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Davros1 posted:I want to believe those were his exact words I heard it as he was actually keen to do it because I think after all that time his disdain for the franchise had kind of dissipated but it was the producers/writers who put the kibosh on the whole thing because they thought it would be too much. I'm a big Quantum and SPECTRE booster, I think Quantum just got shafted by the writers strike so the overall spy story kind of got lost, but I like because it feels like something a spy might actually have to deal with, foreign powers basically bilking their constituents through less obvious means rather than threatening to nuke the earth and live in space. It has some nice character moments, particularly the end with the necklace, Mathieu Amalric being suitably creepy as the villian, some awesome action scenes like the fight on the ropes at the beginning, and the fiery hotel was actually really cool, if a little contrived. It's one of the few movies where a directors cut should be longer to give the overall story a little more definition and explanation. Also David Harbour needs to come back as the moustachioed CIA guy, his character was great. I feel like Casino Royale brought in an entire new generation of fans who weren't really familiar with the series as a whole, they may have seen Goldeneye or Die Another Day, but their only real exposure came through Casino, and SPECTRE is basically Craig doing a Moore film. People just weren't used to the silliness and campy nature of the series, even if Connery's were kinda straight (YOLT and DAF excluded), the simple fact that it was made in the 60's and 70's gives a real good kitschy factor that I lump them in the same category. They were never about smart or gripping stories, they were vehicles designed to send Bond to an exotic locale to shoot some dudes or do some sightseeing, so when SPECTRE rolls around and is full of that stuff (like Blofeld being his half-brother is so stupid, but it fits right in to those early films) the current audience who only know the Craig films complained about the story not making any sense or the characters not having any meaningful motivations when that's really been a hallmark since the beginning kind of missed the boat a little? Not that that justifies the tepid response but it delivered everything I wanted out of a modern Bond movie so I was real happy with it.
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