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-Moore's Bond was tougher than Brosnan's.
Even the very 80's NSNA is closer to a Daniel Craig movie than Moore's ones
Bond almost always had far fetched plots right back to the Fleming novels. That was the appeal.
Curious about this one. How would say that Dalton lacks warmth in his portrayal? I'd say he probably sells his romance with Kara more than any Bond-Bond girl except Bond and Vesper.
He has some good scenes in TLD (holding hands while watching the plane explode having escaped it) but I find at times he's quite awkward in his demeanour. The scene when he's smiling at her on the horse carriage for example.
It's more apparent in LTK to be honest. I get that it's meant to show a more ruthless character but there are times when Tim is meant to be happy and romantic and I just don't think he sells it. He can't seem to laugh or smile naturally in that film. Even looking at Desmond in the Q scene there's one shot when Dalts is scowling at Des for no real reason when Q says "nobody can use the gun but you". I think...sometimes...Dalton was guilty of trying too hard.
Craig (and Lazenby for that matter) seem more at ease in terms of their body language.
I'm intrigued to know what issue you have with him there?
BTW, I totally agree in LTK the scene between him and Pam feels extremely awkward and shockingly bad considering he is such a thespian.
The less he smiles the better.
There's a moment at 0.52 when you can sense him holding the smile.
Compared say to Laz smiling at Rigg in the car in OHMSS I don't think it's as effective.
I kind of agree. In fact I think he's great in the likes of Framed and Hot Fuzz where they work his OTT laugh and villainous smile into the plots.
Passions Way is a good example where I've seen him give an awkward, uncomfortable looking smile when he's meant to be romantic.
I generally prefer him in TLD. More charming and romantic. But I don't think he can really compare to Daniel Craig's ultra-confident performance or magnetic screen presence in CR. For me that's one of the top 5 Bond performances.
That's a fair point. GE gives him the best overall material and I suspect Martin Campbell knew how to rein Brozza in more.
He's more still in GE compared to his later films. In fact, in the audio commentary, Martin Campbell compliments both Brosnan and Judi Dench on their stillness and goes on to say that British actors don't wave their hands around like American actors do all the time. Funny seeing as this is what Brosnan does more in TWINE and DAD.
I think direction is actually more important than the quality of the material. A great actor like Daniel Craig can give a questionable performance if they are directed badly - as we saw in the prison scene in No Time to Die.
In the prison scene he's suddenly waving his hands about in an OTT way. I get that the intent was to show the poison was on his hands, but surely they could have done this another way. Maybe just show the close-up of him trying to shake Madeline's hand before he goes in the cell.
Also his angry facial expression when Blofeld starts gloating him is laughably unconvincing, and Bond suddenly loses it and tries to strangle Blofeld? Common Bond, you knew going in he would try and get under your skin.
I think it's both as I don't like the performances in the scenes I mentioned either.
CR had some ropey writing towards the end of the film but Craig and Eva Green's performances made up for it.
It's a case of how a director directs and/or guides the actors.
I still don't get it to be honest, I'm not seeing a bad performance here.
Yeah I think that's fair. I do think it's quite interesting to see how Roger's Bond changes under his three directors: there's definitely three different shades to his Bond across his films I'd say. The bastard; the suave charmer; and the more human lover.
I think it's more an oddly different performance than a bad one. It feels like Craig has become Benoit Blanc. While I love him in Knives Out, it does feel a bit out of character from the guy of the past four films.
I think whatever shortcomings Moore had, he was always “in the moment”, so his reactions were authentic and sincere and truthful to his depiction of James Bond.It was very natural…
I never got that with Brosnan. I always felt he was calculated. I’d bet in twenty takes of the same scene, Brosnan executed each in an identical fashion.
Roger was generally very good with the more low-key reactions and moments.
I like Brosnan but I get what you mean at times. A good example is the scene on the ship with M in DAD where his performance feels mannered and not particularly natural.
Tbh I did feel Dalton could be like that too sometimes, particularly early in LTK where you get the feeling he's thought about every facial expression prior to the camera rolling. I've never been keen on the scene where he finds Della dead for this reason. I've seen him in other films give very similar facial expressions.