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I would go along with this. Although I'm fairly ambivalent about the India scenes, the whole Germany sequence is among my favourite parts of the series.
However what cannot be denied is that Rog is on possibly his best form in OP - 'Fill her up please', 'Its all in the wrist', sliding down the bannister - absoultely sparkling stuff.
Yeah maybe its not pure Fleming Bond but if you dont enjoy Sir Rog at full throttle like this you really must lead a miserable life indeed. And the fact that its Rog in the clown suit makes it even more tense for me - if even Rog himself is getting worried (and he really sells it in the scene with the General) then maybe theres a problem.
Overall would have to disagree with the thesis - its just classic Rog and theres nothing wrong with that.
I disagree with the stated thesis.
So i disagree. The humor is needed to relieve/be entertainment like TLD doing this too.
Disagree with thesis. I'm not excusing the usual stupidity of the era foisted on the viewer in the Indian street and jungle chases, but in Germany where the threat is finally clear, the humor is set aside as it should be. Bond in clown suit is not part of the humor, he had to do it in order to shake the police and blend in in order to get to the bomb.
<font color=blue size=7><b>Brandauer played Largo as a less stable, more flamboyant character than Celi.</b></font>
Agree! Could not put it any better! I prefer the Celli version of the villain though as much as i enjoyed NSNA.
Agree with thesis. Completely different interpretations both in script and performance. Brandauer is only one of two bright spots (the other Carrera) in the film, but I still think Celi is better and carries more menace.
<font color=tomato size=4><b>THESIS 145</b></font>
<font color=blue size=7><b>Max Zorin was a rip-off of the NSNA Largo.</b></font>
If he was, he was an improvement. Very tough to make a decision based on not knowing what Cubby thought of NSNA artistically, but I'll give him the benefit of the doubt based on him sick and tired of McGlory's endless injunctions and say disagree with thesis.
I think both made it their own, even though Chris wasn't really acting. ;)
Hang on there, @M_Balje. You mean to imply that Largo is based on Kristatos? I fail to see any resemblance myself, except for the obvious fact that both are of the male gender.
As i have never ever saw this comparrison? I would have to disagree with this thesis.
<font color=tomato size=4><b>THESIS 146</b></font>
<font color=blue size=7><b>In QOS, Mathis says "the heroes and the villains get all mixed up" whereas in the novel CR, Bond drops that line. It should still have been Bond saying it in the film.</b></font>
Having not read the novel, i would say disagree. I think Mathis delivers the line perfectly in a good scene between him and Bond. Also, there are i am sure other things lifted from the book that are put up on the big screen that are not a perfect transition from the novels?