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I know, it's pushing the limits. Bond may be a womanizer, but he's generally chivalrous and respectful of women, even though apparently quite a few people have been saying otherwise for years. But I just find it intriguing to see him behaving like that in TMWTGG. Subtextually, it's as if Bond is trying to compete with Scaramanga's alpha-maleness. He believes he is quite literally under threat by him, so he becomes a bit of a bastard, more cruel and callous.
I also just appreciate the non-PC nature of the scene. While the character of Bond has admirable qualities, he isn't meant to be a role model in an absolute sense.
I can tolerate him being tough on Andrea. She is the mistress of the assassin sent to kill him, an important witness, by the looks of it a villainess. No time for Mod Edit (Just like I can tolerate how he acts with Tanya in FRLW when it appears she has betrayed him and is responsible for Kerim's death).
I have a bigger problem with how he treats Goodnight in that bedroom scene. It is a pointless, silly and uncomfortable scene. A little sickening. Was it supposed to be funny? If so, the humour is completely lost on me...
It is similar to Trump in the 2016 election.
I don't remember Fleming's character ever laying his hand to a woman like he does several times in the earlier films.
He didn't like Zorin gunning people down in the mine.
I'm a huge Bond fan and I might be in the minority in many of the general opinions,but this is in my opinioin a ridiculouous ranking, and in many ways also a controversial ranking :P I certainly can't beøieve at least 1/4 of his bottom half, and in my personal opinion (which might be wrong among others) many more of the movies in his bottom half are completely misplaced.
Yes, that's the scene he objected to. I agree with him but for another reason. I think just letting the car fall would have been more elegant and symbolic. More cold even.
However, of all of Moore's coldest kills nothing beats the scene in TSWLM where he throws the henchman of the roof and then casually jokes about it...
Also a good point. Moore's Bond wasn't all about the jokes. He could be cold-hearted if he needed to.
Bond was simply venting his anger at the needless killing of the Countess.
It makes you wish Moore had been given more scenes like this.
He was also great in the scene in OP where he confronts General Orloff on the train.
Spot on , and I love to see that underneath all that suaveness, MooreBond , has that streak.
I know folks mention the FYEO and OP scenes a lot, and they are of course great. However, I think Moore showed that ruthless edge far more than he is given credit for. It's pretty much there in most, if not all, of his films - notably in TMWTGG (a lot, although the dinner scene with Scaramanga is the best), TSWLM (Stromberg goes out painfully), LALD (Rosie is put under some pressure) and AVTAK (Zorin encounters it after Tibbet is killed).
Not forgetting the ruthless way takes out the shooter in the tree in MR .
And yet with touches like that, Zorin becomes quite a bit more repulsive than the usual Bond villain, especially since he is often all smiles in those cruel moments. And that in turn gives the film a greater sense of tension than usual, and a certain vitality. It's one of its strengths.
It's my favourite of his, as well – and I agree with this being his best performance.
Agree. Moore was good in scenes like this, and a few more like these wouldn't have hurt.
Good point about the Orloff confrontation scene. I really like that one.
I love the shock on the young Russian soldier's face as MooreBond puts a bullet dead straight into his head.
Same here, and it is symptomatic that FYEO was particularly popular in Norway.
Another Norwegian oddity is that Cec Linder has been the most popular Felix Leiter. I fall in with that peculiarity as well. He is just so damn sympathetic.
Agree! Great scene.
He seems much more relaxed in his portrayal post-Golden Gun and it allowed him to shift from the lighter moments to the more ruthless with ease. Conversely, I think the ‘harder edged’ instances in LALD and particularly TMWTGG, come off a little too Connery-lite. Post 74’ he really nails the tone of each film effortlessly imo.