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Interesting idea to advance the story during the opening sequence.
So while watching this movie, I realized there is so much wrong with it, but it dawned on me that it was the culmination of the Brosnan era.
I doubt it is a fault of his own, but after Goldeneye every film seemed to attempt to make Bond vulnerable in some manner or another.
First he had Wai Lin who was pretty much his female equal. And I think TND worked because it didn't make Bond weak, it made the female strong.
TWINE actually injured Bond for the entire film which was key in a scene or two. And I just don't think it worked for a man who has survived lot worse.
Than DaD showed him as his most vulnerable being captured and tortured and then finding out what its like to be useless.
However, this movie has a lot worse going for it than Bond's potrayal.
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And I guess it is time for this little exercise to end.
It was a fun ride with some ups and downs, but we come to the most recent one. And it's really hard to work in a cheap pun with it so double down, it's Casino Royale.
This is the first film to star Daniel Craig as secret agent 007, and also the first to really tell his origins.
The Bond girl is Vesper Lynd, because once you taste it, it's the only thing you will ever want.
The main baddie is Le Chiffre, who bleeds... from his eyes!
I love TWINE. It's underrated and right up there with Goldeneye. Torture scenes are a big part of the Bond novels, I guess it's symbolic for "holding the male character down" or something. Maybe it's the fact that I had a teenage crush on Denise Richards, or the sneaky appearance of Sophie Marceau's nipple throughout the film (she's such a milf!), but I think TWINE really works as a Bond film.
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I love TWINE. It's underrated and right up there with Goldeneye. Torture scenes are a big part of the Bond novels, I guess it's symbolic for "holding the male character down" or something. Maybe it's the fact that I had a teenage crush on Denise Richards, or the sneaky appearance of Sophie Marceau's nipple throughout the film (she's such a milf!), but I think TWINE really works as a Bond film.
Too bad we ran out of Bond films.
That isn't necessarily true, we could do the original Casino Royale and Never Say never Again just to be completist.
Bond seems to have taken a turn for Jason Bourne style movie action now. Close shots with lots of close cuts. Spies just down kill people, they are suposed to be sneaky too.