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In which film were they at their best? [CONCLUSION]

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  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    @barryt007, I shall...with a tweeest.
  • barryt007barryt007
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    Haha no comment..i'm going at 5.50 matey.
  • CommanderRossCommanderRoss The bottom of a pitch lake in Eastern Trinidad, place called La Brea
    edited August 2011 Posts: 8,266
    Come on people, at least let this 'un stay ontopic....

    or onnatopic, if you prefer
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
    edited August 2011 Posts: 40,976
    Alright, alright. So far, we have two for OP and two for FYEO.

    @CommanderRoss, I like the play on words there. Just so hard to stay on topic when things like that keep happening. Might have to ventilate someone.
  • SJK91SJK91
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    Probably 'The Empire Strikes Back', he made a damn good Boba Fett ;-)

    But I'll have to give it to Octopussy, he followed Kamal to the airport (that was him, right?) and had a neat little gadget.
  • DoubleOhhSevenDoubleOhhSeven
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    For Your Eyes Only. It's the only film Bond seems to notice him. "How's the Arm?"
  • Samuel001Samuel001 Moderator
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    For Your Eyes Only
  • 007JamesBond007JamesBond
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    FYEO
  • Samuel001Samuel001 Moderator
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    Could anyone list Smithers' appearances in each of his films and what he does, please? I honestly can't remember what he did. Thanks.
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
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    He's in FYEO and OP, mostly being experimented on by Q. In OP, he's the one who opens the lethal door and in FYEO he has the killer gypsum around the arm.

    http://www.jamesbondmm.co.uk/images/gadgets/fyeo/gadget003.jpg
  • 00Beast00Beast
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    For Your Eyes Only
  • VirageVirage
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    TESB

    No OP
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
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    I vote FYEO.

    So, filtering the actual votes from all the obscene spamming ;;) , we get FYEO for Smithers!
    Bernard Lee as M: OHMSS
    Walter Gotell as General Anatol Alexis Gogol: OP
    Desmond Llewelyn as Q: LTK
    Geoffrey Keen as Sir Frederick Gray: MR
    Dame Judy Dench as M: CR
    Victor Tourjansky as 'man with bottle': MR
    Lois Maxwell as Miss Moneypenny: OHMSS
    Samantha Bond as Miss Moneypenny: GE
    Sean Connery as James Bond: TB
    Richard Kiel as Jaws: TSWLM
    David Hedison as Felix Leiter: LTK
    Roger Moore as James Bond: TSWLM
    Eunice Gayson as Sylvia Trench: DN
    Jeffrey Wright as Felix Leiter: QOS
    Robbie Coltrane as Valentin Dmitrovich Zukovsky: GE
    Clifton James as J.W. Pepper: LALD
    Joe Don Baker as Jack Wade: GE
    Jeremy Bulloch as Smithers: FYEO


    Entry #19: Pierce Brosnan as James Bond

  • DaltonCraig007DaltonCraig007 They say, "Evil prevails when good men fail to act." What they ought to say is, "Evil prevails."
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    DAD. He finally grew into the role. He wasn't bébé-lala like in TWINE, or totally outshined by everyone like in GE.
  • barryt007barryt007
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    TND for me,he looked good in it and had some big punch-ups : eg,Carvers Events evening,The Newspaper factory etc..
  • 007JamesBond007JamesBond
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    I agree with @barryt007. Seems to be a common theme, in my opinion, that the actors put in their best Bond performances in their 2nd movie (with the exception of GL of course).

    So TND it is.
  • LudsLuds MIA
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    Brosnan was always bad as Bond, but the lesser evil of his interpretation comes from the worst movie of them all, DAD. How ironinc!
  • MajorDSmytheMajorDSmythe "I tolerate this century, but I don't enjoy it."Moderator
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    The only time I could take him seriously as being able to win a fight: TND.
  • BAIN123BAIN123
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    For me its TND. Seemed a bit more secure with the role and looked his best (though I still really enjoy him in GE). The "me too" line with Kaulfman was spot on aswell.
  • Risico007Risico007
    edited August 2011 Posts: 9,847
    I wish I could do a mixture of the 4 bond films he was in as there are great scenes and moments in all of them but all have obvious flaws (half way through a murder investigation a nuclear sub just magically springs up...) but with a gun to my head I would have to say The World is Not Enough.
  • CommanderRossCommanderRoss The bottom of a pitch lake in Eastern Trinidad, place called La Brea
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    Well, in TND he's got the Paris Carver scene, drinking the vodka. Nice.
    In TWINE he's got...erm...not really any Bondian scenes at all, I'm afraid. Great.
    In Dad he's got the fencing, and the meeting with M, where he actually has some dignity. Perhaps his and the Pike's scenes are good too. Cool.
    In GE he's got...well, the meeting with Wade. Everything else seems a bit over-acted.
    So, oddly enough, I think I'll choose DAD.

    Which is nice.
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    GE
  • BAIN123BAIN123
    edited August 2011 Posts: 11,189
    I'd say a very Bondian scene in TWINE was the one at the casino. Always liked the "after you, I insist" line while jamming a gun in Mr Bullion's back. To me that seems very Bond-esque.

  • Samuel001Samuel001 Moderator
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    Die Another Day.
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
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    GE for me. I love how Brosnan pulls the door open on the boat. ;;)
  • GeorgeLazenbyGeorgeLazenby
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    DAD by far.
  • JinxJinx
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    TWINE
  • PrinceKamalKhanPrinceKamalKhan Monsoon Palace, Udaipur
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    Brosnan was always bad as Bond, but the lesser evil of his interpretation comes from the worst movie of them all, DAD. How ironinc!
    It is interesting to read of praise for DAD from you, Luds.

    Anyway, I vote for DAD. The older, more haggard approach was good for Brosnan. Plus, it was his least PC performance. There's also a superconfidence that a Bond actor gives to his 4th turn in the role(Connery in TB, Moore in MR) that Brosnan brings here.

  • LudsLuds MIA
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    Brosnan was always bad as Bond, but the lesser evil of his interpretation comes from the worst movie of them all, DAD. How ironinc!
    It is interesting to read of praise for DAD from you, Luds.
    I'm always the 1st one to praise when praise is due!
  • JBFan626JBFan626
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    DAD
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