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Bond's comment on Severine's backless dress? 100% not backless.
Bond's comment on how ever since he and Severine sat down, she can't stop looking at her bodyguards? Doesn't look at them once that entire scene. So many bits of unnecessary dialogue, lines written that have no need to be in the story whatsoever.
MK for all it's far fetched silliness had a plot that made more sense.
When I read comments like this it I wonder if the dislike toward SF has nothing to do with the film itself and rather something else: a dislike for Mendes, or DC, or Bardem...who knows.
Both arguments can be defeated:
1. It is a backless dress. It just isn't an "open" backless dress. In some circles, there is a difference. Severine's back is lace, which still makes it backless. http://www.vogue.co.uk/news/2012/10/25/skyfall-costume-designer-jany-temime-on-dressing-bond-girl-berenice-marlohe
2. She did look at them. At least twice. Once, before delivering the line, "Would you mind if I ask you a business question?" A second time, when Bond grabs her wrist. Bond said she hadn't stopped looking at them ever since they sat down...we have no idea how long they'd been sitting there, since the scene begins with Bond's martini being shaken. We also don't know where she is looking when the shot is over her shoulder.
I have nothing against Mendes. Craig is my favourite Bond and I actually do like SF a lot.
What does annoy me is when the audience are presented with lazy scriptwriting that insults the intelligence.
They aim for 13-23 yr olds these days. So put in lines which appear very
Obvious to the rest of us. A bit clumsy, but they ( movie makers) feel
It has to be done. ?
The emergence of the Tween. ;)
And another thing. Bond could've killed Mollaka way before, but even says to Carter they need him alive. So h in the end follows him into the embassy, and ends up having to kill him to get away alive and be sure Mollaka doesn't run about anymore. But when he meets M in her appartment, she goes out of her way to tell him how wrong he was and instead of telling her he tried the best he could, he says 'I thought one less bombmaker was a great idea'. Why doesn't he explain the situation? Afraid of looking like an idiot who can't outrun a bombmaker? Isn't much of a reason now is it?
It's in there @Creasy47.
If you go to 1:23, you will see it:
The other glance is far more subtle (at :11, right before she tilts her head to address Bond). We see it from profile. I only notice it because her eyes appear shifted to the side, but I could be wrong.
I do agree that a couple more glances in that direction could have solidified Bond's reaction.
in the scene where Bond slashes Tilly's car tyres. In the car he is wearing a brown
jacket, white shirt, but the hand that opens his weapons tray, has a black jumper
on it, obviously an insert shot from the Car chase around Goldfinger's factory. :)
Anyway, I noticed something in DN that I've never noticed before. When Bond is at Miss Taro's waiting for Professor Dent he's wearing a jacket and tie. He removes the jacket and waits behind the door and puts a silencer on his gun. When he does this, he's not wearing a tie any longer, yet moments later the tie is back on.
http://screenmusings.org/movie/blu-ray/Dr-No/pages/Dr-No-297.htm
http://screenmusings.org/movie/blu-ray/Dr-No/pages/Dr-No-301.htm
The gun in that shot is also not a Walther PPK
So obvious but took dozens of viewings for the penny to drop.
They are definitely more difficult to understand. Also because Bond is topical, and these are older movies, so they are older topics. E.g. toppling.
In SP, the shirt is navy blue. And the Shrublands shirt is a long sleeve polo but Bond pushes the sleeves up over his elbow. Regardless, you are right in that dark polos with khakis are part of the regular Bond attrire.
CR and TLD too.
She was also married to Leslie Phillips.