No Time To Die: REVIEW (The Weirdest Bond Film Ever)!!

[@drdeadbeat1604]

It's the multiverse, Bond is alive and well smoking and drinking Martinis in the 60s

[@traceylatifi9304]

My version of Flemings Bond is alive and well in my mind!!!!! I'll be happy for that to be!!!! At least he's an alpha male!!

[@Avatar_Roku]

Plot Twist: Critical Drinker is another Bond variant *And Tantiana is his Bond girl*

[@leftifornian2066]

Nah he ded and his female replacement is already here

[@davidcatlett4052]

@@Avatar_Roku Mind blown! 🤯 Brilliant! Take it easy on the Toilet Duck son. I actually heard his voice in my head when I read the emboldened part of your message.

[@davidcatlett4052]

@ Dr Deadbeat - Why not? DC Comics was asked which Wonder Woman from throughout history was the "actual" one and they basically answered back "Multiverse baby! They're all the actual ones in each of their own universes."

[@Astroman10]

James Bond will return ... How?! The destruction of all strong male characters of the past is almost complete! Indy is next, they will destroy the men in LOTR and then who is left?! This movie also ruins my hopes for Dr. Who ...

[@michaelbeemer8019]

“Simple! The explosions left Bond horribly burned but destroyed the nanovirus. His facial reconstruction will make him unrecognizable and able to infiltrate anywhere!”

[@slobodanreka1088]

It'll be a trans activist within MI6 who identifies as Bond. The Trans With The Golden Gun.

[@irritatingtruth9121]

How? Easy. Y’all still go out and buy / watch. It doesn’t matter how woke, doesn’t matter how hilarious, doesn’t matter how in your face they go, y’all still go pay / watch. The wokeness lives on through you all. We watch these channels bash them, laugh at them, belittles them. Then drops a review. Don’t tell me they need views neither. They got views from bashing it. They got views from articles and actors quotes. But. In the end. They STILL got their money. Ever closer to profit margin. We KNOW most movies, don’t make the money. So there still is a passable margin. And y’all CONTINUE to help them get there.

[@anon5263]

@@irritatingtruth9121 Lol, I highly doubt these people actually pay to see the woke stuff in cinemas. Movies are generally camripped and uploaded on their first day out. Not hard to pirate their crap.

[@RaRmAn]

There are still more recent ones like characters from games, but they won't last long either, especially with Netflix buying rights for adaptations.

[@danmann861]

No Time to Die? Oh sorry, they got this wrong. “No, time to die.”

[@mala6238]

That's correct.

[@rubix4195]

Ha ha ha! Did someone watch the Critical Drinker's After Hours stream too? XD

[@p.d.l7023]

Good one.

[@GrandTheftWatto]

"Works on contingency? No, money down!"

[@danmann861]

@@rubix4195 honestly I was moreso referencing The Simpsons joke. “No, money down!” :)

[@nicholasr6381]

Ive decided to exclude Craig’s run as Bond as Canon. . Shame they’re attempting to destroy the franchise going forward.

[@user-uq1fq6gs3i]

His entire run? Why? The ending of this film was incredibly disappointing, but don’t let it ruin his other films for you. Casino royal is still very much canon for me.

[@davidpitchford6510]

@@user-uq1fq6gs3i Mr. Halloway, in CR Bond is subject to the authority of a haughty nobody who knows nothing of spy craft or gambling when Bond is the best at both. Bond submits to that repulsive liar, arrogant, phony, mission-undermining, sexual harasser, attempted murder- and terror- accomplice, and dream-killer Vesper who nearly got him killed and succeeded in getting him genitally tortured (she also got Mathis imprisoned and tortured, and disrupted their lifelong friendship; she is far more evil, er, “empowered”, in the film than in the novel). I suppose it’s possibly enjoyable viewed as a love story, soap opera or drama but it’s not Fleming’s James Bond. In the novel, the focus is on Bond’s professionalism, his love of card gambling and his determination to defeat the bad guys. As for Vesper, in the novel their exceedingly brief hormonal love crumbles overnight into misery, lasting precisely zero minutes after Bond falls asleep and gets up early for a swim. When Bond learns that she was a traitor, he immediately puts her out of his mind in shame and disgust and rededicates himself to his profession; she is no hero as portrayed in the film. James Bond is a spy novel, not “Love Story” or a TV Drama.

[@stijnvdv2]

@@user-uq1fq6gs3i No, for me it was his entire run too. Let me tell you I was a HUGE fan. Always when it was on tv, we watched the movie with chips and cola when I was young, usually it were the evenings I was looking out to coz we were always allowed to stay up later then other evenings. Then I became older and saw the Pierce Brosnan ones in the cinema with my brother and father, that really was JB zenith right there; he nailed it as much as Connery....... and then came Craig 😒.... BANG gone was the witty British spy with glib remarks and in comes the emotionless Jason Bourne that has the expression if NO light was burning in that upper room to make it more 'China friendly'. Like with that one movie Casino Royal; all my fandom was gone in an instant after I saw how they screwed up the character. Ever since I only saw Skyfall.... yeah the story is there, it's a popcorn movie and to some extend I enjoyed it, but as a Bond movie?.... no.... just look at how extremely plank of wood and piece of lumber Daniel's acting was when Silva revealed to be a former double 0 in that glass tube.... a vacant expression as if he was simply not there.... no glib remark, no emotion at all. That for me was pretty much the final straw that I decided to not even watch any more JB in the future.

[@user-uq1fq6gs3i]

@@stijnvdv2 I respect your opinion, but I do believe Craig’s bond does reflect the novel version of James Bond quite well. That being said, his movies aren’t as special as some of the older ones, the only of his I enjoyed were casino Royale and sky fall.

[@davidpitchford6510]

@Numpteez The killing of Bond was a gratuitous slap and spit in the face, like the desecration of his 007 number (no one will ever be allowed to wear Mickey Mantle's Number 7); like the ignominious dumpster death of Mathis and now the killing of his great friend Leiter; like Bond never being informed he had a daughter; like Bond mewling over that obnoxious and overbearing lying monster and disgusting traitor Vesper; like Bond acceding to the condition that he retire to be with snot-faced, disrespectful, gapped-toothed, unsmiling Sourpussy, Lea SeyDough-Girl. Everything about James Bond that made him the great cinematic hero more than half a century has been systematically erased and replaced with the opposite by an agenda and Craig as James Bond is no longer James Bond: he is a sorry, weak, decommissioned, emasculated smacked ass who is set upon by the females who rule over and tinkle on him. He is no longer attractive nor does he have any love interest in this movie. Read the novels: James Bond is not girly-emotional (his profession does not permit it; he would be dead otherwise), nor does he bow to anyone except legitimate authority; he expresses most emotion about the men he respects and admires from working with them on assignments, e.g., his male Boss M, Quarrel and Leiter, all of whom he “loves” is his own way. Most of the women are strong, admirable characters, but they are feminine and not miserable spitfire snotfaces (only the evil ones are). James Bond is NOT a love story or a platform for social conditioning. Fleming's Bond puts his profession over any woman, including his wife to be Tracy, and expels the poisonous snake Vesper from his mind; he dreads any life of convention or comfort; he is married for 1 hr 15 mins. and his hormonal love for Vesper lasts 0 minutes before devolving into misery and repulsive chaos; when he learns the truth, he pushes the thought of her aside in shame and disgust, then gets back to work, which he loves. Craig is NOT James Bond except in name, gadget, tuxedo and other non-essential externalities. The essence of James Bond has been cancelled so only the Halloween Costume that Craig was wearing was left and even that was killed as they couldn't restrain themselves even from that final indignity.

[@MichaelB-jw5po]

Considering that only half of his movies are actually good, I don't know why the filmmakers were so insistent about tying all of the Craig movies together. They should have all just been self contained; Bond movies work better that way.

