No Time To Die - Could it Really Be Daniel Craig's Worst??
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- Опубліковано 1 жов 2024
- CINEMATIC 007 -- So we HAD completed the series 'Is the Last Film of Each Actor Their Worst?,' ending off with ‘Spectre’… Well, Daniel Craig has now officially completed his tenure with 'No Time to Die'... but surely, this can't be Craig's worst? Well, you might be surprised to hear what David Zaritsky has to say!
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NTTD honestly has me reflecting negativity on the Craig era as a whole. It goes without saying that Daniel is fantastic in the role, and Casino Royale is a masterpiece, but by the end the emotional baggage of this era was just too much. Looking back now, I think the likes of License to Kill and/or Goldeneye are the template for how to give Bond some emotional stakes in the story, without getting too bogged down by it.
Licence to Kill, a film that I don't think works anywhere as well as this one, is a fascinating point of comparison. In its day it was also hugely controversial, provoking similar questions like, "Can you do that?", "Do I wanna see that here?", "Do I like feeling this way?", "Is this even a Bond film?" and so on.
@K F It's no surprise that NTTD and TWINE are among my favourite Bond films. That love/betrayal dynamic is something I'm enthralled by not just in this series but across all romantic thrillers - Thomas Crown, Entrapment, Inception, it's even a huge part of The Favourite with Mrs. Daniel Craig herself.
@@gandalainsley6467 go watch some soap operas.
@@comeonman1100 That was my problem. Goldeneye's problems were on the same level as soap operas problems . Ex friend betrays you and then he dies .
@@gandalainsley6467 Goldeneye and most other Bonds don't go nearly as deep into the melodrama that Craig movies do.
NTTD is the only Bond film I've only seen once.Other than Ana De Armas,there was nothing about this film that I'd like to revisit
It’s not his worst , that would be SPECTRE but too often he comes off as Daniel Craig, not James Bond.
Amazon prime has the Sean Connery Bond movies available. Those movies make SPECRE look like a legit bad guy organization. That version of Ernest Von Blofeld played by Donald Pleasence, was more entertaining than the one played by Christopher Waltz (who is a good actor though).
The film really should have had a dedication to Sir Sean Connery and Sir Roger Moore who had passed away between Spectre and NNTD
It should, but EON has no generosity. I'm glad it doesn't because the film is unworthy of them.
@@richardweddle3408 really it wasn’t and I hated it and I’ve been introduced to James Bond by my mom and by my grandmother through Sean Connery think Sean Connery would be pissed off beyond belief and so would more because you don’t kill off the golden goose you just don’t and for Daniel Craig to actually be able to have a say on how Bon dies or goes out what the fuck was he thinking sorry my cursing, but that’s what I think because there’s again you don’t kill off the golden goose
@@richardweddle3408yes because NTTD is worse than A View to a Kill and Never Say Never Again?
I suspect Roger Might have been considered at one stage but I can see why they didn't as he passed away a while before it came out [in 2017]. As for Connery, bare in mind the film was 'locked' for release in early 2020 and he passed away that autumn. By all accounts the film wasn't altered after the April 2020 postponement so they couldn't include it even if they wanted to.
@@richardweddle3408 Given some of the films they appeared in over the years [such as Connery-The Avengers, Moore-Bullseye] I doubt they'd turn there noses up at NTTD at all.
I was pretty excited to purchase it when it came out for home release, but have only seen it once (and then rewatched the opening chase a few times). Not really a fun film to rewatch in its entirety.
Bond movies are best when they’re cheesy comedies like Moonraker, etc…
@@ramencurry6672 That's really subjective, for me it's the exact opposite :)
@@ramencurry6672 yep because they are lighthearted fun that is enjoyable to watch again.
Not a fun film to watch at all, the first and only time for me was cringeworthy, depressing, annoying and baffling all at the same time. How do you forget how to make James Bond movies? Barbara and MGW have been working on them since the 80s and suddenly they can't even animate a gunbarrel properly, are putting weird and pointless and even downright pretentious quotes before the movie starts, systematically killing off every character including James Bond himself, making Blofeld his brother, making him fall in love and quit over nothing, some totally unlikeable, dull and annoying Bond girl he's literally just met, making Bond forget how contraception works just before the massively contrived death, ruining every beloved trope from just wringing each one through the mangle over and over (DB5, martinis etc etc)... M will be his dad next, Q his gay cousin, Moneypenny he's already now slept with even though one of the whole points of her character was that she never actually got with him...
They're also 100% now contriving and forcing a black casting since NTTD only makes any sense whatsoever if it was a statement of killing off white Bond, basically. It'll be black Bond, gay Q, lesbian Moneypenny, Indian M, asian Bill Tanner, trans Felix Leiter, gender fluid Bond girls or Bond boys...what am I missing from the new contrived Hollywood checklist for billionaire white producers to desperately try and show off how enlightened and down with the kids they are?
@@AD-kv9kj touch some grass 🤡
We had just been through two years of plague and then they kill James Bond. Jeesh!
Can’t wait to discuss, I thought I hated DAD and Spectre, NTTD gets worse upon every viewing. Let’s talk about it
i watched it once in the theater. hated the ending. i bought the blueray and its now on prime. i havent watched it again yet.
It needed to go out on a high, not a massive low. Bring back "fun" Bond. If I wanted dark, I'd watch Batman.
This film made Batman feel like a light comedy.
The movie was fun, just a sad ending. The cuba scene for example is great fun.
@@emptyblank099aI wouldn't use the word fun for ANY of Craig's Bond's. As a film it was OK as a Bond film, it just wasn't. But hey, glad you enjoyed it.
I agree 007 deserved a good ending! But I think people will look back at this film years later and see it’s beauty.
My healthy disappointment with No Time to Die has grown into a worrisome loathing.
I had the idea that I would come to accept this film the more I watched it....but I just can't bring myself to sit through it a fourth time just yet. A thoroughly miserable experience.
