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James Bond films have featured some of the greatest stunts in cinema history. From the corkscrew car jump in 1974âs The Man with the Golden Gun to the dam bungee jump in 1995âs Goldeneye to the record-breaking Aston Martin DB9 rollover during 2006âs Casino Royale, the 007 series has pushed the boundaries of movie stunts. The upcoming Bond film No Time To Die raises the bar yet again. In a chase sequence early in the film, Agent 007 steals a Triumph Scrambler and tears through the town of Matera, Italy. Bond leaps the motorcycle two stories, over a stone wall, and lands in the townâs cobblestone square. The stunt crew completed the No Time To Die motorcycle jump in real life, thanks to their secret ingredient Coca-Cola. No Time To Die opens with a chase scene in Italy James Bondâs Triumph Scrambler 1200 at the World Premiere of âNO TIME TO DIEâ Tristan Fewings/Getty Images for EON Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, and Universal Pictures RELATED What Motorcycle Does Tom Hardy Ride in Venom Let There Be Carnage? At the end of 2015âs Spectre, James Bond Daniel Craig and Madeleine Swann LĂŠa Seydoux climb into his 1964 Aston Martin DB5 to enjoy an overdue vacation. No Time To Die catches up with the couple in Matera, Italyâas do the bad guys. Agent 007 flees them on foot, until he can commandeer a Triumph Scrambler 1200. Astride the Triumph, James Bond attempts to return to Madeleine and retrieve his trusty DB5. With no other choice, he runs the bike up a stone staircase, then jumps two stories, over a wall, and sticks the landing in the Matera village square. The incredible jump figured prominently in the No Time To Die trailers. James Bond fans near the set even captured video of the film crew completing the stunt in Italy. Though this leap captured the worldâs attention, few knew just what was required to pull it off. A Triumph Scrambler 1200 XE made the No Time To Die motorcycle jump RELATED James Bond Drives A Toyota In No Time To Dieâ Lee Morrison has been the stunt coordinator for all of Daniel Craigâs James Bond films. Morrison said of the No Time To Die motorcycle stunts, âWe needed to find bikes that were going to be very capable.â Morrison explained why his stunt riders are so picky, âThe guys pushing those to the absolute limit, they needed to be 100% confident in the bikes They werenât going to misfire, they werenât going to stall, they werenât going to break.â The motorcycle that Morrison and the crew selected was the Triumph Scrambler 1200 XE. The Triumph Scrambler has a 1200 cc two-cylinder engine that makes 81 lb-ft of torque and 89 horsepower. Furthermore, the top-of-the-line XE adds Ohlins remote-reservoir adjustable shocks, Brembo brakes, and 6 adjustable riding modes. Morrison concluded, âRiding the Triumph motorcycles, they handled the terrain amazingly.â The Triumph company even produced a 250-model limited Bond Edition Scrambler to commemorate No Time To Die. James Bonds Triumph Scrambler 1200 at the World Premiere of âNO TIME TO DIEâ Tristan Fewings/Getty Images for EON Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, and Universal Pictures The stunt rider who completed the No Time To Die motorcycle jump is named Paul Edwards. Morrisonâs crew built Edwards a 25-foot wooden ramp. Edwards had to hit the ramp at nearly 60 mph to clear the cliff below the village square. Landing the jump in the middle of the square posed another challenge. The medieval cobblestones were worn smooth, far too slippery for a safe landing. Luckily Morrison had a trick up his sleeveâor in his fridge. The stunt coordinator revealed, âIâve been spraying Coca-Cola on slippery surfaces for a very long time.â Coca-Cola works well for stunts because it is sticky enough for tires to grip. In addition, it will not damage heritage sites such as the Matera village square. Morrison explained that Coca-Cola even âmakes things look very clean after it washes off.â How much does it cost to douse an Italian village in Coca-Cola? Morrison estimates he spent 60,000 Euros âspraying Coca-Cola around Matera.â Thatâs approximately $70,000. But the James Bond franchise isnât hurting for money experts estimate No Time To Dieâs budget was $250 million. Maybe Jason Bourne uses the supermarket Cola brand for his big stunts, but James Bond must have the best. RELATED The Motorcycle Skills of Daniel Craigâs James Bond Impressed A Moto GP Champion MEGATHREAD No Time To Die (Discussion Thread) I guess this finally proves the fan theory that 007 and James Bond is just a code name that's given to multiple agents. Other 00 numbers have been reused by different agents over the years, so that confirmed true, not a theory. But James Bond is his actual name, given the headstones in Skyfall, so "One of the 50 Coolest Websites...they simply tell it like it is" - TIME Why is âNo Time to Dieâ rated PG-13? The MPAA rating has been assigned for âsequences of violence and action, some disturbing images, brief strong language and some suggestive material.â The evaluation includes a couple of implied sex scenes and partial nudity, a few kissing scenes, many scenes of gunplay with many people shot and killed with little blood shown, many car chases with vehicles crashing and flipping killing the occupants with some blood shown, many missiles launched into an island causing many explosions, many people dying from poisoning with bloody boils on their faces and necks, a child being threatened in a few scenes, and at least 1 F-word and some strong language. Read our parentsâ guide below for details on sexual content, violence & strong language. James Bond Daniel Craig is pulled back into the fray and out of retirement after he is told that a project he thought was defunct is still underway and has fallen into the hands of a diabolical man Rami Malek who seeks revenge against the woman LĂŠa Seydoux 007 currently loves. Also with Ana de Armas, Lashana Lynch, Ralph Fiennes, Christoph Waltz, Ben Whishaw, Naomie Harris, Jeffrey Wright, Billy Magnussen, David Dencik and Rory Kinnear. Directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga. Several lines of dialogue are spoken in French with English subtitles. [Running Time 243]No Time to Die SEX/NUDITY 4 â A man and woman kiss passionately in a hotel room, they press against a wall while kissing and the man removes his shirt and we then see the woman lying on top of the man in bed and covered with sheets his partial bare chest is seen and sex is implied. A man and a woman lie in bed together asleep and we see his bare shoulder and partial chest sex is implied. âş A man and a woman kiss passionately. A man and a woman kiss tenderly. A man and woman hug goodbye. âş People at a party are shown dancing and several men sit