mojo1701
First Post
I usually find that if there's some chemistry and some plausability in motives of plot, then the movie works.
I recently watched "For Your Eyes Only," and almost no gadgets (save the face-recogniton computer), and there was very little to go on there. The girl said she wanted revenge, yet I didn't believe her.
"The Living Daylights" also was an attempt at more-realistic compared to, say, the Lewis Gilbert-directed movies, but I liked it, because Bond and Kara fell for each other.
Though, one thing I do agree with (and this is where my two examples fail) is that a series of movies relies on a good villain. "Star Trek II" had Khan, "Goldfinger" had Goldfinger, and "Moonraker" had Drax. Those two didn't. A man who modeled himself after various historical generals? This might've worked if he had wanted to destroy the world and not play with toys.
I recently watched "For Your Eyes Only," and almost no gadgets (save the face-recogniton computer), and there was very little to go on there. The girl said she wanted revenge, yet I didn't believe her.
"The Living Daylights" also was an attempt at more-realistic compared to, say, the Lewis Gilbert-directed movies, but I liked it, because Bond and Kara fell for each other.
Though, one thing I do agree with (and this is where my two examples fail) is that a series of movies relies on a good villain. "Star Trek II" had Khan, "Goldfinger" had Goldfinger, and "Moonraker" had Drax. Those two didn't. A man who modeled himself after various historical generals? This might've worked if he had wanted to destroy the world and not play with toys.
) now feel those are two of the better entries. So it's a real tough call for the producers to make. Personally, I liked the Brosnan performances (even if some of his movie entries weren't great). However, my personal favorite two were From Russia With Love (Connery's best entry for me), and OHMSS. Lazenby was a very good Bond, but sadly looked too soft physically to make a strong impression. Bond needs to be big time, over the top action at this point, with gadgets and all the acoutrements, but the best entries shine through, and thankfully, any new entry is likely to pick up fans because of the different equations used in each. I think that's a great thing. This one doesn't work, next one will, because enough people will like this one to keep the next coming. A double-edged sword, perhaps, but hey, that's life. 
Personally, Craig looks promising, I'd like a bit of a harder edge, and I'll be waiting for the final product to hit the screen before I make a final call.
