Minus the whole one night stand thing, that's freaking Crank. I might watch this movie, but like I said before, I already tire of John Wick clones. I appreciate return of stylized old school action myself, but get your own material people! Granted, I would still take this over all the Jason Bourne clones that came out around the mid 2000s and all the way to the mid 2010s.
Like said, it's pretty much on rails for this type of movie, but I enjoy these kinds of movies, the same way some like Super hero movies, sappy dramas or raunchy buddy comedies. For me, the value lies in the spectacle, so I don't really tire of them. But I understand completely how anyone can be over these types of movies, which is why I can't recommended it in good faith to any and everyone; I'm sure some our more pedantic members on here would easily shred this movie to bits!
In that second bit, my favourite thing is Dorian suddenly trying to make himself look presentable when the Oscar gets handed over, as if he's actually on a stage.
Also, DOA, from 1950, which is public domain. The wiki entry for DOA even says Kate is a remake.
My sentiments exactly. I actually thought to myself at one point: this just Gran Torino, but much, much worse.
One of the worst things in action movies, and in James Bond a lot, are what I call "merciful bad guys" scenes. We can watch a 15 minute shoot out where 007 kills a million bad guys. The bad guys are all shooting at, but never hitting Bond. At that point, they may as well be noise makers. There's no tension to him being shot at (as opposed to say, Witness, where we can understand the danger and the odds against the good buy). And then, after 15 minutes of 007 killing a faceless large number of them, and them doing all that chasing and noise making, one gets the drop on him... and acts like he's trying to put Bond under arrest, saying, "put your hands up!" I can suspend disbelief maybe once in a movie. But, "Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)"? I think it happens a lot. Sad it predictably happens in this movie too.
Yeah, gunmen are so useless it makes most of the action pretty boring. Spectre had the same issue iirc. They sometimes even get the drop on him, multiple guys at once, and Bond has no cover -> every shot misses. Spectre had Dave Bautista as a very physical adversary and as usual there are a couple of "main" henchmen in No Time to Die, but one clearly can't match against Bond and the other goes out in a car crash. No trying to arrest him though -- the intent to kill is very much there. They just can't score a hit.
I've not seen the OG DOA. I should do that ASAP.
The Valhalla is only shown in MI6's garage. The DB5 is in a high action chase as we know from the trailers. The DBS gets a scenic drive, and the coolest car ever made the V8 Vantage gets a couple of spins. The other big chase scene has Bond drive a Toyota Land Cruiser xD.
Wow, four Aston Martins in one movie. I know they aren't all Bond's cars, but he is a strange fellow. A fanboy if I've ever seen one. Usually, car enthusiasts love more than one brand of sports car.
Meh, I will only say I think am far from overly critical. I'm usually pretty forgiving if a film works, however I found myself mentally checking out with all the Eddie and venom back and forth. The most bizarre and pointless scene was the rave. I can't see how you were entertained he just stood around, it was so weird and dumb.
Oh, I didn't say it was perfect; it certainly had its flaws, but I think it stayed true to its tone throughout, ton being fun. Agreed the rave scene was kinda out of place, but overall, it was a lull in an otherwise enjoyable watch [for me,] but I'm far from objective.
