Recipe for James Bond Thrillers

Any James Bond would have to be dashing, sexy and heroic. His character has to be smooth and blatantly self confident. An eccentric villain of equal / greater strength. It always requires gorgeous women that James Bond will make love to. There are likely to be, exotic, beautiful locations. Lastly, there is usually one or two exciting, fast paced driving scenes, which include the context of either; James Bond being chased or him chasing a villain.

James Bond films tend to start off with a new 'Bond Theme-tune'. This is a track that is performed by a talented, well known artist, which is used to help promote the film. The track is usually played in the opening credits. 

The opening credits are then usually followed up by opening action scene. This is, most of the time, James Bond being chased or him chasing some (by foot this time), or him fighting a villain. 

This is a very well known opening scene from the film, Casino Royale. It is filled with excitement and fast paced action. In my opinion, the parkour runner made this scene very exciting for me. It was exciting to see James Bond's athleticism challenged. It was a good way to begin the film as it leaves the audience wondering who James Bond was chasing and why he was was trying to kill him. Overall, a fantastic opening scene.

           
                  

The Spy who loved me has a very interesting opening scene. It starts off with James Bond leaving one of his sexy blonde partners in a cabin and it appears she doesn't want him to leave. However, as soon as he does, it turns out that she is not as trust worthy as the audience would have assumed. This opening scene is very exciting, mainly because of the fast paced action and non diegetic music. When the music starts to pick up pace and increase volume, the audience knows that James Bond is in a rush and the tension builds up higher and higher.

The film starts with a dramatic and exciting car chase which automatically makes the audience sit on the edge of their seats. An aspect that creates tension and thrill is a close up shot when the villains' car is headed into a huge a huge truck which is about to crash into them, and it is as if we are put in the position of sitting in the back seat which suddenly makes us sc ared and nervous because we almost feel as if we are going to die as well. In all of these scenes/images the speed of the shots and effects are all very quick as we instantly flick from one image to another. Throughout the movie, effects are sharp, loud, quick, along with very effective as they are mainly diagetic sounds though many were non diagetic. During the opening scene it was surprising that the non diegetic sounds worked superbly as it was most effective.

Skyfall also delivers the incredible action we come to expect in every Bond film, it also has a layer of character, depth and scope that half- century series has never seen before. Bond is more than just a comic book hero in this film has never seen before. Bond is more than just a comic book hero in this film.Bond has always been about the same things, but now we also get a rich back story, this james Bond, shatters the tongue-in-cheek stereotype. Many critics that have anointed Skyfall the best James Bond film ever made.