in sofas with several women seated near and around them, and some appear to be kissing and caressing the men. A woman unfastens a manâs shirt to reveal his bare chest and hands him a tuxedo to change into; he misunderstands her intentions and she corrects him. A woman on a moped offers a man a ride and when he gets on she pulls his arms around her while telling him to hold on. People dance in a nightclub scene and several women are shown wearing skimpy outfits that reveal cleavage and bare abdomens. A woman tells a man, âSheâs not yours,â when he meets her young daughter for the first time. âş A nude woman lies in a bed ad we see her bare shoulders, back and partial upper buttock a sheet covers the rest of her. A woman wears a deeply cut dress that reveals cleavage to the upper abdomen, bare shoulders and her full back, as well as her legs with garters at the upper thighs. A woman wears a low-cut dress that reveals cleavage. A shirtless man wearing swim trunks bare chest, abdomen and legs are seen stands on rocks near an ocean and speaks to a woman wearing a swimsuit we see her shoulders and cleavage in the water. A woman wears a long T-shirt and we see her bare shoulders and legs to the upper thighs. A womanâs dress is low-cut and reveals cleavage. A man showers in an outdoor shower and we see his bare chest, abdomen, hips and back. A woman wears a top that reveals bare shoulders, cleavage and bare abdomen. A womanâs dress reveals her legs to the hips while she fights several men with high kicks and flips. The opening credits show a womanâs bare abdomen and bellybutton in Time to Die VIOLENCE/GORE 7 â A man with a gun trudges through snow toward an isolated cabin, and enters the cabin after a young girl inside tries to warn her mother; the child tries to hide in a safe room but cannot access it, she hides under her bed and hears the man shoot her mother after telling her that her husband killed his entire family we see the womanâs body with bullet holes in a blanket covering her but no blood is evident, and when the man enters the childâs room, the child shoots him several times knocking him back and over a stairwell to the floor below. A young girl drags a seemingly dead man out of a cabin and through snow we see a streak of blood on the ground, the man inhales sharply and sits up we see a mask that he is wearing broken away to reveal his chin that seems discolored and scarred, the child runs onto a frozen lake and the man follows; the ice breaks under her feet and she falls in unable to surface until the man shoots the ice from the surface and pulls her out. Many people surround a man at a party and then step away from him as gas is emitted from the ceiling; people around the man erupt with boils on their faces and they bleed and fall to the floor dead. A man with a gun moves through a facility where he shoots other armed men as they shoot at him and throw explosives that blow up and knock him down a few times; he fights with one man and holds him around the throat until his fake eye explodes in his head killing him we see a bit of blood and a spark. A woman shoves a man and he falls into an acid bath; he boils and screams. âş A man draws a gun and fights with two other men on a ship, and he gets away and sets explosives to blow up the ship as he flies away in a seaplane; one man is shot in the abdomen and we see a lot of blood on his shirt and dies later when the ship is flooded with water and he floats away motionless; the other man surfaces and finds a raft and we see him sitting in it later as a ship approaches. A man holds another man around the throat, says, âDie,â turns away and when he turns back the man is slumped over dead with bloody boils on his head and face. A man shoots a vehicle and when it flips over he shoots the driver inside; he sets a trap for other vehicles and clotheslines a motorcyclist, another car flips and a passenger lies on the ground with a bloody head wound until he is crushed under the car when it falls over and on top of him. A man shoots another man twice and he falls into a pond, he fights the shooter and breaks his arm we see it bend and hear a crunch and the wounded man spills a vial of something into the water; one man shoots the other man leaving him dead and floating in the water and the other man limps away with bloody bullet wounds on his back and leg. A woman shoots a man on a motorcycle as he threatens another man carrying a young child. âş Missiles crash down on an island and blow everything up. Armed people scale down the side of a building, cut out a glass panel and enter the building where they shoot several people no blood is shown and take a man and information away from the building as one floor is shown blowing up. A man visits the grave of a woman and the grave explodes blowing him backward and knocking him out briefly; he comes to with his ears ringing he has blood on his head and runs after a young man that was nearby, a car speeds toward the man and someone inside shoots at him; a motorcycle speeds toward him also and the man grabs a cable and jumps off a bridge landing hard on the ground below. A man enters a room where several gunmen stand and a man and a young girl sit in the middle of the room; they talk and the man with the child threatens her until the first man tries to shoot him and he takes the child into a hatch in the floor that closes behind them while the child bites the manâs arm causing him to moan and put her down she runs away. âş A man and woman shoot their way out of a building with many gunmen shooting at them; they fight a few men with punches and kicks. A man and a woman search through a remote facility and shoot several people as they go; one man falls dead into what looks like water but it behaves like acid and he dissolves. A woman slides down a cable, grabs a man and takes him back up the cable with her; she slides along another cable attached between two buildings and another man shoots the cable, breaking it and the two people fall hard on a balcony, while other men shoot at them. âş A man driving with a woman and child is chased by other cars and motorcycles one car slams the back of his car, he swerves pushing one car off and slamming another against a rock wall causing it to flip, many more cars join the chase as well as a helicopter, the cars drive through water and over ledges as the young child in the first car whimpers and the man drives into a thick forest where dense fog shields them. A man speeds in a car while being chased by other cars and motorcycles; he drops explosives that blow a few of the cars up, he speeds away and is struck from the side by another car; he is surrounded by several more cars and people with guns open fire on him and his passenger we see the bulletproof glass of the