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Originally Posted by Monstro
Casino Royale was awful, I'll probably catch QOS on tv some Christmas, no rush
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Whatever happened to Bond eh? I watched QOS on Wednesday and fair enough the action is fantastic but there are absolutely no gadgets and there is no humour. I thought that along with the good action were the 3 main ingredients of a Bond movie? Not some unbeatable Jackie Chan / Terminator style action figure anyway.
There is no Q and Daniel Craig doesn't even have one liners in this movie (a la Roger Moore). There is actually very little dialogue and Craig doesn't mention "Bond, James Bond" once as far as I remember and where was the shaken vodka martini? Apparently in Casino Royale (which I have not watched yet) he says when he is offered exactly this drink: "Do I look like I give a damn?". That may be funny to a lot of people but to me it is sad that they resort to this. It's a bit like ripping the S off Superman's costume in my opinion. You have to live with it as it has been done like this but why?? No Moneypenny either.
Also why is the gun barrel scene at the end of QOS and not at the beginning?! To some these details may be forgettable but I think it is quite cheeky to make a movie and forget about those little details. Previous Bond films were much more a specific style, now it just blends into the background of all the movie garbage that gets released. Moreover a movie like QOS is not something I would want to see over and over again, which is exactly what I did with the older Bond movies (up till "Die another Day"). I don't like this new style at all, the little details are gone.
They could have continued with Brosnan for several more films. I really didn't see a problem with Goldeneye, Tomorrow Never Dies and Die another Day. All great movies (The world is not enough looked rushed and lacked a good story).
As far as I am concerned they may as well now get rid of the opening song / graphical introduction. Why not if you are going to forget everything else?
A shame.