No Time to Die - Bond 25 (October 8, 2021)

[kuronosan]

I like it. Hopefully the intro is better than the last film.

[Karbuncle]

Did not enjoy, but thats okay.

[Melena]

Pushed to November due to Cornonavirus.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/04/media...rus/index.html

[Jefe]

Word on the streets is that it's due to reshoots, apparently it didn't do that well w/ test screenings.

[kuronosan]

Wow. I guess there was time to die.

[Abandon]

n o

[kuronosan]

That's Dr No, please.

[Serra]

[6souls]

[Qalbert]

https://variety.com/2020/film/box-of...21-1234790944/

“No Time to Die,” the latest James Bond installment, will be postponed until next year, the filmmakers announced Friday.

The film, starring Daniel Craig in his final stint as the agent formerly known as 007, is expected to hit theaters April 2, 2021, a year later than initially planned. Curiously, “No Time to Die” is now set to open the same weekend as “Fast & Furious” sequel “F9.”

[6souls]

Universal shopped the film to Netflix and Apple to stream, but they wanted $600M. Both platforms refused.

[6souls]

https://variety.com/2020/film/box-of...21-1234790944/

https://deadline.com/2021/01/no-time...ll-1234672055/

Delayed again, Fall 2021.

[Qalbert]

https://deadline.com/2021/01/no-time...ll-1234672055/

Delayed again, Fall 2021.

https://twitter.com/007/status/1352416833815633922

[6souls]

[Drai]

Bump, anyone seen this yet? Wanna hear some opinions on it.

[Krandor]

If you've liked the other Daniel Craig films you'll like this one. Rami Malek's character is kind of a shitty villain but it does a good job of wrapping up the long running threads of the Craig films. Has some A+ action sequences too, including a long single shot gunfight sequence.

Also fwiw there had been some rumors when they started delaying it that it was not entirely a financial matter, but also because the plotline involves the use of a bioweapon which hits kinda different these days, and that is very much true.

[Drai]

If you've liked the other Daniel Craig films you'll like this one. Rami Malek's character is kind of a shitty villain but it does a good job of wrapping up the long running threads of the Craig films. Has some A+ action sequences too, including a long single shot gunfight sequence.

Also fwiw there had been some rumors when they started delaying it that it was not entirely a financial matter, but also because the plotline involves the use of a bioweapon which hits kinda different these days, and that is very much true.

Thanks much, I did enjoy the previous Craig Bond films, maybe I’ll see about seeing it this coming weekend.

[chazzyphizzle]

agree with people that have said its probably the third best. casino/skyfall is 1/2 depending on your preferences then this one. it's enjoyable enough even with rami malek sucking, clips along at a decent rate to where it didnt feel like it was a 2 hour 40 minute movie

[Serra]

Saw it tonight, enjoyed it for the most part.

A few nit picks here and there, but overall a good final film for Craig's Bond.

Agreed that for the Craig films, I'd rank this in the middle, behind CR and Skyfall, but ahead of Specter and QoS -- definitely closer to the better ones though.

More detailed thoughts, spoilers for the film, etc:

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I rewatched Specter before going to see this, and the way Bond and Madeline break up at the start didn't sit well with me. I understand that Craig's Bond has been built around trust issues and everything that happened with Vesper, but it felt like it undermined any trust he had built with her too quickly. I think I like the intro less the more I stew on it and within the context of the whole movie.

I know some people are going to be upset (on both sides of the issue), but I thought they handled passing the 007 codename on pretty well. That said, this was definitely a Bond film, not a 007 film, and for how heavily she was featured in the promotional material/how much she was discussed, Nomi was not really as significant as I expected. The whole "reinstate Bond as 007" thing before the final act was dumb though.

Also thought they wasted a great opportunity for Bond to pass the torch -- let Bond escape with his family and have her stay back to finish the mission. I know why they didn't do it that way given where the story went, but still feels like a wasted opportunity. It feels like they had to kill off Bond because having it end with him alive would have been too much of a repeat of Specter where he rides off into the sunset with Madeline.

Having seen it, if the plot was one of the reasons it got delayed, it 100% makes sense. While watching it, there were definitely a few moments that hit differently than they would have pre-covid.

[Starby]

Finally got around to this and the action was really great.
Plot spoilers

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nanobot DNA killer robots was fine but calling them permanent and incurable when bond has an emp wrist watch though? Gimme a break. They just really wanted to force a sad ending