The James Bond Thread

[The Reaper Man@Cult Labs]

Spot on.

You seen some of the names on that William Hill link?

FFS!

[MrBarlow]

Originally Posted by The Reaper Man@Cult Labs

Spot on.

You seen some of the names on that William Hill link?

FFS!

Tom Hardy is 5/1

Surrane Jones 9/1

Take it Damien Lewis is no longer in the running seat for the role

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

I couldn't wait to see Bond films in the Dalton / Brosnan era. They had to be seen in the cinema.

With this as with all the Craig films i couldn't give a monkeys really. Casino Royale was brilliant, the others simply aren't Bond in my opinion.

I'll watch it on Blu-ray but am in no rush. For me Mission Impossible has become Bond in the anticipation levels and Bond has become nothing really.

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

‘Absolute beast’: critics go wild for No Time to Die, Daniel Craig’s last Bond film

Despite a few dissenting voices bemoaning a bloated plot, film reviewers largely agree that this is the 007 blockbuster to tempt audiences back into cinemas

No Time to Die, the James Bond film on which so much has been pinned, received its world premiere in London on Tuesday night, heralding what arguably the entire film industry hopes will be a return to mass moviegoing after months of pandemic shutdown. And the first wave of reviews – embargoed until one minute past midnight on Wednesday morning – should set their minds at rest.

UK broadsheet critics largely agreed that the film – supposedly Daniel Craig’s final outing as Bond – had delivered in spades, with the Guardian, the Telegraph and the Times all giving the film five-star raves. The Guardian’s Peter Bradshaw called it an “epic barnstormer … delivering pathos, action, drama, camp comedy (Bond will call M ‘darling’ in moments of tetchiness), heartbreak, macabre horror, and outrageously silly old-fashioned action”. The Telegraph’s Robbie Collin said the film was an “extravagantly satisfying, bulgingly proportioned last chapter to the Craig era, which throws almost everything there is left to throw at 007 the series can come up with”, while in the Times, Kevin Maher proclaimed: “It’s better than good. It’s magnificent.” In contrast, however, the Independent’s Clarisse Loughrey offered a dissenting view, suggesting the film was “strangely anti-climatic … a rotating sideshow of old characters and plot points”.

Reaction elsewhere is a tad more measured. The influential US trade magazines are broadly positive, with Owen Gleiberman in Variety calling it “an unabashedly conventional Bond film that’s been made with high finesse and just the right touch of soul, as well as enough sleek surprise to keep you on edge’”, while the Hollywood Reporter’s David Rooney says that Cary Joji Fukunaga, the first American to direct a Bond film “handles the action with assurance and the more intimate interludes with sensitivity” but is hampered by a plot “so convoluted and protracted you might find yourself zoning out through much of the villainy”. Stephanie Zacharek in Time magazine agrees it is “overstuffed with plot”, but adds: “No Time to Die, its flaws notwithstanding, is perfectly tailored to the actor who is, to me, the best Bond of all. With his fifth movie as 007, Craig is so extraordinary he leaves only scorched earth behind.”

In fact, Craig receives plenty of plaudits for his work, even for critics who are not necessarily sold on the film itself. In the Express, Stefan Kyriazis calls him “an absolute beast as Bond, dominating every moment on screen”, while for Total Film Matt Maytum suggests: “No Time To Die plays to his strengths, giving his tough but tender Bond a memorable and fittingly stirring finale.”

Most obviously though, the film has been greeted with relief, after a difficult production history (including original director Danny Boyle dropping out and Craig sustaining a serious ankle injury) followed by repeated shifts in its release date due to Covid. Time Out’s Phil de Semlyen said: “The nicest surprise of them all, though, is just how good it is … it finally arrives as a reminder of the big-screen power of a blockbuster franchise firing on all cylinders.”


https://www.theguardian.com/film/202...no-time-to-die

[The Reaper Man@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

I couldn't wait to see Bond films in the Dalton / Brosnan era. They had to be seen in the cinema.

