeah, that the Joker doesn't even know what he's going on about makes it even more unsatisfying. And yet... I was really impressed at just how watchable it was, it really belts along, it's absolutely terrific.

LTK definitely suffers from the same thing: it's like 1989 was oddly between two periods where they realised that adding a bit of personal stakes makes a film more compelling, but they kind of forget to follow through on them so it feels a bit unsatisfying to watch today. I really want to see that scene where Bond and M come to terms after everything he's done, I want to see the impact of him spoiling the Keller/stinger deal on Bond's actions for then on in, but we don't really get either. QoS at least attempts to show the impact of what's happening on its characters.

I also really want to see Dalton's Bond deliver his best man speech. He's so repressed and uptight about everything it would be great trying to watch him spit out a couple of bawdy jokes angrily and upset the crowd :D

This is why today's movies are so long.

LeonardPine

I was disappointed coming out of both Batman and LTK in 1989.

Mathis1

LeonardPine wrote: »

I was disappointed coming out of both Batman and LTK in 1989.

Ah mate. Can fully understand about the former, Batman most certainly did not live up to the massive hype, I found it a bore!
But LTK, I love, and thought it was a fabulous follow up to TLD, and now it's my favourite Bond film!