• hakase@sh.itjust.works
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    2 days ago

    Ehh, Bond hasn’t been worth watching for 20 years now anyway. At least now I have a reason to start completely ignoring the series.

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      2 days ago

      Same. Goldeneye was the last good one, into. James Bond were never cinematic masterpieces, but they were the burger King of movies - decent quality, tasty, and goes down easily.

      While the Daniel Craig movies are OK for what they are, what they aren’t are the movie equivalent of junk food. We have marvel spinoffs for that now, so while the Craig movies took the franchise in a more interesting direction, I’m afraid I lost interest in James Bond as a whole because they no longer serve the purpose they once did.

      And since I’m already writing my opinions on James Bond, I might as well close with some controversial opinions: I fucking hate Roger Moore as James Bond. And I love Timothy Dalton.

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        2 days ago

        Lol, not that controversial - Dalton is my favorite Bond after Brosnan, and both of his movies are in my top 5 (actually I think The Living Daylights might be number 6 on my list - can’t remember exactly).

        I think Tomorrow Never Dies and The World Is Not Enough are hugely underrated. TND is way ahead of its time and almost prescient on a modern rewatch, and TWINE does a fantastic job with its twist Bond girl villain (even if it was the start of the absolutely horrible trend of forcing M into the middle of every plot going forward). Die Another Day is pretty bad though, which is unfortunate, as it gets off to a great start.

        But I agree with you - the Craig films are just not Bond movies, and other than Casino Royale, I basically never rewatch them.