Sitting through it three times is amazing - once is the most I can manage so far. I love the scenes with Paloma and Primo, but everything else is a slog.
I love JB but still haven't made it once through this one. I just got bored. Such a shame.
No idea how you were able to sit through it more than once, let alone 3 times.
Even without the ending, the Bond movies are hard to get through because they are getting close to three hours long. That plus the downer, broodiness of the Craig movies doesn't help either.
I gave up 2nd time. It's insanely contrived, overwrought and boring.
I know that killing off the main character is the new thing these days, I think killing off Craig’s bond was the way to go for this bond. If it had happened in brosnan’s tenure or Moore’s, it would’ve pisses off A LOT more people because it wouldn’t fit with their bonds.
46:23 "No Time To Die is better than Quantum [Of Solace]"?
"Of course, 100%."
Insane - Quantum Of Solace is a lean machine, while No Time To Die is a bloated mess.
This!👍
Agreed. Trashing Quantum is such a normie thing to do. Just like how OHMSS and LTK used to be considered the worst movies until one day the internet told them they were good.
@@JDoe-gf5oz Lol at one day. OHMSS has been lauded for decades. QOS has been trash since the day it was released. To say a movie, where Daniel Craig had to complete the script himself is better than other Bond films, is downright laughable.
@@Romans8-9 lauded by fans who saw it and gave it a chance, but the seeming consensus among regular Joes pre-2000s internet was that it was a bad movie and Lazenby was the "bad Bond" because hur dur he wasn't Connery and why else would he only do one if he wasn't terrible?
@@JDoe-gf5oz" Pre-2000s internet" lol Move the goalposts much?
Let's just say it, the next bond movies need to be more like the last three Mission Impossible movies... Fun
I never ever thought this would happen but No Time to Die has actually replaced Die Another Day in my eyes as the worst movie in the franchise. Although DAD feels like a live-action version of the cartoon series James Bond Jr. (Check out Gustav Graves cyber suit. He looks incredibly like Dr Derange from James Bond Jr) the film still feels like a Bond film, albeit a poorly scripted one, where they just flushed basic logic down the toilet. However, I would watch Die Another Day multiple times over No Time To Die.
The problem I have with it, is surprisingly not Bond's death. How it was presented...yes but not Bond dying. My problem with Craig's last two films is the story arc, which regardless of EON's claims was not introduced until SPECTRE. You had Casino Royale, then you had the direct sequel, which wasn't necessary but okay, I'll accept that. Vesper's story is done and dusted. Then you have Skyfall which is a stand alone story. Then SPECTRE comes along and starts tying the previous three great films into one ongoing story and because it wasn't planned out from the beginning, it feels sloppy, poorly worked out and done simply because they did it in the Mission Impossible franchise and the MCU and it worked for them. The last two films actually tarnishes the first three good ones for me because of that unnecessary story arc which is badly done. A story arc through a Bond actors tenure could have worked and would have been interesting if it had have been planned out beforehand.
In relation to SPECTRE, I feel that NTTD was a wasted opportunity to fix a lot of things that were handled badly in SPECTRE. The reintroduction of SPECTRE and Blofeld mainly. They go to the trouble of bringing back an iconic villain from the franchise, under use him in the first film and then just waste him in the second. It leaves you wondering why they even bothered to bring him back in the first place. You could have had Safin as a secondary villain who threatens both Bond and Blofeld and then Bond has to break Blofeld out of prison, forcing the two of them to work together to take down Safin. Blofeld could be the one to kill Safin but then once it's done, the truce can be over and it comes down to an epic showdown between Bond and Blofeld. They could end up killing each other and then that would have been a far more satisfying, heroic and an earned death for Bond. A sort of Sherlock Holmes and Moriarty moment as they fight to the death on the Reichenbach Falls.
The other problem I have with it and there are many is the emotional manipulation in a conscious effort to try and eclipse the emotional impact of On Her Majesty's Secret Service. The difference is that in OHMSS, it feels effortless and organic, whereas in No Time to Die, it feels forced. I did not get choked up when Bond died. I did not get choked up when Felix died. I was indifferent. The death of Tracy, still gets me and how Lazenby plays that scene. The death of Daniel Craig's Bond...Meh. And don't get me wrong, I loved Craig's Bond and his interpretation, at least for the first three films but on the strength of what they did with SPECTRE and NTTD, Craig should have quit after Skyfall.
My final thoughts? Give Purvis and Wade a rest and let Joe and David write the next Bond script.
Majesties and Goldeneye are tied as my favorite Bond film. The use of Louis Armstrong’s theme song for Bond and Tracy, just rubs me the wrong way. It doesn’t belong here in this film. I hear that song I immediately think of Bond with Tracy. It just takes me out of this film.
When Bond tosses the hat too Moneypenny, at the wedding I tear up, in Majesties. But here in NTTD, I don’t get emotional with the finish. I never got the Bond Madeline relationship feels. When Bond and Tracy connect glances in that barn, as Bond shuts barn door, while Tracy whisks her hair; that connection speaks volumes for me. And after Bond has to navigate down the mountains from Piz, to the village. Dodging Blofeld and his men, the Bunt and her men. When he sits on that bench, I feel for him. He needs help, he’s exhausted, his face shows need. When he glances up at Tracy ( who makes a skate outfit , stunning) the glance speaks volumes for me.
Yet despite Craig doing a good job, dialogue between him and Madelline, I just don’t get any feels. Saffin, just a tremendous disappointment , I felt. Now, I love this film while in Matera, Cuba, Jamaica. Paloma was incredible, to little screen time. M, Q, Moneypenny are great in NTTD. Bond and Felix, that was again great.
I definitely felt the same way about the use of the Armstrong song in this film. In this universe Bond never met Tracy so why do they keep with the call backs? Is this supposed to be this timeline's version of Tracy? This clearly isn't the same Bond from the original timeline.
