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Oh there are similarities, but the feel is completely different. Both villains are miles apart in appearance, demeanor, etc. Their schemes are different. The atmosphere too. In fact, QOS reminds me more of Once Upon a Time in the West and Chinatown, at least when Bond is in America. Because the villain has the same scheme, but also because of the overall atmosphere.
I'd say it's THE best. Also, one of the few films to ever benefit from a writer's strike. It forced Craig & the director to come up with stuff on the hard fly. Innovative & creative.
You've heard the documentaries etc....this was not a comfortable movie to make. And that was a plus given the nature of how Bond's state of being is.
The mood was rather somber on the set during many scenes. A couple of them in particular were Mathis' death and even in Pinewood studios for scenes like Kazaan, Russia.
This wasn't a fully staffed film crew wise. It really did feel lonely enough for David Arnold to pick up and exemplify the mood in post production filmed work as he was composing.
It pushed everyone to such a higher standard of working like it was an art house and independent film in a way that secured work for many people who were involved in QoS. If you don't believe me, just look at how many collaborations among QoS cast members there have been without DC necessarily....the Mission Impossible franchise....Olgya Kurylenko being cast in films like Oblivion with Tom Cruise and even November Man with Pierce Brosnan were not coincidental.
Oh and Delenda Carthago: a series of graphic novels set between QOS and SF would be great.
The producers need to be less worried about experimenting and need to take a huge step away from checking off boxes in this series' tropes.
Box-checking/algorithm-safe attitudes in film and TV really kill my enjoyment anymore. I gave up on most Netflix action movies lately because it's the most generic, by-the-book stuff imaginable.
Of course, I'm not likening Bond to, say, that horrible The Gray Man but a little experimentation would be lovely to see. I hope this next era really shocks us and doesn't play it safe. I don't think we're returning to the formula-driven films of the past anytime soon, so if that's not the case, do something fresh, different, or at least not a copycat of the Craig era.
Also swinging back… the Mathis Italian villa scene flowing into the airplane moment is one of my favorite sequences in the series. It falls perfectly right in the middle of the film, and provides a crucial introspective moment.
FRWL being a troubled production almost sounds like a made-up trivia bit simply because of how incredible that film is across the board.
And FRWL was one of the greatest movies in the franchise.
It's like you're waiting for him to snap, he's blinded by inconsolable rage
Absolutely mate. I love Skyfall but I do wish we'd had more this Bond from Daniel
So in that sense I don't think we missed out. It's just that the style and even tone of the films slowly changed.
Nicely put. I can agree in ways.
That would sell like hot cakes now especially since it wouldn't be releases alongside another Bond game as was done with GE007
Bloodstone....the last best Bond video game.
I’ve been meaning to try Blood Stone for years now, and I actually own the game, but I just have never found the time to play it. I’m much more of an “EA Bond Era” Fan, and my automatic go-to is FRWL. But hearing word of mouth of Blood Stone, and having suffered through 007 Legends, I agree with you.
007 Legends has no soul.
It didn't feature Daniel Craig's voice.
"Miss" in what sense? It's an interesting question, not sure I'm fully understanding it though.
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"Miss" in what sense? It's an interesting question, not sure I'm fully understanding it though.[/quote]
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For example, when Mathis passes away so selflessly as Bond's friend.
When Camille gets dropped off at the train station in the middle of nowhere similar to the one in Spectre.
When Corrine finds out Yusef is a honey trap and wearily thanks a very emotionally-stormed Bond.
Bond and M talking surrounded by a cold world but keeping warm in their firm connection of professional loyalty that was underratedly needed for SF to make better sense later.
The lady who lost faceless loved one in the crowd at the dog race in Sienna.
Her eyesight wasn't too clever! Albeit, Bond and Slate had a slight resemblance...