FRWL. The train fight in TSWLM is great, but I still can’t understand why they were even in a train. Bond and Anya we’re traveling from Cairo to Sardinia. It’s not even possible to do.
More likely over-used plot device to appear in Bond 25 to attempt to “shock” the audience:
A double agent inside MI6 gasp I never saw that coming eye roll
OR
Bond disobeys M and goes rogue…again
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Tracy’s death is more dramatically effective, but Vesper’s death is better crafted.
Worst 2nd novel…
Fleming: LALD
Wood: JBAMR
Gardner: For Special Services
Benson: The Facts of Death
Higson: Blood Fever
Horowitz: Forever and a Day
FWIW, I rate the 2nd novels in the following order (best to worst): Fleming, Wood, Higson, Horowitz, Benson, and Gardner. Tho’ Benson’s is poorly written and silly, Gardner’s is stunningly bad at times despite an excellent start and finish. Wood-Higson-Horowitz are in close proximity.
Blofeld recruits a replacement for Denbigh from inside prison who goes after Bond for revenge. However, there is a 3rd party - another criminal organisation is creating havoc all over the USA. Bond draws both opponents into a game of cat and mouse…and mouse
or
Bond is called out of retirement with Madeline Swan to deal with a Russian terrorist who has ticking timebombs in Poland, India and Australia. 007 must work out the order each will go off, in order to save each country from disaster
Both are fine villains, but, for the sake of a “scheme” that seems out of place, Scaramanga (yes, I’m aware that’s the story rather than the performance)
Wow Moore in Casino Royale has just blown my mind, imagine the double entendres!
But it has to be Craig in FYEO ( I can actually picture him in every scene, can’t the other way round… Moore in DAF though , that I can see )
Ok
Keaton and Dalton. Simply out of curiosity to see what he’d bring to it. Whereas Bale, though well suited, would hardly needed to alter his usual screen persona.
You can only save one collection from a fire: The Bond books, or the Bond Blu-rays?
Still books. I have the 2006 collection with author introductions, my Casino Royale went missing and it took me months to get a replacement copy. God only knows how hard itd be to replace all 14.