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Emily G

You guys should watch The Patriot (2000) or Practical Magic (1998) 🙌

Paul Davey

I vote Peter Dinklage for Bond...

Guillaume Huet_rennibou

Who is this scerarist who decided he can kill this character? On a more serious note, I do wonder if he had to ask any permission for it. I mean. This character has been around for so long. Also, 007 as a codename is very alive. Only James is gone. As a reminder, in these stories, 00... is the codename for british secret service agents with a license to kill. 007 is only one of them. Now there will be a new one

Friedrich Schulze

Can we talk about how Amazon bought the franchise and fired the project lead to not put it on Prime Video????

Ste Rawlings

This film deserved better than Rami Malek.

Ste Rawlings

Would quite like Dev Patel to take on the role of Bond next personally.

PeppermintWizardOfAus

That is not how the James Bond franchise has operated for a long time. Despite the “canon” being very loose and what actually happens in Bonds life, Craig’s bond has always been in his own world since Casino Royale has him begin his 007 career concluding with this. Craig was never supposed to be the same Bond as Brosnan or Connery

PeppermintWizardOfAus

Definitely the same ranking as you guys 1. Either Casino or Skyfall 3. No Time to Die 4. Spectre 5. Quantum of writers strikes

REDR58

The best part of this movie and I do mean the best part, is Ana de Armas. Lashana Lynch was just wasted and teased as the next 007 but I don’t think anyone seriously thought that would go anywhere. But I’m totally fine with a female Bond. I doubt it will happen anytime soon, though. I loathe this movie. I’m going to take some notes, get some coherent thoughts together and actually watch it again, which will only be the second time.

Ste Rawlings

For me it's 1. Casino Royale (by a mile) 2. Skyfall Massive tier drop 3. Quantum of Solace 4. No Time to Die 50 feet of crap 5. Spectre

Harry Fieldson

As a proud brit who loves that these movies spread so much of our culture with the world and are so enjoyed, I'm glad you guys returned to all of these after it being so long ago you checked out Casino Royale. With regards to the confusion about timelines that I won't spoil if someone sees my comment before watching, my understanding of how Ian Flemming wrote the character and how the films have all portrayed him, it doesn't really have a rigid boundary. If you watch some of the early Bond films like Dr. No in the 60s, those movies are set in their time period, so it would be impossible for Daniel Craig's Bond to be in the same universe without being insanely old. It's more like you said, fireside tales. It doesn't matter who plays the character or when it's set, it's become sort of like a play. There'll be tons of new adaptations and takes on the story, but all that's important is that the spirit of the character remains. I will admit, it's a damn shame we won't get to see Craig in the role any more. I'm pretty sure there were rumours he was house hunting near where I grew up in the North East of England after he was seen in a supermarket, but he didn't go for it in the end. He was doubted when he took the job but almost 20 years later now he's a national treasure. Think no matter how old I get I'll always remember M saying this in Skyfall: "We are not now that strength which in old days moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are. One equal temper of heroic hearts, made weak by time and fate, but strong in will. To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield."

Prof. Writhms

I really liked how Craig’s final Bond movie is a throwback to old-school James Bond with the tricked-out car, various gadgets, a bad-ass Bond girl (Ana de Armas) and a villain with an evil lair on an island. Not to mention his cheesy one-liner about the henchmen's eye.

Maiki

Nah. Still hate it. You don't kill off James Bond (and Felix...). Quantum is a mess and Spectre isn't great either, but when they're on TV, I might watch them. This one? Just watched it because of you guys, but never again.

Odd Thomas

It's fine but what should have been a tearjerker ending just left me indifferent (anything father/daughter always gets me). Everyone agreed SPECTRE wasn't the high note to end on so they made one more, but NTTD isn't much better imo. It also didn't help that Covid delayed its release by about a year so we were sick to death of the trailer by the time it did come out, and we'd seen all the big action scenes ad nauseum. There are good points; Remi Malek, Ana De Armas (but only for 5 minutes, wtf), but it's overlong and much as I like Lea Seydoux, she can't really do big emotional stuff.

