Chemistry between Bond actors & female lead
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Not with regard to the plot or the writing, but in terms of the acting. How believable is the romantic relationship? Do they flirt? Do they look happy to see each other or are they going through the motions?
Connery seems to be the best with the ladies. With Andress/Ryder, it was kind of a condescending relationship, but in the desolate villain lair, how they confided in each other was believable. Some misogyny in the script aside, Bianchi/Romonova portrayed a genuine attachment to Bond. Blackman/Galore had a different more-mutual kind of relationship with Bond but there was that lust factor. Auger/Duvale was believable enough. Hama/Aki played the part well, and Connery looked really sad when she died. St.John/Case was basically a dumb broad ; no chemistry. 5 out of 6 ain't bad!
With Lazenby, knowing how poorly he and Rigg/Tracy got along on set, it's a surprise that their relationship in the film wasn't a total disaster. But you could still see a lack of chemistry and excitement. No flirting. Not convincing that Bond would tie the knot with.
With much of the Moore era, while being a womanizer in real life, chemistry just wasn't there on screen. He was getting old, acted grandfatherly and started to lack energy. The female leads in his movies were dumb, stereotypical and half his age.
Dalton, wanting to tone down the promiscuity of the character, toned down the sexuality a few notches. In turn, the relationships between his women were more platonic.
Brosnan did his best on his end, but some of the actresses weren't on point. And all of Craig's were really good (except Severine). Craig and Vesper/Green's chemistry was exceptional.
Connery seems to be the best with the ladies. With Andress/Ryder, it was kind of a condescending relationship, but in the desolate villain lair, how they confided in each other was believable. Some misogyny in the script aside, Bianchi/Romonova portrayed a genuine attachment to Bond. Blackman/Galore had a different more-mutual kind of relationship with Bond but there was that lust factor. Auger/Duvale was believable enough. Hama/Aki played the part well, and Connery looked really sad when she died. St.John/Case was basically a dumb broad ; no chemistry. 5 out of 6 ain't bad!
With Lazenby, knowing how poorly he and Rigg/Tracy got along on set, it's a surprise that their relationship in the film wasn't a total disaster. But you could still see a lack of chemistry and excitement. No flirting. Not convincing that Bond would tie the knot with.
With much of the Moore era, while being a womanizer in real life, chemistry just wasn't there on screen. He was getting old, acted grandfatherly and started to lack energy. The female leads in his movies were dumb, stereotypical and half his age.
Dalton, wanting to tone down the promiscuity of the character, toned down the sexuality a few notches. In turn, the relationships between his women were more platonic.
Brosnan did his best on his end, but some of the actresses weren't on point. And all of Craig's were really good (except Severine). Craig and Vesper/Green's chemistry was exceptional.
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Connery with Andress, Bianchi, Blackman plus I also think St John as he had an affair with
Lazenby - he wasn't an actor and I think it worked against him with a seasoned actress. One thing you don't do is put on airs and graces with a women who has done Shakespeare.
Moore - heres where he get a free reign. If you are stupid enough to upset Moore then he wont do anything as Roberts and Jones found out - thirty years down the line. His main occupation was keeping the crew happy and it seemed to work with Chiles,Bouquet, Bach, Ekland, Seymour and especially Adams. So he did his best to make the whole thing enjoyable.
Dalton - you got the results with Tim - but by god you have to work for them. He was good with both his girls who give good performances. D'Abo was a very romantic role
Brosnan - with perhaps the exception of Electra I don't think his girls worked. They were also cliches of the worse kind, but Brosnan gave them nothing. They hardly sizzled. Watching TND, God does he like his leading lady? Wasnt impressed by any of his chemistry..
Craig - wow we have Eva Green. "What a coup she was. An actress who worked her way up from the stage like Craig. Also given the meatiest role in the Bond cannon. She is slighty untrustworthy. The ground shifts from under her. I like Camille. I like her journey fighting Medrano was set against Bonds fight in that film. And Severine sizzled in her small role. So top marks.
And for Dr. Goodhead, neither one of them is supposed to have romantic feelings for each other. Goodhead is Bond's equal in both abilities and personailty, and she just wants fun, unemotional sex as much as Bond does. For me, it's one of the best relationships in the series because Bond isn't taking advantage of her like he does with so many girls. Neither one of them is supposed to care about the other, but they both want sex and fun.
And for TLD, Bond doesn't flirt with Kara because he's supposed to be her boyfriend's friend. Kara falls for Bond just by being with him.
However, going from totally disinterested-looking to "For your eyes only...." at the end, doesn't feel natural at all. It's not believable that many of these women would sleep with Bond after showing zero interest in him throughout the film. But, the fact is that the film industry has tropes to fill.
The guy always gets the girl at the end. The girl must be a damsel in distress to save and the girl owes a guy sex if he saves her life.
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And Jill St John?
The worst part of the film is them at the end. Just like in FYEO, there was no need for them to have sex at the end of the film.
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Not really. It was company policy.
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Part of the debriefing.
" ..... there was no need for them to have sex at the end of the film."
Well from memory it's what I ended up doing !
I'd say of all the films. But then again, I'm probably in the minority of people who don't find Daniel Craig's Bond all that human. The least human Bond is Brosnan by far.
Over the death of Vesper, even his meeting with Vesper's Boyfriend at
the end of QOS, has a great sense of " controlled aggression " so for me
At least Craig has been able to show Bond's human/vulnerable side.
He's good at deaths. But that was the only time he shows any emotion towards Vesper. I didn't believe that they fell in love from the way he acted toward and around her when she was alive. I thought Lazenby played the love story much better.
I thought the scene in the restaurant where he notices Vespers brooch. She's beginning to fall for him then
Thought Both actors gave a great performance, of a couple falling in
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There's certainly plenty of chemistry between you two !