Anyone catch this? (opening credits)
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I was watching CR over a friend's place last night, and somehow, through the fog of smoke and stink of booze,I noticed something: In the opening credits, a crosshair moves across the screen, and when it passes by the queen card, it reveals Vesper's face where the queen's face should be.
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"I am not an entrant in the Shakespeare Stakes." - Ian Fleming
"Screw 'em." - Daniel Craig, The Best James Bond EverTM
Also liked Craig's cowlick, which reinforced his whole I-don't-give-a-s**t attitude. Even with the absence of naked, sihlouetted girls (now, that's a cliche), it was one of the better credits sequences in many years.
All in all I loved the title sequence. I loved the use of card suits, roulette wheels, and the general theme of red vs. black (also a card reference). The glimpse of Vesper over the two-faced Queen was very clever and symbolic. I loved how two shots were fired into the 7 of hearts to reveal Bond's 00' number. Lastly, I loved the approaching silhouette at the end which is revealed as Daniel Craig himself looking outstanding. All this of course set to Chris Cornell's rockin' "You Know My Name."
Despite the absence of curvy female silhouettes, there was much to love about the CR title sequence.
-Roger Moore
For me this really ruined the opening credits. I felt it was too 'in-your-face' ...kinda like Lazenby's "other fella" comment.
I did enjoy the absence of silhouetted women. I know that sounds a little strange coming from a guy, but what I mean to say is that it is more consistent with the idea that there are no women in Bond's life at this point.
I saw that straight off, it wasn't as if it was a hidden feature or something
Indeed. As that word. Is a swear word.
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"I am not an entrant in the Shakespeare Stakes." - Ian Fleming
"Screw 'em." - Daniel Craig, The Best James Bond EverTM
Well, I'm not exactly sure that's what the filmmakers had in mind. To me it seemed like they were trying to hard to say "This is Bond."
I don't have anything against Craig, but too much of the film seemed like a love affair with Bond (the opening mug shot, the rising out of the water bit, the self-centric "You know my name" title song). I felt when other actors played up the fact that they were Bond, it made the character less believable to me. I mentioned Lazenby's famous 'other fella', but I also tend to cringe with Brosnan's first uttering of the 'Bond, James Bond' line...it seemed unnatural. These things take me out of the film an lessen my enjoyment.