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I always took it as in the vein of The Stones' "Sympathy for the Devil", with Satan himself as puppetmaster yelling at Bond. Taunting him about the dangerous direction he's taken.
I don't think that is controversial at all. Not on these forums atleast.
I believe Brosnan's best performance is TWINE, and Moore's to be TMWTGG.
I agree, though I would also agree with @Octopussy that they were both very good in their most outlandish outings as well.
What a great scene, easily my favourite moment in TND.
Bond facing up to Yusef at the end of QOS, and how Bond manipulates the situation. That was pretty cool.
Ah, a very interesting thought.
That sense of cool, of a moment that's really allowed to breathe, of fantastic character development and casting . . . a real battle of wits in a quiet but very high-stakes moment. Given the (apparently) tortured writing process for the movie, one wonders how it managed to bubble to the top.
More like that, please!
TND did have its moments. Bond and Paris in his hotel room was quietly effective as was Carver recalling his early days in the newspaper business. The film had a few of these nice moments.
I really like Craig in this scene. Amazing intensity. It's an awesome moment and definitely a highlight of his tenure, IMO.
Bond and Paris in the hotelroom doesn't work for me at all, mainly because of Terri's terrible acting. I hate the scene because it could've been so cool. Instead we've got an uninterested lady reading autocue
I think it works in spite of her. Nice to see her take her clothes off, if nothing else.
They're real and they're spectacular!
And she wears fancy lingerie nicely. That said I never believed in the character of Paris Carver or her past relationship with Bond.
True, and honestly I don't think Brosnan is much better actually...
Pierce was never at his best in dramatic, emotional scenes. It always comes of as melodramatic and soap opery.
Indeed you could interpret that Bond is just manipulating Paris in order to get her into bed.
"Did I get to close for comfort?"
"Sure."
Really? I think Daniel has the screen presence on an English Steve McQueen. Indeed, in the past Daniel Craig has been tipped to play screen legend Steve McQueen by the late actor's widow. Barbara McQueen Brunsvold insists Craig is the only actor who can do the mammoth role justice in any biopic.
She said: "I think Daniel would be the best one to play Steve. He's kind of got that swagger, the good looks - if I wasn't married I'd date him."
I agree. Brosnan's actually cool for a change in an emotional scene. No wild movements. I've always thought he'd actually had a few vodka's before the scene to come off authentically.
Hate the line too though. Teri's acting is terrible but the line is typical P&W (don't even know if they wrote it, but ok ;-) ). Horrid.
I could see Craig play Steve definately. He's got the swagger and like McQueen can move from blue collar to white collar without any effort.
The writers should have kept the original rumoured concept of that character been Sylvia Trench. It wouldn't have improved Terri Hatcher's acting any but the emotional link would have been more authentic between her and Bond. It would have been a nice little Easter egg for the fan as well. Shame, Missed opportunity
Same goes for naming Miranda Frost in DAD Gala Brand. The easter egg would have been nice.
With Purvis, Wade, and Mankiewicz there is also the example of Christopher Wood who wrote likely the silliest mission Moonraker. But you wouldn't know it if you read his novelization. He was writing to the wishes of the producer(s) at the time. This is especially true for Bond films.
"The great powers flexing their military muscles like so many impudent beach boys."
I do think that Guy Hamilton wasn't the right director to make films based off those scripts. Take Richard Donner's Superman, which was written by Mankiewicz and it feels so grand yet contains all the snappy dialogue that you would expect from that writer. I think had Lewis Gilbert done the Mankiewicz films it would come close to that Donner Superman vibe where it feels both epic and witty. As much contributions Hamilton made that were great, I do think his direction tended to come off rather cheap particularly with the 70s films.
Goldfinger is a good film, with an excellent villain but that wasn't down to Hamilton. It still didn't have the visual flair of Terence Young, or Lewis Gilbert's films.
DAF and LALD are probably the two most pedestrian looking Bond films until TWINE.
TMWTGG looks great when Bond arrives at Scaramanga's island, but before that, nothing. Incredible when you factor in Hong Kong(which is barely shown apart from an establishing shot or two) and Thailand. Two very stunning, exotic places(believe me, I have been) woefully underused.