[@michaeldendulk2230]

3 of us went to see it. When we walked out, all 3 of us pretty much said a synchronised 'Oh well, that's the end of the Bond franchise'...

[@chrisdodds1877]

100% my and my families thoughts. The film itself was alright, good action, fair story, fair/good casting. Some bad points though, don't like the set up for a black female 007 (well cast for the film but she is not 007), Q is gay apparently (yay diversity... totally redundant though and purely a virtue signalling line that can be edited out for the Chinese. Occasionally out of character humor which doesn't fit the plot (sometimes fine, sometimes nonsensical). And dead Bond!?

[@renehoyvik]

@@chrisdodds1877 Barbara Broccoli has already been on record saying they will never gender swap James bond. Saying it would be a disservice to both the character and the actress.

[@chrisdodds1877]

@@renehoyvik As the James Bond title says 'never say never'. Don't get me wrong it's reassuring that she says that, but at the end of the day you give what the people want (or at least the ones who shout the loudest, and there is a lot of noise on this subject). Also is a female 007 the same as a gender swapped James Bond?

[@paultrundley6408]

Han Solo dies, Luke Skywalker dies, James Bond dies, Dr. Who is a woman, Indiana Jones is becoming a woman, Ghostbusters all woman….white male leads die.

[@paulhirst7602]

Kathleen Kennedy got in Phoebe Waller Bridge to write much of Indy 5, as she goes for strong female characters. In Luke and Han's words " I've got a bad feeling about this."

[@albatross8361]

Paul, it seems that we have two choices when it comes to heroes: we can either admire them or resent them. Ordinary, normal people tend to admire them, but inadequate control-freaks resent them and try to bring them down. What they are doing now makes the starting premise of 'The Incredibles' seem prophetic.

[@mmyers6441]

Mission Impossible is literally last man standing. For now.

[@irritatingtruth9121]

And yet the same ppl continue to go and see. ………. Then complain on the Internet. The left might be right on this on. A bunch of mad man babies. I can easily check my hype. To be honest, I had NO idea this movie, or Venom even came out. It’s that easy. But not for most of us it seems. You want to be taken seriously, but you pay for them to destroy your favorite franchises… Then complain. Repeat.

[@SamtheBravesFan]

@@irritatingtruth9121 I'm starting to think that myself. Granted, I also think they would have done this even if they didn't get any box office profits. I won't fault him, though. We all feed the machine, so to speak. All we can really do is complain or learn some creativity and make our own stuff. Even if it's something like fanfiction.

[@cheeseburgersuperior1874]

How will they eventually "fix" it. James Bond: "Hello." Me: "But you're dead." James Bond: "No silly. You see the one who died was my twin brother. Jaymes Bond."

[@MrClassicmetal]

Noooooo.... Not again with that twin crap, don't give them any ideas!!!!😳

[@cheeseburgersuperior1874]

@@MrClassicmetal at least i'll get a good laugh.

[@AeneasGemini]

@@MrClassicmetal It's improvement on the current path of the franchise

[@Haterator]

"The one who died was my twin brother, Jamés Bond" *cuts to Bond showing a picture with him and his mexican twin brother* *Naked Gun movie opening credits start*

[@JerseyWolf]

@@Gary_Nadeau Jamie Bond

[@Death_Networks]

The Q bit reminds me of legend of korra saying she's a lesbian now cos she held hands with he ex-boyfriends ex and walks into the distance in the very last episode with no pre-cursor that would even mildly hint at it

[@steventhomas2856]

The Q bit was obviously a concession to Whishaw's own sexuality. Seemed a bit on the nose and unnecessary but it didn't contradict anything about Q's previous depiction in the self - contained Craig continuity.

[@BrandonHeat243]

I always thought the Korra ending was them pandering to shippers.

[@alexman378]

@@steventhomas2856 Sure, but it plays absolutely no factor in the story or the character. Nothing changes, nothing is added, his boyfriend doesn’t even show up, or contributes to anything in the story, either positively or negatively, it’s just there so it can be there.

[@Death_Networks]

@@alexman378 and best of all, doesn't even hint or explain that idea in the show, it was just the show runner running around 'explaining' it afterwards XD

[@stijnvdv2]

that's not the only comparison. Honestly if Pierce Brosnan's JB was Aing, the last Airbender.... then Craig was the legend of Korra... like one made the franchise see a new zenith it hadn't seen since Connery and the other was a huge disappointment; a piece of lumber, plank of wood. Yeah it's there: the suit, the name, Q, M, license to kill etc. etc. but the character that was for 60 years was destroyed. They might as well have called it Jason Bourne, or mission impossible to infinity and beyond..... this ain't Bond. As far as it being Craig's fault... no. Actually he has been a great casting as he plays the character that Bond is supposed to be very well costarring along Angelina Jolie as rival raider in Tombraider.... but I think this has been a huge fuck up of the management/writers team trying to push their pants down arse up for that sweet 'China pandering money' and in so doing destroyed their protagonist utterly; to the point I haven't even been interested in seeing ANY James Bond after the extremely disappointing Casino Royal.

[@nikkusan6704]

78 years of James Bond, quite the legacy, ended with a missile. I hate Hollywood. I’m OUT.

[@picklespickle1641]

You want to see the same thing over n over

[@baldieman64]

Evil cannot create anything new, they can only corrupt and ruin what good forces have invented or made. - JRR Tolkien.

[@flipneleanor7370]

Yup Tolkien was based af

[@jorgebarbosa8380]

That’s it.

[@grzegorzpawowski2076]

@Yhorm Shit?

[@augustandjune]

This movie’s purpose was to kill off the “toxic masculinity” Bond that made the series legendary. When and if the character returns, he’ll be a mere shell of his former self.

[@KroVey]

Let's be honest, it will probably be a woman. That, or a black man. I have no issue with Bond being of any ethnicity, but when you know it's because of disingenuous pandering, it hits different.

[@leftifornian2066]

He will be a sidekick to his empowered woman boss if he ever comes back

[@justincarlozmaxino1100]

@@leftifornian2066 well Judy Dench did it fine so its doable to have a escapist themed masculine Bond movie

[@jagman4111]

Thats what I truly believed before I watched it - but thats not true at all -

[@KroVey]

​@@applecorp I think you should wake up. Times change. Being white would make no difference to being black or asian, as long as the character stays British and keeps the personality traits that made him popular in the first place. You walk out in London and tell me how many ethnicities you see. There is no significant importance to Bond being Caucasian. I am white myself, I couldn't care less about race, if done without an agenda. If they audition 10 dudes and the best one for the role is black or asian, for sure go with that guy. If they audition 10 dudes and the best one is white but they still go for another ethnicity because of American politics, that's where I find issue. Thats all there is to it. If you are bothered so much by the thought of Bond being non-white, even though the character has been revisioned by so many different actors, I think you are racist.

[@Neil3D]

Haven't watched your take yet, but mine was ... "so James Bond, the most iconic womaniser ever, the most headstrong intelligent agent in the history of film, decided to call it a day in a heartbeat because he was told with no proof to back it up that he couldn't touch some broad who he hadn't seen in 5 years, the poison wasn't verified that was just the ramblings of some about-to-die villain, also couldn't touch the kid who he absolutely needed a DNA test for, and he also didn't bother to challenge the claims that there's no cure even though they invented it and Q always says have an escape plan... right oh, that totally sounds like a Bond move. Just give up. Just accept the word of some random villain, don't check, then commit harry carry based on all that even though modern tech totally could have reversed it". I left the cinema absolutely raging.

[@Comakino]

Dude it's Craig Bond, in 2021. What did you expect?? I gave up after Skyfall, that film everyone loved? It was godawful! Dont give them your money any more.

[@SamtheBravesFan]

Well, no one said they were good writers.

