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I believe that was because there was no current Bond, when the game was released in 2005.
Didn't need remaking? The original is the best still for me! So Agree but down to my own thoughts on it. It was just desperation for a successful game.
<font color=blue size=7><b>Whitaker was, all things considered, the first obviously American Bond villain.</b></font>
Was Joe Don Baker really 'villainous' as Brad Whitaker though. I found him more amusing than anything else, and only a slight improvement on his Jack Wade character. Yes, thesis seems accurate enough when you look back at the series. Took a quarter century to include an american for the main adversary, and when they did, it was all rather disappointing. Would of liked to have seen another name for that years release, but don't ask me who
Sure. While several American actors (Joseph Wiseman, Telly Savalas, Yaphet Kotto, Christopher Walken) played villains prior to Joe Don Baker's role, none of the characters were Americans before Whitaker.
Agree with this thesis. Wouldn't mind a real sinister American villain? But who could pull it off? Who knows? Certainly nobody springs to my mind?
I always wanted to see James Gandolfini play a Bond villain. Sadly, that is no longer going to happen. He would have been fantastic though.
He certainly was a brilliant actor. Sadly taken from us all far too early in his life.
I totally agree, @WillyGalore! In fact, why they didn't cast him in the Brosnan era is beyond me. Plenty of possible parts... in fact, that might inspire me to a new entry in another thread. ;-)
One of the greatest performances for one of the greatest screen characters we'll ever see and yet he was woefully overlooked by Hollywood for the most part throughout his career.
Ahh, but he was fantastic in the few movies he did. True Romance is obviously the one I think of first, but then even the movies he did, like 8mm, he still gave a stellar performance. Everyone who has even the slightest inclination towards acting must watch his ItAS interview.
Mod edit: no s-bombs please.
Oh yes, he was always wonderful no matter what piece of crap film he was in. He was the standout in films such as The Mexican and Killing Them Softly.
What I admired most though was his understanding of comedy. His timing was impeccable and was one of the things that made you just love Tony Soprano.
Well, when I say 'loved' I really mean 'obsessed'.
Well, when I say 'fan' I really mean 'stalker'
;)
<font color=blue size=7><b>Dalton was better at being unintentionally funny whereas Brosnan acted out the funny bits.</b></font>
Disagree. Dalton wasn't very good with Humor and it really showed in his performance. Brosnan already knew how to handle comedy from Remington Steele and Mrs. Doubtfire so he could do the funny bits naturally without being over the top about it.
To Dalton's credit, the only joke he did that was funny was... "I know a great restaurant in Karachi, we should just make Dinner!"
It's all a bit ironic though because if you've ever seen TD's performances as the villain in The Rocketeer and Hot Fuzz, he is really funny and looks like he's thoroughly enjoying himself.
I guess it's because he was relaxed in these films where as he took his role as Bond very seriously and wanted to deliver a performance as close to Fleming's creation as possible.
Ever so slightly, agree with thesis.
I would agree with this thesis! TD humour was acted out seriously but it worked. Whether he meant it too or not?
Brosnan has great funny moments too. I love to watch him enjoy playing with the BMW remote control on the back-seat of the car. And some lines were delivered very well, like during his bits with MP and Q in GE. But the "Give the people what they want!" and "I thought watching your TV shows was..." lines are in my book examples of where the comedy isn't necessarily flawed but more obviously acted, less natural.
Brosnan on the other hand was over-the-top with his one-liners. I'll agree with the thesis.
Precisely my point, @StirredNotShaken. He didn't try to be funny and that's why he succeeded. Craig has inherited a little bit of that too IMO. He knows when to downplay the comedy for maximum effect. Of course by the time we get to CR, the people behind the screens had finally come to understand the power of contradiction: Craig's comedic lines work best when the situation seems to least warrant them. Here we have the painful torture scene, yet the crowds I saw the film with laughed each time when the ball scratching line came up. There's the little finger remark, the last hand comment, ... Make sure we have no reason to expect some wit, and then slam one in our face. That's how you do it in the Bonds, I'd say.
Exactly. Even though I was but eleven when I saw CR in the theater, I totally got what they were doing with the ball scratching comment and I laughed with everyone else. Very effective.
Point is, though, Dalton was fine with the one-liners. Deadpan snarker, as some would say.