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Barbara is not her father. And she obviously has a different relationship to/appreciation for Craig than Cubby had for Dalton. (I'm not saying Cubby didn't like Dalton; just that we're taking about completely different degrees of devotion here.)
You wonder if Craig once he gets to 5 would want to do one more to put him on a par with Connery?
Do we think being acclaimed as the best Bond ever is something he has ever thought about? I'd say if B25 is on a par with CR then he'd have a decent claim.
Two films back to back covering the Garden of Death, killing of Blofeld, amnesia, return from Vladivostok, assassination attempt on M and one final impossible mission, assuming the scripts are not totally botched by P&W, would see Craig, if not surpass Sean, at least be regarded as his equal surely?
Connery struggled but Roger ,although looking older (I wish I looked as good when I hit that age,and I'm not talking about the mole removal etc ) still gave 100% right up until the end .
That's the difference and something I'm not convinced after SP that Craig could do.
Won't happen. Eon just spent all that money on Blofeld, to shelve him? Nah.
Here's a thought: what if they combined YOLT and TMWTGG into one film? The rap on the YOLT novel has always been that there is not enough plot. I don't know that it would totally work to have the assassination attempt in the middle of the film, though.
I agree with you. Read the tea leaves. The release date has already been set. Eon knows who's distributing.
Although I doubt they will kick Waltz into touch ,or Craig....times change.
It really is a shame you would think by now they would get it right
I thought Waltz' performance was great, suitably creepy in an under-your-skin kind of way, just let down by the story/other elements. Maybe just me though.
For me it's definitely Savalas, Waltz, Pleasance then that other guy (Grey?). There has been far worse than Waltz (again, IMO).
I've been thinking about it again lately and it would have served better if they had just done a bit of a FRWL rehash with regards to the plot (but Spectre rather than Smersh obviously), where Spectre was disappointed with Quantum's results in CR and QoS, cut off that tentacle of Spectre by killing off the remaining members, then going after Bond as retribution.
Not quite the same completely unhinged personality though.
I actually enjoy all the iterations of Ernst on screen, including Frwl &TB Blofeld plus of course Pleasance , Savalas and Gray.
I'm ok with both Von Sydow and Waltz too, even with no socks.
Maybe not so enamoured with FYEO Blofeld.
I do like what Eon did with the scar in SP, an homage to, and continuation of sorts to the original full-facial screen Ernst.
SP riffs heavily on both the OHMSS & YOLT films, but that is plain to see for hardcore fans
That begins with a great script. A talented actor can only do so much.
The same here.
you could *almost* have Madeleine Swann assassinated by scaramanga without too many accusations of repetition (vesper). especially if they break up first.
Some time in the first half of this month.
Do you really think the problem was the actor?
I am still of the belief that two films can be completed, in one shooting schedule, despite DC's claims otherwise. I mean, they almost had two films worth of material in SP.
It is hard not to conclude that EON would have Waltz back, in that role, in Bond 25. After all those years of legal struggles over this character, and then they finally get him back...and do what? Give him a flimsy villain's role in which he doesn't even die at the end? There would be something amiss.
Should Craig return for Bond 25, I would hope Waltz did as well..
Not Savalas heights, but close enough.
Actually, Savalas Heights sounds like a nice place to live.
He simply had more to do in OHMSS than Waltz had in Spectre. Here's hoping, if he comes back, that he's a real part to play next time out.
Agree. If he returns, Waltz needs to have some decent material to work with, and more to do in the scenes he appears.
Was rather hoping Waltz would play a different character when rumours of his casting was in the news. Do feel that a Blofeld should be more of a physical threat to Craig's Bond, like Savalas to Lazenby.
Waltz himself admits he didn't really nail it. There was also tension between Waltz and Mendes about how to portray the character.
A bit of an anticlimax if you ask me and of course Brofeld is a travesty but not something Waltz can be blamed for.
Could someone enlighten me as to what @QuantumOrganization did to be deemed 'accurate'?