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So I was surprised to find no topic!
So, I'll start from beginning I suppose. I first heard the song in a music video about a week ago, and it really wasn't grabbing me at all. When put to the title sequence (which is back to live action and scantily clad female sillouhettes) it's a TINY bit better, but yeah, enough alt rockers in Bond themes. Time to get back to divas I say. The title sequence itself I thought was really well done, better than Casino Royale's (which wasn't bad, either).
The chase pre-title set in a feeling that stuck in the back of my mind the rest of the movie. I get that they're trying to get Bond to basics with this new style, but it's coming off really generic at some points.
Don't get me wrong, Die Another Day, I think, was the epitome of awful, but it did have all the Bond elements (Q Branch, Moneypenny, etc) even if they were completely blown out of proportion (even for a Bond movie). Quantum has M, and that's it. Were the others stripped out of the film due to necessity of style? I hope not, cause I liked them! I'm sorry, but without certain elements James Bond loses all of his identity and becomes some action guy knockoff. (The villian in Quantum is kind of bland and forgettable).
I WILL say, however, that the action they did have was pretty incredible. Besides maybe a Tony Jaa movie the punches and hits in this movie were the most bone-crunching I have seen in a long while (with little to no gore at all). Bond is still slick when it comes to action sequences. Oh yes, indeed.
So, overall, it was an intense action experience, but I really hope for the next movie James Bond returns with SOME sort of old school flare, even if it is subdued (which would be all right with me).
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