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The age differences sure are staggering sometimes.
I did this list a while ago (excuse the poor formatting):
http://www.mi6community.com/index.php?p=/discussion/927/list-of-age-differences-between-bond-and-lead-female
Agree but probably for a different reason than most. I think FYEO is a lot more comical than it's often regarded as. Just as OP, MR and TMWTGG have more serious elements than they're given credit for also.
Agree. Moore and Miss Adams had the best chemistry of any of the Moore's Bond/Moore's Bond girl matchups. I also think Miss Bouquet would've made a much more plausible leading lady for Dalton's Bond where the age difference would only be 13 years at most.
http://007art.free.fr/posters/for_your_eyes_only_dalton_5.jpg
But I can only agree with half of this thesis. She's there for comedy, but this isn't a good thing. I found her quite distracting in an otherwise straightforward, serious Bond film. By contrast, take Golden Gun, which opens with Herve Villachaize and a funhouse. Goodnight feels right at home in that rididiculously campy film. Perhaps Bibi would have too.
Thanks for reposting that list @Samual. I remember looking for it a while back.
I'm glad I could help. It hasn't been posted in since June, so it would have been hell to find!
Because FYEO was more of a serious tone, Bibi's character was more or less the comedy relief (aside from the PTS and ending with Thatcher, which wasn't as funny). Still, Roger's Bond turning down Bibi's advances did give Moore the integrity boost that had been lacking in the last few films.
I didn't find the Bibi Dahl character annoying at all, I realize she couldn't ideally have been the real Bond girl in that release and Bouquet did a fine job, but she did have some nice screen presence and gave Moore some quality lines with it. She's supposed to be only fifteen years old in the movie but come on, looks anything but
<font color=blue size=7><b>The Thames boat chase scene in TWINE should have been presented immediately after the opening credits.</b></font>
So agree.
Otherwise, I'm fine with the way it ended.
Talking of PTS's, i wish we could go back to where we had a PTS that was its own little story and completely seperate from the main feature.
<font color=blue size=7><b>Judy Dench worked better with Brosnan than with Craig.</b></font>
44= dunno I'd have to say Craig and Brosman have had different relationships with M. So if you ask me in December I could have a better answer.
Frequently misinterpreted here, M doesn't mistrust Bond, she's questioning her own judgement, here decision to promote Bond and keep him on the case after his personal involvement. Later developments show she's right to mistrust her own assessment of the situation as even her own bodyguard is a traitor, a longstanding member of the SIS supposedly above suspicion. It's actually just the natural thing M shoud have doubts under such circumstances.
Interesting will be how this theme will tackled by Skyfall. From what little is known now it seems the topic won't just be dropped.