Monday, March 3, 2014

Femininity in Moore's Bond

After watching both of the Moore films and critiquing his Bond against that of Connery’s; I just cannot get over how attractive (even I saw it) Connery was and Moore’s character just did not do it for me. Not only did he look “old” but anyone could tell that his workout consisted of watching TV and eating the whole bag of chips and then working out. –And I’m not saying that every man should have a six pack “because that will make hot”, I am saying that a more in shaped Bond character displays a strong independent spy who can take care of himself. However the way Moore’s physical characteristics in addition to his acting skills he displays to viewers a “more sensitive” Bond. Unfortunately, with having different people playing the same character the notion of having a particular look of “Bond” it our heads after seeing Connery, when we switch to Moore he is not what we have connected to the “Bond in our head”. Moore’s Bond is in a way more feminine, and in Octopussy he is even surrounded by women. Moore’s traits within the film demonstrate feminine qualities displayed within TMWTGG by how he stops and thinks his actions through (like a woman would), unlike Connery’s Bond who may have ended up killed because he would have attempted to fight the guy in Fat’s dojo. Moore’s character also emphasizes femininity at the end when he comes down in a balloon a gathers Octopussy. This can be seen as feminine for his character seems to be used now to attract female viewers, the directors have to make the Bond character more feminine to relate to female viewers. Although when watching these films in class all of us women can address that Connery was a “more attractive Bond” that maybe Moore’s physical appearance was chosen for a marketing reason?

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