car begin to give way until he engages machine guns emerging from his car and spins in circles shooting the gunmen and then speeds away. âş A woman steals a car and speeds into scaffolding where a man and a woman are standing; the scaffolding crashes down onto the car and the man tumbles to the ground no injuries are shown. A man steals a seaplane and flies away with a man complaining in the back; they land near a ship in the ocean where they meet other men. A man throws a cocktail glass at another man as he runs away, knocking him to the floor. âş A woman hits a man in the nose with her gun butt and he moans. A woman kicks a man in the chest and he falls gasping. A man tackles another man off a motorcycle and they fight, and one man wraps the other man around the throat with a cable and slams his head against a wall knocking out the manâs fake eye. A man grabs a woman by the arms, yells at her and shoves her onto a bed. A woman throws hot tea in a manâs face, takes his gun and locks him in a room. âş A man speeds on a motorcycle up flights of stairs through crowded pedestrian areas people jump out of the way and drops it roughly at the door of a hotel. Several people jump into an empty elevator shaft and one man is pushed; they are caught by high-powered magnets before hitting the ground below. A glider sails through the air after being dropped from a plane and it lands in water, retracts its wings and descends underwater as a submarine, and then surfaces in a submarine bay. A man is shown chained to a chair and shackled in a secure facility. âş A man threatens a woman telling her that he will kill the one that she loves the most, as he gives her a box that contains something that frightens her. A man is shown seated in a cell and talking to himself about random things as two other men watch him and describe him as being mad. A woman tells her young daughter that her father is a murderer. A young girl refers to her mother being depressed and eating too much. A woman refers to someone being buried nearby. A woman jokes about having misplaced a sample of weaponized small pox and a man finds a label on his lunch container indicating that it has been contaminated with the sample, as the woman and another man laugh at him he becomes upset and threatens them both. A man and a woman talk about the effect death has on children. A manâs name is Lyutsifer. People talk about people being poisoned with Dioxin. A man tells a woman, âYou just gave me a reason to kill him.â A woman says to a man, âHow damaged you must be to threaten a child.â A man says, âPeople want oblivion.â A woman refers to a man âgagging.â A man tells a woman that eating foxglove plant can stop your heart. âş Two men access a samples fridge and remove vials that they turn over to other men and one of the first men is shot in the head off-screen. A woman lights a piece of paper and drops it over a balcony; we see several people lighting pieces of paper and they float through the air in flames itâs a method of letting go of the past. A man carries a young girl through what he calls a poison garden and describes what a particular plant will do if ingested. We see cells being attacked by nanobots on a screen. A woman is held by two guards and pulled away as her young daughter cries for her. âş A man carries a computerized eye around a room so another man in another location can see whatâs happening. A man swallows a USB drive. Opening credits include images of statues with what looks like blood on them. A woman spills a glass of wine on the floor and a young girl scrubs the spot. A man carrying a spear gun in one hand also carries two fish on a line. A man is shown with a deep scar on his face and one eye is missing. A womanâs nose runs in a couple of Time to Die LANGUAGE 5 â At least 1 F-word, 1 scatological term, 3 mild obscenities, name-calling Book of Mormon, disarming young woman, mad as a bag of bees, mess, corrupt, weird, lady, your people, angry little man, cockroach, fools, coo-coo, avenging angel, awkward, exclamations wow, whatever, chow, shut your mouth, relax, shut-up, 10 religious exclamations For Christâs Sake, Oh God, Oh Jesus, My God, Oh My God, Jesus Christ, invisible God, play God. profanity glossary No Time to Die SUBSTANCE USE â A woman takes medication indicated for depression with a glass of wine, and a man and a woman are injected in the neck with a hypodermic needle containing trackers. People drink in a club scene, people drink at a party, a man orders two martinis at a bar and a woman drinks hers straight down, a man orders and drinks a scotch in a club, a man pours a glass of wine, a man pours and drinks two glasses of alcohol, and a man and a woman each drink a shot of a clear liquor. A woman smokes a cigarette, and a man finds ash from a cigar and a cigar butt in his Time to Die DISCUSSION TOPICS â Secrets, letting go of the past, love, retirement, biological weapons, free will, power, sacrifice, independence, MI6, CIA, revenge, Dioxin, trust, betrayal, collateral damage, national security, freedom, judgement, weapons of mass Time to Die MESSAGE â Life is all about leaving something behind. Be aware that while we do our best to avoid spoilers it is impossible to disguise all details and some may reveal crucial plot elements. 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Register LOS ANGELES, Oct 10 (Variety.com) - "No Time to Die," the latest installment in the James Bond franchise, debuted to $56 million at the domestic box office, a result that fell somewhatDespite the hype around the 25th film of James Bond- 'No Time To Die' got a lacklustre response at the US box office as it debuted at $56 million. Trade pundits state that the film fell somewhat short of expectations and signalled that even one of the most storied brands in film history is still being forced to contend with a moviegoing landscape that has been dramatically altered by the pandemic. 'No Time To Die' was expected to make around $60 million to $70 million in its first three days of release. The film's box office earnings cannot be termed as a disaster as it made only slightly less than what pundits had predicted. Moreover, the film received mostly positive reviews by US critics as they stated that the film presented Daniel Craig's final outing as the stylish secret agent. In light of the ongoing pandemic, assessing initial box office results for 'No Time to Die' isn`t as clear cut. For some movies, especially during a public health crisis, an opening weekend of $56 million would be cause for great jubilation. But 'No Time to Die' is no ordinary film. 