[@krzosu]

Exactly - this ain't a Bond its some pansie trying to act like one hoping we wont recognise a bait and switch.

[@andrehashimoto8056]

Basically.... they 100% ignored WHAT BOND'S CHARACTER IS.... and all for mere woketard propaganda... on a Movie IP KNOWN for budgets nearing the BILLIONS if not INTO THE BILLIONS.... if this doesn't open a HOLE in the Studios and IP holders coffers.... then for SURE THEY used LESS THAN CLEAN MUD Money to fund this Movie

[@TheScoopGorrilla]

That’s how I felt

[@TheDalinkwent]

Bond settling down with a wife defeats the entire point of the ending of QOS. Most Bond fans always assumed considering Casino Royale was a soft reboot/origin story, the death of Vespa would explain why Bond is the way he is with women, instead he keeps pining over them. This film forgets that Bond is a male power fantasy. So a aging, domesticated Bond with female counter parts as equals that dies at the end isn't exactly what anyone wants to see.

[@Tim_TerninatorSeed]

Completely right about the ending of QOS - add on top of that the graveyard scene in NTTD does exactly the same thing. He was over Vesper, at peace, had got his SOLACE. So what the hells he doing going to Vespers grave saying “I miss you”? You can’t have it both ways... For all its quick cut editing, QOS was a great, gritty Bond film and completed his origin. Casino & Quantum are authentic, coherent films. For me, it’s downhill from there. And yes I include the pretentious, contrived Skyfall.

[@Abeyratne]

So John Connor gets killed in Terminator and James bond gets killed in his own movie. WTF is happening.

[@nhmooytis7058]

Woke wammen ruin everything.

[@ekscalybur]

Commie subversion, destroy the heroes, destroy the legends/mythos of a culture. It's in their damn manifesto, this isn't ridiculous hyperbole. And the people producing this are ALL Marxist ideologues.

[@neilyb5012]

Sounds like someone has a almost xenophobic hatred of cis white males in entertainment and there's some wierd fucking agenda in the entertainment industry that infects its way Into everything it touches but that can't be it can it

[@nhmooytis7058]

@@neilyb5012 gee sounds like a conspiracy theory.😁

[@enzannometsuke8812]

you forgot Luke and Han, plus Dr Who character assassinated in The Timeless Child episode

[@tesstickle7267]

A black bond is about as popular as a white blade...no fucking way.

[@Comakino]

I disagree. John David Washington could play it, if he could master the accent. He was 100% better in Tenet than Craig has ever been as an action hero

[@cosmicgirl2761]

Well said , funny nobody wants a asking for an Indian bond or a Chinese actor , the books are a story about a white male secret agent , so let’s hope after all idris Elba fucks it up they come to their senses

[@andygreen3575]

@@Comakino He could be a different 00 but not Bond 007.

[@MrShadowfax42]

@@Comakino James Bond is white.

[@bighands69]

@@Comakino Certain characters are white, black and Asian. Why change them at all?

[@roguesbackstory3441]

Bond outwits the Villain, LIVES, and gets the girl in the end. It's not a hard formula to follow but they fucked it up.

[@Acme1970]

Fucking up simple film formulas seems to be the way movies are made nowadays, sad.

[@bunnywithakeyboard7628]

This is what happens when you stop hiring the most competent and talented people who deserve the job.

[@SuperSymbiote1]

He might be alive tho. It didn’t say otherwise lol

[@roguesbackstory3441]

@@SuperSymbiote1 Daniel Craig Bond is definitively dead as described in much detail in several articles.

[@thetruthroomwherenothingis4979]

Spectre sucked cause it followed the 007 formula too much

[@justinmatthews8366]

So you could say it was “The Last Jedi” of Bond Films based on the feelings it gives after it’s all said and done?

[@mala6238]

Exactly.

[@Gainn]

Bond ended with Timothy Dalton. I've no idea what any of the recent films are, but they sure as shit ain't 'Bond films'.

[@daCATgraphics]

Not exactly. I spent pretty much the entire time watching TLJ getting more and more angry. With this new Bond film I was having a great time until they killed him off at the end. At least he died a hero saving the world unlike Luke who just ran out of steam :)

[@melbye7441]

Nah, The Last Jedi spends the entire humiliating the legacy-characters this really doesn't

[@mcribprime6594]

Nothing remotely like it, no. They insulted Luke and killed him off for no real reason this is completely different and a great send of to this actor/character.

[@Ironarm011]

Can't say I'm not surprised that Bond dies in his own film. Craig's whole run as Bond has been a train wreck, with the exclusion of Casino Royale.

[@thetruthroomwherenothingis4979]

Was killing off Iron Man a trainwreck?

[@willbeard4835]

The two following casino royale weren't terrible? Watchable at least. I miss the brosnan version

[@pcarnold9]

Sky fall was good

[@doublep1980]

Why the f*ck, is everybody saying that Casino Royale was good?! The whole plot is abolutely ret*rded. The villain is an accountant/money launderer. He lost a ton of his clients' money & now the MI6 wants to coerce him to become their informant & ratt out his terrorist clients. So, what do they do? They give 007, 15$ tax payer money to poker with this guy,instead of sending a SAS team, kidnap and then torture the living crap out of him, until he gives up all his secrets. This is so stupid and people praise the plot, WTF?! 2/3 of the movie is about people playing cards in a casino, in Montegro of all places! (I guess Monte Carlo was too expensive for Barbara Broccoli.) Bond gets his balls busted, literally and doesn't even get to take revenge for it! Bond falls in love for a girl, as if he's a little schoolboy, then girl gets killed and Bond is sappy, which he continues to be for the rest of his movies.

[@doublewhat07]

@@doublep1980 you obviously never read the orginal novel that it's based on which is also the very first Bond novel Ian Fleming wrote.

[@zawarudo9444]

10 years ago when Craig was announced as Bond their were riots on the street not just because people questioned his performance but because he was blonde. The fact that 10 years later film makers believe that changing Bonds Gender or race would be met with applause is beyond me.

[@tylove7992]

Since people came to love Daniel Craig, doesn't that contradict your narrative?

[@user-uq1fq6gs3i]

@@tylove7992 Hair colour can be easily changed, gender is something that nobody that originally objected will ever get over.

[@VoluptuousVinyl]

It's been 15 years (really more as Craig would have been announced before 2006) but his run of films were from 2006-2021 It took six years just to release this film. Riots in the street over Bond being blonde is a little overblown, more like whiners on internet forums. I never understood that because he looks more brunette than blonde, especially now. Will be interesting to see if they pull a gender or race swap in the next one. They've been taking longer and longer to make these films, so in another six plus years will Hollywood still be shoveling out the same crap or will they finally want to start making money again?

[@TGPDrunknHick]

@@user-uq1fq6gs3i and honestly if it was that important could just be explained as part of his cover. small things to make him look different enough and so on.

[@VotePaineJefferson]

I remember that too. Speaking as a blonde guy, I never thought that Bond SHOULD be played by another blonde guy! Yet we're supposed to pretend that Bond can be played by anybody? NO, simply not true.

[@sterlingarcher857]

Im a lifelong (im 42) Bond fan. Seen al films, watched all in cinema since daylights, read all books, gardner, fleming...and so on....have a few of the watches, some of the n peal and sunspel clothing......im a huge fan in short.... ive never liked daniel craig as bond. Casino was a good bond film, with a great theme song, probably up there with the best (both film and song) ever since the first trailer and marketing of this way back...with all the woke shit and diverse representation and treating bond as a weak side character in his own the film...the fact that craig had to be bribed with 50 mill to come back....i had no intention of ever seeing this film...they should never have released it. It sounds utter garbage and im glad i decided early on not to bother. I never will. Theyve basically ruined this. Like star wars...its too late now....proper fans dont care anymore

[@paultrundley6408]

Brilliantly summarised, my thoughts entirely.

