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Fleming described him as "neither a good guy or bad guy"
Bond is a good guy working for an evil organization.
Like JFK or myself.
That is too subjective and too fleeting a criteria. Surely the main villain is qualified as such according to his role in the narrative and his antagonism to the hero. If say I was writing a story based on the PTS of GF, where the unnamed assassin is seen receiving the contract to kill Bond, trying to find him, bribing the girl, waiting for him in the bedroom, etc. he would be the main of the story, not his clients/employers. And fiction is full of low class thugs and fearing badguys, sorry losers and cowards that are still villains... and dangerous. Elmore Leonard was a master in creating those.
...but he was also Anakin Skywalker and at the end turns back into him.
Fair enough.
Aidan Turner is needed to find the middle ground.
You just nailed it. That's so true and I never saw it that way before.
I don't take that as an offence at all. That's exactly what Brosnan was and exactly what I want Bond to be.
YES! Thank you!
@birdleson
Consider this:
The first movie of each actor was his best:
DN
OHMSS
LALD
TND
GE
CR
I might get no argument about most of them but lately I tend to believe Connery and Moore were at their best in their first as well.
IMO 3 - 5 Bond films should be the range for any actor. If they haven't done what they can with the character after 3 - 5 tries, then they don't deserve to.
That's not a blanket statement, it varies from franchise to franchise. Look at what happened to the 'Fast & Furious' films; whoever thought they'd get through that many installments before the series really took off and starting making insane money?
was the perfect number for an actor, and would give us a Bond for every decade. :)
Never really enjoyed any of those films to be honest.
Which doesn't negate their success and popularity, nor does it counter my point: there are particular franchises out there that get better and better as time goes on. 'Mission: Impossible' immediately comes to mind, too.
It is controversial, but I agree with it.
What I'm saying though is that in terms of Bond the general trend is that each actor's successive films get worse. Simply because they are less creative each time and less inspired. E.g. AVTAK. Only with a change of actor and the reinvention that comes with that change do the brains behind the films get a new sort of 'creative spark' with what they're doing.
To be honest I gave up after the first film!
It's big, loud and lacks class. Much like Vin Diesel with his atrocious acting, his terrible attire and his ugly cars.
Than there is Bond, civilized and stylish.
Nevertheless, it did rise in popularity as the series went on. I'm not denying that.