'No Time To Die' review Daniel Craig bows out with a bang It carries a massive $250 million production budget, to say nothing of the more than $100 million marketing spend. Add in the tens of millions it cost to delay 'No Time to Die,' which was supposed to premiere in April of 2020 before the pandemic altered those plans, and box office experts estimate that, conservatively, 'No Time to Die' needs to gross at least $800 million at the global box office to make money in its theatrical window. For Bond, the franchise has numerous marketing partners and ancillary tie-ins, with Rolex, Aston Martin and more, that could help cushion potential losses. Outside of the US 'No Time to Die' has done remarkably well and has already garnered an impressive $145 million. Directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga, the 007 adventure has opened in most major markets except for China set for Oct. 29, which is a popular territory for all things Bond. Globally, the film has collected $313 million. In the US, the slightly muted results for 'No Time to Die' are attributable to several factors, including hesitation among older audiences to return to the movies and its lengthy two-hour-and-45-minute runtime, which limited the number of screenings per day. Also see James Bond keeps his date as 'No Time To Die' finally premieres in London It`s also the first Hollywood tentpole with real competition at the box office. Sony`s comic book sequel 'Venom Let There Be Carnage' opened last weekend and has continued to pull in crowds, which may have affected ticket sales for Bond. With 'No Time to Die' claiming the No. 1 spot on domestic box office charts, the 'Venom' follow-up slid to second place with $32 million, a figure that`s more than many pandemic-era releases have made in their entire theatrical run. In total, 'Venom Let There Be Carnage' has generated a mighty $141 million in North America and $185 million worldwide. Who will be the next James Bond? Five possible contenders With inputs from agencies
Its been a relatively long time since we last saw James Bond on the big screen. While audiences at this point have been conditionedListen and subscribe Apple Podcasts Spotify Stitcher Pocket CastsConceived in the 1950s and first put to film in 1962, James Bond is in many ways a relic of the past. A Cold War vision of white male fantasy, Bond has had to evolve over the franchiseâs six decades, beyond the sexism and racism that marked the characterâs influential early chapters. Now, with the release of No Time to Die and the end of the Daniel Craig era, the series is at a crossroads. Who will play the next Bond? But more important, what is James Bond going forward?On The Atlanticâs podcast The Review, our staff writers Sophie Gilbert, David Sims, and Shirley Li discuss No Time to Die and Bonds both future and past. The trio also share who they want the next Bond to be, why Q is Shirleyâs underrated Bond king, and why David considers the Bond franchise âthe most influential action movies ever made.âThis episode was produced by Kevin Townsend and edited by following transcript contains spoilers for No Time to Die. It has been edited for length and Gilbert This movie was originally planned for a November 2019 release, and it has been billed as the savior of cinemas post-pandemic. What does Bond mean that heâs so big as a franchise that he is the character that can singlehandedly save cinema?David Sims As much as the box office has been rebounding and people are going to see movies, itâs mostly been movies that appeal to younger men. Thatâs been the demographic that came back first. And I like seeing the superhero movies, but Bond has famously always pulled every demographic. Thereâs a sort of eternal generational appeal for this almost-60-year-old Li Weâve become so attuned to what makes a Bond film a Bond film. I was listening to one of the [movieâs] writers talk about [how] you can just have a man walk in and gaze at a car. And in any other movie, that would not be a moment that would get the audience going. But in a Bond film, you kick in with the music and This is not any man; this is not any car. You can get an assured reaction from the audience, and I think that says it all about what Bond An eternal What were your hopes for this movie?Li I was really nervous going into this Bond, because I have loved the Daniel Craig movies. They billed this one as a swan song, so I wanted it to be emotionally satisfying. And I wanted everything I [always] want from a Bond film for it to feel classic, for it to be slick, for it to be tragic, and for it to feel big. And it delivered that for me on all fronts. I have my small nitpicks, but it felt like a prestige The thing that I didnât know I wanted from it until I got it was a certain level of corniness. Iâm an older Millennial, so I came of age with the Roger Moore Bond movies. The kind of ludicrousness of those has always been the defining Bond hallmark for me. And while I have loved the Craig seriesâthe emotional arcs, the development of Bond, and the complication of the characterâthey have been fairly serious. Skyfall, especially, was pretty bleak. And in Spectre, everyone just seemed so what I loved from No Time to Die is that it seemed fun again. And silly! Like, very, very silly. Thereâs a giant evil lair in the middle of the ocean. There are henchmen, and stupid plots that make no sense, and weird people harvesting things with neon lights. I really enjoyed that the series finally was able to say, âYes, we have fundamentally transformed this character. But at the same time, we are acknowledging and honoring some of the things that made you enjoy him in the first place.âSims What I wanted from this movie, most of all, was a satisfying Bond finale for the character, which has never happened. Each actor in the role has exited on their worst movie Diamonds Are Forever, A View to a Kill, Die Another Day ... Usually, the actor would do one too many. Theyâd seem a little tired in the role and the formula would seem a little in need of a refresher. And that is what Spectre felt felt like they were overreaching with the serialization, which had been the hallmark of the Craig Bond. They were overreaching with this evolution of the character and Craig didnât seem very into it, like you say. So my whole fear [was that] itâs just another goodbye to a good actor, but in a kind of lame way. And I donât think this is a perfect movie, [but] I was mostly just happy that it seemed like everyone sort of came to this one with a little more enthusiasm for doing this a little more The thing I find so funny about Bond as a character, and maybe this is legend, but Ian Fleming reportedly wrote the character when he was about to get married to his pregnant girlfriend. And it was part of his freak-out because he was about to give away his independence, I guess. And so to satisfy his impulses, he wrote this lothario adventure Yes, he was this kind of quiet, retiring