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I am. That's not going to happen, right?
Right?
This.
Exactly. The other jarring moment was Craig's acting when confronting Blofeld. This also seemed to step out of character.
Yep. The exaggerated sarcasm about Blofeld's birthday and then him quietly telling Blofeld to die before raging at and choking him out and then yelling at Tanner about knowing how to interrogate an asset. It was not only out of character but sloppily handled.
Yeah I thought so too. It felt very rushed and improvised, maybe they had to rewrite it and film it sooner than they planned because of Daniel's injury?
Didn't think of that, but you may be right, @Jordo007.
It makes sense in context because Bond is trying to behave like how would expect a normal father seeing their child threatened. No Bond actor was ever put in a situation like that, that’s why it’s a unique approach.
Once again, it’s all about context. This is Bond five years after leaving the service and having lost his stoicism that protected him in the past. If you don’t care for that take, fair enough. But it’s not coming out of nowhere.
Surely, if we're going down this route, what's stopping the producers from bringing back Judi Dench again as M in Bond 26?
That's interesting. I hadn't given that scene too much thought, but I will on my second viewing. I suppose the worst part of the movie for me was buying into the Dr. Swann/Bond's blossoming romance. If one wasn't particularly sold on it in SP, then I can't see anything in the PTS that would've changed one's opinion of it in NTTD. Again, I do need to see the movie again, but I thought Bond was extremely rash in not believing the love of his life, to then drive her to the train station without any formal discussion and to end their relationship with a cold farewell. I only bought the scene in the context of the PTS because I believed their relationship was built on shaky ground to begin with, so pushing her away wasn't too difficult to swallow. Without going into a detailed plot analysis, it's one of the reasons why the third or final act doesn't hold together for me like it does for many others—I just didn't buy his deep love and underlying motivations.
The context isn't the problem which I acknowledge. The issue is how these scenes were terribly executed.
She calls Bond a sexist, misogynist dinosaur and a relic of the Cold War in her very first scene opposite Brosnan. That's the opposite of muted.
That’s contradicting what you said, that you couldn’t imagine Dalton’s Bond faking submission
I’m talking about her tone and composure.
Perhaps I Should have been clearer. I said I can't imagine Dalton faux begging and the implication was within the same manner as Craig, repeatedly apologising. This isn't just something I can't ever see Dalton doing but the other Bond actors too. It was a sloppily handled characters comprising moment to set up a moment to cause a distraction. Terrible showing.
To you, @Jimjambond ….your opinions are not universal truths.
Because I clearly said they were, right? Get over yourself.
Thank you for the educated reply @Jimjambond … Lethal negativity is not healthy for one’s soul.
Save it. You could have avoided this had you bothered to actually read what I wrote instead of making a useless comment for the sake of trying to have something to say. "I can't see...", "I can't imagine..." clearly infers I'm speaking on behalf of the majority🙄
@Jimjambond, just from this short and unpleasant exchange, you seem to be a very negative and frustrated individual. Certainly a very aggressive keyboard warrior. Or you’re reenacting a scene from the Timothy Dalton film running through your brain….
Chill out my friend. It’s a movie. You didn’t like it, cool. But some really did like it. Accept those things you can’t change.