[@countzero1136]

100% agree

[@Abeyratne]

My sentiments exactly. I felt Barbara Broccoli and EON gave Daniel Craig too much power and authority in the franchise. They made him also a producer..I miss Cubby Broccoli (her father) made bond movies fair and balanced and also enjoyed around the world. After his passing it's Barbra and Michael J Wilson in charge of the franchise. They want to do it their own way. She kicked out Brosnan and took over a not so known, back then Daniel Craig and made him there puppet. The transition from Die another day to Casino Royale was more a statement then a reboot. Die another day was over the top but could have been okay if Brosnan got one final movie as his swan song.

[@garym6315]

They pay him £50 million for the privilege of Craig demanding that he be killed off once and for all, and also get his own pal in to rewrite the script to his liking. I'd say they got screwed and Craig is laughing all the way to the bank.

[@sterlingarcher857]

The thing is though aswell guys...and im sure youre all the same....i dont say this to gloat..or moan or whatever. Im genuinely sad about it.

[@HappyAspid]

4:46 - Bond (in the books) was married once. Since his wife died - he never commited to long term relationship.

[@theheebs100]

im not positive on this, but wasnt he married in one of the old movies too, but his wife died?

[@doublep1980]

@@theheebs100 He marries during the end of ''Her Majesty's Secret Service'', the one with George Lazenby. Literally 2 minutes later, Blofeld does a drive-by-shooting and kills 007's new wife.The movie was a huge flop, mainly because Lazenby was pretty meh as Bond and because the whole marriage thing. In the next one, ''Diamonds are Forever, they brought back Connery and the movie begins with him hunting down Blofeld.

[@2percentright]

I'm just glad the mistake of Craig's bond series is finally over. The entire mythos of bond was ruined when the writers made the entire series about bad guys going solely after bond and everything being about bond and not bad guys doing bad things being stopped by bond.

[@Earthtime3978]

Problem is the new Bond will probably stick with wokeness, continuing to shatter the character .

[@carpediem5882]

@@Earthtime3978 it's a problem only if you intend to watch it.

[@Earthtime3978]

@@carpediem5882 No. It’s a problem whether I watch it or not.

[@above.average.gaming.natio3026]

just bring back the fucking gadgets please

[@carpediem5882]

@@Earthtime3978 then you are the problem.

[@holdmaibeer4923]

Sounds exactly like when people reviewed the last Jedi I think that Hollywood just poisoned this well and people will know this was where the franchise died

[@brandonkelly5209]

To be honest it doesn't even sound like a movie worth paying to go see

[@Prophet2008PT]

Dont go! Save your money!

[@HurricaneGaming509]

The cinematography is top notch. If you enjoy film, go watch it, but the movie is boring and wack

[@siradro]

Watching Casino Royale with my teen son. What he likes? Bond. Big chest, buff as hell, snarky, sarcastic, reckless, totally flawed, but In a round about way gets the job done! Done. What’s this now...? This other shite?

[@siradro]

@Newsbender I liked him as bond. We’re gonna go back and watch more of the older bonds. Daniel Craig - I just love Our Friends in the North, and think he has huge charisma... but different strokes and folks and all that.

[@bunnywithakeyboard7628]

Yeah, don’t take him to watch his hero get killed.

[@bunnywithakeyboard7628]

@@siradro Genuinely warning you so you don’t traumatize your kid. Check the plot on Wikipedia if you think I’m joking. It’s a spoiler, sure, but making sure your kid doesn’t get traumatized should be worth a spoiler to you.

[@michaelsegriff3362]

Watching Casino Royale, know what I liked? Eva Fu**ing Green. Jokes aside, It must be great to watch Bond with your son. My dad took me to the originals with Connery. I liked the gadgets.

[@bunnywithakeyboard7628]

@@michaelsegriff3362 Skyfall was when I lost any and all interest in Bond. The gadgets had been my favorite. “A gun and a radio.”

[@UnofficialName]

I guarantee all the woke actors and film crew were overjoyed filming Bond's death "We can have a women now" which even Craig - quite woke himself - probably felt disrespectful. It certainly explains his "James Bond shouldn't be a women" comment.

[@slobodanreka1088]

Lashana sure has some decent pecs on her.

[@andrehashimoto8056]

Craig at least had the minimal common sense of understanding WHAT makes a 007 character, he couldn't escape having to act as the damn Mess these Woketards wanted (contract probably), but he KNEW it would be not only an IP killer, it would probably STAIN EVERYONE'S CAREER. simply: Craig was at least smart enough to understand when he had to garner some non Woke points to commit damage control for himself and his career

[@gruntildavonbigglesworth734]

he only said that because they pushed the woke marketing so hard it was turning off fans

[@stevkyt2374]

@@gruntildavonbigglesworth734 Well be reassured that it is not woke in the least.

[@MrJimmy1717]

@@slobodanreka1088 ew.

[@catmandenny]

They can open the next 007 movie with Tracy Bond waking up to find James Bond in the shower and the previous movies were a bad dream, like they did with Bobby Ewing on Dallas.

[@MiguelRivera-cs2tk]

That the only way to save the franchise.

[@neilyb5012]

Maybe bond will be a little black girl from a different reality (dr who reference if your not a fan )

[@lancermaza6726]

@@neilyb5012 add handicap blind little black girl to that. Check out all the criteria

[@rubix4195]

Tracey (Young Diana Rigg): "James!" James (Young Lazenby obviously): *turns off shower* "Surprised to see me?" Tracey: "I had the strangest dream...it made no sense." James: "You can tell me all about it after breakfast..." *leans in and smooches tenderly* +++ All The Time In the World plays as they smooch +++ Critics: Obviously not what Bond fans want. Bond Fans: D'awww!

[@johncadden202]

That's what my mom said. I had to look it up😀

[@kingdude1999]

Cubby Broccoli is turning over in his grave. He told his daughter & step-son to keep Bond alive, always. And then this happens. If these ideas were approved by Barbara Broccoli & Michael Wilson - they should be ashamed of themselves.

[@dualisticmix]

What is with productins in recent years making the "strong female" characters bitchy in every production? They could make everyone take to these characters if they were normal acting, and were written well? Teala in Masters of the Universe Revelations, the lead Spartan in Halo 4, this new 007, and a whole slew of strong female characters with attitudes towards the main character is now a trope that sucks and makes the characters come off as highly unlikeable.

[@KomboEzaliTe]

It's the same problem with stupid people trying to write genius characters. The writers are weak and have never known what strength is beyond hearing about the concept. It's like expecting a blind person to paint a masterpiece.

[@TGPDrunknHick]

Strong Female characters is code for Toxic Male but, technically a woman.

[@toddnolastname4485]

Because the "bestest evah" female character is based on the writer, who doesn't realize that she's a horrible bitch. She just doesn't think she can get a date with nice guys because she believe there is no nice guys.

[@mikeRedMDK2032]

Toxic femininity

[@itsokimautistic3848]

It's agenda to program their victims. Propaganda works best when their victims don't have access to the truth(MSM all say the same thing).

[@John-core]

That ending alone kinda ruined the character 007 and the movie itself.

[@Martynde]

I think that was the intention. So the writers can reboot it and "do it right" with a woman.

[@irritatingtruth9121]

Doesn’t matter. Because the vast majority of y’all, will continue to go and pay to see it. Including channels like this one, and Yellow Flash. Who arguably make a living bashing the same things they pay to see. Then enough of y’all do the same. So what’s the point? To be fan bois of anger? Makes no sense to me. I thought we all agreed, tbh. Movie would suck, gone woke, “wIlL fAiL”, and we all laugh. But no. I scrolled through the comments, a crap ton of, “mOvIe Is WeIrd”. “MoViE iS GaRbaGe!”… I THOUGHT WE ALREADY ESTABLISHED THIS!? I have a very hard time understanding this mindset. It’s the same as a domestic abuse issue. They keep getting beat, but they continue to stay. How is some ppls hype this strong? I’m done. I cannot stand ppl that run mouth, but do nothing, then complain again. Same story, different day, week, month, year.