type. And Bond was his raging id. And Fleming was pretty upfront that Bond is not exactly Heâs a fantasy. But the thing thatâs so fascinating that you just mentioned He is a fantasy that people can universally enjoy. Like, he is this sort of white male fantasy, like, in the way that Bruce Springsteen is. But at the same time, your mom, David, is going to see this movie. And my mom is watching them, and weâre all enjoying them. So, what is it about this character? What are we drawn to?Sims Itâs partly Daniel Craig. Thatâs certainly what drew my mother back to James Bond movies. Obviously sheâs seen the Sean Connery movies, but she didnât have much interest in Pierce Brosnan. But Daniel Craigâs whole fleshed-out actor-y take versus the familiar Bond was very intriguing, and I think it was intriguing to a lot of people. And obviously, starting with Casino Royale helps, because we actually have a starting point with this guy rather than him walking as the complete James Bond weâve always known, which is usually how these movies would do movies usually have the fear that [after recasting] the guy, they need to make the audience feel comfortable that this is still Bond. Itâs still the thing they like. He needs to walk in. He needs to say his name in a certain way. He needs to order the right drink. And the Craig movies kind of thumb their nose at that a little bit, and it was a really good gamble. The problem is, I donât know what you do next, because you can only have the shock of that once. I donât know what the next reboot can be. I guess it would be not casting a white person, but I donât know if thatâs what theyâll So in Britain, we love to gamble on who will be the next James Bond, and the odds are forever changing. The favorite right now is Tom Hardy, followed by James Norton, and then RegĂŠ-Jean I have a lot of opinions on British betting on James Bond. They always make the favorite someone who has a very similar profile to the current Bond. Tom Hardy would be another Daniel Craig type; casting a stouter, tougher guy with Oscar nominations and with a lot of credibilityâthatâs the Daniel Craig move. Hardy is probably a little a little old for it at this point, which is my guess why they wonât do Brosnan, Clive Owen was always seen as the next Bond. And then by the time they got around to it, he was a little old and they passed him over. And the whole time with the Daniel Craig, people have thought, Well, Idris Elbaâthereâs your next Bond. Thereâs your update for the series. And now Idris Elba is almost 50 and, again, did a perfect guy just sort of miss the window?Li The thing about Bond, though, is that itâs malleable enough that we can imagine all these different possibilities for him versus the other franchises, where itâs completely dependent on one person continuing, like Tom Cruise [in the Mission Impossible movies], or dependent on one-upping itself, like the Fast and Furious Well, my campaign is for Dev Oh hell think he is the right level of famous, where heâs famous but heâs not exactly going to overwhelm the role. Heâs the right age. Heâs a different choice, but heâs also so Do you guys think there is any chance that it will be Lashana Lynch, who plays Nomi in No Time to Die, 007âs replacement after Bond retired?Sims Maybe theyâll want to spin her off, but the whole continuity around Craig feels done. Ben Whishaw as Q, Ralph Fiennes as M, Naomi Harris as Moneypenny ⌠It feels like theyâre probably going to need to get rid of all of it because they killed James Bond in this movie! And so it would be tough to have another person walking into being, like, âWell, Iâm James Bond.â They broke the unwritten Yeah, but Bond has always been in this parallel universe anyway, where Spectre is basically all of communism, and you have Sean Connery donning yellowface in You Only Live Twice. All of that now feels very dated, but what has continued is the way he presents himself. Itâs the look, the charisma. This guy is cool and smart, but not a nerd. He uses gadgets. He drives cool cars. I think the biggest thing Hollywood took out of Bond was this avatar of masculinity, and you canât talk about Bond without talking about the way the Bond girls were treated. And that was the challenge that these films And Daniel Craig has not been one of the more womanizing Bonds, but there is that scene in Skyfall that I really hate with BĂŠrĂŠnice Marloheâs character, SĂŠvĂŠrine. Bond follows her onto a boat, knowing that she is a victim of sex trafficking and [has been] held prisoner by a terrible man. He has sex with her, and then the next day she gets shot and dies. That is sort of a canonical summary, like, This is what happens to women in Bond movies. Itâs not good. Itâs not progressive. Itâs not nice. And I think the movies took a lot of flak for that and have not made that mistake And Craig himself has also come out and said that Bond is misogynistic. And Cary Joji Fukunaga, the director of No Time to Die, said the Sean Connery Bond was âbasicallyâ a We think a lot about the Bond movies and their influence upon each other. What has that influence been on Hollywood writ large?Sims I think theyâre the most influential action movies ever made, especially From Russia with Love and Goldfinger, which are the second and third Connery movies, and the two sides of Bond movies. One is realistic and really a spy thriller with more character focus. Then the other is goofy and has lots of fun with gadgets, Oddjob, and lasers. Put that all together and thatâs what people like about James Bond. They combine travel set pieces, innovative ways to choreograph fights, gunfire, and car chases. They sort of set the tone for how Hollywood made after Connery, the Bond movies have always sort of been playing catch-up. The first Moore movie is Live and Let Die, which is very inspired by blaxploitation movies. Moonraker was this response to Star Wars. For Your Eyes Only was them being like, âOK, no one liked Moonraker, too goofy. Letâs go back to basics.â [Then you have] Timothy Dalton, a darker Bond sort of influenced by Batman. Then with Pierce Brosnan, they have M call him a sexist dinosaur, but he basically behaves the same way as he always has. And then for the Craig movies, itâs, âLetâs make a more emotional Bond. Letâs make a Bond with a story. Letâs make a Bond who actually allows himself to be vulnerable by the end of his arc.