Recipe for James Bond Thrillers
- James Bond must be dashing, sexy and heroic secret agent.
- James Bond must try and defeat an eccentric villain of equal strength.
- Gorgeous women are always included in a James Bond film.
- Exotic locations and plot devices are used for a successful James Bond film.
- James Bond films are eye-popping and include stunt-driven action.
The opening scene to Casino Royale automatically starts with action, to catch the audience's attention. And the trailer to Casino Royale is also full of action, which intices the audience into watching the film.
Opening scene: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pu_qUn_90FE
Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fl5WHj0bZ2Q
The newest James Bond film SKYFALL, not only is full of exciting action scenes and all the rest to go with it (list is at the top) it also has character depth, and we find out more about our heroic secret agent, 007, as this James Bond film shatters the stereotypical tongue-in-cheek action.
Many critics have judged the new James Bond film, SKYFALL, as best ever James Bond film made.
Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kw1UVovByw
Perhaps you could go into more closely with Bond films. Analyse film posters. Deconstruct action scenes from the last 50 years. How have they changed?
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