I still like NTTD. I have no problem with him dying. It was shocking but understandable based on the story. Besides, he'll be back...eventually.
SPECTRE and NO TIME TO DIE share many of the same shortcomings -- clumsy storytelling, villains that don't quite rise to the level of classic Bond baddies, and horrible, completely unmemorable title songs. First and foremost, however, both pictures are undone by climaxes they haven't really earned, and this is due to Bond's sudden and inexplicable devotion to the Madeleine Swann character. While there has been no shortage of memorable Bond Girls over the years, it was never necessary to explain why the best of them -- Tracey, Vesper, and Tatiana -- managed to become so important to Bond. As a deadly assassin, Bond had conditioned himself to keep his feelings in check, for to do otherwise would expose a vulnerability to his enemies. We can understand why Bond fell for Tracey and Vesper; his courtship with those women felt natural, but his rushed infatuation with Madeleine seems forced and unearned, a plot point designed to advance the story from point A to point B. The Craig films produced some memorable Bond Girls, but I would have to place Madeleine near the bottom of the list, and that's a real problem when you're hoping to send Bond off in the biggest emotional flourish of the series. It's not even that Seydoux is particularly bad in the role -- the character simply wasn't anything special to begin with, and Bond actually seems to have better chemistry with Nomi, Paloma, or even Moneypenny, and that shouldn't be the case considering the stakes the story has set up...
We buy into Bond falling in love (OHMSS) because we never feel that Tracy will try and domesticate him...where as Madeleine & kid...
Honestly, the only Craig Bond that felt like a Bond was Casino Royale. They tried to make his films seem gritty and more realistic but the plot holes and serial aspect made it laborious drivel. Even Skyfall had Bond going into battle knowing he was sure to go up against superior forces with noting but a double rifle. Don't get me started on NTTD. From the stealing of the MC universe (Tony Stark has a kid, now I have to protect it) to the obvious demise from the opening gun barrel when Bond Fades with no blood. This combined with the OHMSS homage telegraphed the ending. Most of his series, he's a rogue agent... Just go on a f#$ing mission for God's sake and stop with the brooding bullshit.
17:21 David: "My Bond is ashes now."
A 163-minute movie summed up in five words.
I’ve missed you Mr. Darlington! It’s good to have you back! 😊
David Zaritsky: "... it may have made it (NTTD) the worst in the series!"
*MIC DROP... and out!* :)
For me it's not James Bond who died. It's Daniel Craig's Bond. Craig's Bond is for me like Superman Red Son or Thomas Wayne Batman from Flashpoint. His whole era is like a twisted mirror universe version of the orignal character.
Yes, I think Craig wanted his Bond to "die", but that has tarnished the whole concept I'm afraid.
Well, I hope you're getting ready for black gender fluid gay trans James Bond who insists on they/them pronouns, because that's obviously what they're now contriving away at.
M: Where's Jay Bond at, man?
Moneypenny: They're in their office.
M: Call them in now, bruv!!
Moneypenny: Why are you sounding so angry and unprofessional...and like a teenager...?
M: Becuz am down wiv da kids innit! Gotta make every scene a big angry broodin' drama fest. Also, I is Jay Bond's dad by the way!
@@phila3884 I agree but my love for Bond died with Brosnan so I'll be interested in the reboot
Yep. They're Bond movies. Any "continuity " is tenuous at best.
Yup daniel Craig is dead and now bond is coming back
YOU DON'T KILL JAMES BOND. RULE NUMBER 1
Everybody dies.
@@rolandmiller5456 and that's why the movie's ending sucked. It's meant to be escapism not reality. Of course a real life 00 would die within the first 10 years of service it's an incredibly dangerous job.
Grow up
As soon as the movie started we were all like “wtf is this shit?”. It didn’t even remotely resemble a Bond film. A mother & daughter in a house & the girl is a crack shot & drags a grown ass man out of a house without giving us a single reason to care. It took 10 minutes for an action sequence to happen & when it did it was ridiculous. A bomb goes off in Bond’s face point blank & he’s fine he’s just dirty like a Wiley Coyote cartoon. Then instead of being a breath of fresh air he’s a wet blanket, a stoic sulking whiner. The villain was crap. Not even remotely interesting & no strong motive. The only time it felt like a Bond movie was when that gorgeous Latina actress showed up as another agent, it was fun & energetic. It was a nice 5 minutes. Killing Bond off at the end md was so forced & over-played. They completely broke the tone of what a Bond movie is supposed to be. You’re supposed to leave the theater feeling good not bored & depressed. Fuck this movie.
Couldn't have said it better myself. And then I watched The world is not enough a few days ago, left the movie feeling cool with that theme playing add the classic James Bond will return at the end, was perfect. What happened to THAT Bond? I understand the need to do something a little different every time, but....Craig and his movies dropped the ball.
@@petersmithyy4556 and for the love of God stop using the DB five and the Aston Martin V8 Vantage I’m so sick and tired of that if your script is tight and good and it respects the lore of what James Bond supposed to be then you don’t need to have those, but if you did bring those two cars in to make us feel something in the movies, dog shit believe me, I ain’t gonna be impressed
@@KimBailey-w2g those cars Rock
@@petersmithyy4556 yes they are, and put a smile to my face when I saw the Aston Martin, V8 Vantage, because at the end of the day I am in Timothy Dalton fan
Sean Connery used to enjoy being a secret agent. Daniel Craig looks like someone who doesn't want to do it but is still doing it. Casino Royale is the perfect Bond movie and the best of DC. It had all Bond formulas in a perfect proportion. CR looks old and new both at same time. My dad used to be a huge Bond fan and he just was disappointed after watching Nttd. I think the production making Bond more politically correct was the biggest mistake.
@@rossmccay Bond is meant to be a nicer anti Hero. He is meant to be someone who uses women to gain his milestones in a mission. He is someone who needs to kill people cold heartedly without even flinching. Humanising himself a little is good but making him soft is not
agreed! The best part of No Time to Die is Craig is now gone...Henry Cavill, Barb. Let's bring back the tall, suave, clever sophisticated 007 or just retire the series.
