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• "Others just don't count, at all."... - mpathus 23:14:23 07/23/12 (0)
  In Reply to: RE: "Dr. No" was superb, too. I think the Craig Bond's are equal to Sean's, and I mean that as very high praise. posted by tinear on July 21, 2012 at 09:20:02

  Well... there was that ONE moment that Timothy Dalton had in "The Living Daylights" just after a fellow agent is bisected by a sliding glass door at carnival, when he goes berserk.

  He almost shoots some innocents holding Balloons, then has a brilliant psycho flip-flop moment with the moll he's befriended (d'Abo).

  You see the rage and absolute cold killer suspicion for just a second, then it's gone again - covered by the disarming and charming (although steely) professional. Smooth.

  A brilliant moment that captured something I hadn't seen as clearly in any other Bond preceding.

  Dalton had something, not Craig's "animal", but something.

  Agreed about Dr. No. Ursula Andress' Honey Ryder established the ultimate Bond pin-up image for all others to TRY to attain. I'm not so sure any did.
  

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• Craig is superior......rewatch Connery's wise cracking punster....... - mr grits 13:08:18 07/21/12 (2)
  In Reply to: RE: "Dr. No" was superb, too. I think the Craig Bond's are equal to Sean's, and I mean that as very high praise. posted by tinear on July 21, 2012 at 09:20:02

  character which reached its zenith in FRWL butt was dialed back, fortunately. I firmly believe that Craig is what Fleming really had in mind. A well cared for orphan with a hard on against the world.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

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  • RE: Craig is superior......"Hard on against the world"... - mpathus 23:34:41 07/23/12 (0)
    In Reply to: RE: Craig is superior......rewatch Connery's wise cracking punster....... posted by mr grits on July 21, 2012 at 13:08:18

    Very well put!
    
    FRWL's villain Red Grant was perfectly realized by Robert Shaw. The way he seethes in the shadows is tense film noir - a lurking threat undetected until it is almost too late. My favorite Bond villain.
    
    Man, I hope those days of great acting aren't gone.
    

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  • agreed...may Craig's tenure as 007 last for another 10 films - Jazz Inmate 09:39:21 07/22/12 (0)
    In Reply to: RE: Craig is superior......rewatch Connery's wise cracking punster....... posted by mr grits on July 21, 2012 at 13:08:18

    With luck he can remake all of Connery's Bond films.
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• RE: "Dr. No" was superb, too. I think the Craig Bond's are equal to Sean's, and I mean that as very high praise. - Eric B 09:30:57 07/21/12 (2)
  In Reply to: RE: "Dr. No" was superb, too. I think the Craig Bond's are equal to Sean's, and I mean that as very high praise. posted by tinear on July 21, 2012 at 09:20:02

  I don't know if they are equal, but are very close and alike. I agree, the others just didn't measure up.
  

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  • Making Bond a nice guy and the films semi-satires didn't work. nt - tinear 12:13:09 07/21/12 (1)
    In Reply to: RE: "Dr. No" was superb, too. I think the Craig Bond's are equal to Sean's, and I mean that as very high praise. posted by Eric B on July 21, 2012 at 09:30:57

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    • Agreed! nt - Eric B 15:43:35 07/22/12 (0)
      In Reply to: RE: Making Bond a nice guy and the films semi-satires didn't work. nt posted by tinear on July 21, 2012 at 12:13:09

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