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I think he was just having a bit of fun.
I've always thought DAD would have made a great Roger era movie, sandwiched between TSLWM and MR. Imagine the Ice Palace designed by Ken Adam and the Esprit on ice. Oh, and Rog in a hovercraft...
I started doing a poster, I'll hopefully find some time to finish it.
I know. I was just saying is all. :-)
Then for both count: Second- Always have escape plan.
Train scene in Skyfal who already look to much on Hovercraft scene of DAD.
Bond at hotel after he cleaned and shaved
Cuba
VR Scene with R/Q
Bond and Moneypenny Vr Scene.
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Have to agree that is pretty impressive! =D>
Finished it yet?
This. No way Craig could've pulled this movie off properly.
If Craig had been in DAD, it would have turned out worse. Cheesy puns and OTT action were par for the course in the Brosnan era, and DAD was the natural evolution in the direction the films were taking from 1995 on. A proper gunbarrel opening the film and the Bond theme used throughout.. no, DAD just isn't a Craig:Bond kind of film.
Moore was great at making the ridiculous believeable and the film does eventually turn into a Roger Moore film but could he sell the North Korea stuff and the anger afterwards? He's a much better actor than people give him credit for but I don't think so. He didn't like the violent and intense side of Bond. I certainly can't imagine him trying to shoot Miranda in the head point blank, that probably would have been vetoed for a start.
Dalton and Craig, both could have done brilliantly with the North Korea scenes and the aftermath but neither one of them could sell the horrible one liners and make you go along with it despite how ridiculous the film becomes.
Connery probably would have phoned it in as he always seemed to do when he felt the script was beneath him/overly gadget focused.
Lazenby was a very human, vulnerable Bond, probably the closest to Fleming's Bond. With that in mind I can't see him selling the OTT stuff and the Moore tribute act bits. He was never any good at one liners and without Peter Hunt, would he be a strong enough actor to do the North Korea scenes justice? Brilliant in OHMSS and should have done more films but can't see him working in this one.
Brosnan anchors DAD in a way no other Bond could imo. Beer gut aside he sells the North Korea scenes and any of the intense/anger driven scenes in the aftermath to perfection. He looks genuinely scared that he's about to die during the exchange. He really sells the angry vengeance driven side when he confronts Zao in the hospital. Of course the film isn't really gritty, but he manages to pull off the one liners and make you go along with the ridiculousness of it all too, and it's probably his most confident performance as Bond. He was always suave but he really seems to nail it here, it was all second nature to him by this point. DAD is one of, if not the most tonally jarring film of the series (e.g. a North Korean Colonel executing his own dad followed by a fight with a robo suit) but Brosnan somehow manages to give a performance that feels consistent despite that. I think part of the reason many fans don't see Brosnan as deserving better is because he isn't a bright spot in a sea of shit DAD in the way Dalton or Craig would be. The script doesn't seem to be doing him a disservice and it doesn't seem to be beneath him because he actually, by some miracle, pulls it off. He carries the whole film in a way no other Bond could, not only nailing every scene despite the constantly changing tone but also not letting that inconsistent tone affect his performance. The script has Bond angry and revenge driven one minute and cringily chatting up Jinx the next but Brosnan manages to make it feel natural rather than it seeming like two different characters.
I can't imagine another Bond in DAD because it wouldn't work. I once read a review that had an interesting theory: part of the reason the Brosnan era is seen as average to many is because he was too good a fit. The other actors all got scripts that played to their strengths. But Brosnan is probably the most rounded Bond of all (Connery would be a close second but he never had the emotional vulnerability of Brosnan, and Craig just isn't as good at the cocky playboy one liner side). Bond as a character never got that much of a look in because Brosnan would do a good job regardless. Call his Bond generic/unoriginal if you like (personally I think there's a lot to set him apart if you look a bit closer) but none of the others could have played the character the way he did. He always had to do a bit of everything and he did it brilliantly.
Then again, presented the same way with a new actor in the role would I criticize it for playing too hard and going too far to please the audience? Maybe not. At the time and considering the 80s and 90s, I'd probably mostly accept it in stride as the latest slightly new direction. That's what they did back then.