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I've been grumbling about this for a long time. Just for once, I'd like the unpleasant character who throws spanners in the works for Bond and his chums to be doing it simply because he's a bit of a git.
Yep...agree with this comment.
Also, I very much like the dialogue in Hamilton's Bond films.
I'd rank them like this:
1. LALD
2. GF
3. TMWTGG
4. DAF
5. TSWLM
6. YOLT
7. MR
1 GOLDFINGER
2 THE SPY WHO LOVED ME
3 YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE
4 DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER
5 THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN
6 LIVE AND LET DIE
7 MOONRAKER
They are more mixed for me, obviously. At least we agree on MR.
Ranking the Hamilton/Gilbert films:
1 THE SPY WHO LOVED ME
2 GOLDFINGER
3 LIVE AND LET DIE
4 YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE
5 THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN
6 DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER
7 MOONRAKER......
Actually almost identical to @Birdleson ..
2. THE SPY WHO LOVED ME
3. LIVE AND LET DIE
4. YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE
5. MOONRAKER
6. THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN
7. DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER
2. LALD
3. GF (up to Kentucky it's top 5 material)
4. TMWTGG
5. DAF
6. YOLT (up to the wedding it's top 10 material)
7. MR (remove the silly gags at the end of every action sequence and it's top 10)
I love Hamilton's quirky style. I love Gilbert's massive scale. TSWLM is where they both meet beautifully imho.
She is the sexist Bond girl of all time. Totally agree. Good call.
"James don't go...I'm scared"
Wow so so true...
Exactly.
But the character was more interesting than Pam. Or at least had more potential.
Not for me ,but fair enough.
I won't have anyone insult Carey "Legs" Lowell around here.
http://cdn3-www.craveonline.com/assets/mandatory/legacy/2015/03/man_file_1057387_23careylowell.jpg
Of course Tim was the lucky one, and he knew it...
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/dc/ba/9a/dcba9ab98c7a46d64d498ed671e0e87a.jpg
I have my issues with Kara, but as I said, they can be explained by her not being ready for what she is facing, just as Tatiana isn't. We can't credibly take her to task for not knowing how to pilot an aircraft or fight defensively, as her entire life has been spent with a cello that uses skill sets entirely divorced from what she's faced with in the film. If she did know how to do that stuff, we would fault the script for randomly giving her those abilities just because the story needed her to do them, and that's even worse; that said, she doesn't do that bad a job at any of what she's asked.
For my money, Kara remains one of the more fully-formed Bond girls of the series, as we really get to know her in ways we usually don't others. She's never made a sex object or paraded around in a bikini, she's given passions that endear her to Bond (music), and her love of that music is a defining part of her character and overall personality. She comes off as a very real woman to me, someone I could actually run into and not a Venus-like goddess only attained in fantasy. That's also the appeal of Tatiana, and why I love her too.
She ranks pretty high for me, as far as Bond girls go, looking beyond just looks (though she has those too) and also examining their personality, actions and relevancy in the plot.
Film GE is usually Top 10 on most 'Best of Bond' lists, whereas the game version is typically noted as one of the greatest video games of all time, so that may not be very controversial.