â Itâs this constant push and pull, and I donât know what you give people One thing that I really loved about Casino Royale, more than anything else, is the relationship between Bond and Vesper. Itâs so smoking hot. Their chemistry is insaneâthe scene when theyâre in the shower together, which sounds dirty, but theyâre fully clothed. Sheâs traumatized because sheâs just seen him brutally murder a man. Itâs just ⌠They are such a fundamentally brilliant screen pairing in that they just smoke up the screen, and I think that made it a little harder to accept Madeleine Swann in later movies as the great love of Bondâs life. Because you and I, and maybe Bond too, cannot move on from Itâs sort of hard to deny it. LĂŠa Seydoux is a very, very talented and appealing actress. She does her bestâand she and Craig have chemistryâbut itâs tough to get over Eva Green is incredible, but I think the problem here was Spectre. Its introduction of LĂŠa Seydoux as Madeleine Swann really hurt that character, and that was something that you could not get rid of. Compare the scene where she meets Bond versus the scene where Vesper meets Bond. [Spectre] just has this coldness. The character is supposed to be enigmatic, but in making her such a mystery, you donât have this crackling chemistry right off the bat. And I think that really hurt that The other problem that Madeleine Swann hasâand she had this problem in Spectreâis sheâs so bound up in the plot of the film that a lot of the story stakes just have to run through her, much like last time, where sheâs the daughter of a previous villain, Mr. White. A lot of her time on screen is invested in that business and so itâs just a little Talking about the chemistry, though, I did get more emotional watching Q say goodbye to Yes! This was one of my nitpicks with this Oh, say more!Li Q is my underrated Bond And do you mean Ben Whishaw as Q specifically, or do you mean the character?Li Ben Whishaw is wonderful. I do enjoy his performance, and I do think that going with a younger Q is a really great call, but I mean the character of Q. We leave Qâs final interaction with Bond cut short, and it ends with Q calling himself an idiot. I recognize this is a shallow dig. I just I want more from Q. Laughs.Gilbert Laughs. I think Cary Joji Fukunaga is still going to sleep at night, if thatâs your Q was played by Desmond Llewelyn for basically a bajillion years. We all know who Q was. He endured through pretty much all the way to Brosnan. John Cleese took it for a brief and ill-advised moment, but letâs not talk about that. And then you have Ben Whishaw, whoâs enormously overqualified for the role, obviously. He is a stratospheric British talent, and itâs kind of jarring to imagine Q as a real person, and not just someone who just sort of stands frozen in a lab until James Bond enters the room. And heâs like, âAlright, hereâs how the watch works, you silly man.âLi Yeah, Sean Connery rolls his eyes at Q, this old nerd, and I just feel so much for Q. He leads Q Branch. He has to create all this crap for this This child. This overqualified He never brings the car back! Never, ever, ever brings the whole car The best Q bit is with Brosnan and the big sub Q is always the punch line. And theyâve developed this Q to a point where thereâs so much emotion between these two characters, and you feel it. And then he calls himself an idiot. And Iâm like, No, Q, youâre not an idiot. Anyway, thatâs one of my nitpicks. My other one is not as would like to see future Bond films present villains who are not scarred so heavily that deformity becomes coded as villainy. Thatâs something that has certainly carried itself from the original films up to this point. We could really rethink the look of villains, so that theyâre not just scarred and deformed and we code that as negative and A classical Ian Fleming trope. He loved a scarred villain. And I remember Christopher McQuarrie, who directed the recent Mission Impossible films, talking in an interview about one of his approaches to making those movies He goes to the trailer makers and asks what kind of imagery they want that would sell this movie. Heâll crowbar it into the film and then get to do whatever he wants around it. And they would give him things like a womanâs leg coming out of a car and a villain with a facial deformity, things like that. Itâs this shorthand that is baked into spy movies that might be good to move And there are shorthands baked into Bond movies weâve moved past before. I mentioned the yellowface of You Only Live Itâs so insane. And itâs so insane in You Only Live Twice because itâs racist, but also ⌠itâs supposed to work? Sean Connery is supposed to be plausibly Japanese? What?Li And the films have also moved past when he forces himself onto Pussy Galore in Goldfinger, who is supposed to be a lesbian, and who the book contends he âconverts.â And so the films have moved beyond these awful tropes of the past, but somehow villains still must have facial Something new this movie did was its ultimate revelation that not only is Madeleine Swann the great love of Bondâs life; she is also the mother of his child. And it did seem kind of ironic and fitting that this character who has so mistreated women in the past now very fleetingly gets to know that he has a daughter. David, you and I both had daughters in the past 18 months, and for most of the movie, I was laughing, thinking about all the ways that my daughter would absolutely screw up Remi Malekâs Japanese The daughterâs best moments are her dropping her toy and never shutting up about it, and that weird moment where sheâs like, âDo you think mosquitoes have brothers?â or whatever. Initially youâre wondering if this is going to tie into the plot, but then you realize, No, this is just realistic child-nonsense whole thing with giving an enduring character like this a kid is itâs basically never going to go over that well with the die-hard fans. Because the character has to stay the same. When they gave Superman a kid in Superman Returns, that wasnât popular either. But the real problem is, to me, it just sort of signals that this is a one-off. Weâre not going to have another James Bond movie where he drops his kid off at day care and is like, âOkay, Iâm off to Azerbaijan.â It just wouldnât work. I donât mind the point of it all, which is to deepen this character, but sheâs a little bit of a story The moment when I realized that he was absolutely going to die at the end of this movie was the moment when Rami Malek crushes the vial of ⌠Iâm sorry, we havenât even gotten into the sighs nanobots...Li Laughs.Gilbert ⌠in his hands that were tailored to his DNA, thus cursing Bond to never be able to touch or even kiss the love of his life and his child. That was the moment when it really seemed like, Okay, this is over, because thereâs no coming back from that. This orphan who has apparently longed in his heart for a family has now found them and had them ripped from him within the space of about half an hour. I think it gave it a nice poetic finality for me.
