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I see my remark sailed cleanly over your head.
That is somewhat controversial. Personally I prefer the bloke who perfectly embodies Fleming's Bond in DN and FRWL than the guy with the dodgy syrup but each to his own.
I always thought he was at his peak in GF & TB.
:D
Sean in DN and FRWL is as Flemingesque as Dalton.
For me the only really faithful to Fleming performances by the lead actor are:
DN
FRWL
OHMSS
TLD
LTK
CR
QOS
SF
Although most of the films have their moments Sean from GF onwards started to veer into the movie Bond territory which Rog perfected and Brozza copied.
Glad we could reason it out. Excuse the snappy nature of my response, but I had the distinct feeling,that I was being attacked just for the sake of it.
Have a nice day!
I second that. I couldn't give a stuff about action sequences so long as the story and characters draw me in.
I would generally agree that the action sequences were staged quite well. They were certainly an improvement over QOS (though I do get the style of the kinetic, shaky cam, quick cut method that Bourne made famous). My only complaint about SF, is that nothing new was really brought to the table in the action department. We've already seen a train fight and a motorcycle chase, and the SF raid feels familiar. Bond films have traditionally pushed the limits: ski sequences in OHMSS, sky dive in MR, bungee jump in GE. I would have like to see some more original ideas. But overall, the action scenes made sense, were entertaining, and you could follow what was going on.
But I would also agree that action scenes should not take precedent in a Bond film - another fault of QOS. The best "action" scenes are the ones in close quarters; particularly the hand to hand fights: Red Grant vs. Bond, Peter Franks vs. Bond, Obanno vs. Bond. I forget, are those considered "action scenes"?
The Lord Dragonpol is very much in agreement with the Wizard. I also like your Flemingesque Bond film list, but why no Roger Moore entries? Does not TMWTGG or FYEO qualify?
1) from the moment Lazenby in his black (or midnight blue, who can tell?) dinner suit walks down the steps in the hotel to the card tables to the moment he wakes up and finds out that Tracy had checked out of the hotel; all of that is more "Bondian" than anything Connery did in YOLT, DAF and NSNA and I say this as a die hard Connery fanboy.
2) Lazenby's fight scene with Draco's underling in Tracy's hotel room (purely as a fight scene) is not only better than the Bond/Grant train fight but is the best fight scene in the ENTIRE series. Witt or whoever comes on board as second unit director for subsequent Bond movies, take note!
*ducks*
Well it's what I call The Universal Bond TM - The Bond of the Popular Consciousness of moviegoers of a certain age. It's wjhat people think about when you mention the name "James Bond", so on that grounds alone I agree with your sentiment, with the addition of YOLT and TSWLM as well.
You could make the case that MR certainly plays the most to Roger Moore's strengths. For that, it could be considered the best, most realized Roger Moore Bond film
I see where you're going with this but, personally, I think that TSWLM better encapsulates everything about the Moore era and is his best film. The only thing missing is a Barry score.
I was a fan for Adrian Paul for Bond number 6 (until Craig came in)
My choice of directors for Bond would give most people nightmares
I have seen his Highlander stuff and I don't want this man anywhere near Bond, @Risico007! :-)