Another Bond forum?!?
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Size does not matter.
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I think I heard rumors about this years ago⌠
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One last thing that I say get rid of: conning the audience with surprise character reveals. It only worked to a degree for Moneypenny. Even a blind person could see that Christoph Waltz was going to be Blofeld. Once again, give it a rest, EON.
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It was only obvious because of what they called the film. If theyâd called it anything else it wouldnât have been guessed as that group being Spectre isnât even brought up until quite some time into the film. It was the equivalent of calling Psycho Norman Bates: the tale of a psychopath
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It would have been a better reveal if it had been that Franz Oberhauser was actuallyâŚFranz Oberhauser.
What made the reveal even worse than the fact that anyone could see it coming from several hundred miles away is that itâs taken directly from a Bond spoof. And a bad one at that. EON needs to create a new position within the organization, whose sole responsibility is to ask the writers each day âThe main plot isnât a rip off of Austin Powers, is it?â
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Agreed. But in the novels there is a larger context and a larger perspective, as Flemingâs own disillusionment with and analysis of British culture/society get mixed in. Bond may be the protagonist, but he is also a symptom.
Most (if not all) of this is lost in the movies, which are not (in general0 geared toward social critique (except maybe DAF because of the cynicism of its director, the outlook of its writer, and the moment of its making). As a result, viewers are left with an angsty spy who can seem petulant, and prone to mid-life crises. The films are more psychological, and less sociological than the fiction.
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Itâs like CRâ67 and NSNA, we know it exists, but it doesnât really count.
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Those monsters!!!
Are we being petty?
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Not quite. You may say this about NSNA, but not about CR67 
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Donât say you liked the Shakespearean performance of Jean-Paul Belmondo (was it 5 or 10 seconds heâs in in the movie?). 
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Like it! It was majestical. Though the seal I think steals the movie.
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Opposite David Niven? Really?!?
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Him yes! Fantastic 
I just wonder if Charmian Bond or May could become regulars. Reason being that Bond as a film series seems to be becoming more of a ensemble cast.
Please, no!
At the rate theyâre going in terms of making Bond an ensemble piece, theyâll eventually work Bond out of the proceedings completely in order to put the spotlight on the more underserved characters like Felix, M, or Moneypenny. After all, we already have the sentiment out there among a good portion of the fanbase that it takes more than just Bond to make a Bond film a âBondâ film. The natural conclusion to that concept is a âBondâ film without Bond himself.
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