The 25th installment in the famous James Bond franchise has been released, and it did not disappoint. No Time To Die, directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga, features incredible action sequences, a fantastic soundtrack by Hanz Zimmer, and a beautiful end to the story of the current James Bond. This film is Daniel Craig's fifth and final appearance as the infamous 007. He brought everything to the table, from impeccable acting to his wild action stunts. There was no shortage of memorable quotes from No Time To Die, from a variety of old and new characters. The best James Bond quotes from the film will stay engraved in fans' minds for years to come. Updated March 17, 2022 by Jourdan Silva Now that the incredible film has left theaters and is available to re-watch over and over again, fans of the James Bond franchise can memorize all of the coolest quotes from No Time To Die. The complex characters and villains have plenty of intriguing, humorous, or chilling things to say in this action-packed movie, and it's hard to narrow down the coolest ones. Film buffs need to watch the latest movie if they want to experience an exciting, visually excellent, and powerful film with a great story and sleek characters. Find the top James Bond quotes from the 25th movie in the series here! 14 "Harder To Tell The Good From Bad, Villains From Heroes These Days." Felix Leiter says this thought-provoking quote in No Time to Die. He is a CIA intelligence operative who works alongside Bond in multiple films in the James Bond franchise. He is insanely smart and strategic and knows exactly what to do to get what he wants. Felix appears at the start of Bond's latest adventure and is chock-full of memorable quotes and wisdom. He muses on the difficulty of knowing who is doing the right thing versus who is fighting for the wrong reasons, considering that even his side could be wrong. He and Bond have witnessed many organizational wrongdoings over their complex life stories, having met many people claiming to be on their side but are ready to do anything, good or evil, for selfish gain. 13 "So Youâre Not Dead?" These are Q's first words to James in the movie. Q hadn't seen him in years since he defected from MI6 after the events of Spectre. The irony of the quote is that Q knows Bond enough to know that he wouldn't die easily and was alive during his long disappearance. Q is anxious when Bond and Money Penny appear at his home while he's preparing for a date, unsure what wild schemes are occurring that would bring Bond "back to life" and into his private residence. Once Q is briefed on the situation, he is quick to find a solution, proving why he is such a valuable asset to the secret intelligence unit. 12 "James Bond. We Both Eradicate People To Make The World A Better Place. I Just Want To Be A Little Tidier." The main villain in the movie is Lyutsifer Safin, the one who said this quote. Safin has a very interesting view of the world he lives in. He is on a revenge rampage aimed at killing the entire Spectre organization for killing his family when he was young, and he is very successful in his goals. His face was left disfigured from his parent's death, which makes all of his lines even more chilling coming from his attacked, scarred visage. He calmly tries to connect with Bond and get him on his side to have one less enemy, trying to compare their life's work with each other. 11 "I Wasn't Looking Over My Shoulder." At the start of the film, James Bond is living a seemingly normal and comfortable life with his one true love, Madeleine Swann. They drive along the beautiful Italian coast and arrive at a small hillside town where Bond has a bit of unfinished business to attend to. As the couple walks up to their luxurious hotel room, Bond carefully inspects his surroundings, clearly stricken with a form of PTSD or simply major trust issues. Madeleine comforts and teases him, saying he can relax and doesn't have to always be looking over his shoulder. This scene demonstrates Bond's struggles with living a normal life, even after so much time out of his profession. 10 "We All Have Our Secrets, We Just Didn't Get To Yours Yet." Peace never lasts long for secret agent James Bond, with trouble and revenge brewing around every corner. After an unexpected attack from Spectre, James feels utterly betrayed by Madeleine, the only person who knew his current location. The coincidences were too overwhelming for the distrustful man to handle, leading him to pull Madeleine out of the resort in a frenzy. He hastily ushers her into his car, fleeing the onslaught of gunfire raining down upon them. He loses all trust in his partner and makes it clear by sending her on a train so that she could never see him again. 9 "I'm Not Just A Double 0. I'm 007." When James first meets Nomi, the secret agent who took his place during his 5 years off the grid, he doesn't know how to feel about her. She establishes her qualifications and status by letting him know that she is the new 007, and they hadn't decommissioned his number after he disappeared. This confirms that his leaving MI6 wasn't taken lightly and he was shamed for disappearing on them all those years ago. Bond and Nomi's relationship gets off to a rocky start, with quite a bit of apparent envy from both parties. Each acknowledges the strength and skills of the other, but they lack acting with respect and showing politeness towards each other. The two grow to admire each other as time goes on, but definitely not at the start of the film. 8 "Shaken, Not Stirred." In Cuba, Felix sets Bond up to meet with a new agent in the CIA named Paloma, played by Ana de Armas. The two set out on a mission to kidnap the already kidnapped russian scientist with a dangerous bioweapon, so they infiltrate a formal party where he is located. Before getting into any gunfights or danger, the two enjoy a quick drink at the bar. Of course, this allows Bond to say his all-time famous line that appears in every movie "Shaken, not stirred." Bond loves his neat martinis! 7 "Bond. James Bond." It wouldn't be a 007 movie without James stating his name in the most iconic way. However, in No Time To Die, James has to tell his name to a receptionist at his own former government agency where he spent so many years of his life, showing how he is now just a visitor, not a highly respected agent. It's a funny little moment, conveying Bond's unfamiliarity with people not knowing who he is in the spy world anymore after being out of service for so long. 6 "I Do Not Regret A Single Moment Of My Life That I Spent With You...Except Putting You On That Train." The romance in this film is top-notch. After reuniting with his true love so many years later, James is finally able to confess his feelings to Madeleine in her childhood home. He feels guilty for leaving her in the past, not trusting her enough to know that it wasn't her who turned on him. Bond always has such a way with words, telling Madeleine exactly what she needed to hear to accept him into her life again. It is beautiful to see how James Bond, the man who is supposed to make no mistakes, admits to making a huge one in his personal love life. 5 "History Isn't Kind To Those Who Play God." James knows all too well how villains end up when they wish to destroy the world. With too much power comes an eventual downfall, which is seen in the case of every single Bond villain. Outside of the books and films, the real world also backs up this quote. Huge leaders and politicians across our history have always found an unfavorable end when they get too power hungry. Bond warned the antagonist Safin, played by Rami Malek, about his eventual demise, having seen it happen too many times. 