Comment on Basic thoughts after I recently re-watched the Craig-era Bond Films
pikmeir@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I know many people loved Casino Royale, but from that movie onward they shifted to be too serious and no longer fun, action movies. The set pieces are great, but I stopped enjoying myself watching Bond movies because from the Craig era they all took themselves way too seriously. I think they just saw how well the Bourne series was performing, and like they always do, switch gears to copy whatever’s popular, but by doing so got rid of the main reason why I enjoyed the series in the first place.
from the Craig era they all took themselves way too seriously.
Yea … I think this is the issue I ran into. For Casino … and Quantum too, IMO, as a previous hater I’m a defender now … the seriousness works, it’s part of the darker more violent energy. But afterwards, the stories and directing just don’t capture that same energy … so at some point you start to sort of see through what they’re trying to do and lose immersion.
deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 5 months ago
It’s not that the Bourne trilogy did so well, it’s that the Austin Powers trilogy did so well. That took the comedy from Bond.