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I'm not a purist either, but the books are a great point of reference. Whichever crazy direction the franchise goes in next, the books are always the anchor when the going gets tough.
I also think that the final is really good. Never understood any of the complaints. This is the scene after the big climax. The villain's plan has been destroyed. Now it is only the encounter between Bond and the main villain. I really like how this scene is written. First of all, Bond has the upper hand since he has his gun. However, Whitaker outwit him since he is knowing the surroundings better and has the better equipment. Finally Bond succeeds, because he uses a simple gadget that is more usefull than latest high tech weapons. All in all a great final scene. I also like the conversation between Koskow and Pushkin.
I mean this is just a short final scene which can be compared to the final scene with Rosa Klebb in FRWL, the final plane scene in GF, the shootout with Stromberg in TSWLM, the Monsson Palace scene in OP or the subway scene in TWINE. And I find that the Whitaker scene in TLD is much more clever and more suspensefull than all these other scenes.
Bond wears a turban? That I would like to see.
Dalton really sells the danger aspect in the final scene with Whitaker. I feel there's a better chance of Dalton's Bond actually getting shot and killed by Whitaker than I do Craig with Silva's whole army of men. The Whitaker confrontation scene itself is fairly simple, and maybe that's why it works so well when compared to the SF shootout.
Always glad to see love for TLD. At the time of it's release I felt there was too much indifference to Dalton. I thought he was great and couldn't wait to see where he'd take the series next.
I'll always have a soft spot for DAYLIGHTS....and unlike many, I love the sequences in Afghanistan. Pure adventure and Dalton and Kara really seem like they're out in the middle of nowhere in that desert...especially when he makes the reference to New York. Little touches like that give TLD a realism and sense of adventure unseen since.
Dalton's stiff sounding quip of "he met his Waterloo" I could have done without though.
It s not by far the first or last time we see something similar on film. What the hell are they thinking?
I loved that line myself. :))
which made easier to relate to. Fleming portrays Bond as a hard drinking, smoking, eye for the ladies, trained killer, who doesn't really like his job, but just happens to be very good at it! Oh, and humour is not much in evidence either, for those who insist its vital to the make up of the part, I disagree! There's a wonderful throwaway moment in the opening scene of TLD. As Bond stands up, rifle ready, he turns to Saunders and says "Bring the chair", but he says it with a heavy sigh. Bond is about to kill someone, and you know by him that he is uncomfortable with what he is about to do!
Craig is the only one who rivals Dalton, imho, except for the smoking of course. But even Craig plays the Superman card, most notably in SF pts. Being shot (Twice!) and falling from a great height, and into a raging river... and survives! I think even Wile E. Coyote would have laughed at that one!
So I still believe Dalton is the best (With Craig closely second!)
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and of course
DALTON RULEZ™
You guys rock.
As much as I admire Dalton I think Craig's performances have more subtlety. I say that as someone who originally preferred Dalton.
Plus he had a very strong screen presence.
Beginning with DAF that part was no longer a fringe trait- it became increasingly ingrained IMO.
It sort of evaporated for Dalton's two, then returned to pepper most of Brosnan's movies.
I realize why QOS & SP are my favourite Craig movies; he's least physically invulnerable in those two...
But then Craig is Supes anyway in most of the action scenes. I never saw them as realistic. Especially not the ridiculous things he goes through in Skyfall. That even beyond Moore and is quite comical.
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Totally agree. And I really dislike Spectre and QoS for exactly that. Even in QoS Bond is like a killing mashine who does not seem to struggle to kill a dozen of men (eg. in the hotel). Like in Spectre I have the feeling that evil organisation which is supposed to be so clever and which is working so perfectly in the background is beaten by Bond way too easy while all governments are not able to do anything against these organisations. In my eyes, this is the point where Bond turns into superman.
Of course this is much worse in Sp compared to QoS.
It never felt right having DN as low as 14, 16 and 18. I corrected this greatest of all errors finally.
I only discovered DAF fully last year. Since then it has become one of my favourite to watch. Unthinkable that I had it at the bottom up to 2014.
I tend to love the no-nonsense, harder, more realistic films more nowadays, hence placings 8 to 12 are all of that kind.
The one film that really dropped down is DAD -6 (I can hear some of you laughing hard now). I guess I finally came to my senses... the biggest drops then are TND and QOS -3
Please accept my new ranking. I put much thought in it. I will review it again in one month and see if I will replace my "final" ranking for 2016.
1 SP
2 GE
3 TLD
4 OHMSS
5 CR
6 OP
7 GF
8 DN
9 FRWL
10 LTK
11 FYEO
12 QOS
13 TND
14 DAF
15 TSWLM
16 MR
17 TMWTGG
18 LALD
19 DAD
20 TB
21 YOLT
22 AVTAK
23 TWINE
24 SF
How would he have saved Severine? Didn't he only get one shot?
It's fascinating how one's mood and investment in the narrative can lead one to forgive something idiotic in one film, and not in another.
SF got away with a lot due to strength of the visuals and the character work, at least imho.