What’s Aged the Best?
Parkour; shower scene; poker exposition; Green; Dench; locations and car; license to kill; villain details; tracking chip; gun swap; tuxedo; body disposal; theme; rights trade; writers
In the discussion (18)
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- Parkour is praised as having a major moment, with Foucan’s athleticism central to the chase.
- The shower scene provides a needed quiet emotional moment.
- Mathis’s poker exposition makes the action accessible to less experienced viewers.
- Green and the plot are reiterated as strengths.
- Dench is considered irreplaceable; Mirren is proposed but rejected, while Fiennes later succeeds effectively.
- The locations endure.
- The1964 Aston Martin is an aged-best choice.
- Double-O status granting a license to kill remains an excellent premise.
- The villain’s asthma and expensive inhaler are memorable, with Cage in Kiss of Death as a comparison.
- Mikkelsen’s lower-lip curl is praised.
- The 9/12s tock-profiteering backstory is praised.
- An implanted tracking chip is a satisfying genre device, with Escape from New York recalled and a time limit wished for.
- The swapped-gun trick in the black-and-white opening still works.
- Bond’s tuxedo is exceptional.
- A reliable contact who disposes of bodies is a satisfying genre convenience.
- The Bond theme continues to work.
- The Spider-Man/Bond rights exchange is praised.
- Retaining Purvis and Wade preserves knowledge of Bond’s mechanics while Haggis supplies emotional stakes.