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Sorry, who is Sean Bean? I know the name and that is all.
Carter, thanks for the kudos.
Carter, thanks for the kudos.
***********Hemingway Jones said:For instance, the pre-title sequence is in Black and White. The first thing you think of is "Flashback," because often B & W sequences are flashbacks, but then the film flashes back in a grainier black and white. Then you think "homage;" this footage must be an homage to when Bond was in black and white, but, except for some adaptations in the 50s, Bond was never in B & W. So, what's the point? It looks cool, but why? What is the film maker trying to say? I waited the entire film for them to tie the B & W sequence back in somehow, but it didn't. It was as if someone highlighted a chapter in a book for no particular reason.
He played the nemesis in "Goldeneye;" the "OO" gone bad. Also, he was in "The Lord of the Rings" and the "bad guy" in "National Treasure."Doran said:Sorry, who is Sean Bean? I know the name and that is all.
Carter, thanks for the kudos.
Who knows? And precisely my point. This film has grown on me since I wrote my initial review. I have been won over by repeated viewings on cable.John in Covina said:***********
I think that it is a highlighted section as the way documentaries in B&W have a certain impact. Perhaps they were working for some type of "historical" basis?
Doran said:Sorry, who is Sean Bean? I know the name and that is all.
Carter, thanks for the kudos.
PADDY said:Agree with Doran - spot on.
This Bond is a flawed character and something of a 'vintage' tragic hero. He's the sum of all his experiences (as we all are) and his have left him as a detached, lonely figure who in many ways 'feels' he can only trust in himself (and even that is in question). He looks like he could go over the edge and inflict needless damage and commit atrocities.
He wouldn't be out of place in a black uniform in 1930's Germany - he has that coldness and detachment about him, where he is prepared to do the worst in the name of what he feels/believes to be right. But 'we' trust that he is one of the 'good guys.' We live in a world where we are happy to pay others to do the nasty things for our benefit (as long as we don't see it and pretend it never happens). We need Bonds.
The fact that he has the potential to sew seed of doubt in our minds that 'maybe' he isn't such a 'nice/good' guy - makes for an even better, more dynamic character!!
Personally, I don't think he is a nice guy, but he gets the dirty laundary work done. Plus, he's a very screwed up guy who has the self control 'for now' to keep the lid on. The fact that the lid is rattling about and we cannot predict if it might come off, well... I like him even more for that!!
John in Covina said:his ability to be ruthless in his actions outweighs the charm he acquires later in his career. He can be cold, calculating and as dangerous a man as you might meet so we are describing a tough and resolute person that is luckily on the side of "Good."
dhermann1 said:OK, all you Bond nuts, you can make yourselves even crazier with this. I got one answer out of the first ten correct, and gave up.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2008/10/25/bfbondquiz125.xml
Brian Sheridan said:In QoS, Bond learns humility and how his actions have unfortunate consequences. I believe that will create more of the Bond we know and love from the past movies.