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The theories of Bond films! Why has the series never had the actors best work be his final picture?

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  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
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    Also interesting is how each actor feels about his final film.
    • Connery did the press for DAF but made it clear that it would just be that one. I'm not sure he went out with happy thoughts.
    • I'm sure Lazenby regrets some of his choices.
    • Moore was a bit disappointed with the excessive violence in AVTAK and his female co-star being much younger than him. He may have felt that this was one film too many for him.
    • I'm sure Dalton was proud of LTK. He may also have been disappointed, like so many (especially in hindsight), that the film wasn't so well received. And after that, his commitment slowly dried up. So he didn't exactly get a ceremonious send-off, which remains one of the big "shames" of the series.
    • I'm sure Brosnan isn't too happy with DAD as his final film in the series. In Everything Or Nothing: The Untold Story Of 007 he talks about the film as a joke and about "the" phone call as a bad experience.
    • Craig looks proud of NTTD. The film sold many tickets and received a lot of praise. He gave the haters from back in '06 the finger and brought joy to many Bond fans.
  • SIS_HQSIS_HQ At the Vauxhall Headquarters
    edited 2:52pm Posts: 4,087
    I think NTTD got close to this, it's the one where they have a final closure for a Bond actor's tenure and garnered critical success and huge box office.

    But again, at the time of NTTD, the Bond series is already a legend of a franchise that already established itself as a 'brand', it's already a trademark, so, it's indeed successful, but what if NTTD was released in the other time? The same for the Bond actors' supposed to be final films in this time?

    I may not be a fan of the film itself, but I could see NTTD as a Bond film that encapsulated the Craig Era very well, as there's no way his Bond could survive, that's the only way, for this version of Bond who have been through so much and suffered so much, I think NTTD fits in as a closure of the Craig Era, it's quite a successful Bond film both in critical and box office), although when some fans like us (me included) see some detractors, it's more like nitpicking or not being our taste, but not objective, so, I don't see NTTD being a failure as DAF, AVTAK, LTK (which failed in box office and got mixed critical reviews), and DAD which reputation have already died out the day Casino Royale 2006 was released.

    So, yes, Craig still managed to be a winner of this.

    If we can count OHMSS as Lazenby's final film, then might be that one.
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