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Waiting for a drink of water, yes.
Looking back I see that I actually came up with the revised title for this thread. That's something I'd totally forgotten about. Still a very interesting subject though and maybe we'll have more to add to it once NTTD hits the screens.
It's quite a fascinating topic, come to think of it.
It is. I'm sure someone could write a good Bond paper about it if they put their mind to it. They could even include a bit about Bond's own childhood from what is revealed through the novels and the films.
You don't even really get much in the way of generational relationships in Bond films: Colonel Moon and General Moon or Zorin and Dr Mortner's pseudo father/son relationship are rare exceptions.
Are any of the main villains parents?
One of the biggest exceptions to the kid rule is in the titles of Skyfall of course, when we look directly into the eye of James Bond himself as a child! Then we see a photo of him in Spectre.
Bingo.
I also think it "temporises" Bond, reminding us that he is a mortal man and like us grows up and grows old.
A View to a Kill managed that perfectly well without children. ;)
It was difficult to hide by thus time, given Moore's age. They just ignored it. But I'll always say that it's in FYEO that he seems older: not only because he doesn't look as youthful as he used to be, but because he's depicted as an older man: we're reminded that he's a widower, he refuses Bibi's advances, his relationship with Melina is mostly the one of a mentor, etc.
Yes, that's all true about the Moore Bond in FYEO. If anything they tried to play down his advanced age in A View to A Kill rather than use it as a plot point or reference it in any way. Moore had also had his facelift before filming began in 1984 in an effort to look younger though that didn't really come off very well.
It's a bit sad if predictable really:Moore looked younger than his age for his first four Bond movies I'd say, he started looking his age around FYEO. They sort of alleviated this in OP by having him act younger than the previous outing (not as a mentor figure) and having a more mature Bond girl at his side.
I'd agree with that. Moore certainly looked at his peak in his first four Bond films considering he was 45 when he took over for role in 1972. After that he was showing signs of aging. Even his hairstyle changed to the combed back look in his three 1980s films. This was presumably to cover over a spot where his hair was thinning. He also had more of a jowl visible from FYEO onwards which I suppose was fair enough given his age.
I guess he was not meant to last that long as Bond. Wasn't Moore supposed to be a transitional Bond, for two or three films, to keep the series going?
Anyway that's very off topic.
Yes, well his initial contract was for three Bond films I think and then he just negotiated each subsequent film one at a time holding out to get the best monetary deal he could.
Yes, we'd better return now to the topic at hand.
Of course he was very handsome as Bond and he looked very well indeed for his age throughout his films. The point was just about how he had visibly aged more in his last three Bond films, which is understandable. There's no stopping time. It waits for no man, not even Roger Moore. :)