I have no problem with Bond dying. I'm just not excited about how it was executed in NTTD. It felt like suicide. In Danny Boyle and John Hodge's canceled script, Bond hitches a ride with a rocket and has to disable it before it hits its target, thus sacrificing himself for civilization. What a far better send-off that would have been.
Moreoever, the last 40 minutes of NTTD is an absolute slog to get through. The film needed a good editor. But what I do like about the film, is that it gave one actor's tenure a proper ending. The Craig era introduced the idea of self-contained runs dedicated to one actor, which is borrowed from Batman.
Craig whined and whined that He would only do one more if He would get his wish and they would kill his character off (and a whole bunch of money too)…
He did five of these and wanted to end them on a emotional note, good for him! Seriously I much prefer the way Craig wanted to finish his stint than the years-long temper tantrums thrown by Connery .....who JUST wanted more money.
@@geoffreygershon you can't say he just wanted more money when he donated his earning from DAF to charity. That just doesn't make sense.
Yep, don’t let the talent dictate the outcome of the movie. Ever.
@@Asshole88 Connery also turned down $5.5m to do another after DAF. An astonishing amount of money at the time.
@@mrwhitespaleking5190 That's the issue with _Picard_ too.
You know what I think would have been a great idea? Not make NTTD. Craig should have hung up his Tux after Skyfall. Finish strong.
Basically,
Killed the goose that kept laying the golden eggs for sixty years.
Cannot get more WOKE than that !
It would have been cool if they did something like this in Craig's fourth outing as Bond. Pulled like a Sherlock Holmes thing where he dies and then bring him back for his last outing somehow.
This just left me feeling sad and empty leaving the theatre though. Craig was just sort of a depressing Bond for me. His movies played the drama a bit too much. Casino Royale was terrific but I think that was more because of the script, locations, and writing.
In Skyfall which was good too they always made him out to be like this out of touch old man even though he was only in his third film. Plus, there was barely any sex in any of the Craig Bond films. They tried to make him into this one woman, almost lovesick type guy when that is not the character.
Bond is a handsome bachelor who has a very dangerous job. He enjoys sleeping around with beautiful women because he could die at any moment and is going to enjoy himself when he can. So he sleeps around and enjoys good booze and nice clothes and fine dining and fancy cars and gadgets. And there is nothing wrong with that.
I just don't agree with killing Bond. I guess they were trying to be dark and edgy but I don't really want that from my Bond. I want pure escapist fun like Octopussy, Goldfinger, or the Spy Who Loved Me.
I don't feel very good about the future of Bond at this point. The best we can hope is they decide to go the route of Top Gun: Maverick and make the next series an old school crowd pleaser with no woke agenda....but I doubt that will happen.
I don't feel good about the future of Bond either. That's why I'm leaving the franchise for good.
Craig just wasn't a good James Bond.
@@STONESGAM I've known older - much older - women who were really attracted to Sean Connery. Those females didn't seem to mind what "Bond" did for a living.
I concur, Producers should just leave it at that. Messed up the Series enough already. Thank God for Tom Cruise and Mission Impossible.
Interesting point about Maverick as a comparison.
i know this is bait and switch because Joe likes it, but for me it's bad enough, along with SPECTRE, that i'll never watch either again. I mean grasping that people might come around to it like On Her Majesty's Secret Service--with that film a lot of people just didn't see it to begin with. That films feels like a Bond film, this did not.
It was a great film, that ended as a fitting end to the Craig era. The brilliance of Bond is there is an actor perfect for any mood.
You want silly? Moore. Gritty? Craig etc
Movie was 🗑️
Daniel Craig is just plain garbage.
They were going for the big dramatic ending and that may have worked (for some) at the time but in time it looks a horrible decision. The beauty of Bond movies is their re-watchability and I cannot think of a Bond I’d want to rewatch less than NTTD-and a lot of that has to do with that end.
" I cannot think of a Bond I’d want to rewatch less than NTTD"
Well, Spectre is just as bad for me, but yeah. I never in my life thought I'd ever be able to say with total conviction that I would honestly rather be forced to watch A View to a Kill, Diamonds Are Forever and Die Another Day back to back than be made to rewatch Spectre and/or NTTD! And that isn't even a "woke" complaint or something, Spectre wasn't "woke" at all (like Craigbond just forcing himself on the wife of a guy he just shot and who seconds before slapped him - I even find that worse than the notorious Goldfinger hay barn or Thunderball steam room scenes) just bad and pretentious and dull.
"The beauty of Bond movies is their re-watchability". it does not get better the third - fourth time.
Before I took Kathy to NTTD I had her see all the previous Craig flicks so she wouldn’t get lost. After SPECTRE she was calling the story arc as quite convoluted, especially the brother angle. She also didn’t feel the on screen chemistry was all that great with Madeline.
Anyhow at the end of NTTD she kind of said “What the heck was that?” She said it was definitely NOT a Bond film.
Contrast that with how we left Top Gun Maverick. At the end of that movie she remarked the difference of how everyone felt when the credits rolled. Claps and cheers.
That is how you should leave a Bond flick. Not mourning the death of one of your heroes.
Because they used Fleabag Waller and SJW crap in NTTD
Who the heck is Kathy? And why should we care what she thinks.
@@RighteousBrother Someone with the same right to an opinion as you.
I left the cinema celebrating the death of the franchises worst villain - Craig's Bond.
But they didn't kill James Bond. They killed off some short, fugly Russian-looking henchman guy with no charm or charisma whatsoever who was desperately trying to act like James Bond... Seriously, Daniel Craig isn't even a particularly good actor. Never understood why so many thought he was some amazing actor. Martin Campbell squeezed some drops out of him with his hardcore directing style and professionalism, but Craig is incredibly dull, 2-dimensional and wooden. Stiff, awkward and perpetually miserable to boot. He looks like some chav's dad desperately pretending to be James Bond. Even his swaggering walk is phoned in, how do you phone in just walking??
