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James Bond, the protagonist of the 007 series movies, is the code name of Ian Fleming’s novel. Since 1962, with the efforts of generations of directors, the omnipotent and charming 007 has become a hero image that is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people and has been sought after by thousands of fans all over the world. It has been more than 50 years since "Dr. 007" to "007: No Time to Die", which can be described as an enduring myth in film history.

The repeated performance of stories with the same narrative and the same character pattern did not cause aesthetic fatigue to the audience. On the contrary, its modular storyline and characters have become a model of spy movies. The success of the film lies not only in the thrilling spy war plot and perfect commercial operation, but also in the image positioning and packaging of the core character James Bond.

Bond’s image of perfect agent and perfect man has been deeply rooted in people’s hearts. It is the masculinity and cultural consciousness represented by Bond’s image that spread in the film media and are reproduced and reproduced in the audience’s consumption acceptance. Most of the stories of the 007 series movies will be integrated with personal emotional experiences. This time, No Time to Die is no exception. Its shock lies not in the complicated plot, but in the complex emotional connection. Family and love run through the whole movie.

In the film industry, the opening of the 007 series movies has always been regarded as a classic. A line of white dots moves in parallel on the screen. Subsequently, the dot was enlarged into a gun bore line and aimed at Bond in the picture. Bond pulled out his gun and shot at the camera. The picture trembled, and the color of blood immediately spread all over the screen. From the beginning of "Breaking the Quantum Crisis", the opening picture used CGI live-action transitions to intersperse the key elements and topics of the whole film, and this opening design has continued to become the experimental field of visual arts.

The creativity of the fusion of DNA and weapons in the film "No Time to Die" is not only in line with the important elements of this film, but also full of ingenious ideas. The design of every transition and element is dizzying. The theme song sung by popular musicians sounded in my ears. This time, Billy Alice became the youngest singer to sing the theme song of 007 series, but frankly speaking, this song is not as magnificent and atmospheric as the previous theme songs, but it is also in line with Bond’s mood in this movie.

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Daniel Craig

Daniel craig is a movie star. He has always focused on his acting career. His open and determined personality makes him the best choice to play modern Bond. As the James Bond of the 21st century, his image in pierce brosnan’s curtain call works comes down in one continuous line, but they are not the same. When casino royale made its debut, he strangled a man in the bathroom. This scene was shot in black and white to show the shadow left in the agent’s heart. This complex heart is the unique personality of Bond played by daniel craig. "007: No Time to Die" will also be his farewell gift. After a two-year delay, can it bring Daniel’s 007 series to a successful conclusion?

Daniel craig’s last film 007 was full of twists and turns. After he finished Ghost Party with a serious foot injury, Daniel, like many other actors, rejected playing a role repeatedly to solidify his career, and Ghost Party was also Bond’s greatest rival. After Ghost Party was destroyed, he once thought Ghost Party was his last Bond film. Because he is not sure whether his body can support him to continue to be competent for this role.

Although Daniel also experienced fatigue and doubt during his playing Bond, fifteen years as the experience of playing Bond’s career can’t help but make people feel sad when they really come to say goodbye. Perhaps the film didn’t become a stunning work if it was evaluated in the film history, but as a farewell work played by Daniel as Bond, people have seen Daniel’s sincere feelings and love for the 007 series. Daniel was not intoxicated with the fame and benefits that the role brought him, but chose to use a work to let him and Bond leave the role on the screen, so he needed to put an end to the story and give every clue in "No Time to Die".

So how to say goodbye to the audience is the ultimate reason for the birth of this film, and it is also the most important problem in this film. This film is Daniel’s most tender and personal farewell to the role of Bond and the audience, and it is also the most thoughtful and sincere interpretation of this series.

From the perspective of Bond’s own mental journey, from the beginning of Bond’s conceit and true feelings in casino royale, to the mission of Breaking the Quantum Crisis with personal revenge belief, the questioning of organization and system in Breaking the Sky, and the righteous brothers and villains in Ghost Party made him have to face his past again. If you look at the movie "Too busy to die" from this angle, it will make you full of emotion.

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The Glorious Return of aston martin D85

Thanks to director cary fukunaga, the experience of "No Time to Die" is shorter than the actual film length. The film has a lively rhythm, especially in the opening segment full of suspense, and new concepts are introduced at every important turning point. It seems that this film is very good, with an Italian wide-angle lens in sepia tone; There is also Norway, where the cold is coming through the screen, and a stimulating forest chase in the thick fog. The viewing experience is similar to a thriller movie. There are some superb and powerful action scenes in this film, especially a series of classic car chases. Then this is inseparable from the aston martin D85 sports car which has a close relationship with Bond.

Daniel craig made his debut as Bond in casino royale, and aston martin D85 sports car appeared with him. Through this film, the audience will understand how Agent 007 had an indissoluble bond with this sports car at first. The audience once again witnessed the elegant demeanour of Aston Martin D85 sports car in "Awning", especially in the decisive battle of Awning Manor. Now, it has returned to glory in the film "Too Busy to Die". The film started with the plot of the ending of Ghost Party, with Bond and Madeleine driving this famous sports car on the coastal road in Italy as the opening. Start his happy retirement, but how can the good times last? The stronger the happy sunshine, the more obvious the shadow of the two people. Bond’s hard-won future was shattered by the ghost party.

