James Bond 25: No Time to Die (2021)

[BusSport]

"Meet Safin" promo:

 

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Side profile poster:

 

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Theme song: Billie Eilish "No Time to Die":

 

[calsnowskier]

Theme song: Billie Eilish "No Time to Die":

My reaction after a single listening...

Some nice riffs, but overall, too slow.

Doesnt help that I am not a fan of the mumble-style of singing...

 

[BusSport]

Delayed by covid-19 again from Friday, November 13, 2020 in the UK and Friday, November 20, 2020 in the US to Friday, April 2, 2021.

 

[Diamondeye]

Oh well. We might get to see it sometime within the next few years.

 

[BusSport]

Delayed by covid-19 again from Friday, November 13, 2020 in the UK and Friday, November 20, 2020 in the US to Friday, April 2, 2021.

And... it got delayed again, half a year, now to Friday, October 8, 2021:

NO TIME TO DIE 8 October 2021

 

[wildturkey]

This shit ain't ever coming out, lol

 

[BusSport]

"Bond Is Back" promo:

 

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Final international trailer:

 

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Final US trailer:

 

[BusSport]

Just saw it on opening day. This is a really good movie. Except for Casino Royale, I haven't liked the other Daniel Craig Bond movies, but this one is really good.

 

[The Q]

I just saw it

I thought it was ok

They got their woke points jamming someone into 007 so they can say they checked a box

If people liked Elba for a 007 role seemed they missed a chance to put him into the bond story and create spin-offs for him


That ending was certainly not expected

I think it’s clearly 3rd In the 5 Craig bond movies

They really made the whole build up for specter absolutely meaningless

 

[calsnowskier]

I watched this a week or so ago. Not horrible. Not great.

Felix needs to stay away from water. That dude does not fare well around water. (He has had 2 water deaths now…. Live and Let Die killed him in a makeshift shark tank and now he drowns in this movie).

While Skyfall was a good movie, it locked in the fact that “James Bond” is not a cover ID. It officially made official that there is no continuity in the Bond flicks. Making it a cover allows for more flexibility in the ongoing story telling.

 

[The Q]

I watched this a week or so ago. Not horrible. Not great.

Felix needs to stay away from water. That dude does not fare well around water. (He has had 2 water deaths now…. Live and Let Die killed him in a makeshift shark tank and now he drowns in this movie).

While Skyfall was a good movie, it locked in the fact that “James Bond” is not a cover ID. It officially made official that there is no continuity in the Bond flicks. Making it a cover allows for more flexibility in the ongoing story telling.

Yeah. That’s a great point.

Really makes you wonder about the bond franchise moving forward

Basically everything would have to be on a timeline before this movie

 

[calsnowskier]

Yeah. That’s a great point.

Really makes you wonder about the bond franchise moving forward

Basically everything would have to be on a timeline before this movie

Having no continuity means they just make another movie. Easy peasey. But there just isn’t any big deal about what happened in this movie when continuity doesn’t matter.


I rather enjoyed the little nods to previous movies in pre-Craig Bond. Roger Moore had trouble getting close to women specifically because of Lazenby. He even killed Blofield because of that whole storyline.

I was somewhat OK with Craig being a kind of reboot for the whole series, but casting Judy Dench as M just added mud to the waters. Then they hinted that ”M” was her initial when it had already been established that “M” was short for “Management” and “Q” was “Quartermaster” in earlier movies.

I am a big “universe” guy. I like when there are consequences to events that happen in a franchises movies. That adds depth. It add richness. Bond has made it official that basically every movie is stand alone and is not dependent on anything that has come before. IMHO, that’s lazy.

 

[The Q]

Having no continuity means they just make another movie. Easy peasey. But there just isn’t any big deal about what happened in this movie when continuity doesn’t matter.


I rather enjoyed the little nods to previous movies in pre-Craig Bond. Roger Moore had trouble getting close to women specifically because of Lazenby. He even killed Blofield because of that whole storyline.

I was somewhat OK with Craig being a kind of reboot for the whole series, but casting Judy Dench as M just added mud to the waters. Then they hinted that ”M” was her initial when it had already been established that “M” was short for “Management” and “Q” was “Quartermaster” in earlier movies.

I am a big “universe” guy. I like when there are consequences to events that happen in a franchises movies. That adds depth. It add richness. Bond has made it official that basically every movie is stand alone and is not dependent on anything that has come before. IMHO, that’s lazy.

Agreed.

My only other thought is that bond can be a cover name going forward.

But who knows

I think it was more a coincidence and bond making a cheeky job. As Mallory was also an M and he would’ve been M even if his last name didn’t start with an m. But I agree it was messy and confusing.