No time to die ending kills the whole movie, because it doesn't leave you with that excitement and joy that bond movie should bring the movie goer.
Craig’s tenure should’ve ended at Spectre… At least that film ended on a positive note. NTTD is just a bad film.
Nothing surpasses Die Another day in terms of worst in the series.
I find NTTD a disjointed mess and a miserable watch. Daniel Craig performed brilliantly throughout his tenure as Bond, but his era has been the absolute worst period in the film’s franchise since 1970-1976. The brooding, woe-is-me approach and the political correctness is nauseating. A batting average of .200 (Casino Royale) in terms of great Bond films in Craig’s 15 years is poor.
One reason I hated SPECTRE was because they reduced the criminal organization from a mysterious, powerful organization into a Mickey Mouse organization
He’s back! And his beard is in full swing! Go Joe!
Lmao this will be interesting.
NTTD makes me long for Never Say Never Again 2.....Never Again Again
No one has the right to kill off a character other than the author
right!
Really in the author, Ian Fleming would be rolling in his grave right now. If he knew about what they did is disrespectful and in my opinion, it’s cultural genocide. You don’t do that it’s kind of like what happened in Star Wars.
Rewatching it just isn't a pleasant experience.
Yep, it's his worst. The worst Bond film overall. Sickening film. Will never watch again
This will definitely be an interesting live chat!
Craig should have stopped after Casino Royale. Skyfall at the least
It’s Bonds worse. And im counting octopussy.
Daniel Caig era was almost a total disaster. The first 3 movies(2006, 2008, 2012.) were tolerable. But a whole era(2006-2021) was so damn different from anything before. This massive depression. Bond was like a psychopath, not a gentleman-agent. And I was particularly disturbed by the fact that all of Craig's films were connected to each other! By the way, I actually liked in 2012 presumably a cool independent Raoul Silva character in "Skyfall". But what later turned out? He was just a Blofeld's henchman, nothing more... Remember what Blofeld said in 2015? "I was behind everything!". And Blofeld turned out to be Bond's stepbrother? WTF!?!?!? IT JUST SUCKS!!! What a terrible scenario! NTTD was no better either. Bond was now a family man. Can you imagine Connery making breakfast for his daughter? Or Moore? Or Dalton? Such a crappy move by the filmmakers. And Bond's death. That was the last straw for me. By the way, in the last interview I saw, Michael and Barbara showed absolutely zero interest in continuing with the franchise. So, maybe the death of Craig's Bond really was the end of the series? Anyway, my advise to the producers is this: Quickly back to glamorous/fun/spectacular Bond! Like "TSWLM"(1977) & "Moonraker"(1979)! Otherwise, you'll be screwed! The audience will not survive another disaster! Both "Spectre"(2015) and "NTTD"(2021) were the worst Bond films ever!!!
Woke Bond is NO BOND! Stupid agenda is not fit for a good Bond movie. Casino Royale, and (even) Quantum of Solace + Skyfall are THE BEST Bond movies with Daniel Craig. Spectre + No time to die just SUCK!
Disappointedly for all its heritage and resources ,it was a boring script / movie
Ana de Armas's 10 minute scene by itself saved this from being the worst. The worst is still Specter.
The story was more about Madeleine. And the villain was weak, no real motive and changing a Bond movie to be a overtly emotional is a huge mistake.
Really in the main villain is a complete waste of time I mean he looks like a crackhead. He that literally couldn’t even fulfill his job in complete his contract as a hitman to take out specters family give me a break. It’s so stupid.
I have no issue with Bond getting killed in theory... I hate that it was this villain (the worst of the series) and this convoluted "ticking clock" that did it. To me, there are a lot of parallels with Rise of Skywalker... they didn't have a plan for the ending at the start and instead tried to retcon/shoehorn in elements that should have been set up in QOS which leaves the entire Craig storyline feel forced and messy. Craig was a very good Bond but his series ended up being a failed experiment IMHO and with the significant delays for Bond 26, the future of the franchise is in significant doubt. Hopefully they can turn it around again but it seems unlikely now
I was shocked like everyone at the end, but I accepted it, now I feel like it was just wrong. There were so many unexplained, underwhelming aspects of the plot e.g. Safin's motivations and overall character (every scene with him) that made the death unnecessary in fact, but the whole story was set up that way to make sure the end happened no matter what, which is how to make a bad story.
Despite the heavy emotional baggage of Craig's Bond, I think we all agree that the following alternative is plausible: Bond doesn't get the nanbots on him and kills Safin first, escapes, retires and begins his family life in England, in Italy or wherever. We'd all have enjoyed and preferred that more.
The Batman ending like mentioned here could've been absolutely perfect.
I do think that it could be Craig's worst. But that's just because I didn't really enjoy this movie. I didn't like the ending. I would have preferred the ending where he walks away with his family. Not very a Bond like ending but I would have liked it. Then another series reboot. I don't like that 'kill main characters off ending'. You don't just kill James Bond off.
A fatal blow to the series. No Time to Die is unwatchable. All Bonds have an element of fun that you want to revisit. This ended for me and refuse to re-watch Spectre and No Time to Die.
Bond's death was the best thing about NTTD. At least it was assured Daniel Craig wasn't going to return.
Daniel Craig is coming back for one more. He'll train his daughter up to be an agent. He'll look a bit like Yoda because of the explosion.
“Could it be-“
Yes it is. Oh fuck yes it is big time
But in all seriousness, the problem in my opinion was that he over did the serious aspect and so it became dull and boring. I think Fleming might’ve mentioned it somewhere that at the heart of it all they’re entertaining spy thrillers like when you read them bond IS serious and a bit haunted by his past and is fleshed out with character development moments here and there but he does have moments where he’s just relaxing and having fun not Roger Moore but like regular fun like playing cards or golf or taking care of his car and such like and is a bit of romantic at times. And imo dalton did a much better job with showing that than Craig did and that’s not to say that he’s bad but it was just too much
Nothing is worse than Diamonds are forever....lol
The first hour of this movie was great. But it went downhill real quick. I got several issues with this movie.
