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Written by James M. Tate / 6/11/2022 / No comments / 007 , 2021 , action , christoph waltz , daniel craig , drama , espionage , franchise , james bond , léa seydoux , spy , thriller

DANIEL CRAIG AND LÉA SEYDOUX BOND IN 'NO TIME TO DIE'

<p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAvAL0icl_xytgZsRH8_2_4piKo5lelpSQ1gpmVaD1cUibC2h24PeWrRVvzU45ubNhNDZTZe8kH3T2sLnPUS9-EIG7l8qCrfWogRmIQQULswCWf9yMo58ZdB68T_QCaVcCb1pt8lMhup-85tLz6m7WXRSDgBSrUmUhzibiN08Ele_u2QL0kiHVIxppOQ/s2311/Screen%20Shot%202022-06-10%20at%2011.28.14%20AM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="723" data-original-width="2311" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAvAL0icl_xytgZsRH8_2_4piKo5lelpSQ1gpmVaD1cUibC2h24PeWrRVvzU45ubNhNDZTZe8kH3T2sLnPUS9-EIG7l8qCrfWogRmIQQULswCWf9yMo58ZdB68T_QCaVcCb1pt8lMhup-85tLz6m7WXRSDgBSrUmUhzibiN08Ele_u2QL0kiHVIxppOQ/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202022-06-10%20at%2011.28.14%20AM.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Daniel Craig drives Léa Seydoux in NO TIME TO DIE Year: 2021 Rating: *1/2<br></u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Turns out, in a manner of speaking, after a failed attempt gave MGM the idea to remake CASINO ROYALE, Quentin Tarantino got his wish to make a James Bond flick since the pre-credit NO TIME TO DIE open has ingénue Léa Seydoux as a flashed-back little girl, witnessing a parent being murdered like the KILL BILL VOL.1 anime segment... </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>By an assassin who dramatically chases her into the great wide-shot open INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS style (and later a young daughter's hidden away in a villa ala VOL. 2)... ironic since Christoph Waltz eventually returns as Blofeld, quickly... </p><p><span></span></p>

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DANIEL CRAIG AND LÉA SEYDOUX BOND IN 'NO TIME TO DIE'

Daniel Craig drives Léa Seydoux in NO TIME TO DIE Year: 2021 Rating: *1/2 Turns out, in a manner of speaking, after a failed attempt gave MG...

CONNERY BOND ONE: DR. NO

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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>year: 1962 cast: Sean Connery, Ursula Andress, Jack Lord, John Kitzmiller Director: Terence Young</u></td></tr>
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Couple things to begin. We first learn that Sean Connery's secret agent James Bond likes his Martini "<i>Mixed </i>not Stirred" as opposed to "Shaken." A very bland individual, never to appear again, plays Q and provides 007 a new gun and no gadgets. Bernard Lee is introduced as M while Lois Maxwell's young-enough Moneypenny is worth more than goading flirtation, and the opening credit sequence doesn't have its own song with lyrics or without, but rather, just as we're setting up the Scottish actor in the lead role, the (soon to be iconic) Bond theme is established from the start...<br>

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CONNERY BOND ONE: DR. NO

year: 1962 cast: Sean Connery, Ursula Andress, Jack Lord, John Kitzmiller Director: Terence Young Couple things to begin. We first lea...

CRAIG BOND THREE: SKYFALL

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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">year: 2012 cast: Daniel Craig, Javier Bardem, Judi Dench rating: ***1/2</td></tr>
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Never mind what the new Q says: a young hipster/hacker arming James Bond with only a gun and radio, telling the seasoned spy that the usual “exploding pens” are outdated. While this thinking person’s 007 has a lot of brooding substance and, directed by Sam Mendes, goes more for the brain than the jugular, there’s top-notch thrills liken to the good old days: Beginning with a high octane prologue which includes riding motorcycles on rooftops… and then facing an adversary on a train speeding through low tunnels... we lose Bond to a botched killshot not meant for him: His lifeless body plunges into the water and we’re left with Judi Dench’s M, about to be let go of her services.<br />
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When Bond returns from “death” (a vacation of drinking and sex) his boss isn’t surprised. But he has to get into shape quickly, which won’t be easy given his recent lifestyle. Daniel Craig, with the countenance of a determined badger and the usual pursed-lipped stone face, plays Bond more gently than usual, even showing his age on occasion: or else being reminded of it: Out to find a stolen list that could uncover the identities of fellow Secret Agents, he happens upon the main villain on a dilapidated island. Javier Bardem’s Silva is the kind of menace who loves hearing himself speak… Imagine a gossipy hairdresser mixed with a cold-blooded killer reciting Shakespeare… But being a disgruntled former agent, it’s M he’s really after.<br />
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The storyline fails to capture the nonstop espionage where every scene opens a new bag of tricks, leaving a very basic revenge plot stretched through an overlong two-and-a-half hours. Then again Bond himself – who, to protect M's life, returns to a rural childhood orphanage with a knife and gun – is back to the gritty basics: he alone makes SKYFALL work.

007, action, daniel craig, james bond

CRAIG BOND THREE: SKYFALL

year: 2012 cast: Daniel Craig, Javier Bardem, Judi Dench rating: ***1/2 Never mind what the new Q says: a young hipster/hacker arming Ja...

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