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I find Tim more suave in TLD than LTK. I thought George was reasonably suave, but far more rugged.
I think Bond should be a bit inhibited. He should definitely have the charm and charisma when it's called for, but I think his usual manner should be quite reserved. It adds to his coolness in my opinion.
Brosnan is way more subtle with his acting in GE in comparison with the films that followed. The character feels real here, like in the Alec reveal scene, or the chat with Zukovsky's office, and the interrogation scene in the prison. This may be extra controversial, but I also belief the relationship between him and Natalya. This is because they share real moments of levity that feel genuine, rather than the barbs that Craig and Vesper exchanged, which didn't feel natural in the slightest.
All 6 have it to an extent. Connery and Moore are the most suave easily.
I agree that Moore was the most suave. Naturally debonair, sophisticated and charming. Connery was best under Young's direction where he had a great blend of tough ruggedness mixed with smooth cool (it's in the way he moves and reacts as much as the way he behaves, most notably in FRWL and TB).
One of the things I don't get is that people can accept that 'Vanish'. Ok, let's see. Tiny camera's in: the wheel arches, the wheels, the windows'? The thing with projection is that it needs a flat surface to work, which the Aston has a-plenty of course. And even, even if we accept this utter impossibility, they put the bloody car in the snow!!!!! Like it doesn't leave any prints or anything! And that V12 engine happens to be the quetest V12 ever produced. It is stupid, stupid, stupid. If there's one thing they will never be able to produce, it's an inviseable car.
I'd say it serves both movie and character. Sometimes Brosnan felt too invincible and invulnerable as Bond, partially because he was so sure/smug. In his scenes with Sean Bean particularly it gave Trevelyan a necessary villainous edge.
Agreed. As far as suavity goes, Roger Moore is the best of them. It's the thing about his Bond I like the most! And the humour of course.
And the best eyebrow in film history !
At the risk of defending the invisible car concept, I do think it cops more criticism than the gene therapy plot, which seems less feasible, even today.
I would loooooooove that...but I would probably be the only DAD supporter ,Q !
Even over TLD ?
That brought a smile to my face Q,and then I nearly threw up.
It wasn't her.. ;)
Don't think, just let it happen... ;)
Time to leave !!
Indeed!
When I first saw both the PTS and the final duel in Scaramanga's funhouse I was pretty thrilled. Also the scene where Gibson is assassinated was tenser than anything in TSWLM in my book.
Arrg, I feel my blood starts to boil just with the thought of this utter stupidity!
Bang on the money. The mano a mano showdown of what we are told are the two greatest guns on the planet comes down to Bond dressing up as a tailors dummy and Scaramanga being too thick to notice he has grown all his fingers back and is wobbling all over the place like Sean's panavision gunbarrel.
And after that limp finale you've got the even feebler thrills of the Solex climax where we gasp in excitement at whether the cretinous Goodnight will kill Bond before he manages to....what exactly? Retrieve the MacGuffin? High stakes indeed.
TMWTGG is pretty terrible. Actually take Christopher Lee out and it might challenge DAD for worst of all. At least DAD throws the kitchen sink on the screen and is never boring (apparently the new benchmark for quality in a Bond film) whereas there are vast swathes of TMWGG that are mind numbingly tedious.