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I think it looks generic and the use of smoke on sets didn’t really make it look better. But that can also be blamed on the production designer, who was not Peter Lamont in this instance.
GE is the only good looking Brosnan film. That has better use of shadows to give a noir vibe. All the other three look more generic, though DAD at least had a more vibrant look to it.
I do love when Bond wears tactical outfits. It's great.
Agreed. Even just the all black outfits that Connery and Moore wore in both Goldfinger and LALD were both pretty slick, especially with the shoulder holster added to both. Craig’s tactical gear is NTTD is great too. It’s resourceful, but allows him to be stylish at the same time.
It was a lovely suit. And Bond is all about that. Want tactical wear? Watch Ethan Hunt.
People are complaining about this? Cmon guys...Bond isn't about practicality, Bond is about style!
BTW, this is a lovely thread. I really miss Pierce.
Tuxedo:
Naval:
Tactical:
Casual:
Connery and Craig had the best casual outfits. The fit in Craig's films was always very debatable. Roger Moore looks good in everything. Lazenby's Prince of Wales suit was spot on.
That being said...
Dinner Jacket:
Naval:
Tactical:
Casual:
Suit:
Well that makes perfect sense :))
Bond doesn't have to be in a suit at all times, as those pics prove. It was just a weird choice of outfit for that scene, and they did seem to put PB in a suit perhaps more than he needed to be. Fleming's Bond wasn't a suit monster like the film one is.
I always thought that casual outfit that Tim wore in the Key West bits in LTK in the 'licence revoked' scenes felt like something Fleming's Bond would wear. The Jamaica stuff in NTTD too.
Yeah that'd be fun, although I think none of them did it particularly badly! :)
Thank you ;)
There should be a sartorial thread for this. Lazenby, for example had the perfect Prince of Wales suit in OHMSS, and Connery is unbeatable in that three piece grey suit from Goldfinger. Dalton had a lovely pinstripe three piece suit in TLD. Not that those are Bondian choices to begin with, but very stylish indeed.
But since this is the Brosnan era thread, I really want to emphasise that this man has all the style in the world.
There's a scene in the TB novel when Bond gets to Miami and he's wearing a suit and flip flops, I'm 99% sure... lives rent free in my mind.
Also, Bond wearing suits in environments/suituations* that are very inappropriate is part of what makes Bond Bond to me. It's one of the reasons I love the Dead Island scene in SF so much. Bond uses formalwear to blend into high society where his avarice-filled antagonists usually inhabit, and his adventures take him from one place to the next so fast he barely has time to change.
*This was an unintentional typo that I kept for obvious reasons.
Wow! :)) I'll have to check that one out!
It's kind of funny that film Bond is the epitome of sharp bespoke Saville Row tailoring and all that when the book Bond just seemed to chuck on the same outfit half the time and only owned two or three suits, one of which was a bit old and knackered, I'm sure I remember reading at some point.
I actually think that Brosnan does commit one of Bond's worst fashion crimes with the Alan Partridge look he goes for in Monaco in GE. Some of Roger's outfits may have dated but at least they looked good at the time... :D
And he never went full cravat...
L-)
Fleming's Bond had a fancy for good and practical suit tailoring. And British made products and clothing. Other than that, he had an array of casual clothes, of course. As all of us stylish people do.
But I maintain that Bond is a creature of style. That's why Craig nailed it in CR and QOS, with the Prince of wales patterned trousers and shawl collared cardigans with Crocket and Jones shoes or desert boots. Connery also rocked that TB ensemble when in the clinic.
But I do love it when Bond wears a perfectly fitted suit in a situation where Ethan Hunt, for example, would wear tactical. That's what sets it apart.
But I guess we can't please anyone. Some people are not pleasant or pleasable.
And it was Nassau. I wasn't exactly right, but close!
I bet he looked grand! ;)
What a weird and illogical way of trying to provoke an argument. Wearing flip flops with a suit isn't very stylish, we're having a laugh about it.
Best not to feed them I guess.
Dear @mtm, I love you :x
Ah nice work; that doesn't seem quite as awful but it's still a challenging look! :D
I think Sean does pop on a pair of sandals at one point in the film of TB too, although with a more casual look, which is a bit more palatable! :)
Yes, I've nothing against that: it's presumably why Ethan Hunt is wearing a Cary Grant-style suit to force his way onto the carrier plane in Rogue Nation whereas Bond wears tactical to do the same at the end of DAD; but I do think it's a bit silly how Brosnan's Bond in particular seemed to be suited when perhaps not necessary, and where the book Bond would be in his usual windcheater etc. The scene Ace mentioned was the perfect example.
Daniel Craig shoes, though, were the absolute best, even though I like Pierce's buckle church shoes.
Sartorial aspect aside. I do think Pierce's 3 first films had loads of fun moments. Even TWINE had that beginning of him jumping out the window and landing with that glint in the eye and the smirk.
I've spoken with local 8 Bond fans since seeing NTTD, and they all said the same thing. Gone are the days of fun escapism and panache. Now it's all drama, no sense of fun.
GE was serious, but so much fun, through and through.
Some of those YOLT costume choices somehow manage to look better on camera (in the film) than they did in real life.
Get a giant Japanese castle in the background and everything looks good and exotic ;)
Yes there's some real Grandad's-day-out-at-Southend-beach vibes going on in that photo :D
Really?
Like... really??!!
If we're talking about the scene that precedes the car park BMW chase, then Carver's place is in the middle of town. How silly would Bond look walking through the streets in tactical gear in broad daylight?
A suit and tie is perfectly respectable and appropriate for a secret agent in this instance.