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Well, thinking about the original short story, Blofeld in his youth could have needed Oberhauser's help to locate a hidden treasure (say Nazi gold in an Austrian mountain), which he then used to invest in what would become Spectre.
To paraphrase. Eon were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should.
Ironically enough for Doyle, Moriarty was just another villain, initially, only a suitably brilliant one to kill Sherlock Holmes. It's only through adaptations and because of what Moriarty achieved that he became Holmes' nemesis, pretty much posthumously. And became the model for many villains.
From CR, I always thought either Blofeld would be back, or if not him a crypto-Blofeld.
But then they suddenly got the rights back and pulled the ol’ switcheroo.
True about Morairty. Personally I wouldn’t want Blofeld to become that recurring ‘villain of the week’ for Bond. I’d hope it’d be a long while before they get the opportunity to use him again.
And it’s worth mentioning that Doyle hadn’t seeded Moriarty’s presence in the stories leading up to his first appearance: we just hear that he’s a kingpin of London crime in the first short story he appears in.
I must be one of the very few that find the Truck chase an unsatisfying climax. I never found it that exciting.
When i first saw it i wanted something more personal between Bond and Sanchez. The two hanging off the back of a Tanker just seemed a waste of potential for a riveting showdown between them.
You're not the only one: I often find truck and car chases kind of boring. Not sure why. Maybe because the characters get lost in the spectacle?
Exactly right. The characters did get lost somewhat in all the mayhem.
I know Bond is destroying Sanchez's operation, but there's no real showdown between them. A brutal hand to hand combat would have been a more satisfying, with Sanchez aware of why Bond is trying to kill him.
Yep. A quick glance at the lighter just doesn't do it for me.
Sanchez finding out who Bond is would have made the stakes between them much more interesting.
As you say, the lighter, although it’s a neat moment, is too brief as it’s unclear Sanchez even remembered Felix really.
I think they were going for a sort of Once Upon a Time in the West confrontation. Sanchez knows Bond is angry with him, but he has no idea why. I think it could have worked and I do like the display of the lighter at the end, it's the right level of bittersweet irony, but the action scene leading to it leaves me conpletely cold.
The payoff would be minimal because I think Sanchez would treat Bond pretty much the same as in the climax if he knew that Bond had stolen his money, tried to kill him, and turned his woman. I mean the lengths he went to deal with some random guy in the PTS and even a complete stranger in Felix Leiter (and also how he kills Truman-Lodge) show that even the smallest misstep gets a dramatic reaction. And from Sanchez's perspective, Bond has already done enough for him to go berserk: he's perhaps the second or third highly trusted lieutenant, and he's conspiring with the one remaining informant Sanchez hasn't killed.
While I do agree that the lighter isn't good enough as a reveal, I don't a reveal any earlier in the film would have done much. Sanchez has dozens, if not hundreds, of Dellas and Felixes who he has taken out ruthlessly. Bond mentioning Felix anytime but before Sanchez's death and Sanchez would react with a blank face
I always feel the tanker chase is very Mad Max 2. Surprised more people don’t compare LTK’s final sequences to that film’s finale.
I suppose that was one of the very few thing that 007 Legends did right when retelling the story - actually having Bond and Sanchez in a more intense confrontation.
The entire film is leading to this intense confrontation that never actually happens.
Could have been one of the most enthralling fights of the series. Especially as Sanchez is physically Bond's equal..
I have to agree - the film spends so much time emphasizing the similarities and differences between the two that what we get for a showdown between them feels a bit anti-climatic.
That being said - I still love the tanker chase at the end of the film because of how exciting it gets and how those final explosions make for some of the best imagery in all of Bond imo. But in terms of action sequences and how they’re executed - I think Octopussy really stands out in terms of 80’s Bond.
I’ve always found this viewpoint odd because I find there’s more of a Fleming story in LtK than there is in a lot of Bond movies.
In any case, it still has a lot of the Bond formula in it. LTK is similar enough to Thunderball.
Apart from the location, I see very few similarities between the films.
The underwater scenes or the relationship between Lupe and Sanchez is very Bondian.