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Thesis 220: Disagree.
Maybe I'm wrong, though:
Disagree: I thought it was played out perfectly! It's a shame Lazenby's first take where he did the same was not left in too!
I think Craig does scenes like this better then any of the other actors. But I guess with the loss of Vesper and M he's also the one that has had the gravest losses.
Since George Lazenby at least.
How can you miss it? It shows Bond in a close up with tears going down his eyes.
Also, just because Dan's Bond is tough doesn't mean he can't show his emotion. He has always been a deep and emotional Bond, so I don't see why it is such an unfitting action for him to cry. I don't know why people cause such a stir about the act in general. I enjoy times when tears are brought to my eyes because it makes me realize that there are still things that can make me feel in the world. There is something really magical about being so sucked into a film, book or song that it makes you feel pure emotion, and that keeps me going.
Surely this thesis was part of a bad dream you had, Dimi. ;)
<font color=blue size=7><b>Brosnan's final 3 Bond films had both some of the worst and some of the best Bond girls ever.</b></font>
The strongest contender for best Bond girl of these 3 films is without doubt Michelle Yeoh. She was great! And plenty of folks like Rosamund Pike; I do, too, just not so strongly as others (oh, she was a villainness, too). I think lots of folks love Sophie Marceau's Elektra King (Bond girl/villainness). Are we counting her as a Bond girl? But that's it, in my opinion. I love TND, it's my favorite; a near tie with GE. So in those 3 films are there 3 of the BEST EVER Bond girls? Nope. Only one for me would be in that category: Michelle Yeoh.
Worst Bond girls - oh yes, now there you have a good argument because poor Pierce was saddled with Terri, Denise, and Halle - definitely 3 of the worst Bond girls EVER ... especially I am saying that strongly for the last two, cutting Terri only a little slack.
Overall argument, I have to disagree. Pierce didn't have both some of the best and some of the worst. Mostly worst. (Especially as we are not counting GE, which had the truly great Natalya played by Izabella Scorupco).
Man, I wish he'd has a 5th film that was really good. His Bond deserved it. I enjoyed him in all of his films.
The TND girls are nothing special. Teri Hatcher is a little bland as Paris Carver and quickly becomes forgotten. Michelle Yeoh's performance isn't bad but her Wai Lin character is written so generically that she comes off as a gimmick.
Denise Richards would certainly have to be one of the worst but perhaps we could have tolerated her a little more if she hadn't been so terribly miscast. Halle Berry's Jinx is arguably the worst thing to ever happen to the franchise.
So we certainly have the worst part covered but I'm afraid there's not enough good to outweigh the bad.
Will have to disagree on this one. I think they are relatively on par with a number of girls dotted out through the series. And Electra King was certainly a piece of work!
Disagree.
I'd agree. Wai Lin was a strong female counterpart, Elektra smoking hot (it's Sophie after all and I could give a damn about the rest), and Rosamund Pike a solid double agent.
Then, of course, there's Jinx, X-mas, and Paris bringing their movies down to even things out.
For the most part, Brosnan girls, were maybe a period to forget
Thesis is incorrect as I thought most were lousy, and there were no truly great or attractive ones, but that's only from this perspective. Feel free to dispute
Just noticed it says 'final three Brosnan Bonds' (why not Goldeneye ?), but been a long day and tiring now
This is a pretty fiar assessment.
Even if you factor in GE the excellent Natalya and Xenia dont compensate for the rest.
TND - The Danish blonde harks back to the day when Rog would slip a cheeky one in during the PTS but after that its downhill. Teri Hatcher's acting is so poor it ruins wht on paper has potential to be an interesting character and Wai Lin is just another tedious, identikit 'Bonds equal' Bond girl which has always been a shit concept but one that EON just refuse to let die and although Yeoh is OK looking shes not really Bond girl material.
Danish bird: 3/10 - Thats not a bad mark against her, more that such an insignificant character cant be allowed to skew the overall score by being given a 10. She gets the maximum available for one of Bond's quick 2 minute shags.
Paris: 3/10 - Couldve been a 6 or 7 if well acted.
Wai Lin: 5/10 - Yeoh is engaging in the role but I'm afraid the whole PC 'equal Bond girl' thing just pisses me right off. She is probably the best Bond equal girl though to give her her due.
TWINE - The doctor another cheeky little nod to the Rog era. I dont need to retread old ground with Denise Richards as its well known how awful she is. Marceau elevates things and is certainly gorgeous but one of the best? She is a decent enough villain (better than Renard by a country mile) but not one of the best Bond girls, probaly best of the Brozza era after Natalya though.
Doctor: 3/10 - Again does her job well as a quickie for Bond.
Christmas: 2/10 - I think this character is pretty superfluous to be honest. You could cut her from the script without it affecting anything. If this had been a Craig film then I think she would have been binned so that we could focus on the Bond/Elektra relationship.
Elektra: 8/10 - Very sexy and even though I dont buy the whole Bond falling for her thing an interesting character who gets a lot better once she turns bad.
DAD - Peaceful Fountains gives us another homage to Rog where the hotel employees always seemed to blatantly fancy Bond (TSWLM, OP - even that gay bloke in Rio) - although given Bond hasnt had any in 14 months its a bit odd he doesnt shag her once he has kicked Mr Chang out. The Pikelet is uber fit and does her best with the dismal material and along with Brozzas assured performance one of the few things to come out of DAD with any shred of decency intact. I'm cant even bring myself to mention Berry and Madonna is way too long in the tooth to be called a girl.
Peaceful Fountains of Desire: 3/10 - Does what it says on the tin.
Miranda: 6/10 - I cant go higher than this for someone from DAD. Shes not Fiona Volpe but she does what she can as the ship sinks around her.
J**x: minus infinity/10 - Is there a single redeeming feature about this character? OK she looks decent in a bikini. I'll change that mark to a slightly smaller infinity.
Its right to state that these films had some of the worst Bond girls (including the worst of all time) but depsite brave efforts by Elektra and Miranda to raise the standard, neither of them could be rated as among the best so we have to conclude the thesis is incorrect.
<font color=tomato size=4><b>THESIS 222</b></font>
<font color=blue size=7><b>"The greatest success of [GoldenEye] was in modernising the [James Bond] series." (Jose Arroyo of Sight & Sound)</b></font>
Agree
Although it presents a arch-typical Bond movie, GoldenEye does so with a freshness, in part due to the six year gap, but also it was the first Bond movie since The Spy Who Loved Me to have the classic framework, of humour, girls, gadgets, high-tech villains lair etc, without having camp elements (Moonraker) and a dour leading man (The Living Daylights)*
It also captures the nineties chic, post cold war situation almost perfectly, and the script also cleverly asks Bond to validate himself in the post cold war era, something he achieves with aplomb..
* I'm a big fan of TD's Bond, btw, that was just the reaction to the public's enthusiasm of seeing Pierce in the role.
Agree: One of the most obvious ways was that pretty much everyone was having a pop or mocking him. My personal favourite is where Valentin shoots between his legs at the club and say shaken but not stirred! :)) Brilliant!
Most people (including me) thought that there would be no more Bond films. Then suddenly after a 6 year hiatus Goldeneye storms into cinemas with it's post cold war themes and female M mixed in with the typical Bond elements, proving that the series could adapt and survive still.