Monica Alarcon

No no. The series that started with Connery is one timeline. The Craig Bonds are another timeline. If there's more Bond movies it will be a reboot with a new Timeline so this Bond is definitely dead... (There's also the Never Say Never Again timeline but we don't talk about that one much)... I say go for all the classic Bond movies. Even the bad ones are entertaining....

Spacedone

A lot of people reacted in much the same way as you did, shocked that they could kill Bond at the end, but they forgot that the Craig era didn't start with the idea that all the previous Bonds were the same version of this Bond. nor that his name was as much a codeword as 007 and just passed down to new agents as a previous one retired. It was a deliberate reset of the franchise after Brosnan. Casino Royale starts with Bond becoming a Double O agent and we see Craig's Bond in one self-contained timeline, in much the same way that every new Batman is a fresh version of the character. Now that Amazon own Bond, we'll definitely see a new reboot of Bond franchise... probably far more than anyone wants TBH. They'll want a quick return on all that money. I think Ana De Armas may have got her role in the upcoming John Wick spin-off 'Ballerina' because of her role in this movie. Nobody expected that great scene or character.

Rupert Purcat

I'm with Simone - they killed James Bond, and they should then move on with the new 007. She is a more able to integrate into the new threats of the world. Beautiful series of 5 movies - brilliant movies, but it is the end of James Bond and I am not happy. I went to Drive in movies in the 80's to watch Bond movies, so the bond for me is Roger Moore, those wacky Bond movies.

Spacedone

I don't think they really teased her as the next Bond. It was either leaked that she was playing 007 or it was an advertising strategy to announce it knowing that the usual suspects would lose their shit but she was only ever meant to be 007 in the context of this story.

sarCC

Now that you've finished this, I highly suggest SPY. It's Melissa McCarthy, Rose Byrne, and Jason Statham's funniest movie.

Rupert Purcat

PS: Other great Daniel Craig movies are Lucky Logan (2017) and Layer Cake (2004). A great British TV series about MI5 you may enjoy is Spooks - first season is awesome.

Chris B

I don't understand why killing off Bond was so problematic for so many people. I personally don't see a problem with it. The Craig Bonds are one contained story, from start to finish. The next reboot will tell the story of James Bond, as 007 of course, in it's own way. Considering a Bond "era" takes 15-20 years (Casino Royale was 2006) each new Bond is targeted to a whole new generation. Christopher Reeves Superman is not the same story as Henry Cavills Superman. Same character, new story told for a new generation. With the next one, they can play around with a different origin etc. Not a problem. I would even make fewer Bond films with one actor, e.g. trilogies telling one cohesive Bond story.

Odd Thomas

For more Jeffrey Wright you should continue the Hunger Games franchise.

REDR58

I do not necessarily have a problem killing off this iteration of Bond, it’s just the way it was done.

REDR58

Roger Moore is also my favorite Bond as that’s the one I grew up with. Also, the ones I saw the most on TV. Before the Craig movies, I have never seen a single Bond movie in theaters.

REDR58

It’s sort of a nebulous way to describe it, but it’s not even one timeline or continuity. Because “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service”references Connery’s Bond literally breaking the fourth wall, so if you’re looking for continuity or consistency, the Bond movies are not it with exception of the Craig series.

REDR58

For me, it’s kind of like the Mad Max movies. Mel Gibson’s Mad Max movies are its own continuity and Fury Road and Furiosa are another continuity. Multiverses. Not a new concept.

REDR58

It should also be noted while we are taking about continuity and consistency between the various incarnations of Bond, there is more than one character portrayed by a particular actor that appears across different movies with different Bond actors, particularly “Q” and Miss Moneypenny (and of course Judi Dench’s “M”). But we will get there in good time, I’m sure. Really though, Simone and George, I really would recommend you start back with the first Connery Bond movies and work your way through all the ones you haven’t seen already (like Goldeneye). Watching them “in order” (of chronological) release is perhaps the “best” way to proceed. I mean, if you can watch all Star Trek, as you seem intent on doing, you can certainly do all of Bond. Maybe 1 or 2 a month. You’ll get through the rest of them in no time.

