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FRWL Observation Relating to Broz
Pierce is often maligned for his little tie-straightening tic. Fair enough. If you dislike it, you dislike it. However, whilst watching FRWL last night, I noticed that, after Bond polishes off Red Grant, he--yes he does!--straightens his tie. Just thought I'd mention it.
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Rog also does it after he kills Sandor for similar reasons.
That said I do love it when Broz does it in the tank chase but the one in the boat underwater is like something out of a computer game and is embarrassingly lame.
Absobloodyexactly.
It's just a gimmick. Rog raises his eyebrow, Broz straightens his tie.
This is where Brosnan got it from, I think.
If it looks like it has just been added to check a box, then it could appear 'forced'.
The TWINE one appeared forced to me but to some extent so did the SF cuff check. I agree that Arnold's score perhaps emphasized the TWINE moment too much, thereby adding to the comic element.
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It's obviously something people either like or loathe. As it's barely 10 seconds of screentime I don't think it's worth fussing over. The action always amused me anyway.
For me RM conveyed the awareness of playing Bond, rather than being Bond. PB to a lesser degree, but nonetheless always seeming to project the idea he was playing the role. That viewer perception of playing to the camera weakens a performance.
One of Craig's recurring techniques is the head shake and gobble during a chase when he crashes to the ground. Particularly noticeable during the opening chase in CR. I can't help but be reminded of Curly from The Three Stooges.
Despite my often critical comments about RM's acting as Bond, and to a lesser extent, PB, I do recognize the skill and art it takes to be a film actor. Were is easy, wouldn't many of us being do it? But as we know in art, we may appreciate the artistry, but not the product.
Connery's 'mannerisms', if he had any, flowed from a concept (of the character's persona) – they were not studied or pre-planned gestures, they were part of the inherent movement of the 007 persona he created on screen, and ad-libbed.
Which is why they don’t come across as forced or conscious, like Moore’s or Brosnan’s did.
Connery was not a gifted method actor, nor a good mimic (his accent barely changed from part to part) but he was a truly excellent physical actor.
Sean Connery, or the art of playing a russian or an irishman with the same accent and getting an Oscar for it.
Don't think any of the other 007 actors are any good at accents either though :D
I did like when Sir Rog speaks spanish in FYEO and german in OP! :D
Ha, yes!
Better than PB's 'German' in TND at the Avis counter... sounded like he was coughing up a nasty fur-ball... :|
This!
The trouble was it left a legacy hanging over the part that had other actors scrabbling for the A-Z of acting technique; trying to replicate what Connery did, instead of just doing their own thing.
Brosnan's oft-repeated story of practicing 'Bond..James Bond' in front of the bathroom mirror is a case in point. Connery created the ultimate delivery of the line and all actors have struggled with it ever since. And when Brosnan did do it we got a mid-Atlantic 'Baaand..James Baaand' accompanied by a self-conscious smirk that would have embarrassed even Roger Moore.
Craig seems to be one actor who has laid the ghost of Connery/Bond to rest and actually got to grips with his own interpretation of the role.
Love @CrabKey's comparison of Craig and Curly from The 3 Stooges though...even though I'm a Craig fan. Made me laugh.
I partly agree with this.
Both Moore and Dalton have said that they had to try and be different to their predecessor, but I'm quite certain that Connery's legacy nonetheless hung over them.
For Dalton, it must have felt quite intimidating coming after TWO very popular Bond's.
Precisely.
Spot on.
To expand slightly: everything about Connery’s physical acting flowed from the concept of a strong, commanding alpha - the one in control and supremely confident.
The cheeky, irreverent grins ; his calm but always deliberate & decisive movements, none of which were wasted, were his basis of the character.
Watch his performances closely (DN & FRWL in particular) and you will see that he NEVER wastes any movement. Every movement is intended, every aspect of his kinetic acting has a pre-destined purpose. He is never hurried. His movement is always deliberate, based on the assumption that he is in control. Always the dominant player…
Except for a few scenes with M, where his demeanor is more that of a reluctant, rather obnoxious student who respects his mentor but does not accept his lower pecking order.
Sean was a hypnotic actor not because of his line delivery or ‘method’, à la De Niro (the things most people associate with good actors) – but because he was simply the best physical actor of his generation.
THAT’s why he could never be surpassed as James Bond. Because 007 is an inherently physical role. He never waxes lyrical. He just… DOES.
Indeed.
In my opinion, since Bond is as 'alpha male' as it gets, Connery, naturally being more that way, translated best on screen. Bond was just a natural fit for him.
Having said that, I think all the Bond actors have brought their own movement & persona to the screen though - some have been more successful at it than others imho.
The trick is to be yourself as well and not try to emulate or imitate what is not yours. From my perspective, Moore (naturally suave), Craig (naturally rugged) & Dalton (naturally withdrawn/complex) all did that well because they emphasized dominating aspects of their own persona in their characterization. Many may not like this as much as Connery's original, but regardless, they had to do this in order to make the interpretation credible.