With this as with all the Craig films i couldn't give a monkeys really. Casino Royale was brilliant, the others simply aren't Bond in my opinion.

I'll watch it on Blu-ray but am in no rush. For me Mission Impossible has become Bond in the anticipation levels and Bond has become nothing really.

Sorry totally disagree Dem.

Of all the Bond films the Craig series are the ones I've watched most.
Brycie's Mills and Bond dig above-I'm afraid he comes from an era where it was considered okay to slap a woman on the arse or cop a feel,the Bond films of days of yore,even in Brosnan's era,the female characters were basically 'target practise' for the let's be honest,rather smarmy spy in the tux.
To give Craig's Bond some real romance and then tear it down with demons continually haunting him,only serves to make him more human.
A guy from this era and not the caveman mentality era is only a good thing.

Although the likes of Suranne Jones? WTF?

Sorry the character is male as the name James hints at......

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by The Reaper Man@Cult Labs

Sorry totally disagree Dem.

Of all the Bond films the Craig series are the ones I've watched most.
Brycie's Mills and Bond dig above-I'm afraid he comes from an era where it was considered okay to slap a woman on the arse or cop a feel,the Bond films of days of yore,even in Brosnan's era,the female characters were basically 'target practise' for the let's be honest,rather smarmy spy in the tux.
To give Craig's Bond some real romance and then tear it down with demons continually haunting him,only serves to make him more human.
A guy from this era and not the caveman mentality era is only a good thing.

Although the likes of Suranne Jones? WTF?

Sorry the character is male as the name James hints at......

The casual sexism has always been a bit cringey.

One of the things i don't like about the new films is Christoph Waltz. He's a parody of himself playing the same role in every film he makes. In fact all the villains have been crap in the Craig films. Not one of them is as memorable as Kananga, Scaramanga, Goldfinger, Red Grant or even Alec from Goldeneye.

[The Reaper Man@Cult Labs]

No I'll give you that one.But this era is less 'pantomime' villain,far less memorable,yes but more grounded in reality and todays technology.Times change mate.Like the bank robbers of The Sweeney era the stocking over the head and the sawn off shooter are gone.You rob someone now with a laptop as Q quite rightly tells him in Skyfall.

Waltz was a disappointment as the big bad be all SPECTRE.

IMO Mads Mikelsson was the best of the new villains.

However,Raimi Malek with his Les Yeux Sans Visage mask and scarred face may be the one to top the Craig era's villain list.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by The Reaper Man@Cult Labs

No I'll give you that one.
Waltz was a disappointment as the big bad be all SPECTRE.

IMO Mads Mikelsson was the best of the new villains.

However,Raimi Malek with his Les Yeux Sans Visage mask and scarred face may be the one to top the Craig era's villain list.

I thought Mikelsson was great as well then they killed him off almost matter of factly which was poor i thought.

Having read a few of the reviews Malek isn't supposed to be that great either.

Stephanie Zacharek of Time was broadly positive about the film, but suggested Craig's swansong didn't warrant its length.
"At two hours and 43 minutes, it's too long and too overstuffed with plot - more isn't always better," she said. "And it features one of the dullest villains in the series' history, played by Rami Malek in mottled skin and dumb silky PJs.

Obviously we'll make up our own minds when we see No Time to Die.

[The Reaper Man@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

The casual sexism has always been a bit cringey.

One of the things i don't like about the new films is Christoph Waltz. He's a parody of himself playing the same role in every film he makes. In fact all the villains have been crap in the Craig films. Not one of them is as memorable as Kananga, Scaramanga, Goldfinger, Red Grant or even Alec from Goldeneye.

As I said you're right but ffs 'Alec'-they could've come with something a wee bit more threating!

Bet you Pierce was shaking in his boots!

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by The Reaper Man@Cult Labs

As I said you're right but ffs 'Alec'-they could've come with something a wee bit more threating!

Bet you Pierce was shaking in his boots!

He had a scar down his cheek. What more do you want?

Famke's Xenia Onatopp was the coolest villain in that one for me.