NTTD the longest Bond ever.

ChriscoopChriscoop Belize Posts: 10,449MI6 Agent
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.
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  • Quentin QuigleyQuentin Quigley Terminal One, Hamburg AirportPosts: 1,150MI6 Agent
    The more Bond the better!

    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.
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    If it has a good enough story, the time
    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.
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  • ChriscoopChriscoop Belize Posts: 10,449MI6 Agent
    That's a good point TP, especially once you add in the adverts, trailers and info films the come before the actual film.
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  • db5.007db5.007 SwitzerlandPosts: 73MI6 Agent
    Think that rhythm is a very relevant aspect.
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  • Matt SMatt S Oh Cult Voodoo ShopPosts: 6,596MI6 Agent
    This is how they guarantee Bond fans will see it twice. We will want to go back to see the part we missed on the first viewing when we got up to pee.
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  • superadosuperado Regent's Park West (CaliforniaPosts: 2,651MI6 Agent
    If it has a good enough story, the time
    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!
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  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,053Chief of Staff
    Matt S wrote:
    This is how they guarantee Bond fans will see it twice. We will want to go back to see the part we missed on the first viewing when we got up to pee.

    Or parts. :#
  • OrnithologistOrnithologist BerlinPosts: 583MI6 Agent
    I think whether I like it or not will depend which kind of content is the reason for the long runtime (I've largely been avoiding spoilers so far, aside from the wardrobe department :007) ). While Bond films inevitably need a lot of good action scenes, what I'd really like to see are some more scenes which show Bond as a person. Like his apartment in Spectre, or seemingly "unnecessary" scenes, like when he is travelling, etc. Fleming always described these things in detail, food, hotels, restaurants, his thoughts while on an airplane, conversations with contacts, etc. There needs to be a balance between those and the action. CR was quite good in this regard, I think.
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  • caractacus pottscaractacus potts Orbital communicator, level 10Posts: 3,907MI6 Agent
    I don't know why intermissions went out of style.
    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.
  • ToTheRightToTheRight Posts: 314MI6 Agent
    I'm not so sure and extremely long Bond film is a good thing. I think the last two films could have easily lost 10 minutes or more. Although SKYFALL is popular I do feel it could have been tightened up a bit. SPECTRE seemed too long to me once we got that DEAD ARE ALIVE card after the gunbarrel.
    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.
  • caractacus pottscaractacus potts Orbital communicator, level 10Posts: 3,907MI6 Agent
    by the way, I finally figured out during one of the recent STAR WARS movies:
    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?")
  • Golrush007Golrush007 South AfricaPosts: 3,418Quartermasters
    Chriscoop wrote:
    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.

    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.
  • ChriscoopChriscoop Belize Posts: 10,449MI6 Agent
    Golrush007 wrote:
    Chriscoop wrote:
    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.

    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
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  • Visceral007Visceral007 PA, United StatesPosts: 14MI6 Agent
    At 163min it's only 3min longer than Spectre I believe. Not to say that isn't already too long but this isn't a massive difference we're talking about.
  • SomeoneSomeone Posts: 1,537MI6 Agent
    At 163min it's only 3min longer than Spectre I believe. Not to say that isn't already too long but this isn't a massive difference we're talking about.

    SPECTRE's run time was 2h 28min, or 148 minutes.

    NTTD is 163 minutes, or 2h 43min.

    That is a 15 minute difference.
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    I've always felt the ending to Spectre
    Was a little rushed. The extra 15 minutes
    Would have helped.
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  • MarkOOMarkMarkOOMark Posts: 91MI6 Agent
    Matt S wrote:
    We will want to go back to see the part we missed on the first viewing when we got up to pee.

    Unless you have a dodgy prostate it should be ok :)) .... eat lots of salty snacks and don't drink anything at least an hour before hand, it'll all be good :# :))
  • ChriscoopChriscoop Belize Posts: 10,449MI6 Agent
    I've always felt the ending to Spectre
    Was a little rushed. The extra 15 minutes
    Would have helped.