No it's not remotely his worst.....THAT would be SPECTRE, the only truly bad Bond film which Craig has starred in.
No Time To Die is excellent overall, except for its mediocre villain.
Quantum of Solace says hi.
It is the 2nd worst after Golden Gun. Shame, could've been better if only Producers had their heads on straight.
I tried to watch this movie but I couldn't stand it. The script and premise are as uninteresting as the characters. One of the biggest problems with the "Craig era" is that the characters lack any charisma, especially Craig, who is himself the epitome of the dull man. The script does its best to create empathy and forge feelings in the audience, with tacky and exaggerated scenes. A complete disaster.
Toby Stephens is no longer the worst villain in the series, that honor belongs to Rami Malek.
The villain in Quantum is the worst as he's very forgettable.
@@jamesatkinsonja both are just the one in no time to die. Looks like a Coke freak.
Craig is so not James Bond,, he’s a rugged hard British SAS type,,,but he is not and never was James Bond ! And his wish to Kill off Bond because he was finishing is just unforgivable ,,,,it’s such a shame Broccili is so in awe of him that she agreed ,,,shockingly awful is all I can say !!
Yes, there are times in the series when Daniel Craig comes across to me less like James Bond, and more like a James Bond villain.
I think a-lot of the reasons why this film is bad is because of Spectre and the awful writing decisions in that movie, love or hate the ending at least the action is far better than Spectre with the Yawnsville chase with Hinks in Italy
he only made two bond films , Sam mendes killed James bond years ago .
Finally watched it last night. LOVED IT. Might be right behind Casino Royale as far as the Craig era goes
I really like it. I think it’s great.
I think Bond fans want happy,fun,happy ending Bond movie like Sean Connery and Roger Moore movies. and the Bond villain needs to be 10 or 15 years older than Bond.
I think in no time to die veillian was very week and after everything bond has gone through in all the films just for him to be initially shot is poor
Dying to hear Scott's 2 cents
Same we need the Scott input!
I haven't rewatched it since theaters. I really enjoyed a lot of it. Particularly the opening, Cuba, and the forest action sequence.
I'm a Bond fan of some 25 years. My family even mock me for it. However, this is the only one that I don't own a physical copy of and that's quite telling for me - especially as I love physical media. I even display it in my living room!
NTTD is just a book end on what has been a Bond era I haven't really enjoyed all that much. And this is coming from sometimes whose favourite one is Licence To Kill - so it can't even be said that I don't like a 'harder edge' portrayal.
This film just irritates me. The script is juvenile to the point that it's painful in places. "Blofeld's eyeball unlocked" 🙄
So many characters irritate me - stereotypical Russian villain; the Mormon; and sorry to say that Paloma does too.
The villain's plot makes no sense. It goes from a revenge story to world domination without any reasoning.
There are so many contrivances, it's saddening. Stuff happened because the script said so - not because it was organic.
They doubled down on a relationship with absolutely no chemistry. The ridiculous brothers plotline should have been dead and buried.
And the ending... No. Just, no.
Totally agree with you,
Bond movies have lost there way,
Bond movies have been outdone by the mission impossible movies, very sad.
I think my interest in NTTD waned when the release date was pushed back the second time, which was a whole year. Then I had the opportunity to watch it finally at home with my wife. I could not for the life of me finish the film, and it was around the halfway point where we both tuned out of the story, then the film altogether.
To this day, Quantum of Solace remains my favorite Daniel Craig Bond film, followed by Casino Royale, and then Skyfall. Neither NTTD or Spectre have any rewatchability for me.
Quantum of Solace is an excellent Bond film. For one thing I could follow the plot. I dare anyone to explain the plot of NTTD after one viewing.
@@phillipleconte3715 Agreed! I remember watching QoS when it first came out and being confused by the plot; over the years I’ve grown to love it and it’s actually surprisingly straightforward- it moves quickly, doesn’t waste time, and doesn’t lag at all. And it’s filled with subtle, quiet character moments. There are actually scenes in the film where I’m thinking to myself “Damn, why couldn’t they expand on that thread?” But now? Bond films have to be nearly 3 hours, with overstuffed plot points. poorly developed characters.. It’s nonsense
@@tajcee Quantum of Solace is my fave Craig Bond film too. I know the criticisms of it being similar to Jason Bourne, but I like those films too, so to me that's a feature, not a bug.
"...it moves quickly, doesn’t waste time, and doesn’t lag at all."
Now imagine if Quantum had a runtime of 163 minutes - even I would be bashing it. No Time To Die is so bloated that it was always going to throw people off.
@@redlightmax There definitely are some parallels between QoS and the Bourne series, especially as far as its action; Bond is deadly in this particular film, cold-blooded, and it doesn’t get anymore gritty than this. Now it is a flawed film, especially with its villain and his scheme which admittedly could’ve been fleshed out more, but the moments that I genuinely love (the Palio footchase, Bond and Mathis on the plane, Bond and Camile’s conversation in the sinkhole…) which I can go back and rewatch. If the rest of Craig’s tenure was more in this vein, instead of these bloated tributes to the past, I’d enjoy it more. After Skyfall I was pretty much done.
Did you ever watch Casino Royale, immediately followed by Quantum of Solace?
If not, and you love QoS, you owe it to yourself to have a 4 hour Bond movie night.
Honestly, they should have just ended it there, and rebooted with a recast. We would've all been better off.
NTTD is my favourite Bond film and one of my top 20 films period. I'm not sorry for it either.
