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I always thought Casino Royale was more in line with From Russia With Love in terms of its tone than The Living Daylights personally.
Sure, but then I'd say FRWL and TLD aren't a million miles from each other too.
Yes, because the unseen white cat-stroking Japanese fighting fish-loving evil mastermind, the Machiavellian chess grand master and the uber butch, knife-shoed KGB lesbian, together with their island full of flame-throwing assassins were all straight out of real life, weren't they? :))
Still, for me, and I think for others, the Afghanistan portion is weak compared to the rest of the film. I suppose they had to go to that region for the opium part of the story, and Bond escaping from a Russian airbase is a good idea, but in retrospect of course, it would have been better if Bond had been forced to go it alone without help from the proto-Taliban.
It might have fit in better with the strong intrigue of the first half in Bratislava and Austria if Bond (and Koskov) were skulking around the Afghan airbase in the shadows.
Honestly, yeah, FRWL is WAY overrated.
You are right.
I mentioned the Koskov defection sequence from TLD, for FRWL I would reference the scenes on the train. Both parts involved suspense and contained a palpable sense of danger lurking around the corner.
With CR, I think that tone does exist but it is overpowered by a couple of story points: Bond learning to be a 00 and the love story (which actually makes Bond want to quit being a 00). I'd prefer Bond not go through emotional journeys but still be a human being and not a superhero.
To quote Dalton: "After all, Bond's essential quality is that he's a man who lives on the edge. He could get killed at any moment, and that stress and danger factor is reflected in the way he lives, chain-smoking, drinking, fast cars and fast women."
It's funny because I feel like people forget Bond fully quit being a spy at the end of Casino Royale in 1953.
Anyways, welcome @Archangel007, your username and posts appear to be of the highest quality.
I always think of TLD's villains when I watch QOS. Similar strategy with two more minor villains rather than one over the top villain.
I don't even mind the milk bottle bombs in TLD. The fake Afghan sets (and indeed much of that section of the movie) date it somewhat though...
I agree with you both. That’s why I keep repeating myself for the future of James Bond: new writers and less artsy ideas from drama directors.
I kind of likes the gun-happy overmilitaristic American psycho. And I put Necros more on level with a henchman, and I actually thought his scenes were super effective.
Yeah… it exists in my mind as some sort of le carre-esque dark and serious spy thriller, and then I watch it and it loses a bit of that. A friend of mine and I went through a big Dalton phase so we have lots of in-jokes about these movies, so that makes it fun too.
They more than made up for it with Sanchez in LTK though.
To battle with Craig-zombie Bond.
I’d pay $$ to see it, 😂
He's spent decades hunting down Bond, only to get lit on fire yet again the second Bond lays eyes on him.
Davi’s open to talking about Bond on Twitter. Amongst other things, to be careful about. Maybe Sanchez should come back, in the next Bond reboot.
Yeah I've avoided his political comments for the longest time but the guy no doubt makes for one thrilling and menacing villain.
Weirdly I was watching Hudson Hawk a while ago(!) and James Coburn is in it as a uniform-wearing arms dealer baddie, and it made me think how much better TLD would have been if he had been Whittaker. It would have helped a lot if they'd had a proper movie star baddie, I think.
But then I also tend to think that Dalton wouldn't really have come out very well against him. Roger could compete charisma-wise with your Walkens, but I'm not sure about Tim.
I agree about James Coburn. He would have made a great Bond villain. The sad thing about him is that in the 80s, his health issues slowed down his work amount.
A moderator is still a member first and foremost. Said member can still have an opinion. As @Birdleson mentioned, his and mine are almost opposite opinions. And yet, when he voiced his, he didn't attempt to clash with other members, nor did he directly respond to another member's opinion. That is not a lapse in decorum, nor a mood killer for the forum. It's an honest opinion, written without ever seeking controversy.
He was the true architect of all Bond's pain. He sent Trevalyan after him, got Carver to put the British in a difficult situation, targeted M and had Graves try to get under his skin.
And he is Bond's brother.