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GE is one of my absolute favorite movies of all time. But Brosnan's best scene as Bond was the Paris Carver death scene. The emotion of the scene, the music, the believable relationship between the characters that was built up in a such a short time, and his cold blooding killing of Kaufmann to cap it all off. Then in the next 2.5 films the only time we get to see that side of his Bond again is when he kills Elektra in TWINE.
He got stuck with some horrendously written films.
You probably won't believe me but I do too - mainly because it's not malicious and Connery sells it so well. Can't really see it working today though.
I dunno, sounds good to me.
;)
But yeah, no more personal issues, please? Move on. The "conflicted, tragic hero" bit is wearing thin and is becoming formulaic in its own right.
#2 would be the personal issues.
They each have their place, but they've been done to damn death.
(Referring to the goldfinger scene)
A Bond girl calling everyone "Mr" or "Buster" Tiffany Case
Agreed.
Having elements of Jaws, Star Wars, Close encounters of the third kind..........and worse of all Bourne.......must not be repeated in the future!
Ice castles. Laser weapons.
Cheap CGI. Surfing.
Directed by Lee Tamahori.
Invisible car.
You know. The absolute shit.
Blofeld dressing as a woman
Indestructible henchmen ( see Jaws)
Aimless travelling across multiple countries - flying is NOT glamourous
Bond driving a Ford Mondeo or a BMW
Car parks / road scenes entirely populated with Jaguar Land Rover vehicles
Any villain being related to, grew up with, worked alongside, slept with Bond
Comedy wildlife
Score from Dr No (apart from the title Bond theme)
Bond actors with face lifts
So, all in all, judging by Spectre's events, Bond is his own agent/ninja (word not to be taken in its literal meaning) against the evil power that lies beneath and within the authorities across the globe.
I think you totally missed the point of that scene. There's layers of subtext happening. First of all Silva is not necessarily gay at all. He even tells Bond how boring 'all that physical stuff is'. Silva was essentially trying to get into Bonds head. Throughout that whole section and during the shoot-off he was undermining and mocking everything we've come to know about Bond, from his sexuality to his patriotism to his masculinity and relevance.
Of course, Bardem played this perfectly. It was Silva's slightly 'Carry On' impression of the British with some darker undertones. When Bond replied with,'How do you know it's my first time', he wasn't being ambiguous with the audience about his sexuality, he was saying to Silva that his methods aren't going to work. We then see Silva change tact with the rather devastating revelation that M is and has been lying to him. Great, great scene.
It's one of my favourite Bond films(QoS). People's gripes with largely stem from the fact that it deviates from formula. It doesn't fulfill their nostalgic needs. It surprises me with each viewing actually
As for the topic;
I don't want to ever see Team-MI6 again. M, Q(although I admit he was quite handy in SP), MP and, God forbid, Agent Tanner have really started to grate on me. Bond is best in the field alone, meeting exotic people, occasionally teaming up with an ally like Mathis(may he rest in peace) and Leiter. The constant cuts to this lot take away focus on Bond and what he's doing. He shouldn't need their help.
A sockless Waltz.
Bond wearing jeans.