No time to die is probably in my top 30-40 movies of all time great movie
I love David and his content. He has such a narrow view of the fandom and NTTD. He speaks like everyone shares his and Calvin’s opinion. I loved the film when I first saw it, and I love it even more now.
I’ll retract this comment. It ended up being a far more level headed appraisal of the film’s successes and faults than the first 15 mins suggested.
Didn’t like the ending, now I hate the entire second half of the film 😂
I expect that the first line the next Bond (Cavill) says is: "The rumours of my death have been greatly exaggerated!" Just for fun!
@@RenePeraza well, at least you’ll be pretty to look at not like Daniel Craig yuck
The Craig era will always be held in high regard i think, but i do agree that, by the end of NTTD, the 5-movie arc was wearing me down a bit. I kind of wish Craig had Casino/Quantum/Skyfall to tie together that 3-movie story, and then I wish they gave him 2 one-off sort of missions, no relation to the other movies. That is, in my opinion, the worst part of Craig's era as Bond.
There is a saying We used to use in the Marine Corps, “good initiative, bad judgement.” That’s my thoughts on this movie.
A month late to the party.
I think fixating on the decision to kill Bond distracts from other ways the film was a disappointment, not least the justification for killing him. Bond, this stubborn, dogged spy takes it on complete faith both that he has been infected with nanobots fatal to Madeline and his child (do bad guys never lie?) and that there can never be a cure (does he not want a second opinion besides Q’s?!). Surely Bond’s instinct of survival would have caused him to look for a solution. If anyone is capable of living a hermetic life away from civilisation it’s Bond.
You could respond that his life is not worth living without his partner and child, but 1) there is Zoom, etc - is that really worse than depriving your child of a living father? And 2) it brings up the other issue that their infatuation with each other is entirely unsatisfying. One of the other comments under the video makes the point that Bond has better chemistry with every other female character in the film.
One of the defining features of the Craig era is Bond’s emotional involvement. That reached its peak in Casino but became tiresome by the end.
My father passed away due to covid this year and he used to read to original Bond books back in the 50s and his love of Bond was passed to me. I did like this movie although I didn't love it. Perhaps the death of Bond will pave the way for a new beginning. Time will tell.
It's not Daniel Craig's worst film, it's James Bond's worst film
True, Daniel's best is Skyfall.
Hard to argue that
No it isn't Jesus Christ
Worse than Diamonds Are Forever, The Man With the Golden Gun and Die Another Day?
@@liquidgeorge Three films that don't take themselves seriously and just have fun.
Killing Bond is the least of its problems. Forgetting to make me care. Wasting Paloma, making felix a plot device. "I had a brother", could we see some camaraderie to prove that? they aren't close in casino and quantum, here all we get is them being chummy at the bar. Same thing with Matilda. Bond makes her apple slices and that's why we should care when he dies. Matilda never gives one flip about not having a dad, suddenly having one, and losing him. Matilda is a vessel for the audience, completely oblivious to the danger and emotional stakes. The soap opera monologues, the 40+ minutes snail paced exposition dump between Felix's death and the soccer-mom chase, the fact that Bond doesn't sacrifice himself to save the world but to save his failed relationship, the fact that Bond doesn't even get to defeat Spectre or Blofeld and that the entire organization is taken out in seconds by a random nobody. Blofeld's scheme made zero sense. He could easily have killed bond with the bomb, but purposely made it weak enough to survive and told his minions to shoot at bond with live ammo but don't hit him. he would rather ruin his love life. The 1 assassin who shoots at Maddeleine through the glass should have tipped bond off that she wasn't in on it. The 'time is running out' climax: only because you set a timer and for no other reason. Ken Adams would throw up if he saw Safin's lair, a gray concrete slab. The garden of death is a couple of house plants with vague poisons we'll never know about.
Bond as a franchise desperately needs new writers and an injection of new blood. The problem with the Craig films is they take themselves WAY too seriously to the point they’re just not fun anymore. No Time To Die was as fun as a funeral, even before Bond’s death. What happened to the larger than life fun? Hell i’d watch Moonraker any day over this dumpster fire.
Thank you! This is what I've been saying for years. I never had a desire to see a new Bond film after brosnan left the role. He truly was the last great James Bond.
Is Scott in it?
Not yet, but I'm working on him! :)
Looking forward to hear what this guy have to say about this film!! Hope he liked too🤞🏻
Am I the only one who really appreciated NTTD, as second best Daniel Craig movie?
I really like the idea that they killed off the character, becauae there was nowhere else they could have gone after Spectre.
Bond in NTTD feels like a special agent who is capable of sneaking up and do sneaky stuff.
The final location was great comeback to evil mastermind lair idea.
I loved how they've changed the radiation for virus and it works as Dr No homage.
BTW: for clarification, Skyfall is my favourite, and surprisingly for some, Casino Royale is 3rd.
Casino Royale is 3rd? Something’s wrong with you.
@@nebulous6660 I'll do you better - Quantum of Solace is a good movie.
Had issues with the entire movie. The ending was just sad and depressing.
I still stand by my belief that they should've saved Blofeld as the final antagonist instead of rushing it with Spectre, but NTTD was still a great conclusion to the Craig era
!!!! THE WORST BOND FILM OF ALL TIME !!!
Why do you guys avoid addressing the ELEPHANT in the room? Neal Purvis, Paul Haggis and Robert Wade , the writers of all these dumpster fires, after Casino, should have been axed. If we would have replaced them back then, maybe we could have had a better outcome in the end, without having to sacrifice James Bond. The producers are either too lazy to get rid of them or too afraid of going in a different direction without them.
I agree.. Casino was the only good Craig film really.. Skyfall I think is overrated.. I the rest I can leave honestly.