4 "Life Is All About Leaving Something Behind." When Safin and Bond are speaking on the private island, the evil villain holds young Mathilde in his arms, threatening to hurt her if Bond makes a move. He states that all humans want to leave something behind in the world when they die, like how Madeleine had a child who will live on after her death. Safin expands on this idea by discussing the legacy he wants to leave â which is something quite different. Rather than a child, Safin aims to leave unfathomable mass destruction by releasing the Heracles bio-weapon into the world. James, on the other hand, wishes to leave behind a better, safe world for his biggest loves, Madeleine and his daughter Mathilde. 3 "Do You Know What Time It Is? Time To Die." Nomi proves she got the title of 007 for a reason, escaping the terrorizing army of Safin's soldiers while holding the scientist as a hostage. She no longer has use of using the scientist as a human shield and finds herself standing over the deadly pool of Heracles particles. One final racially targeted comment from the scientists earns him a satisfying death as Nomi pushes him into the Heracles. Fittingly, she states the quote above as he falls to his death. Her role in the mission is nearly over, leaving James to finish everything once and for all. Nomi's character in the film was incredibly well done, portraying a unique yet exciting new person in a familiar, powerful role. 2 "I Have To Finish This...For Us." James has every intention to save his family and bring peace and safety to the world once again. He conveys this in the final words that he says to Madeleine as he sends her and her daughter off the island that is about to be bombed to bits. What he really wants is to live out a peaceful life with her and their child, and he's willing to do anything to get that. James proves his sacrificial spirit and his dedication to make sure the world will carry on, even if it means putting his life at risk over and over again. This powerful quote foreshadows the end, or the "finish" line that James is about to face. 1 "I Know. I Know." These are James Bond's final words. Fans of the franchise may not have expected to ever hear the spy's last words before his death, as many hoped he would finally get a happy ending, but alas, here they are. In his final moments, Madeleine admits that James is the father of her daughter and that she has his blue eyes. He looks up at the oncoming missiles and replies, "I know." It's intense, it's emotional, it's perfectly dramatic. Above all, it's a heartbreaking yet fitting end to Daniel Craig's James Bond. MORE Every James Bond Game, Ranked By How Long They Take To Beat
WhileâNo Time to Dieâ was supposed to open next month after being pushed from April 2020, the film has now been delayed until April 2, 2021. Craig recently spoke up on âThe Tonight Show with JimmyThe latest installment of the Bond franchise, No Time to Die, has suffered through a number of delays due to COVID-19, but after months of pushing back the release date, it looks like 007 will finally return to the big screen on April 2, 2021. The 25th installment of the film series will be Daniel Craigâs last appearance as the suave secret agent before he hangs up his tuxedo and gives back the keys to his Aston continues below advertisementAs any Bond film fanatic will tell you, Bond movies span the globe in terms of on-location shooting â and No Time to Die is no exception. Italy, Norway, and the Faroe Islands are just some of the spectacularly scenic countries that will serve as the backdrop for 007âs exploits, but how about the street scenes in Havana? Did No Time to Die actually film in Cuba?Source universal picturesArticle continues below advertisementUnfortunately, No Time to Die was not filmed on location in Cuba at all. The big action sequence early on in the movie that has Bond firing at enemies all around him was actually shot in incredible set was painstakingly built by a team of set designers in the heart of Pinewood Studios, about an hour outside of London. Streets and buildings were meticulously built to resemble Havana, complete with hand-printed propaganda slogans and refurbished mid-century American continues below advertisementThe reason the production had difficulty securing permits to shoot on the island was due to Cubaâs depiction in the movie. In the fictionalized universe of No Time to Die, relations between the and Cuba are extremely tense, and it's due to this negative portrayal that the movie wasnât able to shoot on universal picturesArticle continues below advertisementCuban-born actress Ana de Armas, who joins the production as Bond girl Paloma, hoped to bring the production to her home country to âshare this experience with my people" and "get a Cuban crew in there." "They would have been very excited and proud,â she said. But the crew did such a good job on the Cuban set that she would sometimes forget where she was and try to speak to the extras in Spanish, Ana de Armas was a last-minute addition to the herself was surprised when she was approached to join the cast of No Time to Die as Cuban agent Paloma. In fact, her character wasnât even part of the script when she received the offer. But when she learned that Emmy-winning Fleabag writer and star Phoebe Waller-Bridge was slated to write and develop scenes with Paloma, Ana jumped at the opportunity knowing that she would be in Phoebeâs very capable continues below advertisementBut even a beauty like Ana had some doubts of her ability to pull off the part. Despite being handpicked for the role by Daniel Craig after the two worked together on Knives Out, âI never thought of myself as a Bond girl,â she confesses. âIt was hard to imagine. It wasnât reachable to get to that level of perfection, so tall and so glamorous ... It was very flattering that they thought of me.â No Time To Die premieres April 2, 2021 in the
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