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Some of the decisions made in this respect never cease to amaze me.
The Bob Peak poster is way cooler of course, but the teaser poster isn't that bad really.
There was a story at the time that they were actually trying to hide the fact that this was a James Bond movie, hence the reason why in the posters used, Bond is either not wearing a tie or not wearing a tux at all!
Cant think of any other reason, though in late 80's and 90's there was a move away from classy illustrated movie posters to awful close up photos of the main actors!
I don't have a formal ranking. I guess we all do to a degree but it's always going to vary. Recently, there was the fan poll that ranked GE as the best of the series, which I couldn't believe. Then there are others who think it is, so...
Recently, I've stopped trying to do rankings in a particular "one followed by the other" order. My Bond is broken up into three segments: the top tier (of what I would consider essential Bond), the middle tier (of the ones that I find entertaining but not classic), and then the bottom tier (whatever is left over). It keeps things simple for me rather than moving films up and down over another particular film again, which can suck the fun out of it a bit sometimes.
I know there's loads of people out there who love doing rankings, though. Not knocking them in the slightest.
I don't want to spam every thread with it as I've already posted it in two(!) but a couple of weeks ago I did work up a version of a poster which the great poster artist Steven Chorney did a B/W comp of (I'm unsure whether it dates from the release of the film or not) and which I always rather liked; I think it came out quite well and it does seem relevant! :)
There are many out there (a couple in the style of the TLD lady's legs in the foreground poster, one with Tim having a fight on a speedboat etc.) but there were a few in an MI6 magazine which I've seen thumbnail spreads of but I've never seen anywhere else- I'd love to see bigger ones of those if anyone has them..?
I think there must have been quite a few.
I saw you posted it in the fan poster thread, it looks great. It’s very Struzan-esque and had it been used as the theatrical poster it might have helped syphon off some of the Last Crusade crowd.
The red and black one is easily my favorite, but the others are very cool as well and could have been fitting with maybe a bit more polish.
I like the one with the two women by his shoulders. Too many posters recently are just of Bond himself and the Main Woman. Hopefully, they’ll expand their characters on the posters soon!
Looked at quickly, the upper right looks like it's anticipating Goldeneye.
Lower left, Bond appears to be holding a sign and going on strike.
Ha, pretty good observations.
I think both actresses are perfect examples of Eon's casting policies and choices of the time. While we don't need the Oscar/award-winning caliber performers all the time, these two go the opposite direction of the little-knowns getting the big shot and not making an impression.
For me, Soto simply gives the all-time worst performance of a main Bond woman, just expressionless and bland line readings. Particularly, "I love James so much." Hard to take her serious as the woman who ultimately led to Sanchez's destruction.
Lowell isn't good, but a lot that is the script that letting her character down, especially the jealousy bit. At least though she's not burdened with the female Bond agent role. She's tough and independent without that. But ultimately forgettable among the best Bond women.
I agree that the film could've done without her character, not unlike how SF worked just fine without a standard love interest/sidekick character for Bond.
Lupe is an intentionally shallow and lightweight character--the film even has Pam mock her delivery of "I love James so much." Of course Lupe doesn't. That said, she's not a bimbo; she's a sympathetic character because of what she suffers under Sanchez, but the film doesn't pretend she's a tragic or deep character either--she's more than happy to hook up with the President at the end. Ultimately she's there for Bond to use, but not abuse.
Well put 👍
I am also in the Pam fan fam ;)
Agreed, @Revelator makes good comments here. Isn't Lupe's "I love James...' comment supposed to be nonsense? That's the kind of manipulation she uses around men (it has helped her survive), and Pam can see through it all.
I think both of them are excellent characters and performances. But each to their own.
That's pretty much how I feel about LTK (and about Pam and Lupe).
I think she's excellent anyway; strong without being irritating like Jinx, and Lowell plays her really well. I prefer her to Kara as she's more of an interesting character. She's perhaps actually a bit too strong for Dalton's relatively meek portrayal of Bond, who shrinks away a bit in contrast to her. Kara works well for him because she's so weak she makes him look more masculine.
An odd thought: Lazenby's more swaggery and brash Bond would probably suit being partnered with Pam better.
I have to think people are conflating the performances with unloved aspects of the characters as written. An actual bad performance would involve unnatural, overwooden line readings or inappropriate or overdone facial expressions. Barbara Bach, who sounds like she's from the moon in most of her scenes, is an easy example. Or Maryam D'Abo (who I like) sometimes overplayed Kara's naivety and came off sounding slightly stupid at times. I really can't think of any scenes that Carey or Talisa screwed up....
Kara is one of the very best Bond girls on paper, but D'Abo is pretty awful and her performance doesn't bring out any of her potentially interesting qualities beyond her naivety and turns one of the better characters into one of the worst.
Lowell leaves her for dust, both as a character and in terms of chemistry with Dalton.