Fine film but with lousy acting.
NSNA had a credible storyline and some good screen footage of all the exotic locations but in this writers opinion the actors from Max Von Sydow and Alec McGowan spoil it with their p-ss poor acting.
Truth be told I thought some actors like Sean Connery and the late Pat Roach did a good job in the film and Roach did look like an intimidating Bond baddie. But what this writer can't understand to this day is that they decided to use Rowan Atkinson as an MI6 agent!!! Atkinson's character is so dumb that he actually shouts "Mr Bond!" at the top of his voice whilst Bond is undercover. I think the producers were drunk when they picked Atkinson for this film.
Klaus Maria Brandauer who played Largo was OK in the film but lacked the toughness to play a member of SPECTRE, granted Largo in the film is a charming, silent killer but he can't be taken too seriously.
Max Von Sydow who played Blofeld on the other hand looked awful and in previous films Blofeld who was played by Anthony Dawson (From Russia With Love and Thunderball) Donald Pleseance (You Only Live Twice) and Charles Gray (Diamonds are Forever) were all intimidating and they rarely had people around them but this Blofeld in this film had loads of guests around him and was smiling and looked like he was enjoying life too much (in previous films like Thunderball the actor who played Blofeld did so in such a superb way that Dawson did scare the audience at the time with his deep voice (ok so it was dubbed but you get the point) and viewers never seen his face) Kim Bassinger who played Domino was a perfect choice for the film and this is one of the actors who the production crew got it right with.
One scene I enjoyed was when Bond came out of the airport and Felix Leiter who was played exceptionally well by BernieCasey threw an apple at Bond at he caught it at the last minute. One scene that always baffles me is when Bond is tied up and Largo as silly as he his even tells Bond where the atomic bomb is! Bond asks him where it is and Largo replies "Right under the president's feet in Washington D.C". I know Bond was tied up but still surely that's top secret?! In the famous word of Homer Simpson, DOH! Watch the film for the storyline but ignore the lame acting from some of the actors.
NSNA had a credible storyline and some good screen footage of all the exotic locations but in this writers opinion the actors from Max Von Sydow and Alec McGowan spoil it with their p-ss poor acting.
Truth be told I thought some actors like Sean Connery and the late Pat Roach did a good job in the film and Roach did look like an intimidating Bond baddie. But what this writer can't understand to this day is that they decided to use Rowan Atkinson as an MI6 agent!!! Atkinson's character is so dumb that he actually shouts "Mr Bond!" at the top of his voice whilst Bond is undercover. I think the producers were drunk when they picked Atkinson for this film.
Klaus Maria Brandauer who played Largo was OK in the film but lacked the toughness to play a member of SPECTRE, granted Largo in the film is a charming, silent killer but he can't be taken too seriously.
Max Von Sydow who played Blofeld on the other hand looked awful and in previous films Blofeld who was played by Anthony Dawson (From Russia With Love and Thunderball) Donald Pleseance (You Only Live Twice) and Charles Gray (Diamonds are Forever) were all intimidating and they rarely had people around them but this Blofeld in this film had loads of guests around him and was smiling and looked like he was enjoying life too much (in previous films like Thunderball the actor who played Blofeld did so in such a superb way that Dawson did scare the audience at the time with his deep voice (ok so it was dubbed but you get the point) and viewers never seen his face) Kim Bassinger who played Domino was a perfect choice for the film and this is one of the actors who the production crew got it right with.
One scene I enjoyed was when Bond came out of the airport and Felix Leiter who was played exceptionally well by BernieCasey threw an apple at Bond at he caught it at the last minute. One scene that always baffles me is when Bond is tied up and Largo as silly as he his even tells Bond where the atomic bomb is! Bond asks him where it is and Largo replies "Right under the president's feet in Washington D.C". I know Bond was tied up but still surely that's top secret?! In the famous word of Homer Simpson, DOH! Watch the film for the storyline but ignore the lame acting from some of the actors.