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Charlie's Angels and XXX, along with Austin Powers, sort of prove my point. It was a lowest common denominator period at the box office in terms of quality of output and Bond went along for the ride. So when folks question the 'lines' in this film, I believe it was actually intentional. Low brow is what EON was going for.
I don't get why the delivery is bad. I think its one of Brozza's best scenes.
You're talking about the same people that didn't veto the jinx dialogue.
Quite frankly, I find it terribly contrived just to get a line in. Perhaps it's the buildup, including angry gritting of teeth while essentially shooting an unarmed woman in cold blood, or Marceau's almost coy 'you'll miss me' that precedes it, or Dench's uncomfortable look at the scene (there were several moments in this film where I felt she overracted - a charge I can't level at her in any other film), or perhaps just the cringe worthiness of the line itself.
I've just never liked the scene, despite the positive comments it receives here.
But the BO of the Austin Powers films pale in comparison to Bond, the first one didn't even make it to $100million worlwide.
For me it isn't the line, nor the buildup. What I do have a problem with however is the fact that he then proceeds to walk towards her and puts a hand in her hair. What's that about? you kill someone in cold blood, nad then regret it? That isn't the Bond I know. He'd stay professional and dive after the sub immidiately, leaving the (eventual) mourning for a bottle of vodka later on. He hates her for sending Renard on his mission, and then, when she isn't alive anymore, it's all forgiven? I just can't get my head around it.
US gross (worldwide)
The Spy Who Shagged Me - 1999 - $206m ($312m)
The World is Not Enough - 1999 - $126m ($362m)
I cite that film and that year because that was what preceded DAD. Goldmember, which didn't do so well, came out in 2002 so DAD would have already been in production.
It's clear to me that the puerile and excessively phallic humour in DAD is more a direct response to Powers than it is to Bond's own storied history.
Yes, Brosnan looks at his tenure as Bond with quite a sense of humour, self-criticism, wit and irony.
I like him even more for that. For me after Moore, he is the nicest of them all outside the franchise.
I can agree with that.
Bond villains have had their share of incompetent henchmen, but not being able to locate the brake pedal in a car is pretty inept!
As a younger man thrust into the Bond universe and with all the attention that comes with it, I suspect it would be hard not to be full of oneself. Wasn't a fan of PB as Bond at the time, but in the years since I've liked his roles and him.
"Mr. Kil you say, now that's a name to die for."
"Gift wrap this for me,...horizontally"
"Fetch my shoes"
"Stacey behind you!"
"JAMMMMESSSS"
Those are a few that spring to mind.
I'd argue that's a great line. Especially the pay off from Dalton.
"Kara, we're inside a Russian airbase, in the middle of Afghanistan!"
Who can forget "SIIITTTTTT!" from OP or maybe it's the way the line is delivered.
Another thing that irritates me is when Sir Donald's speech is looped in DAF. It was okay the first time, but nothing added the second time. Even though it is about "air tight security".
The reason Roger delivers the line like that, in OP, is that he was impersonating the popular dog trainer Barbara Woodhouse, whose T.V. show was on at the time!