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If QOS is a Swiss cheese, Elvis is the holes.
At least he's not JaJa Binks or whatever that thing was.
I agree though QoS could have wedged in a lethal henchman. Most of the film is just Craig beating the crap out of everyone until he gets to Greene ...which is still kinda baffling.
Here's a pretty solid interview on Elvis and why he is the way he is:
http://www.ign.com/articles/2008/05/16/elvis-rocks-bonds-world
To be fair you're right. The Jar Jar Binks of Bond would be Jinx.
Jar Jar Jinx if you will.
I don't really see the point of Elvis at all from Greene's POV. I guess that's why they invented all that back story about him being Greene's retarded cousin or something. After reading the script the actors had to come up with a reason why he would keep such a pointless moron around.
Lol ja ja jinx.... my phone even refuses to recognize jaja.. keeps trying to type haha
for all the wrong reasons
I thought the same thing. He's a lot of things but certainly not forgettable.
There is a Bond movie that features Elvis! Which franchise can say that about itself! :))
From Elvis With Love
GoldenElvis
The Elvis Who Loved Me
Live And Let Elvis
A View To An Elvis
...I'm sorry, it's a rainy Saturday and my mood has gotten a little Elvisy...
=))
you forgot ElvisRaker and Dr. Elvis, and of course Elvisball aka Thunderelvis.
But the most important and best is of course Elvispussy.
Oh, that's brilliant by the way. It makes totally sense! I should have thought of that :P
The scene is also similar to TB during the dance with Fiona.
Bond didn't use her as a shield in TSWLM (only in GF) - it's pretty clear that she moved in the way of the bullet. As for why she would've done that, it's probable that Sandor had threatened her into setting Bond up to be killed, but after the kiss, she might've felt guilty or that it was wrong and moved in the way? It's not exactly the best writing, but that's how I'd imagine it.
In TB, it's pretty clear that Connery moved Fiona in the path of the bullet. You can tell from his face that he sees the gun and he's alarmed and has to do anything he can to save himself, then it's clearly him jerking Fiona into the path of the bullet. Why the assassin didn't try to attack again, I'm not sure.
Your explanation actually does make a little more sense. But if it was good writing an explanation wouldn't have been needed. Although I thought whilst watching that Bond moved her in the way of the bullet and I would suppose that others might come to that assumption as well.
In that case the TB and GF examples are more alike to each other than to TSWLM.
He doesn't kill anyone. He doesn't do anything. He is shot down by Bond without fight or contest. There is little to differentiate him from Elvis in that regard.
1. It's one of the restrictions of film making as compared to writing. You don't get to explain the background behind every scene, which means more is left to the imagination. I tend to think that the woman was basically contrasting the ugly thuggishness of Sandor to the calm, gentlemanly confidence of Bond, and of course she'd choose Bond after the kiss.
2. Yeah, they are. It's a distinctly Connery way of handling those sorts of situations - I love how ruthless and non-PC he is in disposing of women trying to set him up. I also love the one-liners that come afterwards ("Shocking, positively shocking" and "She's just dead" are among the best in the series).
OK, my bad. But his attempt to kill Bond didn't last a minute.
The scene isn't clear at all, but I've always understood it that Felicca shouts "no!" which alerts Bond, who then uses her as a shield. However, it isn't clear on film whether he jerks her into his path or whether she moves herself.
That kind of makes his failings worse.
Yes, in TB, Bond definitely moved Fiona into the path of the bullet.