REDR58

If you want to see Jeffrey Wright in an absolutely amazing acting performance, I suggest watching “Shaft” from 2000 with Samuel L. Jackson. But watch “Shaft” (1971) with Richard Roundtree first! Edit: and of course he is excellent in the “Westworld” series (but watch the 1973 Westworld movie first!).

djKENTO

some Bonds overlap, others don’t. Craig is all his own tho. This is all his own story. MGM/Amazon is going to do their own new reboot from here on out. George you are overthinking this whole timeline thing. Gotta let it go. It won’t ever all add it. The next Bond will be a new continuity. This Bond didn’t do all the stuff from the movies before him (with the exception of Golden Eye which they did make as a game with Craig in the lead replacing Brosnan. But this Bond never did like Goldfinger or Dr No or License to Kill’s events.

Tenn Seven

For me, Casino is number 1, no contest. No Time to Die at number 2, and I couldn't care less about the rest, but Quantum of Solace last because it was definitely one of the worst Bond movies of all time.

Jeffrey Conway

James Bond is a Time Lord. He will regenerate. (Just kidding)

REDR58

George: “Who the hell is going to be the villain to top that one (Blofeld)?” Well, it’s not going to be whatever the villain’s name it is that Rami Malek is playing… No shame on Malek, though. It’s a poorly conceived / written villain.

REDR58

Much digital ink has been spilled trying to decipher Bond, continuity, or lack thereof. Code names vs real names and on and on.

Ste Rawlings

Very envious of how invested in James and Madeline you guys were. I was never able to buy into their relationship. I'm a big fan of Lea Seydoux but her and Craig had so little chemistry in comparison to Craig and Eva Green.

Philipp Roensch

My Craig ranking: Skyfall, Casino Royale, No Time to Die, Quantum of Solace, Spectre. Certainly a bold choice to go with this movie, clearly also trying on 007 passing as a mantle. I also feel Spectre had a fine ending, but they wanted to have more experiments before moving on. Love having the car one more time, the practical stunts back, and the whole emotional investment works. Villain and contrived plots don't work though, it's all too much of a tantrum of a single guy, who honestly does not have enough motivation to be this possessive of Madelaine. The images and music from Hans Zimmer, great opening song, can't go wrong with that. I hope you enjoy more of the older bonds, have a great time spotting inspirations (Dots intro from this one is a callback to the very first). Should be a both hilarious and interesting reaction time, these movies cover quite a gambit of film history by now. And you will see, Bond can work in many incarnations, there is no real end.

FranciscoGios

I myself grew up with Pierce Brosnan’s 007, though his Bond series has more bad movies than Daniel Craig’s. Craig’s James Bond movies feel far more better made. My Top to Bottom list is first: Casino Royal, and then Spectre, No Time To Die, Skyfall and last is the bad editing Quantum of Solace.

REDR58

Totally agreed. The best relationship in the Craig Bond movies is with Eva Green / Vesper. The one here with Léa Seydoux does little more than it did in "Spectre." But it's not her fault at all.

