You've got a reputation of being full of rich smooth creamy shit but this time I agree, it was a weak trailer with little memorable to it and not really selling any particular part like cinematography or nostalgia with Skyfall.
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James Bond: No Time to Die - Official Trailer
- Thread starter Theorry
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So as someone who hasn't seen Bond in ages... do all Craig movies have an overarching narrative? I've only seen Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace (the latter which I found rather bad at the time).
You have my sword on this. QoS and Spectre are disappointing given what movies they followed, but faaaaar from bad.
Easily. Connery is defacto best despite being a product of his time, but Craig easily came into the role like no other. Dalton could have been better if he got more movies, and Brosnan is too much of a dashing rogue for my tastes, the brooding gorilla of Craig is the perfect bond look.
There is something of an overarching plot yes. You can watch them standalone, but stuff like Ralph Fiennes' M, Lea Seydoux's character in No Time to Die, etc are all results of previous movies' plot threads.
Here's my hot take... All of Sam Mendes' Bond films are not good.
I've seen Spectre but I literally can't remember a single thing about it. Watching this trailer and seeing Christoph Waltz I was like "Oh yea... he was in one of these... who was he again?"
Can't say this trailer has gotten me interesting in rewatching Spectre.
Can't say this trailer has gotten me interesting in rewatching Spectre.
After watching the trailer god knows how many times, I'm liking this premise more and more. Some things I noticed:
1. Bringing back Felix along with Lea Seydoux's characters is giving me some major Casino Royale parallel vibes. The line about "Everyone's got secrets" harks back to how Vesper betrayed him and M's speech about how obvious it was and how blinded he was by love. In this way, despite going down that road with her again he knew not to trust her and was waiting for the brick house to tumble down once more.
2. I think some of the Rami Malek scenes, especially with the mask, are flashbacks. If he is Dr. No, I would love it if they play with the idea that Bond has faced him once before and he is the one criminal he was not able to bring down.
3. I definitely think Commander Bond will be a thing till the end of the movie. I really hope this isn't the case and they stupidly sooiled it for the trailer, but I get a funny feeling the movie will end with Bond regaining the 007 status, with the sewer gun barrel scene being the closing shot.
1. Bringing back Felix along with Lea Seydoux's characters is giving me some major Casino Royale parallel vibes. The line about "Everyone's got secrets" harks back to how Vesper betrayed him and M's speech about how obvious it was and how blinded he was by love. In this way, despite going down that road with her again he knew not to trust her and was waiting for the brick house to tumble down once more.
2. I think some of the Rami Malek scenes, especially with the mask, are flashbacks. If he is Dr. No, I would love it if they play with the idea that Bond has faced him once before and he is the one criminal he was not able to bring down.
3. I definitely think Commander Bond will be a thing till the end of the movie. I really hope this isn't the case and they stupidly sooiled it for the trailer, but I get a funny feeling the movie will end with Bond regaining the 007 status, with the sewer gun barrel scene being the closing shot.
Looks pretty sick, but I wish it didn't lean so heavily on Spectre. I was hoping I could get away with leaving Spectre out of my Bond collection, like I've done for other bad Bond movies lol. Oh well. I'm in anyway.
Also Quantum of Solace is a pretty decent Bond flick with a really bad editing style, IMO.
Also Quantum of Solace is a pretty decent Bond flick with a really bad editing style, IMO.
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The entire Spectre plot twist was so bad, it was so terrible... I really thought the film was pretty good, though a bit too by the numbers. But it completely falls apart from that moment on. The only way I can accept that is, if No Time To Die shows that he's been having serious problems with his actions since. Though I strongly doubt they'd go there. From what we can find out the original ending of Spectre was quite different, but the leaks sure didn't help.
I will never understand how this song ended up, not only being written as it is, but recorded as it is. It's such a hot piece of trash with Smith using his terrible high notes constantly, which gets super grating on your ears no mere seconds, let alone the entire thing.
I'm sorry the last thing I needed in my cool, back-to-basics James Bond reboot was a 90s buttrock song in 2006.
I don't necessarily disagree, but I think Craig has been given a lot more opportunity and room to interpret the character than Dalton was, so it's kind of a wash. Shame we only got 2 movies out of him.
Stop this foolishness now. The way the movie weaves it into the score is so good, I miss Bond flicks doing that.
The only truly bad things in any of the Craig Bond movies are the "the bad guy meant to get caught" plot element from Skyfall and the writing (esp. the big reveal that his evil brother caused all the trouble in the other movies) in Spectre. Everything else ranges from good to great.
Hot take:
All bond themes are a cut above the best Eurovision winners or slightly above that. As for the craig era, its easily Another Way to Die>You Know My Name>Writings on the Wall>Skyfall
All bond themes are a cut above the best Eurovision winners or slightly above that. As for the craig era, its easily Another Way to Die>You Know My Name>Writings on the Wall>Skyfall
I hope this movie will get a good and memorable theme, not a fart like Spectre.
I'm kinda worried EON will go with a safe cool guy like Ed Sheeran. Would prefer to be surprised.
I'm kinda worried EON will go with a safe cool guy like Ed Sheeran. Would prefer to be surprised.
That really was such a great touch. I can hear it now, imagining Bond running up that crane to chase the bombmaker in the opening sequence.
Eh not really. He actually looks a lot younger than I was expecting.
If we are talking about Hobbit Era Sheeran I don't see why not. I could see them going for something batshit insane like Dua Lipa, as in how the hell did that happen and why.
I recently rewatched Quantum and Skyfall. He aged like crazy between those two, but these days looks pretty much the same as he did in Spectre.
I really never got the total hate for Writings on the Wall. Its not god, but its not bad or offensive, and the high pitched chorus shows signs that if he actually tried it could have been great. Again, Skyfall is easily the worst of the Craig era. I love Adele, but the song is just so middle of the road for her level of talent, and the lyrics use Skyfall as the thematic, but it feels so off knowing what the plot is. And at the very least now with No Time to Die having a pretty revealing trailer, the lyrics to WotW now feel far more apt for Bond and Lea Seydoux's character.
I've said this before but even though I love me some Wick my favorite has returned.
DC has never looked so good.
Day uno
DC has never looked so good.
Day uno
Writing on the wall is merely okay. Sam Smith has a great voice but the track is boring.
You know my name followed by skyfall definitely stand high above the other two. And it would be cool to hear Weeknd tackle this Bond theme tbh.
Its time to have some scumbag energy in a bond theme to reflect the character
You know my name followed by skyfall definitely stand high above the other two. And it would be cool to hear Weeknd tackle this Bond theme tbh.
Its time to have some scumbag energy in a bond theme to reflect the character