When Bond dosn't kill the villains
3rbrown
MI6 Top Secret - Scotland, GlaPosts: 100MI6 Agent
These only ones I can think of
From Russia With Love
Thunderball
For Your Eyes Only
Casino Royale
I am not including YOLT, OHMSS and DAF
From Russia With Love
Thunderball
For Your Eyes Only
Casino Royale
I am not including YOLT, OHMSS and DAF
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The Living Daylights (taken away by his old boss's men)
I mean the main villains wasn't Whitaker the main one and Bond crushed he with a stacue of Wellinton just before Koskov was arested.
The two characters share the villain role; I would argue that Koskov is the more significant of the two since he has a personal relationship with Bond.
IMHO Kamal qualifies as the main villain of OP for similar reasons to Koskov in TLD.
(1) They have a relationship of sorts. Bond bests him in the auction room, and later at backgammon. These are traditional Bond/villain opening round gambits, structurally similar to the cards and golf in GF. This creates a tension between the two men, with Kamal seeking to "even the score". (In TLD this situation is reversed somewhat, with Koskov getting one over on 007 through his bogus defection/rescue; a tension is created between the two, but here Bond is the one trying to even the score.)
None of this exists with Orlov, who meets Bond only briefly.
(2) There is a situation over a woman. It is made clear that Kamal has been lusting after Octopussy for years (he's not the only one, btw
Again, none of this with Orlov. (And in TLD, Bond actively steals Kara from Koskov. Not that Koskov particularly minds, of course, but there is a little triangle being played out.)
(3) Kamal's death occurs at the end of the film; there's no plot left after he's gone. Orlov's shooting occurs approx. two thirds of the way through, with plenty of plot left to be resolved.
All that I say is true.
I've been called quite a few things in my time, Kronsteen is definitely original. Checkmate, I believe.
Goldfinger killed himself by pulling the trigger during the fight!