REDR58

So...continuity... The first James Bond movie was "Dr. No" (1962) and Sean Connery was 32 at that time. He played Bond 6 times in total, from age 32 to age 41, from 1962 to 1967 and then again in 1971. Connery had enough after 1967 but was convinced to return for his final “official” Bond movie. He also appeared in a 7th "James Bond " movie called "Never Say Never Again" (1983), aged 52 years. "Never Say Never Again" was one of two movies not made under "Eon Productions" for legal reasons. The other non-Eon film, 1967's "Casino Royale," was a spy parody movie starring David Niven as James Bond. Eon has made all the other "official" James Bond movies up to and including NTTD. George Lazenby has portrayed James Bond exactly 1 time, in "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" (1969). He was 29 during filming. Roger Moore began his run as Bond aged 45 in “Live and Let Die” (1973) and played Bond 7 times total, finally aged 57 in 1985. Moore is currently the oldest actor to play James Bond on film. It seems likely this will always be the case. Next, Timothy Dalton, has played Bond 2 times, at 41 and 43, his tenure lasting from 1987 to 1989. Pierce Brosnan has played James Bond 4 times, between 42 and 49, from 1995 to 2002. And Craig played Bond 5 times, between 38 to 51, from 2006 to 2021. The point of all this is that in each of those movies, the actor is playing Bond at around his real age and in the same year as it was filmed, roughly speaking. Supposedly, Ian Fleming intended James Bond to be in his mid-30s, but that’s not relevant for the movies (also because many of the movies stray far and wide from the source material stories). So, there is no way a 32-year-old James Bond in the middle of the Cold War (1962) is the “same” James Bond who appears to be in his late 40s to early 50s in 2019. Up until the Craig movies, the earlier James Bond movies have a very loose “continuity” at best, with numerous references to old films in newer ones. There is even a single instance of breaking the fourth wall with one actor directly commenting on his predecessor! That, to be fair, is an aberration, but it exists in the “canon” or “lore” however you choose to describe it. However... The “We have all the time in the world” line that Bond says to Madeline in the car early in NTTD is a *highly significant* phrase in Bond story history referring to a very important event in a previous film. The song playing over NTTD’s end credits, “We Have All the Time in the World” by Louis Armstrong also appears in that earlier movie. That singular event is alluded to several times in the following movies, by different Bond actors. Speaking of Bond movie songs, many, but not all the songs incorporate the movie’s title. Several of the movies having opening music that is strictly orchestral with no singing.

REDR58

Lashana Lynch who is actually of British/Jamaican descent, also appeared in both MCU Captain Marvel movies as Maria Rambeau and her photo was seen in the “Wanda/Vision” series. Ana de Armas was born in Havana, Cuba. It is indeed shame we will never see her again in a James Bond movie. George, if you want to see her in another very memorable role, if not a great movie, check out “Knock Knock” (2015) with Keanu Reeves. When Bond asked her if she really had 3 weeks of training, she says, “More or less.” The 1985 Aston Martin V8 Mk IV that Bond gets out of storage previously appeared in “The Living Daylights” with Timothy Dalton as Bond. It does a bit more in that movie... It even has the same registration front and rear plates. On screen left, there is a portrait of a previous M in the waiting area where the picture of Judi Dench’s “M” appears. It is of actor Robert Brown who portrays “M” in 4 earlier movies, with 2 different Bond actors. The cool-looking headlights on the Land Rover SUVs are simply LED daytime running lights. Similar lights are seen on Nomi 007’s Aston Martin DBS Superleggera when she picks up Bond by the forest. The person Q is having over is implied to be a male dinner date. This would make Q the first “good” gay character seen in a Bond movie, not counting some other characters that change sides who might be LGBT in earlier movies. https://www.indiewire.com/features/general/ben-whishaw-gay-bond-no-time-to-die-1234695168/ Corny “dad jokes” are a staple of older Bond movies and aren’t used as much in the Craig movies until this one. Just wait, you’ll see! Bond is full of quips and puns. George, no one at MI-5 thought Bond was dead in this movie before he returns. It’s mentioned they assumed he was “retired.” I think it’s a HUGE mistake to give Bond a family. It’s nothing but a massive weakness to be exploited. So there is all this buildup for Rami Malek’s bad guy’s whatshisname that ends up with literally calling himself a “god.” Eh. It's just goofy and silly and hard to take seriously. His very elaborate lair hearkens back to any number of older Bond Supervillains, with a lot of vast, pointless open spaces. To be fair, it's partly built from the remains of a WW2 submarine pen and also, somehow, a missile silo. M comes across as extraordinarily incompetent in this movie. At the very least he should be prosecuted for allowing such a horrifically dangerous weapon to be stolen from a facility with no real security to speak of. To wrap up this screed, the idea that Heracles, which was developed by MI-5, stolen, altered and ultimately seals Bond’s fate is just laughably irritating irony. He gets through a gauntlet of automatic and grenade-wielding goons (“Goons. Hired Goons!”) at very close quarters, yet is shot multiple times, hobbled and infected by Makek’s nobody-whoever and then ultimately killed by his country’s own weapons while he stands there and watches them arc towards him. And the “permanent” nanobot infection... maybe, I don’t know, perhaps he can be rescued, kept in quarantine and treated with NEW nanobots that are designed to take out the first set of nanobots? I mean, if you have the technological ability to selectively target DNA in a human body with one bunch of ‘bots and then cause destruction at the cellular level or whatever is happening, killing the person, you can surely engineer more ‘bots to clean up the problem. Bond’s death is a pointless self-sacrifice and a laughably unsatisfying end. It left me feeling nothing but contempt for it and the writers. The whole buildup and ending is just, bleh. I doubt I will ever watch this movie again. For me, the Craig Bond story ends with “Spectre” as I actively hate this movie. It’s an insultingly bad finish. (And despite me dumping all over Rami Malek’s role here, it’s not at all the fault of the very fine actor. He’s just given garbage to work with.)

