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They could probably do a cliffhanger and avoid a complete 2-parter by wrapping it up in the PTS of the following film, but then, said film would feel unbalanced unless this previous mission was referenced throughout. Like others here have said, the whole idea doesn't really faze me.
I'll agree with the thesis stating it 'might work', but I tend to agree more with this comment:
<font color=blue size=7><b>Returning Bond directors have so far made stronger films after their first one.</b></font>
Hamilton never made a better film than GF.
I do think it's true in the case of Gilbert and Campbell though.
Young, Gilbert, Glen and Campbell made better films after their first.
Young - From Russia With Love better than Dr No
Hamilton - LALD, TMWTGG, better than Goldfinger
Gilbert - Moonraker,TSWLM, better than You Only Live Twice
Glen - The Living Daylights, Octopussy, better than FYEO
Campbell - Casino Royale better than Goldeneye
Die Another Day, CR, Skyfall and Thunderball i realy see as bad movies. So i agree with your opnion about Yolt and MR what also count in my opnion for Dr No and Goldfinger.
RE: Returning Bond directors have so far made stronger films after their first one.
Exept John Glen & Martin Campbell (CR 22/23) yes. FRWL (8/23) be Young his best one, Thunderball (23/23) worse. FYEO is my 4th favorite Bond movie, John Glen last movie AVTAK be my 5th favorite. TLD and Octopussy close my top 10. Only Hamilton movie in my top 10 is LALD (7/23) and sometimes TMWTGG batle with Octopussy and is ranked 11/23.
Everything he said.
Undecided as it is a mixed bag of results really dependant upon the Director in question?
Young - FRWL>DN>TB
Hamilton - GF>LALD>GG>DAF
Gilbert - Spy>MR>YOLT
Glen - LTK>TLD>OP>FYEO>AVTAK
Campbell - CR>GE
4 - 1 on the follow up films. Agree.
Hamilton - Goldfinger The awful trilogy as I call it
Gilbert - You Only Live Twice, The Spy Who Loved Me, Moonraker
Glen - The Living Daylights, Licence to Kill, A View to a Kill, For Your Eyes Only, Octopussy
Campbell - Casino Royale, Goldfinger
Looks like I agree here as well. Only Hamilton had a better first film, but since his other three were so awful, I don't think that was very hard. In contrast, Young had 1 very good, 1 good and 1 forgettable film, Gilbert had 3 okay films, Glen had 2 very good, 2 okay and 1 pretty bad film, and Campbell had 1 very good and 1 pretty good film.
<font color=blue size=7><b>In YOLT, A) Connery looked pretty bored most of the time but B) this resulted in some unintentionally funny moments.</b></font>
B) No, I never thought it effected the performance, and props to Connery for that.
A) I disagree that he looked bored in You Only Live Twice, B) I don't recall any unintentionally funny moments.
Not quite. He's even worse in DAF.
Physically he looked worse in DAF but to me he clearly had some more pep in his step. So I enjoyed his performance alot more. That $1.2 mil must've added some insentive.
As for the debate I think he occasionally looked bored, and YOLT is his worst performance, but he's still really good if you ask me. So...agree I guess? And I disagree with B. The unintentional humor didn't stem from him I don't think, aside from a few hilariously delivered lines of Japanese.
I think it is fair to say he was tired of the role at this point, but the barrages and intrusions into his personal space away from filming contributed to that. I think his humour was pretty much the same throughout. Going on the first part of the thesis I would say agree. But disagree on the second part.
<font color=blue size=7><b>The DAF oil rig climax presents us with the most useless Bond in the entire franchise's series of climaxes.</b></font>