    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.
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  • ChriscoopChriscoop Belize Posts: 10,449MI6 Agent
    Personally speaking, if the run time is longer because NTTD is filled with sweeping scene setting scenic shots and some lingering personal Bond moments I'll be happy, but if we get a 10 minute dialogue heavy Blofield scene explaining why his life's work and all Bonds adventure are because of his childhood jealousy i will be majorly dissapointed.
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  • JTMJTM Posts: 3,027MI6 Agent
    Chriscoop wrote:
    Personally speaking, if the run time is longer because NTTD is filled with sweeping scene setting scenic shots and some lingering personal Bond moments I'll be happy, but if we get a 10 minute dialogue heavy Blofield scene explaining why his life's work and all Bonds adventure are because of his childhood jealousy i will be majorly dissapointed.

    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.”
  • Matt SMatt S Oh Cult Voodoo ShopPosts: 6,596MI6 Agent
    JTM wrote:
    Chriscoop wrote:
    Personally speaking, if the run time is longer because NTTD is filled with sweeping scene setting scenic shots and some lingering personal Bond moments I'll be happy, but if we get a 10 minute dialogue heavy Blofield scene explaining why his life's work and all Bonds adventure are because of his childhood jealousy i will be majorly dissapointed.

    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.
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  • ChriscoopChriscoop Belize Posts: 10,449MI6 Agent
    JTM wrote:
    Chriscoop wrote:
    Personally speaking, if the run time is longer because NTTD is filled with sweeping scene setting scenic shots and some lingering personal Bond moments I'll be happy, but if we get a 10 minute dialogue heavy Blofield scene explaining why his life's work and all Bonds adventure are because of his childhood jealousy i will be majorly dissapointed.

    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.”

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  • ChriscoopChriscoop Belize Posts: 10,449MI6 Agent
    Matt S wrote:
    JTM wrote:
    Chriscoop wrote:
    Personally speaking, if the run time is longer because NTTD is filled with sweeping scene setting scenic shots and some lingering personal Bond moments I'll be happy, but if we get a 10 minute dialogue heavy Blofield scene explaining why his life's work and all Bonds adventure are because of his childhood jealousy i will be majorly dissapointed.

    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"
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  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,701MI6 Agent
    In my opinion everyone should pretend Brothergate never happened and never talk about it, and that includes the characters in the films.
  • ChriscoopChriscoop Belize Posts: 10,449MI6 Agent
    Number24 wrote:
    In my opinion everyone should pretend Brothergate never happened and never talk about it, and that includes the characters in the films.
    {[] in an ideal world, but waltz is in NTTD unfortunately.
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  • Matt SMatt S Oh Cult Voodoo ShopPosts: 6,596MI6 Agent
    Number24 wrote:
    In my opinion everyone should pretend Brothergate never happened and never talk about it, and that includes the characters in the films.

    I agree. That's really the only way to move on from it. I don't see any way to retcon it in dialogue.
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  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,701MI6 Agent
    Chriscoop wrote:
    Number24 wrote:
    In my opinion everyone should pretend Brothergate never happened and never talk about it, and that includes the characters in the films.
    {[] in an ideal world, but waltz is in NTTD unfortunately.

    He is, but that could work fine if they just don't remind the audience about the brother thing in the dialogue.
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    The script idea, that dare not speak its name ;)
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  • caractacus pottscaractacus potts Orbital communicator, level 10Posts: 3,907MI6 Agent
    Number24 wrote:
    In my opinion everyone should pretend Brothergate never happened and never talk about it, and that includes the characters in the films.
    Matt S wrote:
    I agree. That's really the only way to move on from it. I don't see any way to retcon it in dialogue.
    maybe that's why the movie's so long, it's going to take almost three hours to come up with a longwinded overcomplicated explanation of how what we all know we heard in the last movie was actually not what really happened.


    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!!!
  • SilentSpySilentSpy Private Exotic AreaPosts: 765MI6 Agent
    I'm not really surprised by the run time. When I spoiled some if not a lot of the opening because I wanted to see if the bike jump was real. The amount of footage seemed like a lot for the opening sequence. And if they are adding stuff to attempt to clean up and make sense of this whole Daniel Craig series with the final movie, that's going to take a while.

    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.
    "Better late than never."
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