by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner
I’ve written about this before, but I’m drunk and irritated and so here we go. It is well known that Phoebe Waller-Bridge was brought in to punch up the No Time To Die screenplay.
You can occasionally see glimpses — I think — of her input in the movie’s third act. So, here we are — Bond has a family (at last) and his daughter is in danger as the Range Rovers are bouncing around in the forest. This was the point in the movie when I found myself the most engaged — I was leaning forward in my seat as I saw this, wondering what was going to happen next.
And, what happened next was not much. We’re invested in this unique situation for Bond — having a family — and THEN nothing happens. His daughter bites the villains finger and she escapes. That’s it.
I mean, that’s it.
There was so much more that could have been done with the concept of Bond Family Values. You could have had the little tyke prove her mettle in any number of different ways. It would have been really cool. This is even more so given that they’re going to kill of Bond (or a little while at least.)
And, yet, I still love the Bond franchise I understand why this happened. Bond is supposed to be lightweight summer blockbuster fun. So, lulz. But I do wish the Bond producers would at least think about making the next Bond a lot like The Dark Knight.
Anyway. No one listens to me.
