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Again, it's not the role of Felix to dazzle us. Linder stares at Bond all film, just like Nutter just sits in a helicopter seat in front of a projection screen.
Every Felix is useless to some degree, but at the very least Felix in GF feels like Bond's old pal, is involved in the plan to stop Goldfinger and is there with Bond to pull him from death in the climax. Felix is an American agent who also has a purpose in actually being in America to stop an operation that threatens the security and well-being of the United States, all while following a lead the American government gave to Bond through him in Miami.
We are never told what purpose Felix serves for the CIA in The Bahamas, and that's because he was just tossed in there to give Bond a random ally. If I had a choice I'd toss Felix out immediately and give all his scenes to Paula, who was a far more interesting character worth exploring. I wanted to know her work history with Bond, what her aptitude was, see her in more sexy outfits, etc, as she and Sean had real chemistry that lit up the screen. Paula clearly fancied Bond, which is something the script could've really developed so we feel for the girl when she's done in.
My least favorite thing about this wonderful film is I have to listen to Nutter mumble and mutter his way through choppy deliveries with an actor who he never works cohesively with and who constantly outshines him. We all have our favorites, but we can't act like Nutter belongs in that movie on a narrative or story level. The script asks too much in that regard, and unlike with Linder, Nutter doesn't have any on screen presence for me to forgive Felix mucking up the works.
I think that SC being a little jaded would have fitted perfectly playing a jaded Bond, looking towards marriage and retirement. Just a shame the producers failed miserably to get SC onboard - a mistake Babs has carefully avoided with DC. SC himself has apparently since regretted missing out on OHMSS.
If the had done a better job looking after SC and selling him the film - more action, emotion, character depth and fewer gadgets, then an invigorated SC completing his story arc could have been wonderful
Fair point Brady ...we agree on Burton,disagree on Linder and Van Nutter....keeps things interesting haha ;)
But it's also interesting to know he's backing Bond up in the film as well. Maybe before that punch to the gut they may have shown him taking out one of Largo's people tailing Bond to throw more mystery as to who he was.
I think that is what Young was trying to give to the viewer...
Can't even think of second, perhaps OHMSS.
On a sex appeal level, I very much agree. A vacation with Molly Peters, Martine Beswick, Claudine Auger and Luciana Paluzzi would make a man out of me.
It would be a one-way trip,you would never make it back alive !!
If that was how I would die, I would embrace it more than life itself.
This is one of my absolute favorite Bond finales, and very little matches it in terms of technical and logistical prowess.
Well said Brady ,i totally agree,and i hate the fact people say its slow and boring ,without appreciating the hard work put into it .
The action here is non-stop, especially the underwater scenes. Some call these scenes overlong, thus causing the length of the film to be 2 hours and 10 minutes, quite long, but to me, it's just breathless, pulse-pounding and faithful to Fleming in most part.
Crew also reigns here. Producers Brocolli and Saltzman return once again, as well as Terence Young, the best Bond Director ever. John Barry gives us a beautiful and fast-paced score that mounts up the tension every time.
Overall, probably the most entertaining Bond ever.
It's a film I can look on and say I'm so proud it's a Bond film. I've never seen more thrilling underwater scenes shot, and I've seen a lot of films.
In terms of it being surpassed, the 2005 Paul Walker/Jessica Alba/Josh Brolin film entitled Into the Blue has some outstanding underwater sequences as well. Alba in a bikini is an added bonus.
http://i.imgur.com/wUnYzdl.jpg
A balance needs to be found as it was in the Moore era, where Bond still globe-trotted, but the locations were shot to make you feel there with him as more time was spent inside the various locations.
"No, but I know a little bit about women."