02-26-2020, 11:31 PM
ttt 4 2020
As No Time to Die is allegedly the final Craig installment, I thought I'd revisit his journey as he has given 007 a unique story arc. And having read the original books and seen all the films, my memory of Craig's take is muddled.
The first hour of this film still rocks. That first chase remains over the top in its absurdity and sense of action. It's still the best cinematic showcase of Parkour. The poker bothers me more now because Baccarat is just a cooler game, but I get where there's more dramatic tension with poker. Worse defib scene ever, but the action was still going so who cares? The Le Chiffe torture sequence reminds me less of the book now than it did on earlier viewings. If memory serves, Le Chiffe had some sort of levered stick device that he could step on to smack 007's jewelsi. That swining weighted rope would actually be tricky to manage - to swing it beneath those chair legs wouldn't be that easy, but then neither would chasing someone through the airport so you just gotta stick with that belief suspension thing. And the carving of the homing device from his forearm echoed having 'spy' carved into his arm, which was okay as easter eggs go. It bogs down towards the end with the whole Vesper story. Vesper didn't quite work for me and I'm not sure why. But I did like the sinking Venice building. Worst CPR ever. But still good, given that first hour or so. The front end of this film redeems the rest of it completely.
So next:
Quantum of Solace http://www.brotherhoodofdoom.com/doomFor...p?tid=1412
Skyfall http://www.brotherhoodofdoom.com/doomFor...p?tid=2603
Spectre http://www.brotherhoodofdoom.com/doomFor...p?tid=3536
No Time to Die opens March 31, so I should make it through by then. I got a month.
As No Time to Die is allegedly the final Craig installment, I thought I'd revisit his journey as he has given 007 a unique story arc. And having read the original books and seen all the films, my memory of Craig's take is muddled.
The first hour of this film still rocks. That first chase remains over the top in its absurdity and sense of action. It's still the best cinematic showcase of Parkour. The poker bothers me more now because Baccarat is just a cooler game, but I get where there's more dramatic tension with poker. Worse defib scene ever, but the action was still going so who cares? The Le Chiffe torture sequence reminds me less of the book now than it did on earlier viewings. If memory serves, Le Chiffe had some sort of levered stick device that he could step on to smack 007's jewelsi. That swining weighted rope would actually be tricky to manage - to swing it beneath those chair legs wouldn't be that easy, but then neither would chasing someone through the airport so you just gotta stick with that belief suspension thing. And the carving of the homing device from his forearm echoed having 'spy' carved into his arm, which was okay as easter eggs go. It bogs down towards the end with the whole Vesper story. Vesper didn't quite work for me and I'm not sure why. But I did like the sinking Venice building. Worst CPR ever. But still good, given that first hour or so. The front end of this film redeems the rest of it completely.
So next:
Quantum of Solace http://www.brotherhoodofdoom.com/doomFor...p?tid=1412
Skyfall http://www.brotherhoodofdoom.com/doomFor...p?tid=2603
Spectre http://www.brotherhoodofdoom.com/doomFor...p?tid=3536
No Time to Die opens March 31, so I should make it through by then. I got a month.
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