Never Say Never Again

Never Say Never Again Nov 4, 2017 1:37:09 GMT

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Post by mikef6 on Nov 4, 2017 1:37:09 GMT

Nov 2, 2017 22:33:17 GMT Reynard said:

Klaus Maria Brandauer's portrayal of Maximillian Largo was the only really interesting thing in this hopelessly forgettable rehash of Thunderball, which wasn't even a good movie or even a good script to begin with. I liked it that Largo was far more human than most Bond villains, a fragile and tragic figure even. However Bond was too much a smug superhero, despite Connery now being much older. I'd rate it 5 or 6 out of 10, making it slightly better than Thunderball, but that's not saying much.

˄ This. Brandauer is one of the best Bond villains in or out of the canon.

I also don't think much of Thunderball. It has a very disjointed story. Bond gets a clue so he goes to a place and is attacked. After that he goes to another place and gets attacked. And on and on. Nothing comes together until the very end and the lead-up to the underwater battle. The silliest diversion is when he is attacked on the docks by a gang but is saved by Fiona. She takes him back to her place where they spend the night making the sign of the triple-fluted stegosaurus. The next morning she leaves with Bond in a small plane. Trapping him in his seat, she bails out so the plane will crash, killing him. (Non-spoiler: he escapes.) Question: why didn't she just let the gang on the dock kill him? Why didn't she kill him any time during the night like when he was asleep? Why waste a valuable airplane? There are no answers to these questions.