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For me it didn't come across like that. The character, once revealed, struck me as a suit without an agenda. Yea he setup a worldwide surveillance system...but he doesn't even really say what he will do with it. For heaven sake they didn't even bother to spell out SPecial Executive for Counter-intelligence, Terrorism, Revenge and Extortion.
Trite as the role was, they gave Jonathan Pryce more to work with.
Honestly, I would have cut out an actor altogether for this film (a la Thunderball), REALLY build some tension through the reactions of others to the shadowy figure, and brought him out in the next one or something.
I felt they had to play it safe after Austin Powers practically tarnished the character and organisation in the public eye thanks to the Dr. Evil shenanigans.
"One BILLION DOLLARS!!!!"
(which ironically is probably what SPECTRE will bring in).
Ha Ha! Indeed! Funny that I read that exactly in Dr. Evil's voice LOL!!
Yes! This is exactly what I would have wanted! I couldn't quite put my finger on what bothered me about the Blofeld reveal, but this is totally it. It's like they did it backwards.
Imagine you're the average movie-goer with no background about who Blofeld is. Obenhauser referring to himself as a different name is meaningless! My husband had no clue why that had significance add even had to ask me, "Is that supposed to be important?" (He's only seems a handful of the films, mostly just the recent ones.)
As I noted upstream, Waltz's Blofeld is utterly evil in his actions. That is not the issue. What is at issue is whether or not his physical appearance and demeanor accord with his evil mind and soul. IMO, the answer is no. Therefore, the casting of Waltz as Blofeld counts as one of SP's weaknesses.
Agreed. Blofeld's introduction was excellent, and an obvious nod to a similar scene in TB. And the fact that Waltz/Blofeld's appearance/demeanor so strongly clash with what we were led to expect from the introduction produces a certain disappointment.
Are you his ex agent?
No, Stamper was that awesome henchman from...what was it?
Ha ha
Did we really need to know what exactly he was going to do with it? It is a MacGuffen. But in any case, we know what he can do with it: sell vital highly confidential information to rogue nations and terrorist organizations, blackmail political and government officials, create economic havoc for his own gain, the possibilities are endless.
This is indeed a poor argument. Dr No was not a highly trained operative either and without his metal hands Bond would have beat him up easily. He was a great villain all the same. I guess Blofeld in the novel was a capable fighter. Still, who is to say this Blofeld does not have a few tricks up his sleeve, knows some martial art or something.
The fear is palpable, as is the tension. Great work by Waltz & Kruger here.
Anyone else think that it's hilarious to see his character crawling on the ground? :))
That evil little half smile he gave sent shivers down my spine. The material could have been played so many ways but Waltz played it straight in the face in camp and it was delightful.
I do agree that he lost his sinister feel towards the end and became a bit simple, though.
That aside, I'd love to see Waltz's Blofeld make a return. There's so much potential left in him.
I enjoyed it.
Agree with @ModJohnTheMod as well. I don't want to see DC back if Waltz isn't back as well.
Oh yes! OH YES! [-O<
He's a phenomenal actor but I would say that for his first go-round he seemed a little too much like another character he played... Hans Landa. Particularly near the end when he was about to hit the button for the 3 minute countdown, he broke out laughing and I could have sworn any second he was going to shout "Oooooooooh that's a bingo!!"
His introduction in the film was strong however, when everything in the meeting went silent, and he just goes 'Don't let me interrupt'- now that was intimidating and scary-- and in the same scene when he looks directly at Bond (eeek)
I certainly home they can bring that level of power to his future appearances!
Yeah! Love that one! =))