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Logan originally wrote a very different Blofeld who was an African warlord intended for Daniel Kaluuya (unless it was another actor). Logan had to leave due to showrunning duties for PENNY DREADFUL, so Purvis & Wade came in and Wilson had them write in the Brofeld stuff.
IMO, they already had a compelling conflict without the backstory. Bond had already thwarted SPECTRE's operations. So that alone should make Blofeld wanting to hurt Bond personally for making things difficult for his organization. He can still goad about how Bond lost Vesper because he forced her into that situation.
Correction, Brofeld was Mike Myers idea...
But I never saw it again, did not even buy the DVD. It was underwhelming, though it had moments - the PTS especially, Mr. White, the plane crash. Ok, that's about it.
The scene between the two of them in Altaussee is a gem, “two dead men, enjoying the evening”.
It could've had a reputation as a decent action movie, but it instead has the legacy of ruining the Craig era story.
do you have photos of the db10 taken by you? post them¡¡¡
by the way, yes, spectre is one of my favorite movies.
Sadly no; it was my cousin that was there. I might check his Facebook though now that you mention it…
Lol
I watched YOLT last night... they killed James Bond!!!
I love that film, which proves what rubbish all that malarky about Bond spoofs is. The truth is you can get away with just about anything if you play it dead straight, rather than camp.
But I find SPECTRE has grown on me, maybe because my expectations of it are lower now, but I find there is plenty of wholesome Bond-ish fun to be had, even if I find this Blofeld underwhelming, as I do Donald Pleasance YOLT version
Donald Pleasance makes a superb "Himmler" type evil bureaucratic villain, but, personally, I want Blofeld, as Bond's arch nemesis, to be a more charismatic "Hitler" type figure
Someone who can go from quiet menace to volcanic rage at the flick of a switch
Christoph Waltz was given the material with which to demonstrate that sort of personality in "Inglourious Basterds" but unfortunately he isn't given the same opportunities in "SPECTRE"
Yes, agree with you. It's like Waltz's Blofeld tries to take the psychological route to torture Bond's psyche but isn't anywhere close to what Javier Bardem's Silva did in SF. Thus the Waltz Blofeld turns out to be a huge disappointment when you consider his stature in Bond legend and the way he was brought in. You're set up to expect something epic and you get a cop show ending.
SP was so derivative and kept tripping over the remnants of SF, almost literally, in Dench and the MI6 building. SP needed to tell its own story and establish its own characters. It is a shame because the cast was good but underused. More Bellucci and Waltz (they could have been a villainous duo) and better use of Seydoux would have gone a long way.
I agree...
I doubt it was intentional.
Hmm, ... there have been dozens of major and especially minor villains in Craig's films. All male characters. Unfortunately quite many of them do not really stand out. A henchwoman could have been much more memorable in her role. I just wonder why they never used that concept. In the Brosnan films it was used a lot, also in the Connery films.
I imagine we'd get a livelier performance from Craig.
He couldn't be physical, he was on pain meds throughout most of the shoot (there are times in the film where he was looking bloated (fire these meds back every day and see how it screws with metabolism); I think if he was in good health the action sequences would have improved significantly, @Jordo007 , which may've improved the over all production, incrementally.
But they still had a very wonky script with a half-baked third act (a livelier performance and better action set pieces will only conceal so much...)
I think you're right mate. I imagine a lot was changed because of the injury
I didn't really keep up with Spectre's production, I knew Daniel got badly hurt, but I didn't realise how badly until he detailed it in Being James Bond. It made me see Spectre in a different light, credit Daniel and the team for powering through it
I know that some people like to blame Craig for whatever went wrong, but say what you want: the man was committed!
I like QOS a great deal, and a lot of that is because of the hard work & naked creativity that was employed to finish it by Craig & Forster (and the rest) under not-great conditions.
Interestingly, Irma Bunt was in the early drafts for SPECTRE, and Tilda Swinton was considered for the role of Blofeld.
I mainly just doubt your personal assertion that no female villains were featured due to “appropriateness”. Unless you have something to back that up.