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  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
    edited April 27 Posts: 17,857
    thedove wrote: »

    That being said he was obviously hitting the notes given to him in the script and with Glen's direction.

    I think that's the important thing: the actor doesn't decide how a scene is played- the director does. No one should blame Hedison for that.
    Venutius wrote: »
    LTK. I can still hear the almighty clang that dropped the first time I saw it. Leiter's lost his leg and his new wife's been raped and murdered after the wedding, but instead of grim satisfaction at the villain's demise, he's laughing and joshing. Couldn't've been much more inappropriate and wrong note. IMO, obvs.

    Funny thing is he's actually had it worse than Bond did at the end of OHMSS, but silly old Jimmy was moping about crying at that point whereas Felix is having a great time. Maybe we should have been watching him instead all this time? :D
  • Since62Since62
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    The ending of LTK awful, like much of the entire film. A TV movie-of-the-week back then, with rogue law enforcement agent going against drug gangster. They were common at the time. The whole bit with Pam acting like a teenage girl was just pathetic. Great actors wasted on a lousy story and script.
  • AnotherZorinStoogeAnotherZorinStooge Bramhall (Irish)
    edited April 28 Posts: 193
    Since62 wrote: »
    The ending of LTK awful, like much of the entire film. A TV movie-of-the-week back then, with rogue law enforcement agent going against drug gangster. They were common at the time. The whole bit with Pam acting like a teenage girl was just pathetic. Great actors wasted on a lousy story and script.

    Berating LtK for being contemporaneous is berating Moonraker for being like Star Wars, or Skyfall for being like The Dark Knight (i could go on).

    Fact is agent 007's greatest enemy is, was and forever shall be the box-office. LTK is and was no different save for one crucial regard: It's Bond.

    Nobody does it better.
  • SeanoSeano Minnesota. No, it's not always cold.
    Posts: 53
    LTK. So tonally off. Should have been Bond and Pam reuniting with Felix in person.
  • GoldenGunGoldenGun Per ora e per il momento che verrà
    Posts: 7,457
    Since62 wrote: »
    The ending of LTK awful, like much of the entire film. A TV movie-of-the-week back then, with rogue law enforcement agent going against drug gangster. They were common at the time. The whole bit with Pam acting like a teenage girl was just pathetic. Great actors wasted on a lousy story and script.

    I'm sorry for you that you cannot find any joy in a Bond film that has an excellent story, has superb action and has our 007 cleverly infiltrating the villain's organisation to make his opponent suspicious of his own crew. Not to mention the several Fleming elements used here.
  • Mathis1Mathis1
    Posts: 8,136
    GoldenGun wrote: »
    Since62 wrote: »
    The ending of LTK awful, like much of the entire film. A TV movie-of-the-week back then, with rogue law enforcement agent going against drug gangster. They were common at the time. The whole bit with Pam acting like a teenage girl was just pathetic. Great actors wasted on a lousy story and script.

    I'm sorry for you that you cannot find any joy in a Bond film that has an excellent story, has superb action and has our 007 cleverly infiltrating the villain's organisation to make his opponent suspicious of his own crew. Not to mention the several Fleming elements used here.

    Yep, couldn't agree more!
  • SIS_HQSIS_HQ At the Vauxhall Headquarters
    Posts: 3,896
    I think of FYEO as more of a low key European Soap Opera TV series.
  • thedovethedove hiding in the Greek underworld
    Posts: 5,752
    Interesting takes presented by both sides. I do think these endings stand out as not matching the tone that the film makers were going for in the main film.

    Okay, time to move on. Another fantasy one!

    Would you prefer the same actor portrays Blofeld all the films, or that the films featuring Blofeld are released in the chronological order of the books?

    This is one to ponder. You can keep the films as is in terms of continuity. But you get to have the same actor play Blofeld. So YOTL, OHMSS and DAF all keep Blofeld but now played by the same actor, you decide who that is.

    OR

    We get the films in the order of the books, TB, OHMSS, YOLT. In this case DAF would get a different villain. Bond would be played by Connery in TB and OHMSS and Lazenby would take over for YOLT.

    This nearly happened, as OHMSS was set to go after GF until McClory came forward to offer up TB. Then EON considered OHMSS as the follow up to TB but it was felt to be too similar in story beats and so they went with YOLT.

    Which would have rather happen? Be creative and think about it and give us your answer.
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