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Where does Bond go after Craig?

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  • 007HallY007HallY
    Posts: 4,513
    DEKE_RIVERS wrote: »
    At least hippies liked free love.

    They do today in many circles. Bond is far more tame and always has been.
  • slide_99slide_99 USA
    edited 7:09pm Posts: 728
    Those comments from Cameron are pretty ironic, seeing as how True Lies is every bit as misogynistic as any Bond movie. I don't recall Bond ever forcing a woman to do a striptease for him. Not to mention how Cameron's been married to five different women throughout his life.

    But where does it say that heroes need to be squeaky-clean moral paragons to begin with? George Lucas undermined Han Solo's arc by making Greedo shoot first, so instead of Han being an amoral outlaw who becomes a hero, he's just a hero who becomes more heroic.

    You don't need to totally identify with a character in order to empathize with him. Hollywood writers should take that into consideration, otherwise every character will just become a self-insert.
  • 007HallY007HallY
    Posts: 4,513
    Bond's had a funny history at times in his cinematic form, but overall I think they've done a great job at depicting his vices along with his virtues, especially in recent years. His womanising, gambling, love of cars, and drink are on one level all part of the adventure/escapism of the series, but they're also depicted as double edged swords (just look at how many women have died in the series as a result of getting involved with Bond, for example). It all goes with his profession/way of living. On the other hand he's always been a character with a sense of duty and bravery, and ultimately he always does what's right and for the greater good.

    So yeah, essentially that comes down to a flawed hero, but a hero nonetheless. I really can't understand how anyone can say Bond's an anti-hero.
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