Then an unforgettable chase scene was staged. The chase was initiated by Ghost Party agents, who drove a 1996 Evoluzione, the president of Masalati, a 2007 Lancia THesis, two Jaguar XFs and three triumph motorcycles, one of which was driven by the villain Primo.

Bond drove a D85 sports car through the winding roads in matera, and laid a long string of small mines in the dark compartment under the trunk of the car, which were scattered on the rear roads. When Bond was desperate, he flipped the switch of the central console, and the headlights of the sports car immediately rose out of a pair of mini-guns. He controlled the sports car to rotate 360 degrees and fired wildly. While the enemy was hiding around, he used the exhaust pipe to release a smoke screen to escape.

In order to shoot this set of shots, the film creators used two classic D85 sports cars with the same appearance. In order to shoot a large number of close-ups of Bond and Madeleine when they got in and out of the sports car, the creators used EON’s own car, which had appeared in several previous 007 series films, including "Breaking the Sky" and "Ghost Party". All the special effects shots were completed by eight D85 replicas specially made by Aston Martin team for this shooting.

As Bond’s car, the wonderful performance of Aston Martin D85 in "No Time to Die" dazzled the audience, and its elegant demeanor was definitely a grand visual feast for our audience. Agents who are popular all over the world once again fight side by side with famous sports cars. Director cary fukunaga’s scheduling of this classic sports car also makes the tacit understanding between James Bond and his car almost unparalleled in the film industry.

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Rami Malek

Today’s commercial films, the role of villains has emerged one after another. In the film, Safin, the villain played by rami malek, tries to create difficulties for Bond. In the end, Safin will understand that his childhood experiences led to his cruel personality in the future, and this behavior was rooted in his heart when he was young. He lost his childlike innocence at an early age, and his distorted personality made it difficult for him to judge right from wrong.

Although the villain in each Bond film has its own aura, compared with the villain’s motivation and complex composition in "Breaking the Sky", the villain in "Too busy to die" can’t form its own unique temperament and charm. He tried to make the character more human so as to resonate with the audience. Obviously, sometimes the audience doesn’t want to resonate with a villain.

Rami malek is trying to shape the villain’s anti-social villain image, which has no love for the world. However, the routine motivation of too much revenge still fails to make this seemingly hidden villain more terrible and profound than the Ghost Party. For a hero with a complicated personality like Bond, it needs a complicated villain to play the opposite role. However, the spiral contrast between the positive and negative aspects on the surface ignores the deepening of the inner drama of the villain, so that the impression left to the audience is only a very bad and strong villain, but that’s all.

This deficiency is exposed in the dialogue game between Safin and Bond. The scene layout design of this scene incorporates Japanese elements, and the two men sit on their knees across the short desktop and have a long talk. The actual conversation content is precisely because the motives created by the villains are so weak that the spiritual game between the pros and cons that could have sunk has become a bit dull. This scene is also director cary fukunaga’s best long line scheduling.

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New agent 007

This time, the 007 series "No Time to Die" has also injected fresh vitality, that is, Naomi played by Rushner Lynch. This role once again proves that the 007 series movies like strong and capable women. As one of the few women in the MI6 and 00 spy projects, Lynch is well aware of the importance and potential influence of this role. The audience can also see the image and strength of contemporary women from different angles and levels through the female characters in the film.

In the film, Bond resigned from MI6 and returned to Jamaica to enjoy a retired life. At the same time, Nomi, a new 007 agent, entered MI6 to hold an important position, and the intersection with his former colleague Bond began wonderfully.

When Naomi and Bond first met in Jamaica, they were deadlocked because of differences of opinion. Naomi likes to make fun of Bond’s age to make him unhappy, because she has something that Bond doesn’t have: she can receive orthodox new training at a young age, is equipped with novel weapons, and has a close relationship with M. As an upgraded version of Bond, it is still full of challenges for her to reach the level of Bond.

The role of Nomi is strong, wise, witty and brave. Although Nomi and Bond have occasional differences, they combine the two blades to form a strong team. Because they know how to quickly enter the combat state and make full use of their various advantages to complete the task. But when they cooperate with each other, they are very interesting partners, and it seems that they are a couple who are a little disobedient. In the film, Naomi controls the latest equipment and Bond sits behind her. Although this scene is brilliant, it also marks the coming of Naomi’s era to some extent.

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Contemporary art wonders

At the end of the film, the missile exploded and fell like a meteor, symbolizing Daniel’s new century Bond series, which turned to the last page where he was. Bond can finally unload all the burdens and fatigue, making the code 007 more meaningful because of James Bond.

The 007 series movies have been expanding their influence for decades, and each film is related to its specific social and historical environment. There are many ways of film construction based on narratology, feminism, Orientalism, semiotics and other theories. It embodies the narrative style aimed at audience acceptance, the world view centered on male perspective and the cultural communication centered on western cultural value system.

It is not difficult to find that it has certain narrative modes, namely, the establishment of a body narrative mode of "civilization" and "barbarism", the heroic narrative mode of "meeting the enemy" repeatedly but always ending in "victory" and the role gender narrative of "beauty" and "hero" collocation. These patterns are constantly adjusted in the application, which does not make the audience feel bored. On the contrary, these repetitive and innovative routines make the audience excited by familiarity. This is one of the reasons why the 007 series movies can still be invincible in thriller, action, family and spy movies, even though they constantly imitate themselves and bear certain ideological shortcomings.

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