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With the SP PTS, Bond could have thrown anything (he does actually have a stick) into the rotor blades of the chopper before it took off, they are finely balanced and the smallest of differences will render it unflyable..but, instead, he jumps onboard and fights the two guys mid air.
The bottom line is that, if we love a movie, we are prepared to offer forgiveness and if we dont like it, we will re watch and pick holes in the whole thing.
But surely one cannot compare CGI in sci-fi or fantasy movies when their use is relevant and extensive to their use in a spy thriller when they should be at best spare.
I'm sure I'm much more forgiving with the stuff I like, but nothing is perfect, and I'm open to discussing any of these movies in a positive or negative light.
I love that bit,Bond's face is pure anger,and the way Silva looks back to the house as the Aston blows up shows he knows what that car meant to Bond.
I also like the way the Bond music changes to an angry,darker tone...great scene.
I hope I look that at 70. Wish Dalton had had a better run. I blame Glen.
My answer to the thread. Is yes probably critically but no commercially.
I salute that response! Dalton being a fine actor, needed a change of director. But I can tell you his popularity is leaps and bounds better now than 20 years ago.
Even LTK did reasonable BO outside the US.
As with Trump now, I see America's failure to 'get' Dalton as a random bout of madness.
I remember a former work colleague telling me she signed a petition for him to get the role back in the 80s.
american failure? that would have been the case with H. Clinton. Trump made 1 millions into 4 billions, i think that's trustworthy don't you think? anyway no politics on non-politics thread please.
Brosnan made a few good movies before Goldeneye, he was popular. Dalton had so little of fanbase back then it was sad. Brosnan also has an infinitely better movie career than Dalton overall sorry!
There is a useful four letter word and this post is full of it. Your anti Brosnan bias is incredible. Whatever you are smoking, I want some. Maybe it will make Dalton better for me. =))
Oh and Brosnan>Dalton, does this displease you?
to answer again to the question, it probably would have killed the franchise with Dalton on GE.
After Bond I would definitely agree. Pre Bond much less so.
Brosnan played his cards brilliantly after being cast as Bond. His non Bond work has also generally been much better than his films for EON
Better with Dalton? Pah!
Having said that, I think Brosnan's insecurity helped the other actors to really shine, and made GE into the classic that it is (imho). Whenever I put that film on I have an absolute blast (I think it's the last great traditional Bond film), and I really watch it for everyone else except Bond, who is merely a supporting character in it.
The same, interestingly, applies to SF for me (Bond is merely a subsidiary character to the brilliance around him imho).
I think that applies more to Spectre
I think you should write this in the controversial thread. I think on the contrary that GE is one of the most Bond centrist movies. Almost single character seem define at least to a degree in relation to Bond, there is barely a scene when Bond is not in it, the villain is a former friend of Bond who was instrumental to his "creation", Zukovsky has a history with Bond... Brosnan merely had to wear the suit, he was "padded" in the role.
This is different from CR or QoS for example, where the Bond performance is essential to sell the narrative.
Bond himself is barely in it and is only really there to set up events surrounding Smythe.
Likewise FRWL (the book) does not even feature Bond until the half way mark or so.
Whether or not Bond was static is beside the point. You could say Bond is more an icon in GE than a character he's still at the core of it and borderline omnipresent. It was probably due to his long absence from cinema but I find GE to be one of the most Bond centrist Bond movies.