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I do genuinely wonder, are you actually reading some of these posts? I know they're long, and fair enough I miss stuff from time to time too, but I have said a few times I wasn't confused but just found Blofeld's character unbelievable and it took m…
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I'd argue there's a madness in Kananga, that sort of weird God complex many great Bond villains have. Kamal Khan isn't bonkers I'd say. He's balanced out by Orlov though who is, let's be honest, completely nuts. Same for Koskov. Like Khan he's…
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slide_99 wrote: » Since62 wrote: » In Moore's films Baron Samedi - who clearly was alive (or on to his next life) at the end of LALD, comfortably riding the front of a train, out in the open - is Moore's Blofeld...the author of all his, well, …
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ProfJoeButcher wrote: » 007HallY wrote: » There's a reason why Travelyan is a well liked villain and the Blofeld of SP is disliked by many. Well yeah. One is in a comeback movie that had a very successful N64 game, and one is thought to…
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ProfJoeButcher wrote: » Well, Alec's motivation is not just avenging his parents three decades after joining the British Secret Service (he looks great for his age, doesn't he?), it's also the frustration of everything changing after the Cold War …
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ProfJoeButcher wrote: » 007HallY wrote: » The problem with having Bond and Blofeld know each other as children is that there's always going to be that expectation of some sort of personal connection. The film tries to have its cake and eat i…
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MI6HQ wrote: » You know guys, as much as really liked Craig for this scene, but seems he's not coming back. I'd liked to see the scene in FRWL novel where a thick paperback book and a cigarette case saved Bond's life when Red Grant shot him, bu…
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Mallory wrote: » I see on the news a Mr B Johnson may soon have availability.... My Name is Jo... Bo Jo... 😅 A womanising, former public school boy with a love of drink, fast cars and whose job requires him to lie much of the time? Sounds v…
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ProfJoeButcher wrote: » 007HallY wrote: » With Blofeld the revenge subplot wasn't strong enough because Bond hasn't really wronged him. He just... well, existed. He literally showed up and stayed with the Oberhausers for what seems to be a s…
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ImpertinentGoon wrote: » At this point I am only about 60% looking forward to the announcement of the next actor because I want to know the future of the franchise and 40% because I want to see @JeremyBondon's reaction. Either they won't pick Turn…
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mtm wrote: » 007HallY wrote: » echo wrote: » The backstory worked better for me in GE than in SF...besides, it's just a line in GE. I never bought that Bond was an heir to a country estate. That felt like Mendes overreach. The half of…
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echo wrote: » The backstory worked better for me in GE than in SF...besides, it's just a line in GE. I never bought that Bond was an heir to a country estate. That felt like Mendes overreach. The half of SP that worked was again Fleming, Ober…
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Y'know, I must admit, as much as I like Eva Green and believe her Vesper is an improvement on the novel's character, I actually don't disagree. Compared to Bond girls such as Tracy and Octopussy in the films, I never got the sense she was especially…
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I actually thought elements of Bond's past were handled very well in SF. Beyond taking M to Skyfall his past isn't directly tied into the narrative. There's also much that is unsaid by Bond/the film. It reminded me a lot of how GE handled this aspec…
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MI6HQ wrote: » 007HallY wrote: » I will say, as much as I'm a fan of the Blofeld from FRWL - TB and Telly Savalas, I don't think any of the cinematic Blofelds have come close to the literary character. I always say he's rather like Moriarty in…
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I will say, as much as I'm a fan of the Blofeld from FRWL - TB and Telly Savalas, I don't think any of the cinematic Blofelds have come close to the literary character. I always say he's rather like Moriarty in the Sherlock Holmes stories - a charac…
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jetsetwilly wrote: » 007HallY wrote: » Agent_Zero_One wrote: » 007HallY wrote: » MI6HQ wrote: » 007HallY wrote: » I'm genuinely curious @MI6HQ - in what way do you think Craig is playing himself? I can understand the criticism …
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Agent_Zero_One wrote: » 007HallY wrote: » MI6HQ wrote: » 007HallY wrote: » I'm genuinely curious @MI6HQ - in what way do you think Craig is playing himself? I can understand the criticism that it's not the best way he could have played…
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MI6HQ wrote: » 007HallY wrote: » I'm genuinely curious @MI6HQ - in what way do you think Craig is playing himself? I can understand the criticism that it's not the best way he could have played Bond during the last half of the film, but I'm no…
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I'm genuinely curious @MI6HQ - in what way do you think Craig is playing himself? I can understand the criticism that it's not the best way he could have played Bond during the last half of the film, but I'm not sure where the idea that Craig is pla…
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I must say, regardless of whether or not people like Craig's performance in NTTD (and indeed his other Bond films) it can't be said that he didn't consider how to play the character in each film, what difference approaches he took each time, what ma…
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They're different mediums at the end of the day. There are certainly things in the novels that wouldn't fly in any cinematic adaptation, no matter when they were made. For instance, I'm not sure if a version of Kerim Bay would have played out as …
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As much as I get the criticism that Craig is essentially doing Benoit Blanc during the interrogation scene in NTTD, I've never understood the claim that he's 'playing himself'. It's not even bad acting as such (it's certainly not one note), but argu…
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battleshipgreygt wrote: » If they do want to go back to the romance well, I’d like to see the Gala Brand treatment happen. Bond develops interest/feelings for the Bond girl but she is engaged/married. She returns back to a loving, family life wh…
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Interesting question. I guess broadly... Keep - The quality of the cinematography, editing, and production design from the last three films. - The focus on Bond as a character. I'll specify what I don't want to see, but I like the fact that…
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Actually I'd say it was emphasised in the later Craig films if anything. "Just showed someone your watch, really blew their mind.", Bond doing his tie after jumping on the train in SF, Craig's performance during the Italian car chase in SP, even muc…
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They're different character in fairness, so I don't think they'll ever be completely the same. That said if we had a Bond who enters the room as Pattinson's Batman does with his watchful 'Bat glares', constantly weighing up the situation, then that'…
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MI6HQ wrote: » echo wrote: » 007HallY wrote: » MI6HQ wrote: » mtm wrote: » Yeah that's understandable. I get a bit frustrated when folks say that it wouldn't have worked with Connery or Connery couldn't have done it: he was one of …
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MI6HQ wrote: » mtm wrote: » Yeah that's understandable. I get a bit frustrated when folks say that it wouldn't have worked with Connery or Connery couldn't have done it: he was one of the best movie stars of the last 60 years, he'd have been j…
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