[@ccateni28]

@@irritatingtruth9121 how do you know people don't go into movies for free since they might have friends and family working at the theater? How do you know they aren't using... "other means".

[@peterlenham6904]

@@John-core It didn't cost that much, no film has cost that. More like $250- $300 million. It actually has to make about $900 to break even.

[@bunnywithakeyboard7628]

@@irritatingtruth9121 Buddy, people watch this stuff so they don’t have to see it.

[@ronintje7647]

I didn't like any of the Craig films, so i'll treat this the same as real Star Wars fans treat the last 3 Star Wars movies.....they just don't exist to me....

[@vinnyganzano1930]

I liked the Craig movies, he was a more realistic and grounded Bond.

[@brothermouzone1307]

You didn't like Skyfall?

[@mikavirtanen7029]

@@vinnyganzano1930 Craig Bond was Jason Bourne with better wardrobe and extra thuggishness. Realistic and grounded my ass.

[@ronintje7647]

@@brothermouzone1307 To dark for me, i barely remember what happened in that movie as i didn't even bother watching it multiple times like i did with all the earlier bond movies. I grew up watching the 60's/70's Bond movies on TV and watch the Dalton movies when they released, reading all the hype about the Dalton movies in magazines and on TV. I'm a Connery/Moore/Dalton fanboy as they were the ones i watched when i grew up and these movies to me weren't what i was used to. To me Craig had 1 facial expression during all his Bond movies. I pretty much only liked him when he had the item with the Queen during the 2012 Olympics. I did love that, it was great and a deserved part of that opening ceremony.

[@doublep1980]

@@vinnyganzano1930 ''Realistic''?! Are you high?! You wanna tell us, the plots of Casino Royale & Skyfall, were ''realistic''?! Oh sure, an intelligence agency giving 15 million $ to an agent, in order to gamble with a money launderer, so that the guy gets broke and then they will offer him to become their informant, is standard procedure. I mean, they could have just kidnap the guy and torture him until he gives up any infos they wanted, but that would be ''too much''. Or ''Skyfall'', where we have a god-tier, super computer hacker, that can bring down entire governmentes & stock markets, not to mention blow up the MI6 building, with a couple of mouse clicks, but he comes up with an idiotic, overcomplicated plan to kill M, that would never work IRL. And all this, because M, followed standard spy procedure when he got caught during an unsactioned mission and denied everything.

[@genebaker511]

I told a couple of black L women when they replaced James Bond with a black woman and their response were, "Nah, not for us. Nope. We prefer our Bond a white man."

[@cheeseburgersuperior1874]

As non-white non-british man, I can say that black woman is NO 007 and NO James Bond.

[@thebatman4279]

The only people who actually want Bond to be black are white-as-Warburtons leftists and small hats. I assume the vast majority of black people don't give a flying fook.

[@thetruthroomwherenothingis4979]

@@booshmcfadden7638 Aquaman got raceswapped and his movie still made a billion

[@thetruthroomwherenothingis4979]

@@cheeseburgersuperior1874 can a black man be Captain America?

[@Luipaard005]

Black people don't watch Bond movies and don't care about them.

[@TheScoopGorrilla]

I came home and rewatched ‘The Rock’ Thats the Bond franchise done for me - well done producers crapping all over the family legacy

[@nicholas5187]

Me and my mom have watched every Bond since Goldeneye in the cinema as our own little tradition seeing that she's been a fan since she was a kid. This is the 1st one we've considered not going out to watch.

[@Sinebeast]

that's okay Az, you can spoil the fuck out of that movie. I wasn't planning on watching it anyway (not even pirating it). The Daniel Craig Era ended with Specter.

[@Scout703]

Truthfully it ended after Skyfall. Specter was absolute shite!

[@glorfification]

"I loved it!" - Rian Johnson

[@pikeb.3993]

"I cried while watching it!" - Kevin Smith

[@speeddensity9543]

"They stole my idea!" J J Abrams

[@captain1701w]

"Didn't go far enough", Alex Kurtzman

[@midoribookstore]

Ruin Johnson gets wet at the idea of IPs rotting and crumbling away, you fuckin know he'd love it.

[@AlexanderFort]

I think you’re on to something because this is going to be The Last Jedi of the James Bond franchise.

[@cheeseburgersuperior1874]

This replacing 007 stuff doesn't make any sense at all. The one should have been a 00 is Money Penny. She was 00 before, it was only because of Skyfall that forced her to change her position because her identity was exposed. If they want a female James Bond like film, make a damn Money Penny movie. Heck, I would be interested in a prequel about her.

[@encryptedwolf7623]

Now THAT is an original idea! I'd be interested in seeing that myself.

[@vordman]

Or Paloma from this one. One charming character.

[@greatwuta]

Moneypenny is no 00

[@cheeseburgersuperior1874]

@@greatwuta lolz. Really? Did you watch and observe Skyfall?

[@greatwuta]

@@cheeseburgersuperior1874 yes I have and she was never been called a 00. You know you can be a Mi6 agent and not being a 00

[@one1charlie643]

The bowing up of bond at the end was symbolising the SJW’s destroying another franchise.

[@ATAndreiThomas]

Indeed and that pissed me off to the point I was upset at the end of the film. It really made me Hate the SJW's more for a reason.

[@jasonhowell9723]

It's the only thing those blue haired, morons are good at..destroying the characters and entertainment we all loved thur the decades..I wish them nothing but misery..God knows they get off on putting us thur it. F'em!They should stay home with their 25 cats 🐈.

[@stevenborg102]

Why? It wasn't particularly woke.

[@ladydimitrescu2528]

lol

[@tmmartinesq.6216]

He could've survived.

[@CorporalFriendlyShark]

5 minutes into the next Bond film: M: “Somehow, Bond survived…”

[@Comakino]

Craig's entire run has been not-quite Bond... maybe he's Jake Bond.

[@bradleyadams2241]

He did a alright job in Casino Royal and Skyfall, also Spectr was decent enough. Speaking of Spectr that should have really been the end for Craig as Bond.

[@countzero1136]

Agreed. I never really liked him as Bond. Sure he's a decent enough actor but he's never really felt like Bond to me. It's probably time to retire the franchise anyway, but this is still a lousy way to do it

[@99Vood99]

They took a lot of cues from the Bourne Identity when rebooting Bond with Daniel Craig.

[@pferreira1983]

More like Bond is a call sign.

[@OveropinionatedAzhat]

I liked him 'as-bond', but didnt like any of his bond-films.

[@kerravon4159]

They kill off Bond in his own fricken movie!? Jesus it sounds like a massive Woke dumpster fire... I'll be avoiding this one like a Gillette ad.

[@Milliardo5]

He-Man fans laugh (if you don't know, He-Man was killed off in Kevin Smith's MOTU shown in Netflix last month)

[@IncredibleMet]

They killed Luke Skywalker is his own movie.

[@Milliardo5]

@@IncredibleMet Well SW isn't exactly Luke's own sage. You could say the OT was Luke's story, but GL actually took that away when he made the PT and made the whole saga (PT+OT) all about Vader. The ST was mainly Rey's story. Overall SW is a saga that is much larger than Luke's own.

[@IncredibleMet]

@@Milliardo5 Well, using your logic, it’s about Star Wars is about creamy Sheev. He is all the Sith after all 🤦‍♂️

[@thetruthroomwherenothingis4979]

Was it woke when Iron Man got killed off?

[@cthulhugod3660]

I felt like it was written by people that have never seen a Bond movie, and only research was done via an extremely poor Wikipedia article.