Bond is meant to be an adventure with some fun.. Painfully serious isn't what we want.. Maybe for a film... For 5 in a row.. Nah.. I also generally dislike this continued plot across films either.. I can remove Craig's films from the overall Bond films and not miss them.. Including Casino.. Give me Bond 1-20 that's Bond.. Craig was never truly Bond to me.. He didn't look the part he didn't carry himself right.. He lacked the gentlemanly charm.. I want a return to real missions and fun, also misogyny is a core part of the character it needs to be present without trying to make some judgement on it.. Very bored of this modern male on film.. Unappealing is an understatement.
Unfortunately there shouldn't be a 26th movie . . . James Bond is dead. The "James Bond will be back" makes no sense.
What a waste I hated this movie. Not a fan of the Craig era. Appreciate the talent and production but the direction of certain charcters were off.
I’ve seen it once and wish I never seen it.
It destroyed one of my favourite movie experiences of all time and made me set there hopefully it was going to get better.
It didn’t and after going out of the screen I kicked over a can.
They moved all the cans away from the screen as many guys where doing the same after having there favourite movie experiences destroyed.
This has been a common problem.
The people in Hollywood responded need to be punished 🤬
I believe Craig had a huge part in the decision of killing Bond,he said in an interview "im glad i left on my own terms". Its well known that he is an actor that changed scenes and some dialogues during Bond films,they talked about it in the "Being Bond" documentary.
I guess in his mind killing the caracter was his way of saying goodbye to the caracter that was with him for the last 16 years of his life while doing something new at the same time.
I didnt like it as well,although i think the scene was extremely well maid,the dialogue is touching without a doubt and that Hans Zimmer track its superb...but thats the problem...i dont think its for a Bond movie,people shouldnt leave the theaters sad or feeling unhappy,Bond is about action,smiles and good feelings.
Let me tell you,im not a soft guy i always liked strong movies and documentaries etc and i always see them without letting the stories touch me but this Bond ending left me in a sad mood for a few hours 😂
I genuinely still enjoy the film but it is the last Bond film I talked to my dad about before he passed so it does make me sad in that aspect. Now we need the Joe/Scott discussion! Lol, but still great talk with you two
Wow, that's sad - your last James Bond conversation with your Dad. I was so surprised at myself, crying at the end of this film - because James Bond died. I hadn't quite realized just how pervasive this person had been a part of my entire life. I can understand how your Dad may have been a bit sad, learning that toward the end of his life, a film & book character that had probably given him a lot of joy and fun throughout his life was now 'dead' (and didn't really need to be).
@@MrModel--CAPTURED-ON-FILM yeah my Dad was a life long Bond fan, he saw Dr. No in theaters when he was 11. To be honest I'm just glad he did get to see NTTD before he passed because with all the delays the film had I was worried that he wasn't going to last long enough to even see the film. My dad was actually ok with the ending when it pertained to Daniel Craig's run but he also was anxious to see who would be cast as Bond next. This series is something near and dear because it's what we bonded (no pun intended) over. Thanks for your comment!
a terrible woke movie
It's the only film in the entire canon (and I'm so old I've seen them all from the beginning in a theater) where I walked out and thought I really don't care if I ever see it again. I actually gave it a chance and went back one more time... no change. Done.
I feel your pain, shared sentiments.
Man, I was exactly the same. But I also walked out of Die Another Day (around the time it got to Iceland). I gave NTTD, as you did, another chance when it came on tv. Even worse, because the cinema can often give a new movie the illusion of grandeur that the novelty, cinema experience, big screen and surround sound systems give. When I watched it on tv it was even more glaringly obvious what a complete hack-written, bizarrely convoluted and misguided story it was. Not even sure there is a story tbh, it's just a bunch of stuff happening, all trying to set up Bond's death. And when Bond's death comes it's not even remotely respectfully done. Bond has escaped countless far worse situations, and he's met and slept with countless far more interesting and beautiful women than that unlikeable block of pointless wood he just met and is suddenly quitting the service for and getting pregnant etc.
How many women has he slept with without getting accidentally pregnant, yet suddenly just when those dumb hacks Purvis and Wadehead are forcing the demise of our hero, suddenly he has got someone pregnant by accident. I didn't buy that, I didn't buy their supposed relationship in the first place, I didn't buy Blofeld as being his brother, I didn't buy Bond not killing Blofeld at the end of Spectre, I didn't buy that Blofeld has orchestrated all the other movies (he didn't, because if you actually go and watch back through them that makes zero sense, it's been tacked on to force drama like some cheap Netflix series), I didn't buy Bond quitting, I didn't buy that Bond couldn't escape that situation or that he'd even let himself get infected like that, I didn't buy the villain's motivations (I have honestly forgotten his name right now, some Purvis and Wade character name that's utterly bland and probably lifted from a John Gardener pos novel)...man, I just did not buy a single thing about Spectre or NTTD, none of it, not even by Bond movie standards.
They also killed James Bond in such a random, convoluted, hackneyed way and then just put "James Bond will return" at the end too?? Why? Why kill him then? It seems to me like a symbolic ritual killing of white Bond. They are likely scavenging around for some black actor now to try and follow the latest Hollywood trend of every white character being blackwashed. Not that I'm against a black Bond, but doing it for the sake of trends and not because you've just happened to find a brilliant actor for the role is going to be lame. It will also not just simply be done and done well, like Goldeneye simply did the female M and sexism stuff well and moved on, they are going to make a big circus of it for yet more mega rich white Hollywood producers to try and show off how enlightened they are.
@@AD-kv9kj "not that l'm against a black Bond" tells me you are a coward. Bond is a white British male, just as Shaft or Mr. Tibbs should never be white. Would it not be nice if Bond was to be played by a Chinese or something? Take a cold shower, man.
Interesting information. Daniel Craig consulted with Hugh Blackman for advice on how to kill off a beloved character. Jackman's Wolverine died in Logan. So Craig got some inspiration from Hugh and the movie Logan.
Now Jackman is back alive as Wolverine in the new Deadpool movie.
killing Bond is a no-go zone. It's the most basic premisse any Bond movie should have. So killing, is just SO FUCKING STUPID
is just indefensible