davidov

Just wanted to say that I extremely enjoyed your reaction, bawled my eyes out in theatres myself and was happy to see you were so involved in the story as well. Could write 10 pages of what I like about the movie and 1 page of what didn't really work for me, but who wants to read that huh. The negative responses were predictable, exactly the same as in 1969. Personally I "had a bad feeling" about the ending as soon as the title was released, and as a Bond fan the red flags are everywhere in the movie. Bond saying "we have all the time in the world" 15 minutes in the movie confirmed my suspicions. Sad, but epic. And for a kid who had to hear "ooh Bond movies are boring, there is never anything at stake, he never dies" over a million times in his childhood, it was very satisfying to see they finally had it wrong.

Ginger

00:35 What? No we don't! :D That was just gibberish

Ginger

"We have all the time in the world" hits much differently when you have seen a certain older Bond film. Hope you'll get around to it some day. :) But I'd suggest not to think about these as one long continuity. Basically (almost) every new Bond is a reboot with some recurring cast members. There is one important event in the earlier films that is referenced occasionally but mostly when there are references to older Bond movies, they're only meant to be eastereggs. Fans have been discussing pretty much since the beginning whether 007 and the name James Bond are a changing designation and code name or if it's all one character. The way I approach this franchise is basically MST3K style: "It's just a show, you should really just relax".

Funkachute

As far as continuity goes, the Bond franchise has always kept it pretty loose. I liken it to a superhero franchise. Different actors playing the same character, and sometimes in different continuities. Craig's tenure as Bond has felt very comparable to The Dark Knight Trilogy within the larger Batman movie franchise. Both feature a definitive beginning and ending for their main characters. But just because Bale's Batman retires at the end of The Dark Knight Rises, doesn't mean Batman is done. So too will James Bond return, just a different version of the character.

Simone's Coconut Squire

I'm 100% with Simone in this. By presenting the death of James Bond and making it cannon, that makes him immortal in all future movies and removes all stakes. Also, I believe they WERE toying with the idea of continuing with a 007 that isn't Bond. From what I understand, the Broccoli family finally gave up control over the franchise (They've had final say over everything Bond movie since the beginning, and maintained extremely tight control over the property, so who knows what may come up.

David Lonewolf Wright

I look at Daniel Craig's Bond as an actual reboot, even though they used the same M to start it off. The next Bond will be a new rebooted universe. Lucifer Satan stated that he had buyers, so it sounded like he would then take money to target whoever he was hired to kill. 1. Casino Royale 2. Skyfall 3. No Time to Die 4. Spectre 5. Quantum of Solace