[@ArionNoble]

Not even. Just quick glances at Twitter and Facebook to see of their bubble even knows who James Bond is.

[@mikeRedMDK2032]

Modern sequels in just about every long running franchise, in a nutshell

[@garym6315]

This is the thing that these makers don't seem to realise - yes, we all realise that Bond will be back in a rebooted film, but the precedent of killing him off makes the rest of the franchise feel cheaper. It all feels hollow now that we know he's not the super spy who can't be beaten. They've taken a HERO and made him just some bloke. We all know Bond will be back but it won't be in a retcon "cheated death" way, it will just be a case of a new timeline.

[@thetruthroomwherenothingis4979]

That trope of the hero always winning is boring

[@lewisrogers5685]

@@thetruthroomwherenothingis4979 so are films where women are overly aggressive, threatening and direct, for no reason at all other than to demean the white male present in the scene.

[@cairsahrstjoseph996]

I only saw Skyfall from the Craig era. It was OK, but a bit too serious; I lean most to Roger's Moore humourous films.

[@novumdomine9925]

Casino Royale. The rest are border line garbage.

[@seanm7539]

@@novumdomine9925 All right anything past what Pierce Brosnan did is complete garbage OK hot piles of steaming garbage now the only one of those bond films that Daniel Craig did that I can actually sit down and watch would be casino royale

[@picklespickle1641]

@@seanm7539 golden eye is brosnans only good movie stop

[@cttommy73]

I would say it actually doesn't work Az. Saying Bond struggling with just one person whereas the lady is having an easy time mowing down multiple people works is like saying Loki getting his dick kicked in multiple times and being humiliated multiple times works, because the writers "aren't being mean spirited about it". It degrades the character, especially if they are being portrayed as highly experience and competent. It would be a different story if Bond was struggling with multiple people while the lady is not, because he has been injured so much and been out of the game for so long, now that would actually work.

[@erikrungemadsen2081]

Stay away from Nordic mythology, Loki is the whipping boy of the pantheon and has allways been it. Loki even had an angry goat tied to his testicles as a part of a wedding celebration.

[@alexanderjohnson6178]

@@erikrungemadsen2081 that was his idea though

[@erikrungemadsen2081]

@@alexanderjohnson6178 Yep and Skade appreciated it, but still carried a hell of a grudge.

[@Natural_law_lawyer]

Sure but what if the singular enemy is stronger, more skilled or bigger in general.

[@james3876]

@@erikrungemadsen2081 The discussion was pretty solidly about Marvel mythology and consistency until you brought the nordic stuff up. Loki in the MCU tv show wasn't just adapted without precedent. This wasn't an adaptation of a guy who indirectly murdered someone and then spent a few thousand years tied up with venom dripping in his eyes. This was a guy who held his own against Thor and survived a beatdown by the hulk with just a few scratches...but can't hold his own against a cocky human fat woman. He was established as a machiavellian powerhouse in the MCU, and the writers changed him to be whatever was convenient in order to tell the story they wanted to. It would have been fine if he had been established as a whipping boy to begin with, it's bad story telling and immersion breaking.

[@Astroman10]

Bond's titles have always been a play on words; usually ties to the theme. This title was just another attempt to "subvert" our expectations as James has plenty of time to die ...

[@pferreira1983]

2 and a half hours.

[@michaelhawkins7389]

I love Billie Eilish's song

[@oneshot4074]

Daniel Graig ruined bond for me, he's a charisma vacuum and pouts like an 8 year old pretending to be a hard man. Daniel Graig is not bond

[@chrisparkinson5160]

That's exactly how I feel, I don't like any of his bond films

[@markjones9020]

He looks like he just going through the motions and looks bored with the whole thing

[@demoniac972]

Totaly agree

[@demoniac972]

@Qbert Champ To me he looks like a German soldier

[@Devilnero1991]

Oh come on don't get upset like a little girl. Just don't watch this garbage and think about how to end the woke hold on movies

[@IncredibleMet]

You’re telling me that James Bond’s legacy is an absentee father and husband by choice?

[@renekauts8323]

I think some inexplicable brilliance died with Albert R. Broccoli. "GoldenEye"(1995) was the last great Bond film..........

[@hustler666100]

For England James?

[@Arachne1989]

I have nothing to watch now. I don't get joy from Star Wars or Star Trek (unless the old ones) anymore. And now they killed 007. Next what? Conan? :/ I'm a 32 year old woman that has a great love for the good old films and series. Sad day.

[@mrjones29]

There's plenty of films to watch that haven't been ruined - Top Gun, John Wick, Jason Bourne etc.

[@ginsin1234]

I feel your pain, what on earth were they thinking. 😢

[@Arachne1989]

John Wick is amazing! Haven't seen the last one though 🤔

[@catthewondahokulea6515]

I guess someone should make a documentary and call it "How to trash franchises". Watching movies/Tv/ anything from the West is deconstructing/replacing hero's. There is nothing to inspire too. I have found my self watch old movies from 1970's to 2010. Side note 80's to 90's have some of funny heroic movies. I know its bad but its has a better story then what we currently have.

[@ardendragoon]

Nothing wrong with some good nineties cheese. More entertaining than present day poop.

[@Comakino]

I know right. The only way I will watch any new Bond again might be if they do an anime.

[@jscottupton]

I need REAL entertainment so I just watched the first "Die Hard" movie.

[@lancebaylis3169]

The saddest part is watching the older versions of series that are currently being ruined, and the contrast is stark... found myself watching classic Indiana Jones over the weekend and realising that what those movies have is more than just a mood, it's a character. Speilberg's directing is flawless and has a deftness of touch that adds just the perfect sparkle. I don't think any modern director in tinseltown is capable of it, and certainly of all people The House Of Mouse isn't... their sausage factory policy of simply buying up I.P's and turning them into endless, cookie-cutter product, CGI-fests where the special effects sequences are all storyboarded and shot before a director is even hired to do the rest of the movie... we've seen where that leads. The classic movies will always be classic for a reason.

[@gruntildavonbigglesworth734]

I've been doing the same thing. Even RLM wont review new movies anymore. Theyre all depressing to the men that love them the most.

[@andrewlawther6159]

Imagine a Carry on film were Sidney James does not learn the lesson that the grass isn't always greener, but ends in divorce, family court, alcoholism, a sexual assault charge and suicide. That is the final Bond film. Pessimism over escapism.

[@finslaw]

Craig lovers (and Moore haters) say laser guns are too out there, but somehow are cool with 1) a kid 2) the only conquest being the same as the last film 3) giving Bond a 00 sidekick 4) killing a mainstay 5) killing the character 6) being 163 minutes long

[@Yzerman_Sweden]

Timothy Dalton is the best Bond in my opinion. Growing up Roger Moore was my favourite, but Timothy Dalton and his two Bond movies The Living Daylights and Licence To Kill, have become my favourites in later years. The other 3 completing my top 5 is Goldeneye, For Your Eyes Only and The Spy Who Loved Me.

[@cheeseburgersuperior1874]

Dalton was Flemming's James Bond.

[@TheChabowski]

I never really dug the Moore era, I always felt they played up the comic side of it a bit too much. But the Roger Moore films definitely have the best theme songs.

[@mala6238]

100% agreed. Such a great pick and such a shame how they treated him.

[@paulhirst7602]

Roger Moore's portrayl of Bond on reflection was too campy and tongue in cheek. Dalton was considered too serious at the time but his two film's are much more respected nowadays.

[@sterlingarcher857]

Yeah Sir Roger was far from my favourite Bond, but definitely my favourite ACTOR that played Bond. Absolute legend the guy was and a total class act. I like all the actors really, except craig...never rates his miserable, mid life crisis twot portrayal...But Sir Rog was a total legend

[@ATAndreiThomas]

I seen the film the other day and as a James bond fan I was really pissed, they disrespected the signature name of 007 and killed him off, I totally lost it

[@thegreatangel8251]

Appreciate the review. I haven’t enjoyed a bond film since Casino Royal, they’ve been trash. I’d rather shit in my hand and clap than watch this in all honesty.

