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That would make sense. Again, it never seemed consistent from a script perspective.
I would like to give a nod to TND’s Brosnan’s execution of Dr Kaufman
A great moment, and a far more suitable candidate than the Elektra kill I feel. The latter is also a great moment but I don't think it's as cold blooded as many seem to. If anything, Bond's blood is boiling at that point and Elektra has more than earned her demise. She is unarmed though, I suppose. So maybe that's enough.
EDIT: Just re-read the question, and I suppose "cold hearted" kill might have a looser definition...
Here are the votes by the academy:
Time to give a kick in the shins to a worthy film, or is it un-worthy? The actors who have played Bond have had some great films to start their Bond portrayals, but their swan songs have been uneven.
It is time to award a Klebbie to the film that was the worst send off of an actor playing Bond. We will only nominate actors who portrayed Bond longer than 2 films. Which means our nominees are:
I would like the academy to base their vote on any criteria and to share their thinking with the fellow academy members. There are three weak films here, with one film that is highly regarded, if only for that ending! Okay dear academy members, how is getting the Klebbie for worst film ending for an actor playing Bond!?
Moore's Bond vs Walken's Zorin is the best component of AVTAK IMO. I've linked this thread a few times recently but I'll do it once more https://www.mi6community.com/discussion/18721/bonds-final-mission-avtak-or/p1.
I don't like the ending but NTTD is still a very well made movie.
My vote goes to DAD. Brosnan deserved a better sendoff.
I'll go with NTTD, sorry but, if you compare it to those last films of the previous Bond Actors, it didn't looked or felt Bondian.
At least in those previous final films like DAD, AVTAK, and DAF, you could still have fun and enjoy, and you know that it's a Bond film, looked and felt like a Bond film, and those films knew solidly what kind of tone they leaned on, the tone was consistent.
in NTTD it's very hard to be entertained because it tried too hard, those forced emotional scenes, added to that was the convoluted plot (The Nanobots, Safin, the Bionic Eye, Blofeld, and etc.), and like what I've said, didn't felt or looked like a Bond film, just an ordinary action drama film starring Daniel Craig.
It tried so hard to be serious, but it fell short and the film didn't know what to do with itself, what kind of tone would it lean to.
NTTD was for me, a pretentious film that just fell short or went nothing.
It's like they've made a cake and eat it too.
Sorry, but my vote will be NTTD.
At least in the previous last films, I could still enjoy them, rewatch them and have fun.
In NTTD, there's none of that, not even rewatchable for some of my reasons mentioned.
OHMSS was GL's first and last Bond. It is a great movie, though, so it would not qualify as any Bond actor's "worst" first or last.
NSNA can be considered SC's last Bond film, but is not an "awful last" and could not win (um, by losing ?) this contest.
LTK is TD's last Bond outing and while many adore him and it, many others do not care for it at all, as it is like some darn TV rogue-copy-fights-drug-lord movie of the week. Even the tag line sure seemed stolen from one of them: "and this time, it's personal." Groan...really ? How low had Bond films sunken ? In this manner, quite lame and wasted many fine talents. And that's without even getting into the pre-teen after-school special subplot with the supposedly tough, bad-ass CIA agent having a jealousy fit over the other pretty girl with the short hair. TD let years pass until he was right for the role, but, by then, the writing and everything else had paled. Quite a shame.
Still, for reasons noted elsewhere, AVTAK was quite disappointing. Personally - though for very different reasons - it is neck and neck for me with LTK. I find AVTAK more enjoyable/less disappointing to watch. Does this mean my vote should go with with LTK ? Yes. Yes, it does. The horribly severe drop from those heady moments of TLD's PTS and our first look at new Bond TD, to What-the-F ? moment in TLD when TD stood rather pigeon-toed, to the diluted ending of TLD, but then REALLY down to the afore-described lame aspects of LTK, is sadly steep. Instead of enjoying the films of TD, as I can with any of the other disappointing films, I just get to feeling poorly and not entertained.
DAF would also deserve it but DAD is a cgi-trainwreck in the second half and can't be beaten. And I love Wint & Kidd.
DAF, AVTAK and DAD all have the same issues while they also have the same qualities too. More or less. The plots are all pretty terribly written and they’re all ludicrous by nature.
That being said, they’re all fairly entertaining watches too. At least for me. DAF is my favourite of the candidates here, the dialogue and the music in particular are in another league than some other Bond films.
NTTD on the other hand may not be as ludicrous or silly as the other three, but it is equally ill-advised in places. Killing off three of the series main characters in an unsatisfactory way, for instance, is a greater sin for me than surfing an unconvincing CGI tsunami or throwing a dummy from a blimp.
NTTD is entertaining too in places, the pre-title sequence and the SPECTRE party are both top-notch, but overall I find more enjoyment in the other three. Flawed as they are.
(If NSNA had been included in this, my choice for NTTD would still stand btw).
So, DAD gets my vote because, despite an hour and a quarter of mildly entertaining fair, never before have I seen a film crash and burn quite so spectacularly in its final act.
Films have been awful all the way through (the last Die Hard for example), but DAD shoots itself in the foot over n over again in the last 45 minutes. It's jaw dropping.
DAF is the funniest Bond film (not funny in the sense of silly site gags, but funny dialogue and characters),
AVTAK only really suffers from having an aging cast going through the motions. And the climax is pretty great.
NTTD I enjoy, and Craig is fantastic.
That said, I will vote for DAD as least quality final film too (I hate using the word 'worst'), as although I always have a blast with it, there are a lot of issues such as there being way too much pun dialogue.
So DAD by a long shot
DAF is an interminable bore.
NTTD failed on those aspects.
And too right LTK is not on here, doesn't deserve to be, as @GoldenGun says, a cracking entry!
I think if David Dencik is edited into the previous Bond films, whether the serious ones or light-hearted ones or over-the-top ones, then it's going to really show what caused NTTD's problems. Maybe EON even realized they made a mistake, that's why Dencik isn't in the trailers and that's why the trailers look more dangerous than the actual film.
It's quite frustrating though, because I love Craig's Bond and he always gives his all. There was a good film in NTTD, but the director just couldn't nail it.
If I was voting it would be a tough choice too. I find it interesting that an actors final film isn't always his best. DAF is a guilty pleasure for me, I love and embrace the silliness of it all. When you compare DN to DAF and realize the arc in 10 years you can see how some of the tropes and formula got cemented in place and would therefore often call for a re-adjustment. Same with LALD and AVTAK 12 years this time and again you can see the arc to some degree. Brosnan is interesting as his was a shorter time in the role but how fantastical it all got by the end of his run. I would have loved to have seen one more film from him where they got the balance better.
*This*. DAD has no real competitor in being the worst of the bunch.