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Oh it's timing was awful! And in the case of the makers it was a case of too much too soon with regards to this strange new Bond.
I can never understand why fans think this is faithful to Fleming. Yes His books were violent and sometimes sadistic but they always had that edge of fantasy about them which through his skill as a writer made plausible.
LTK to me is almost anti-Fleming in its duff revenge story with violence thrown in just for the sake of it.
I go back and forth with LTK. It has a top 5 Bond performance in it, but there are just so many head scratching scenes in it. That bar fight is out of another film altogether, as is Q popping up in the middle of this dark revenge flick. Then the Bond girls seem to turn on a dime. One minute they're sassy, then they're niave. One minute they hate Bond, the next they love him.
But my biggest problem with LTK is that Bond attempts to go undercover AFTER he has already given himself away to most of Sachez's outfit. What if Milton Crest or Dario just happened to be inside the casino with Samchez? All they would have to do is say "hey that guys a spy, I've seen him before" and Bond is dead.
It's in my top 5. But how can Bond withdraw all the cash to plant it on krest's boat and Sanchez isn't informed of the withdrawal?
Actually, I would have liked Bond to ingratiate himself with Sanchez more. For me he's too quick to start implying everyone around him is a traitor; if I had been Sanchez I would have been suspicious that he's so obvious with his insinuations. But you're right he had to act fast because he could have been given away at any time.
I know, and I got shouted down for saying this film turns Bond into a buffoon!!!!
It wasn't that he shouldn't be emotional seeing his best friends murdered wife, it's just the fact his acting was crap and unconvincing.
Bond may as well have been discovering his pet Hamster dead on the bed for all the emotional clout the scene mustered.
Yes, I felt that moment seemed a bit cheesy too. I like Hedison and his Felix as well but I'm not so sure he's all that great an actor. He is good though when he's cornered by the goons in his house. You can see the sudden surge of panic in his eyes.
Another not so good moment from Hedison is when he shouts "SANCHEZ" when he first sees him in the PTS.
In the audio commentary I think Hedison criticises his own performance during some of those early scenes.
There's a random shot (accompanied by dramatic music) when Felix and the two DEA agents are filmed in slow motion running towards Sanchez's plane. As I said it's...random.
In the 80's "overacting" was quite usual I think, so it doesn't really bother me.
Just watch Star Trek TNG and you'll think Dalton and Co are underacting (or whatever the opposite of overacting is) :))
But that has nothing to do with Brosnan's screen presence or acting skills.
It's a fact, EON stepped up in the casting department once Brosnan arrived.
GE to DAD all have very strong ensemble casts. Something EON continued with Craig luckily.
@Thunderfinger
that's some sense :))
This never happened to the other fellow.
It s been going on for a long time. We are losing.
ha ha, ok I omit DAD from that list. But you have to admit that Rosamund Pike was fabulous in it!
You are joking of course!?!
Famke Janssen?
Judi Dench?
Sean Bean???