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Yes, I wish it were a bit more faithful to Fleming’s novel, but it’s still a great film.
Agreed. I also like TSWLM. However, the comic elements were taken too far in TSWLM. But this isn’t the case with YOLT.
Absolutely... I also find the 60s a more "magical" time than the 70s, if that makes sense; we get Connery, the style of clothing and cars, Japan.... Just for me, a better bang for my buck.
And I like the dry humor better; I'll take a "good evening", when Bond is revealed in Osato's office, which leads to a great fight, than having Bond punch Jaws and grab his hand like a cartoon, or; having a threatening henchman, like Jaws, dropping a large stone on his foot (also cartoonish and takes away the danger for me).
I agree with every word of this @peter. Exactly.
Me too. Plus while YOLT’s pacing maybe off, TSWLM’s pacing is really bad in the third act. It feels among one of the slowest buildups in the series.
The set is pure pornography! The action inside it drags on for a bit too long though...
I think the action is runs long enough. It’s just such an amazing such set that to see all that action perfectly executed is like a cherry on top.
I agree. YOLT boasts perhaps the best-paced army-against-army finale. "Evacuate the controls! Evacuate the controls!" "Impregnable?" Etc.
Agreed, although I also think Draco’s forces vs Blofeld’s forces at the end of OHMSS rivals the YOLT battle
-The YOLT final battle probably tops the others (props to OHMSS as stated above). TSWLM's is positively pedestrian in comparison with poor pacing during that battle. The ninjas with the swords and throwing stars in addition to the guns help things stand out even more in YOLT. It's also refreshing Bond doesn't have to rescue the girl and she's self-sufficient.
-Both TB and YOLT convey a sense of actual world-wide panic and alarm, there's something at stake. We see and hear periodically throughout the concerns from the leaders. I don't get that in any of the others, particularly TSWLM. Not to say there's not some dramatic tension in those, but the sense of relief of having accomplished the mission in TB and YOLT seems more urgent. When Bond hits the button to blow up the intruder craft followed by the "repeat, not imminent" line is quite effective. Then it's still not over when Blofeld reappears to blow up the base.
-Not related, but what became of the Russian and American astronauts? They help Bond knock out the guards to help Bond impersonate the astronaut, but are they discovered and punished or what?
GoldenEye is Brosnan’s one and only good outing as Bond. TND at least tried to be entertaining in terms of piling action set piece upon action set piece every second or so, but after that, it got progressively worse in terms of scripts.
However, I will be brutally honest: As much as I would of loved to have seen the Dalton version of GE (I’m firmly in the "Dalton should of done two more" camp), I don’t think GE would of had the same impact at the box office had he signed on. Brosnan brought the franchise into the 90’s after a long period of uncertainty.
The same can be said for the main villain. The prospect of Anthony Hopkins as Augustus Trevelyan would of been enticing, but his scheme to steal six billion dollars from the World Trade Center and then set off said satellite over New York in the first draft is your basic terrorism plot.
But even in the final script there's still yet another piece of space hardware threatening to extort money that makes it a basic terrorism plot. Add the whole revenge thing for the Cossack parents that becomes even more muddled given Trevelyan's age and the timeline and all that.
The only real fresh angle was having a former 00 as the villain and able to counter Bond's moves. And Brosnan was anticipated by a good many people and obviously well received.
I do think there would also have been an unused Fleming scene or two thrown into the script, as this was the trend and route they were taking at that time, and was something Dalton himself was constantly insisting on.
It appeared this trend was firmly thrown out when Brosnan came on board for GE.