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"Now I know what C stands for..."... But, to tell the truth: I can't stand anything about the Nine Eyes scenes (I like the idea, can't stand the actor playing C, nor the scenes); in fact, when I watch SP now, I FF these scenes entirely, and it makes for a better viewing in my opinion!
Fiennes is one of those actors where criticising him just feels wrong.
Cant argue with that....at all !!
I think I even prefer both her and Gemma Arterton to Eva Green.
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So much.
Given Fiennes took on the role of M on the promise he wouldnt be a baddie, only for Mendes to fuck him over and try to do that, would indicate he wasnt overly happy to be there.
I also was rather shocked by the "wish I were anywhere but here"-ness of Fiennes' performance, especially as he'd shown such promise in the role in SF. As Mallory mentioned, perhaps he wasn't thrilled by having to fight to save the honor and dignity of his character. That could not have been the best foot to start the project off on. I will say though, I think his "A license to kill is also a license not to kill" scene was the one part where I felt like he really came alive.
I'm hoping he sticks around and shows us more of his former promise, because I really think he has potential to be a truly great and long lasting M.
Yes, he seemed suitably pissed off to me for his circumstances. I also think he stood down Bond in a way that would've made Lee's M proud.
Ditto. Brown's M is one of my most despised Bond characters, actually.
Every time I watch TLD and LTK I just have to tell myself they wrote him to be a poor successor to Lee's M, as nothing else really makes sense to me. I just hate how he pushes the contract to kill Pushkin onto Bond even when Bond constantly tells him something is fishy about the whole idea, or his utter disregard for Bond's mental state following Della's murder/possible rape and Felix's critical condition.
Lee's M would've heard Bond out on the Pushkin issue to avoid walking MI6 and Britain right into Koskov's obvious trap, and he certainly wouldn't have treated Sanchez's actions against the Leiters in such a cruel and callous manner.
I thought Hinx was a riot. After three films of fighting pencils, Bond had to face off with the human equivalent of a brick house.
Lee
Brown
Dench (knocked a few off for TWINE)
Fiennes
Even though the Bernard Lee M often did agree and listen to Bond, he also has some character inconsistencies during his tenure, like forcing 007 off the Operation Bedlam in OHMSS with a "no its, no buts" attitude, even going as far to shut him up with a "That's it!" Another time he was completely in a hating manner to his agent was in Golden Gun, most of the times wishing Bond gets a bullet and that he wouldn't be surprised if he ends up dead by the hands of a jealous husband to a woman he bedded.
The analysis of it is that prior to the Craig era, they didn't put too much care into character development and consistencies, only concentrating on the adventure itself rather than the story details.
I think they kept Lee's M quite consistent in the 60s, really. From DN to OHMSS, basically the films that matter most for his tenure as the character for me, he was a very Churchill-like leader that was responsive to Bond's thoughts on missions, but was also stern when he was given lip. But he was never a fool or a cruel bastard, and that's where Brown's M fails for me. He never feels like he should be the leader of anything, much less a group of trained killers with international missions that could change the course of geopolitics at any given moment. By far the most inept and out of his depth M for me, and the one I've never had respect for. Maybe that's why Bond is so eager to be given the boot from the job in TLD...
Maybe not the best but I agree she's among the best looking ones.
New controversial opinion: while I'm against remaking old Bond movies I'd be ok for an OHMSS remake if and only if Cate Blanchett plays Tracy.