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Not so much "after Moore" as it is "during Moore." He's pretty cold and tough in his first few installments, but after that, things get more and more quippy and jokey, and it gets harder to take him as seriously.
I maintain @bondjames that Dalton was a terrific Bond. All the more so because of the circumstances he took the role.
I am amazed that this is hardly mentioned, but Dalton came onto TLD the day after he finished filming Brenda Starr. No preparation, yet his performance hardly is affected.
How much preparation time was given to Craig for CR? He had to go gym, choreography practice and with no baggage from the past. His state was clean.
Now imagine if you threw Craig into CR filming with no preparation like Dalton and with the leftovers of the Brosnan era, with Lee Tamahori at the directing helm.
Humour me, but I am creating a like for like scenario.
What would be the result?
In the circumstances I give Dalton the edge. He gave a serious shot and re-evaluation of the role. The sniper scene was a exemplary.
If Dalton had the same circumstances as Craig for his debut, then the result would have been a different beast.
Yes, things like the Dalton swivel I can accept. We could also nit pick Connery in Dr No when after the casino, he goes to his home and drops on one knee with his gun, when he thinks someone has broken in.
When Craig is in the lorry fight at the airport in CR. Well there are some dodgy facial expressions.
All Bond films have there dodgy moments.
I don't think Craig's facial expressions during that sequence were particularly notorious. His expressions during the SP plane chase are more unintentionally funny imo.
I thought about it yesterday and remembered that back in 1996, I used to watch GE daily. And he was very funny and witty. The tank scene was pure style.
He needed Campbell for his second film.
I STILL watch GE almost daily. I must admit though I do get what people mean when they talk about Brosnan's rigidness in that film. Still, he has lots of good moments and is well directed.
Yes, because Campbell was hard on him. Saying "You better be f@@king good,"
Brosnan was intimidated by Campbell, because he cracked the whip and the film had to be a success. And that may explain some rigidness.
Campbell took no prisoners and could be harsh on actors.
Craig would be out of place in GE as he would in TLD.
No doubts there. He gave 100 % and he was supported which I feel Dalton should have got too. EON finally smelled the coffee with CR and really dug deep.
It is when an actor does not care, that I get annoyed.
Eva Green is out of this world. Craig was fortunate to have an actress of her calibre. It elevated his performance. A Tanya Roberts would have detracted from him.
She is arguably one of the most fascinating Bond women.
One of the best ensembles in the series.
He had a great cast in QOS too. Olga Kurylenko was the right girl for the tone and suited his emotional state.
I think Forster is the most underrated Bond director. The Dalton of directors.
I almost can't see it as a Bond movie, it's common action and badly edited too. But not at the bottom of my list as at least not boring and I love Olga, such beautiful woman.
in what way?
Most of the time, the only criticisms people can come up with for QoS is the action (which is immediately disregarded by me, as it's ridiculous to complain about there being too much action when the genre of the series is also 'Action'), the editing (see above), or the title (ridiculous complaint, shouldn't have any bearing on a finished product.)
As movie itself ok, as said I can watch it and not at end of my list.
@BAIN123
QOS did not feel like Bond after watching GE-TLD-CR-LALD-DN-OHMSS the contrast was enormous and quite distracting. Drop in quality dramatically too, just does not compare to the other 6 we watched.
I do get what you mean. Even after CR I think the drop in quality is somewhat noticeable. CR may have had its flaws but it flows far better.
In end is all matter of taste. If you look at my ranking list it sure is unusual I realize.
1. FYEO
2. TSWLM
3. OP
4. OHMSS
5. GE
6. SP
7. LALD
8. GF
9. FRWL
10. MR
11. CR
12. TMWTGG
13. AVTAK
14. TLD
15. DN
16. TB
17. YOLT
18. DAF
19. TND
20. LTK
21. QOS
22. DAD
23. SF
24. TWINE
@acoppola, yes I acknowledge that Dalton did a great job with what he was served. We can't take that away from him. I may have problems with his delivery in instances, but I think he had screen presence (as I've said, the only actor I feel was short in this dept. was Brosnan - I noticed it right away in GE where his co-stars were chewing the scenery compared to him. Craig on the other hand held his own with the formidable Green & Co. in CR, which is no small feat) and could have been far more impressive with a different director.