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I think with Craig what'll happen next is what happened with Brosnan except on a smaller scale (don't think he'll get quite as many critics). First a bit of a retrospective backlash when the next actor takes over, then it gradually dies down to something more balanced.
I think that he's the most talented actor to play Bond but the "best since Connery" hype was there with Brosnan too. It'll pass. Already has a bit, I've seen a lot more criticism since Spectre came out and those wrist slashing comments did the rounds.
Haha, interesting point, @barryt007. Certainly the best since YOLT Connery as far as I'm concerned. ;)
I look forward to revisiting that one. I love DAF and Sean in it, but one thing that definitely takes away from it is the fact that he looks about ten years older than he really was at that point. From the 7 years between the handsome bastard in GF and the very pudgy, puffed and gray bloke in DAF it's hard not to wonder what happened. I guess the short answer would be an increase in food and steep decrease in exercise. ;)
And seriously, couldn't have the people at super big budget find a convenient toupee for his hairdo? DAF did better in that department than TB and YOLT did.
The best hairdo is the one from DN and FRWL. And that was his natural hair, I believe.
I remember seeing Red October at the pictures and being very impressed with how they'd done his barnet there.
DAF is alright, but by that point he really started to look like an old man so any quality of the hairpiece is diminished by everything else.
Actually, the scene with Brosnan in TND when Paris visits him and he's sitting drinking. That was pretty close to the man I see in the books, too.
@shamanimal, there's definitely certain snapshots from the films where the actors really look like Fleming's Bond, or give off that feeling.
Sean is a big one for me too, and I agree about FRWL and GF being instances where he gives off that feeling. My favorite picture of him as Bond is probably this one, from the set of GF:
https://verdoux.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/sean-connery.jpg
He really gave off that energy of Fleming's Bond, and also his exhaustion after a long fight. In other moments, like the ending of DN when he's bloodied and bruised, he really recalls Fleming's Bond in the book just hanging on to life, and the same could be said when he gets roughed up at the gypsy camp or on the train in FRWL. I don't think those early films get enough credit for showing Bond getting damaged, as all of them, from DN to YOLT, show Bond bleeding, sweating and bruised or dirty from the danger he's facing.
Roger doesn't usually give off a Fleming feeling to me, but he's probably strongest in that area in LALD because he's youthful and trim enough and I love the way he's decked out for the finale in all black with his revolver, a weapon Fleming's Bond often used as well. That aids him in giving off those echoes.
Dan doesn't have the narrow and svelte looks of Fleming's Bond in silhouette, but I think he's the perfect representation of the cruel face/mouth Fleming describes and he of course has the original's amazing eyes. Those assets for me also aid me in seeing Dan quite easily as playing the literary character, and like Sean he's able to give off the inner life of Bond with ease that makes him feel as human as the original of the books.
I liked his hair in both GF and TB as well. I think GF toupee gives him a more V shaped hairline, which I think is more realistic. He'd have that hairline again in DAF .
Actually, Sean's haircut is appropriate for Fleming's Bond in all his films. The comma hanging above his eyebrow in GF looks great. The top and front is a bit longer in both DN and FRWL, probably because he was starting to thin out.
One detail very true to Fleming's era was that Sean's nape was tapered in all the films except NSNA (squared).
Fleming's Bond would have had a tapered neck as most men did in the 50's, Fleming himself included. Squaring it off or blocking didn't become as common until the late 60's, and early '70's. LALD for instance was the only film in which Roger's was tapered (as seen when he's making M's coffee). By TSWLM most definitely blocked in a rounded shape and Bond wouldn't be seen again with a nice taper until the Craig era.
But Dan is the least Fleming Bond for me. I know he acts well and has that vibe, but Bond should have old-school good looks. Not modern football-star style ruggedness. I loved Skyfall, but the stubble and blonde crew cut put years on me.
That said, the Craig-era has given us the most solid run of Bond films since the sixties, (despite what people say on this board). So I can't complain.
I think Connery, in the sixties, would have had quite a presence about him if you'd have met him in the flesh.
I wish his younger self did 10 more films.
I would like to get one movie of each Bond actor outside their Bond catalogue.
Nothing that is dramatically different to Bond unless it's really considered one of the best.
I'd be very grateful for suggestions for Sean Connery as I have almost no knowledge about the man outside of Bond.
I know Marnie and love it.
THE HILL (1965)
THE ANDERSON TAPES (1971)
THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING (1975)
THE UNTOUCHABLES (1987)
INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE (1989)
THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER (1990)
THE ROCK (1996)
The Untouchables
Zardoz as insane as it gets lol
LOL!
Appalling film lol
Actually, Peter Cushing has a small part,which, IMO makes it worth watching at least once.