[@imemovengeance]

I find it ironic although hilarious the unlikable character is the stereotypical angry black woman. Hahahaha

[@gruntildavonbigglesworth734]

Bond films are supposed to be fun tongue in cheek action adventure flicks. This sounded depressing and a bad omen of things to come. I won't pay money for a movie that's going to make me feel worse after seeing it.

[@Geezer-yf8hv]

“A bad omen”? It’s no omen, it OVER! TOAST! GAME OVER!!!

[@mikeRedMDK2032]

The craig era as a whole was depressing. I mean I like hard hitting MOMENTS, but they didn't need to make him emotionally suffer for 5 films. They could have painted this with a lighter brush, and had a bit more fun than they did

[@Geezer-yf8hv]

@@uhhowen8 IKR?? Craig actually seemed to be enjoying himself, (but maybe because he got a big paycheck, and it was the last time he had to do it)! I can only enjoy this movie by putting all the Craig Bond movies in a separate sandbox, totally apart from all the previous Bond movies. I’m still not sure if this movie will break even, financially. The progressives will adore it, since it kills off all that toxic masculinity they hate so much! Most of the old fans will probably hate it, but no one cares about the “Boomer” fans! They are just mad that, “What? Covid hasn’t killed you yet”? The virus, (nanobot), plotline seems to cut too close to reality! (I’m sure this had a LOT to do with the delay on releasing this movie)!

[@Geezer-yf8hv]

@@mikeRedMDK2032 The Craig Bond films, (not the actor’s, but the writers fault, just turned it into angsty melodrama! This was not what Bond movies were supposed to be about!

[@picklespickle1641]

@@Geezer-yf8hv you people really think the old goofy bond movies need to be made again

[@michaelboldys3330]

So, Lasagna Lynch is no Trina Parks. No surprise there. Lynch has no class. Parks is all woman. The present is irrelevant to the past.

[@thatguyfromcetialphaV]

Even Grace Jones was better than Captain Marvel's fifth wheel.

[@tcaudiobooks737]

@@thatguyfromcetialphaV Trina Parks and Grace Jones weren't the first black women to be in Bond though, Lashana was.

[@aethertoast4320]

@@tcaudiobooks737 you know how many recent things they have treated as "firsts" even though that very thing has become the norm already? Modern entertainers have to completely blank out the past to do "breakthroughs" to say that they invented diversity.

[@vandeheyeric]

@@tcaudiobooks737 "Trina Parks and Grace Jones weren't the first black women to be in Bond though, Lashana was." I'm sorry, but have you watched the previous movies? Gloria Hendry (who admittedly was a villain but still) called. So did Halle Berry. You might be able to ARGUE that for some reason they weren't as strong characters or integral to the movie Lashana's was, but that's not the claim you were making. That she was the "first black women(SIC) to be in Bond", which is simply not true. And that's before we get into even the rebooted Moneypenny, Naomie Harris, who appeared at the start of the Craig run.

[@hifismiffy]

Lynch and her homies can chill with M and check out all dem gadgets in da 'hood. Dem spectars am going down - they is like total bad - I'm sayin. It's all over just like Doctor Who.

[@TheCkempf]

And yet The noble AZ takes another cultural blow so we don’t have to . Thank you Az . You are the best .

[@Haterator]

They did the same thing in Mitchell VS The Machines. At the very end, the mom just mentions to her daughter "Oh, and do you still date your (female) friend?". I was like "Where does this come from now?". It was a throw-away line for virtue signaling. That's it. And it worked. All the access media reported how "stunning and brave" this movie is to have the first gay/lesbian as a protagonist in an animated movie. At no time in the movie was her sexual orientation relevant. Yet, a single line put in at the end of the movie (which could easily have been left out), satisfied the needs of modern day media. Just a single line. And that's exactly why they put it in. Because it's convienent and easy.

[@Michael_Ian_Blackface]

That and its also easy and convenient to take out that single line when it's time to sell to China

[@ekscalybur]

@@Michael_Ian_Blackface ^ 100% this.

[@1SpicyMeataball]

They also did that in ParaNorman. Everyone and their brother was ranting and raving about this movie, so I watched it. I didn't think it was anything to write home about, just another cliche "angry ghost child" plot. And again at the very end, the Jock chacter turns to Norman's sister and says "- You're going to love my boyfriend. He's a chick-flick nut." Again. Out of left field just to virtue signal.

[@tennots]

Seriously, did anyone expect anything good to happen the moment they brought Phoebe waller-bridge on board? The next franchise to be killed by this hack will be the Indiana Jones franchise..

[@Brain_Sync]

In my mind, James Bond died when Sean Connery died, the ultimate 007, the end of an era.

[@skip765]

Watching this was the closest I’ve ever been to falling asleep during a Bond movie.

[@IncredibleMet]

Even worse than Spectre? I haven’t seen NTTD and not planning to. I found Spectre super boring.

[@firstnamelastname-oy7es]

You forgot about quantum of solace, because you fell asleep during quantum of solace

[@shadowagent7361]

@@firstnamelastname-oy7es Not even joking, I legitimately fell asleep through Quantum of Solace

[@michael.wilson.allons-y]

@@IncredibleMet spectre isn't THAT bad. Ok, the step-brother plot wasn't a clever move, the theme song was no Chris Cornell brilliance and the Rome car chase should've had a bit more oomph to it. But we did have the perfectly formed Monica Bellucci, despite being dreadfully underused (just like Ana de Armas, from what I hear) and thank god for some much-needed humour. I've watched it more times than Skyfall and that poorly written pre-title sequence!

[@garywilletts4859]

It’s a good film there’s nothing wrong with it , you can’t please some people

[@EdgarFriendlysCivicsTeacher]

I liked Casino Royale but cashed out my emotional investment with Quantum. Never understood the hype for Skyfall thought it was dull and lacking. Never went back.

[@paulh2107]

They can say James bond will return, doesn't say when. I think the next film in the franchise won't be a Bond movie, it'll be a 007 movie. Now they've established the fact other characters can have the codename that means it can be played by either a male or female so the next few films will be Lashana Lynch playing 007 then when she's had enough they'll bring in a new character to take the 007 codename either male or female, same thing was done with Dr Who, they first established the fact they can regenerate into male or female with the introduction of Missy, that was to get everybody used to the fact, then it was the Dr's turn. They've just introduced you to the fact that ANYONE can have the 007 mantle.

[@insanelyinsensitive4059]

My thoughts exactly.

[@Harryjw67]

If u watched the movie you’ll know that she gives the 007 title back to bond midway through the film

[@insanelyinsensitive4059]

@@Harryjw67 yes but it's establishing in your mind 007 can be anyone

[@paulh2107]

@@Harryjw67 Yes , Then he DIED....!

[@lancebaylis3169]

"The next few movies..." Making quite the assumption that there'll be more than one, if indeed they don't just abandon Lynch's character here like they did with Halle Berry's character back after Die Another Day.

[@S4ns]

Killing James Bond seems something that idiot Ruin Johnson would do. NEVER GO FULL RUIN JOHNSON.

[@thetruthroomwherenothingis4979]

Was killing Iron Man an idiot move?

[@khorneschosen7561]

@@thetruthroomwherenothingis4979 it was 3 Ironman movies ,which one was he killed in again?

[@Luipaard005]

You are in an abusive relationship with Star Wars. You're unable to perceive the universe through any lens except Star Wars. You need to move on past that stuff.

[@birddogg62]

Bonds death should be a very heart felt moment, shocking, and a historic film moment, and in any other time it would be, but we all know the real reason he was killed off and it completely destroys the moment. This is just one more signal that I need to catch up on the two decades of anime and manga I’ve been behind on.

