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I also think Moore was very good in the more dramatic moments, when he remembers Tracy for instance. He did not spend his whole tenure cracking jokes.
Indeed not and Roger Moore is a very underrated and good actor. He's my second favourite Bond after Dalton and he's a gentleman in real life too.
Yes, I'm conflicted and strange like that. Roger Moore used to be my favourite in fact and I still hold him in high regard as he enormously likeable. I think they each bring different components of the character together. Still, I love all of the Bonds.
Seconded. Moore is nothing if not a Saint.
Quite. They both bring interesting traits to the Bondian table. In my rankings, Dalton is third, just ahead of Moore.
I'm guessing that Sean Connery and Daniel Craig are in the top positions then?
I see. Good choices all the same.
This is one of the most stupid nagnagnags around here.
+1
I think it's possibly Connery's best performance too.
Connery's most confident performance: GF
Connery's most uber masculine performance: TB
Connery's most 'I don't care, I'm just here to enjoy myself and crack jokes' performance: DAF
I would love to hear your review of Goldfinger. You seem very fond of that film.
Octopussy is considered to be the worst film in the series simply because Bond dresses like a clown.
I agree that Dalton gets unfairly blamed for the series almost coming to an end.
Pierce Brosnan is a better actor than some people give him credit for.
Any good qualities that Quantum of Solace possesses are completely disregarded because it's the worst movie ever.
I don't think GF is a lousy movie but it is one of its flaws. Not so much in the novel.
I thought Felix rescues Bond with the army in the novel? I wouldn't call that Bond getting involved.
He does act a little bit more, even from early on in the novel. Finding what Goldfinger is up to, it's his initiative, for instance.
Other unfair criticism:
-The water scheme in QOS is bad/boring. Was it bad in Once Upon a Time in the West? In Chinatown? In Manon des Sources?
-That critic who said SF was the most overrated movie of all time. Of. All. Time. Of all the history of cinema. This man has no sense of perspective.
You're right. He's only partially correct.
You're right, it's not bad. It's just executed poorly. If you're going to have something that nuanced in a Bond movie you have to give it the relevant exposition and screentime. There's no tangibility, just arty shots of dripping taps and wisened Bolivians. Imagine GF's plan being a vague background noise that comes to nothing. Doesn't work. It's my main problem with QoS, there isn't really a plot.
Compared with those movies it is a piece of s***, those three are brilliant executed movies that are all classics.
The water theme in QoB was the least of my problems with the movie.
Another bit of unfair criticism:
David Arnold wrote terrible scores for the Bond films.
Here's the thing. Of course Arnold is no Barry. Then again, no-one can reach the quality of John Barry's music. So right there, it's unfair to say Arnold was no Barry; that's just a given. But, I think Arnold wrote perfectly acceptable and adequate music. Sure, not everything works well. I'm particularly upset over his recording experiments for DAD. But his music for CR and QOS is quite good IMO.
Again, I don't think Arnold is the best thing since Barry but the way some people keep claiming that his music was *awful* and detrimental to the alleged failure of the Brosnans, is unfair IMO.
It is not very well executed, I will give you that, but intrinsically it is a very good idea, hence saying it is one of the flaws of QOS is unfair criticism. I may add that the water plot is essential to the movie: without it, Quantum would merely be running away from Bond's vendetta, always on the defensive. (Come to think of it, Sanchez's schemes in LTK have the same utility. Without them, he'd be a moving target for two hours.)
I am, but a full review? Too lazy.
Here is a mini review: Ilikeitalot!
As some famous composer once said: "Nobody does it better"
Hard to disprove your review.
I still disagree. It's a good idea in principle, but doesn't translate and as such is a flaw. It's like saying a bad song you wrote was good in principal and should be respected for that reason. Doesn't really work. Some of the ideas in DAD are actually decent on paper, but executed very badly.
Unfair criticism for me - John Glen is a poor director. Of his five films I've heard high praise in various camps for at least four of his five entries. I personally love AVTAK, but I'll accept that the general consensus is that it's lacking. Taking that into account we're left with FYEO, OP, TLD, LTK. That is a strong set of films imo. I've heard enormous praise for all four individually.