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Skip two years to FYEO, where Bond goes back to basics and has more in line with Fleming's source material, you see Roger playing it more down-to-earth and human. It was really just the nature of the material he was given, which was often campy. But Roger always matched the requirements. To me, that's a good justification for why he's 2nd only to Connery as Bond. Nobody has really matched his diversity in the role. For instance, Pierce Brosnan had little to no variation across his four films even as they got increasingly OTT and campy. So there's some sort of disunity there and I believe it plays into our more negative reception towards his performance.
On the other side, MR has so many problems, especially the pointless globe trotting, the boring parts in Brazil, Jaws falling in love, gondola scene. The Bond girls is also relatively boring and has actually no real relevance to the plot. The film can be entertaining but I find it quite boring throughout 70% of its time.
It will always be somewhere between 18-20 in my ranking. I like the atmosphere, especially the score and the setting in the Third act. It is certainly a memorable and colourfull film but it also has one of the series weaker plots.
He just happens to look like me. But in his defense, I think he also looks enough like Felix (minus the blonde hair) as he is described in the book to have potentially made a good Leiter.
MR definitely has a lot of great moments as you note. I can't objectively rank the film high but I will say I have a blast with it from start to finish whenever I put it in the blu ray player. This is all about outlandish entertainment, blockbuster style. OTT Bond at its best. I don't even mind the pigeon or Jaw's love affair (Dolly is reasonably cute). My biggest peeve with the film is the way Bond gets out of nearly every jam with a fancy gadget. Just when things get tense, that tension is diffused with something from Q (even Drax makes a comment about it after the python encounter). If they'd just let the scenes play out a bit more and allow him to escape with his wits rather than via resorting to some contraption I would rank the film much higher.
That's why Grant killed him. One less share.
As did Zukovsky in TWINE and he took a bullet as well.
Indeed.
An exception. Rolls Royces are featured in GF and SP as the villain's car and that's enough to qualify them evil.
I believe the one in SP was a direct reference to the one in GF.
GF (henchman as well Goldfinger himself), OHMSS (henchman as well as Blofeld), FYEO (Loque), OP (Kamal and Orlov both), TND (Carver's men), SP (Lucia, but I'm assuming it's Marco's car).
Hip and Bond used one too (TMWTGG & SF rental from the airport respectively) but these were exceptions.
Then there is AVTAK. Although not the villain s car, bad things happen related to it.
.I actually like the bullet during the DAD gunbarrel. Didn't see it coming the first time. Just a one time thing.
.I like the gunbarrel being at the end of QOS. It really shows Bond coming full circle. This makes SF' ending gunbarrel even more infuriating for me lol. The walk is too fast but I love the pose and that Bond walks away. The design isn't anything special but it's not terrible.
Ok Mercedes Benz wins as villain's car.
Also agree on why the QOS gunbarrel placement makes sense (slow him down, though). I'm good with it.
Acknowledging that, I still think the 2008 film would have been even better received opening with the gunbarrel. It's just such a magic moment unique to Bond films and everyone was waiting for it.
I've never noticed the GE connection. And I thought I knew everything lol. As for QOS, I can definitely admit the dot opening on the lake shot would have been great.
Bond rents one in LTK too.
2000 Daimler Super V8 [X308]imcdb.org/vehicle_190935-Daimler-Super-V8-X308-2000.html
Wasn't aware of the Daimler-Jaguar association, which is still true here prior to the 2007 purchase of both by (India's) Tata Group.
Yes, that association was in place for many years. In the UK until 2007/2008 the top of the line fully equipped Jags were branded Daimler I believe, while in the US they were still branded Jags. It was just brand engineering (Daimlers were generally better equipped and had scalloped ridges on the grille). Ultimately when Ford sold Jag to Tata the rights for the Daimler product name reverted to the company 'Daimler' (the company that used to be known as Daimler-Benz and which owns Mercedes). Confusing stuff.
@peter Pain face acting takes its toll on the body. ;)
Whereas Dan's Pout face acting takes its toll on the soul. Have you seen some of the comments he's made in the press lately?