[@Darkness1984]

So you can have nightmares about seeing woman lol

[@lv2465]

It's a rip off of Logan.

[@wizards-themagicalconcert5048]

Same here catching up on my 3 decades of backlog on games , anime and movies ! There is nearly nothing watchable nowadays !

[@Darkness1984]

@@wizards-themagicalconcert5048 if you live in a bubble maybe

[@isacctavares1368]

Do we actually know the reason. Or is it YOUR perceived reason. I always felt Bond was gonna die anyways, thats what this bond was building up to.

[@TheBigGMan123]

A nanotech virus that kills specific individuals by DNA... isn't that a ripoff from "Metal Gear Solid" called "Foxdie"?

[@flipneleanor7370]

It's all predictive programming, but yes.

[@holyagape]

Nothing will top the pre opening credits sequence to The World Is Not Enough - pure Bond magic.

[@robbasil2176]

They're setting up his daughter to become the next James Bond. Nothing is as it appears to be. JB will be back, yes she will. What tipped me off was making Q gay, like who cares but they have to obessively state it. Next time you see James Bond it'll be his daughter the bestest evar in the role. It will flop badly and become unwatchable by 1/2 the population that loved JB movies. Very predictable.

[@taykitrleevitt4314]

The fact that Bond dies; his daughter can have her own series - free from stepping on her dad's toes... They'll just reboot James Bond, in the same way they've always done.

[@bunnywithakeyboard7628]

They chose the Q who can’t even be bothered to make spy gadgets and still somehow keeps his job to make gay? I wonder what they’re trying to say there…

[@lancermaza6726]

Basically the rise of Skywalker

[@rubix4195]

Nah, James Bond Jr will take over! Everyone knows that! ^^

[@Drunk3PO]

Thank you Az for wearing and ordering the Rebellion hat!

[@BobbyArcturas]

The current trend toward destroying heroes and legends will leave us a world without heroic ideals. Ty for your review. As far as the Daniel Craig Bond run? No Time To Care...🐮

[@kagetsuki23]

Unless people start making their own and stop waiting for corporations to do shit for them.

[@IndyCrewInNYC]

Get ready because Indiana Jones is next.

[@mmyers6441]

I found the (too short) part with Ana de Armas pretty funny too. She is definitely more charming and entertaining than Lashana Lynch

[@mala6238]

Surely is.

[@eldubya7972]

In the words of David Icke ‘they are taking the piss Brian’.

[@nedorj6957]

danny boyle was right to have walked away from this ludicrous, one-dimensional, uninspired, messy, demeaning and second worst bond movie in franchise history. next bond: tom hardy. next director: boyle, or bring back martin campbell.

[@johnthwaites5976]

If you remember Danny Boyle was asked to direct this film and declined saying he didn't want to be known as the director who killed James Bond. They tried to downplay that insisting it wasn't true. But here we are

[@reaperbot5226]

so glad I haven't paid for any movies in theaters over the last 5+ years. since you can typically watch them online for cheaper or free in many cases. also hasn't been any movies in that time frame that I wanted to spend money on to go see.

[@stijnvdv2]

you can watch them online for free. I haven't spend a dime on movies for the past 8 years... except maybe buying DVD's for golden oldies for my collection in case something changes and the online free stuff would end.

[@coreydb3549]

Another legacy character and classic IP given ‘The Last Jedi’ treatment. Another franchise my head canon will set an end point for well before current day. Another movie that will never see one $ of my money. Back to my real Bond on physical media.

[@DavidBrown-zx7vj]

Bruh, I’m waiting on your review of Karen on BET. I wasn’t going to torture myself watching it, and your take on it I’m sure would be comedy GOLD. Take one for the team!

[@vinnyganzano1930]

Az takes too many for the team mate, he can't take much more of this bs.

[@DavidBrown-zx7vj]

@@vinnyganzano1930 🤣🤣🤣

[@chrisshergie1030]

Yes! Come on Az! Do it!

[@ccrazool]

"programmable nanobot virus!" sounds like the first draft of a Terminator sequel

[@thatsfxguy]

Is Madeline the psychiatrist to all the Bond villains ??.... "sorry Mr Blofeld we're going to have to wrap this up I'm afraid, I've got to see Goldfinger at Half past, The man with the Golden Gun at twenty too and a Jaws to get through before lunch.

[@Python085]

I'll just REWATCH the Sean Connery James Bond movies again to take my mind off this, I DON'T want to watch this film if I ever get the approtunity!

[@jamesgatz4490]

Should probably learn to spell instead of watching movies

[@JosephFrostsGhost]

This is the first time I haven’t wanted to see a Daniel Craig Bond film. I think instead I’ll finally watch the Pierce Brosnan Bond films.

[@earlsmith7428]

Pierce Brosnan is looking better all the time.

[@hustler666100]

Goldeneye is a great film. The others not too much

[@budthecyborg4575]

So glad I got the complete James Bond collection before this movie was made. Now I know I have every James Bond movie that will ever be worth watching.

[@longlivemetal1997]

I am glad I am not the only one who left and thought wtf did I watch. I can’t even remember the plot because there was no plot

[@Dragonblaster1]

As usual, they try to cover up the wokeness with a liberal dose of memberberries.

[@PlacidDragon]

Not seeing that movie on sheer principle..

[@Zton-yn4kc]

Post-Quantum, this Craig run has been one big [ironic] ripoff of the Metal Gear Solid series. Heracles IS Foxdie from MGS1&4. The opening of Skyfall IS MGS3. Old Bond in Skyfall is Old Snake in MGS4. Blofeld and Bond being “brothers” in Spectre is MGS1. Replacement 007 is Raiden in MGS2. Safin’s plan is Skullface’s in MGSV.

[@hifismiffy]

You know what's to come for Bond next ? The next movie starts as the smoke clears revealing the next Bond and she appears - Jodi Whittaker wearing a multi-coloured stripey jumper !!

[@TheHorrorificPodcast]

This has been the only Bond movie in many, many years that I'm not going to bother seeing.

[@Ibbisin2]

In the books Fleming left you believing that Bond had been killed by Rosa Klebb at the end of 'From Russia with Love'. So who knows.

[@jehu2414]

Kind of has a "The Last Jedi" vibes.... Not Spending any money towards this! Thanks for the Vid!

[@Casanovamorris]

Don't bother, it's the worst bond movie I've ever seen, it literally smells of woke bullshit

[@braddoc4087]

Golden Eye was the frist Bond which started the trend; Female M telling to his face that Bond is some old relic..Moneypenny brushing Bond away as a loser who never took her out and every plot from then on being the British or M being the 'bad guy' and Bond having to basically clean up the mess his own Bosses created.

[@Hans_Niemand]

Thanks AZ, for putting together this review. It's length represents your work to be thorough with a confusing object. I'll see the film eventually, but I'll have a nap and a strong coffee first.

[@visionaryventures12]

My immediate reaction to your description of the end is: this is a false death. Maybe they’ll have him mysteriously show up again.

[@LastGamer]

Great review. My thoughts are so aligned with yours. The killing of Bond was the worst thing they could of done. Subbed 👍

[@nicksmith3245]

Dr Who, Star Wars etc...now James Bond? Time to end the Bond franchise completely! Am I the only one who finds Phoebe Waller-Bridge wholly annoying and overrated?

[@ohnosmoarlulcatz]

It's a weird Bond movie because it's a Bond movie in name only. Why the heck would you make a movie about a retired James Bond?

[@vinnyganzano1930]

Did you ever see the original David Niven Casino Royale? That's exactly what Bond was in that.

[@ohnosmoarlulcatz]

@@vinnyganzano1930 Doesn't he get hired as the head of MI6 in like the first 30 minutes of that movie?