Gunbarrel sequence...

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  • FitzochrisFitzochris Posts: 242MI6 Agent
    I suspect, with the reintroduction of SPECTRE and given how Skyfall ended, we will go back to the gunbarrel being at the start.
  • FitzochrisFitzochris Posts: 242MI6 Agent
    Gunbarrel - a seemingly unasscoiated-to-the-main-plot pre-title sequence - titles - Bond in M's office getting assigned a mission etc
  • HowardBHowardB USAPosts: 2,755MI6 Agent
    Gunbarrel should be back at the beginning in classic style.
  • Matt SMatt S Oh Cult Voodoo ShopPosts: 6,610MI6 Agent
    Fitzochris wrote:
    I suspect, with the reintroduction of SPECTRE and given how Skyfall ended, we will go back to the gunbarrel being at the start.

    People were saying this about the gunbarrel being at the beginning of Quantum of Solace after seeing Casino Royale, and at the beginning of Skyfall after seeing Quantum, and then made excuses for it being at the end after the film was released. The opening of Quantum would have been perfect for a gunbarrel and the opening of Skyfall should have had the gunbarrel instead of Bond walking down a hallway. Is Bond walking down a hallway that important to the story? It's really not hard to fit the gunbarrel at the beginning.
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  • Virgil37Virgil37 Posts: 1,212MI6 Agent
    I used to think the gunbarrell should open as always. But this week I've been watching TB, GE and TWINE and the gunbarrell at the beginning felt...weird, like prehistoric or something.
  • raptors_887raptors_887 CanadaPosts: 215MI6 Agent
    I prefer it at the end. The movie literally ends with a bang. Makes for a very exciting finish. Go back and watch TLD and they've got some love song playing as soon as the movie ends. It's very boring and if they just put the gun barrel scene there instead it would have been a great finish.

    LTK and a few others also have a very crappy ending like that.
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  • DutchfingerDutchfinger Holland With LovePosts: 1,240MI6 Agent
    I prefer it at the end. The movie literally ends with a bang. Makes for a very exciting finish. Go back and watch TLD and they've got some love song playing as soon as the movie ends. It's very boring and if they just put the gun barrel scene there instead it would have been a great finish.

    LTK and a few others also have a very crappy ending like that.

    I see LTK getting mentioned a lot with a crappy ending. It might be a controvertial opinion but I really like Patti Labelle's "if you asked me too" song that plays of the credits of that movie. It always leaves me with a smile, almost like an ending to the classic Bond movies.

    Goldeneye on the other hand does indeed have a very boring song playing over the credits, and I've never really thought of how those movies would have been with a gunbarrel at the end...
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  • Asp9mmAsp9mm Over the Hills and Far Away.Posts: 7,535MI6 Agent
    Goldeneye would certainly have been better for it.
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  • JarvioJarvio EnglandPosts: 4,241MI6 Agent
    I prefer it at the end. The movie literally ends with a bang. Makes for a very exciting finish. Go back and watch TLD and they've got some love song playing as soon as the movie ends. It's very boring and if they just put the gun barrel scene there instead it would have been a great finish.

    LTK and a few others also have a very crappy ending like that.

    I see LTK getting mentioned a lot with a crappy ending. It might be a controvertial opinion but I really like Patti Labelle's "if you asked me too" song that plays of the credits of that movie. It always leaves me with a smile, almost like an ending to the classic Bond movies.

    Goldeneye on the other hand does indeed have a very boring song playing over the credits, and I've never really thought of how those movies would have been with a gunbarrel at the end...

    I also love LTK's ending song
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  • Smiert-SpionamSmiert-Spionam Posts: 318MI6 Agent
    I prefer it at the end. The movie literally ends with a bang. Makes for a very exciting finish. Go back and watch TLD and they've got some love song playing as soon as the movie ends. It's very boring and if they just put the gun barrel scene there instead it would have been a great finish.

    LTK and a few others also have a very crappy ending like that.

    I see LTK getting mentioned a lot with a crappy ending. It might be a controvertial opinion but I really like Patti Labelle's "if you asked me too" song that plays of the credits of that movie. It always leaves me with a smile, almost like an ending to the classic Bond movies.

    Goldeneye on the other hand does indeed have a very boring song playing over the credits, and I've never really thought of how those movies would have been with a gunbarrel at the end...

    Could not agree with you any more. LTK is my favourite of all the Bond endings. Get's me all emotional every time :)) -{
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  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 37,861Chief of Staff
    "If You Asked Me To" is a great song, and placed appropriately. I've always enjoyed Patti's take more than the Celine drivel.
  • GoldenEye85GoldenEye85 Posts: 278MI6 Agent
    I think they were wanting to make Daniel Craig's different. Like each actor has his own way of performing the gun barrel scene.

