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Im sure he wasn't pushed. Connery was one of the most popular actors in the world at the time. A blame YOLT's drop on the release CR67 more than anything else.
Of all his 7 Bond performances(including his non-EON one in NSNA) I would agree he seemed at his most tired of the role in YOLT. However, I'll take a performance from Connery at his most bored over one from Brosnan at his most enthusiastic any day.
Aside from his more bloated appearance, his facial expressions and line delivery is lacking enthusiasm in YOLT. There's less excitement in his actions and that distinct panther-like movement and mischievous quality he had from DN-TB is certainly down a level.
<font color=blue size=7><b>The LTK revenge plot would never have been played off successfully by Roger Moore.</b></font>
I agree DD. I think he would have had reservations about that kind of story.
I don't think many people are going to disagree with this thesis.
Agreed. LTK belongs to Dalton just as MR belongs to Moore and TB belongs to Connery. No other Bond actor would've fit as well in those films as the ones who actually played Bond in them.
You haven't mentionned 'The Man Who Haunted Himself', IMO one of Sir Rog's best films. And I thought Moore was really bad-ass and more tough in films like North Sea Hijack and Wild Geese. And of course in TMWTGG he had many scenes of seriousness.
That said: while TLD was written on the strengths of Roger Moore rather than Dalton, who was often seen struggling with the material, LTK was written on Dalton strengths. The movie was also troubled with large changes due to locationwork not being allowed, if I remember correctly they where busy with a chinese location. And the movie was somewhat rewritten to fit in with the Mexican locations. It still remains too Miami Vice for my taste and not as good as the tv show. So I would state that even TD wasn't served rightly with this movie.
Finding Della and Felix, the resignation scene, a lot of the scenes with Sanchez.
To be fair though the Locque scene proves he could have nailed 'Compliments of Sharkey' and 'you earned it you keep it old buddy.'
Not sure about the final death of Sanchez. I think a Rog one liner would have been required. Perhaps some sort of recyling of the Felix lighter gag from LALD or 'he certainly went out with a bang' etc etc?
Conversley though can anyone imagine MR with Dalton? My first thought would be MR without Rog is heresy but the more I think about it the more it seems like a Daltonised MR would be cracking as they would axe stuff like the gondola, the pigeon and Jaws changing sides.
<font color=blue size=7><b>Bond's recent non-smoking phase puts a stain on Fleming's legacy.</b></font>
But Brosnan is enjoying a cigar in DAD, perhaps as a tribute to Moore? That was in 2002, so I don´t know why it wasn´t ok in the three first PB movies.
Craig is the only Bond that hasn´t had either a cigar or a cigarette yet.
Plus, I hate tobacco so I think it's all right...
Absolutely. Tragic that Craig was prevented from lighting up at the card table in CR a la the iconic scenes that Sean and George both got on their debuts.
I love how smoking is seen as the worst abomination known to man by these PC tossers yet they are quite happy with Bond killing people on a regular basis.
If Bond cant smoke because he is 'a role model to kids' shouldnt we, as a society, question what role models we are presenting to our kids if drowning a bloke in a sink and shooting two unarmed men (all within the first 10 minutes) is prefectly fine in CR but all trace of Bonds gunmetal case filled with Morlands specials is erased from history?