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That's also hampered by Moore - who I love, but let's face it - hand to hand combat was not his speciality! DAF does it but also relies on the same gimmick of FRWL for inspiration (and also has Bond clumsily breaking a window drawing attention to his intentions - which is very Un-Bondian).
I actually like the nutty one in YOLT - fighting with the couch. TLD has a couple of good ones involving Necros and GE's final is a belter. And of course Craig is a natural. But aside from OHMSS between GF and TLD the quality fist fights are fairly low on the ground.
Need I say more?
Nope. That was Young with regards to the style/ direction of the films and Fleming with regards to the story and character. TB was also more successful than GF. Fact.
Agreed Barry.
Nope, I love it. More than GF's too, which is only popular for Sean in the dinner jacket. You can actually tell what is going on in TB's PTS, but GF is very foggy and never goes anywhere.
Very much agreed. That Hamilton/Beatles comparison is quite hilarious. Young is the end all be all, and everyone else can battle for the rest of the spots behind him. To say Hamilton outranks him in the creation of what Bond is and continues to be is a major error. Without Young Hamilton wouldn't have had any canvas to paint on in the first place. Even still, nothing in the great GF aside from Sean in those suits can contend with the three monolithic films Young brought to the table and all the amazing moments in them.
It's one of my favourite PTS'.
I don't get the jet pack backlash. I could understand people being upset if it was some wacky gadget, but that was a real working jet pack that could operate in real life just as Bond uses it. I think it's clever, and it's explained why it's there in the first place if one pays attention.
On the topic of fights, the Bouvar battle alone, without even factoring in Bond's fight on the boat with Largo and all his men, beats anything in GF. The fight with Capungo is over in the blink of an eye, and the Oddjob fight is embarrassingly bad and tension-less, not making a weak finale any stronger. TB isn't the end all be all of action in the vintage Bond films, but let's not give that crown to GF either!
I agree on the back projection, but that stuff is in all those films and you just have to get used to it. Every single moment that uses it never needs it, from DN to OHMSS, but EON always wanted viewers to see the actor in the action, even though it's not at all worth the effort or at all convincing.
If I was to edit any of the 60s films, I'd probably just take out the projection and call it a day.
Young laid the groundwork and Hamilton took it to the next level with GF. He added the cinematic veneer that would come to define Bond. For me there's more argument for DN and FRWL over TB. For all the positives I think it's easily the weakest of the four.
It certainly was more successful, but that was due in large part to its predecessor kick starting a phenomenon.
Meh.....
Literally no comparison. The GF PTS is a billion times more bad ass than TB.
01. The Living Daylights
02. Casino Royale
03. Spectre
04. The Spy Who Loved Me
05. Goldfinger
06. Skyfall
07. GoldenEye
08. Moonraker
09. From Russia With Love
10. Tomorrow Never Dies
11. Octopussy
12. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
13. Licence To Kill
14. The Man With The Golden Gun
15. You Only Live Twice
16. Quantum Of Solace
17. The World Is Not Enough
18. Die Another Day
19. A View To A Kill
20. Thunderball
21. For Your Eyes Only
22. Diamonds Are Forever
23. Live And Let Die
One problem that I have with the TB pts is the inconsistant tone. In the one moment, Bond, identifies Bouvoir disguised as a widow which is rather a lighthearted scene, in the next moment, he is breaking Bouvoir's neck in a very brutal way. The scene is followed by the rather comedic jet pack scene (is there even a more obvious way to enter or leave the building?) and the extremely lighthearted water scene.
Care to elaborate?
What's inconsistent about it? The whole thing is cold from beginning to end and played as such. Bond is filled with anger at the beginning, because he didn't get to personally end the life of the man that killed his associates. Only when he sees a "woman" open their own car door does he suspect something is up and follows the scent. He then goes to Bouvar and brutally murders him, cracking his neck with an echo.
I don't see the issue?
Shame he didn't do that with Jack Wade or Blofeld in drag !!
I don't know what he was.....apart from a pain in the arse.
So true. When he turned up again in TND i almost walked out of the cinema.
[Bond rips Camille's hand from the door and snaps her neck; lets her fall]
Bond: "I know you're secretly a man, dammit! You killed two of my colleagues!"
[Bond reaches his hand towards Camille's face, and tries to tug her skin off]
"No mask? Impossible. Plastic surgery, maybe?"
[Random extra pops into frame]
Extra: "Bond, don't you realize this is the 21st century? In the modern wave of feminism women have taken extreme empowerment from opening their own car doors in an effort to erase the gender stereotype that dictates men such as yourself must do it for them. This gives the women freedom as a gender, as society trusts them to do things without a man. Also, you've just committed murder."
Bond: "Piss! I am the corrupted, vile representation of toxic masculinity, servant of the patriarchy and misogynistic pig that third wave feminism tells me I am on the internet. Wait until M hears about this..."
It's cool, to a point. It physically hurts me to watch his running, though.
The Goldfinger PTS is perfection.