    After how Casino's was done, I would rather have it at the end and be the full scene than be at the start and be half assed


    Just a thought.
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  • Virgil37Virgil37 Posts: 1,212MI6 Agent
    I think they were wanting to make Daniel Craig's different. Like each actor has his own way of performing the gun barrel scene.

    Just a thought.

    Right. If you think about it, how many times a Bond movie ended kissing a Bond girl near water? It's traditional, I know that. But I'm getting used to finish with the gunbarrel instead. Plus, I can't really see Craig finishing a movie kissing the Bond girl in a gondola , with a ballad as soundtrack. It's more like, "the job is done, and the bitch is dead".
  • AlphaOmegaSinAlphaOmegaSin EnglandPosts: 10,926MI6 Agent
    In my Opinion, it needs to be back at the Start -{
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  • minigeffminigeff EnglandPosts: 7,884MI6 Agent
    I'm hoping they use it for the midway interval for ice cream and a piss break.
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  • Smiert-SpionamSmiert-Spionam Posts: 318MI6 Agent
    minigeff wrote:
    I'm hoping they use it for the midway interval for ice cream and a piss break.

    Hopefully not in that order though. Us men are never good at multitasking. I for one would find it extremely difficult to eat ice cream and aim and fire at the same time. :))
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  • lotuslotus englandPosts: 293MI6 Agent
    I've heard they will put a gun barrel in every ten minutes
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    This is outrageous, I want a gun barrel every nine minutes ! :))
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  • Virgil37Virgil37 Posts: 1,212MI6 Agent
    minigeff wrote:
    I'm hoping they use it for the midway interval for ice cream and a piss break.

    Bond will never have a piss break, and then eat an ice cream! Maybe beluga caviar would do, though...
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    ..... But with sour cream, not ice cream ! :))
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  • PeppermillPeppermill DelftPosts: 2,860MI6 Agent
    lotus wrote:
    I've heard they will put a gun barrel in every ten minutes

    Who is your source because he/she isn't reliable. I've heard from someone really close to the fire that the ENTIRE Movie will be shot through a gunbarrel.
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  • QuistQuist Posts: 61MI6 Agent
    I have a feeling that it will happen like QoS and form the word SPECTRE at the end. Maybe the blood trickling could form into the octopuses tenticles. That could look very cool however Im definately one for thinking the gunbarrel should be at the beginning.
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    I've reached the point I'm so over the whole gun barrel thing. :D
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  • GoldenEye85GoldenEye85 Posts: 278MI6 Agent
    I wouldn't mind if they went old school with it and did the gun barrel and went straight into the title opening.
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  • 007JBDCMWR007JBDCMWR Posts: 2,526MI6 Agent
    I've reached the point I'm so over the whole gun barrel thing. :D
    Let the director put it where it works best. -{
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  • Virgil37Virgil37 Posts: 1,212MI6 Agent
    I've reached the point I'm so over the whole gun barrel thing. :D
    Let the director put it where it works best. -{

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  • LexiLexi LondonPosts: 3,000MI6 Agent
    Let the director put it where it works best. -{

    Totally agree...although I have a sneaky feeling it'll be at the beginning.... -{
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  • MilleniumForceMilleniumForce LondonPosts: 1,214MI6 Agent
    I'd like to see a traditional gunbarrel at the start. Whilst it didn't affect the film, I just didn't like the skyfall one. The walk seemed too fast, the lighting on Craig's face.....I could barely see his face. And the blood was horrible.
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  • Virgil37Virgil37 Posts: 1,212MI6 Agent
    I just didn't like the skyfall one. The walk seemed too fast, the lighting on Craig's face.....I could barely see his face.

    I agree, too fast, and Craig shoots with his hand almost blocking his face. Craig's QoS and SF are actually the worst gunbarrells. I much preferred the CR one.
  • Asp9mmAsp9mm Over the Hills and Far Away.Posts: 7,535MI6 Agent
    Virgil37 wrote:
    I just didn't like the skyfall one. The walk seemed too fast, the lighting on Craig's face.....I could barely see his face.

    I agree, too fast, and Craig shoots with his hand almost blocking his face.

    And so he should, he shoots a handgun correctly and brings it up to the aim. If his face wasn't obscured by the aim, it would be unrealistic like the others. The one thing I like about Craig's films is that he knows how to handle a weapon. It's the first time we've seen a Bond actor handle a gun like he knows how to use it. Brosnan was the worst, and going up against Moore, that is a pretty epic fail.
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