Word: complexityã
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...least partially a façade. The problem is that nothing lies underneath. Perhaps James was meant to be fundamentally empty. Perhaps the same role would seem more nuanced if an older actor were in it. Or perhaps Sterle has just neglected to endow his performance with much needed complexity??although for an actor of such obvious skill, this seems unlikely. Whatever the reason, James does not bring as much to “Last Call” as Sara and Ellie, and at times he feels like a third wheel, albeit one that is necessary to keep...
...never in bed. She and M ask Bond what Vesper would think about his vendetta. “I don’t think the dead care about vengeance,” he says with false detachment. Vesper, though, would be jealous of Camille, a woman of unassuming complexity??one whose flaws and idiosyncrasies are taken for granted, not announced in a flashy Freudian face-off like the one that introduces Vesper. Camille too seeks revenge, and admits to Bond with wry satisfaction that she slept with the film’s villain, Dominic Greene (a wonderful Mathieu...
...weaver, was among the most memorable cast members. Instead of playing Bottom as simply half-man, half-ass, