NTTD the longest Bond ever.
Chriscoop
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It's reported that No Time To Die will have a run time of 163 minutes making it the longest Bond film, is this too long for a Bond film, I worry that it may be too heavily laden and plumped up, a film has to be majorly engaging to keep people's attention for nearly 3 hours.
It was either that.....or the priesthood
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These days I struggle to watch a film for 2 hours straight, but seeing a brand new Bond film the first few times shouldn't be too much effort. My only issue is making sure I go to the toilet at different times with each viewing.
Should fly by. The only downside for the
Producers, is that longer films can't have
As many screenings per day, so could
Effect the final box office takings.
Before we had mutliplex theaters, long run times were an issue, but I think not as much now. I love long movies, more time away from the real world, but taxing on my bladder like that really long Avengers movie!
Or parts.
"- That is something to be afraid of."
Theatres make their profits off popcorn sales, surely they can make themselves much more money per showing if they give the audience a 15 minute break to restock at the snackstand.
Maybe enough to balance out the extra screening they can't have each evening because the movie is so long.
Let's hope Cary has been able to pace the film and keep the storyline enthralling.
I miss the days when OHMSS was the longest Bond film. I liked that particular movie having the honor of holding that record.
the ideal moment to take a pee-break is not after the big action sequence is over, but just when the big action sequence is starting.
There's actually nothing essential to the story that ever happens during these sequences.
But as soon as the overlong action sequence finally ends, there will be maybe maybe two minutes of character development or exposition (more likely exposition), then it's back to the explosions.
During that STAR WARS movie, just as I got to the exit, I realised two villains were actually explaining the plot to each other! (then Dark Helmet turned to the camera, and said "Got that?")
I remain of the opinion that approximately two hours is the ideal running time for a Bond film and when the films run significantly longer than that it is never a good thing. I think even excellent films like OHMSS and CR could do with being a little bit shorter, and Spectre could do with being a LOT shorter.
Before spectre I would have been rejoicing for a longer Bond, I was dissapointed both CR and QoS ended but SP went on too long and seemed overblown and a touch contrived
SPECTRE's run time was 2h 28min, or 148 minutes.
NTTD is 163 minutes, or 2h 43min.
That is a 15 minute difference.
Was a little rushed. The extra 15 minutes
Would have helped.
Unless you have a dodgy prostate it should be ok
I don't know TP? I think Spectre could have ended in the desert better, and made more of Blofelds lair and the hugely expensive biggest ever cinematic explosion ever. With the job done Bond and Swann could have hopped into Blofelds rolls Royce with Bond saying something like "I know a great restaurant in Tangiers, we could just make dinner"
The London scenes just seemed lumped on and a tad superfluous to me.
I just hope a minute of that long run time is Blofeld saying “Ohh and Jimmy, you know that whole brother thing? Yeah I was just kidding about that. Like you or anyone else even believed that crazy story right? No hard feelings.”
Realistically, how could dialogue correct things? Bond saw him and recognised him as Oberhauser, a boy he grew up with. This isn't Blofeld just telling Bond that he's his brother.
Well that part can't be unsaid, or undone, but Blofield could goad Bond by confessing that he in reality had nothing to do with Vesper or Ms death or Silva and it was just a minf game and "It worked James, you believed every word, that's how easily I get in your head"
To which Bond replies
"perhaps once, but you will die looking at these bars and I won't give you a second thought when I go and lay flowers on your mother and fathers grave! Goodbye Ernst, I wont be seeing you around"
I agree. That's really the only way to move on from it. I don't see any way to retcon it in dialogue.
He is, but that could work fine if they just don't remind the audience about the brother thing in the dialogue.
gunbarrel as usual
film begins with Bond holding Blofeld and his cat at gunpoint
Bond: now I've got you dear brother
Blofeld: Brother? who said anything about brother? oh! oh you thought ... oh, haha, that was all a mistake! you see, James, its kind of a funny story, what i meant to say is, that is, um, er, blablablabla...
(three hours later)
Blofeld: ... and that's why it sounded like I said you were my longlost fosterbrother! hahaha, what a funny misunderstanding! hahahaha, whew!
well, are you ready for the torture scene?
Bond: alright,, alright Blofeld, whatever, I don't care anymore, just stop talking, can't we all go home, please? please make it stop!!!
I might not watch this one in theaters. I hate being disappointed and remember the feeling I had as I walked out of seeing Die Another Day. Shock, disgust, and surprised at the mess.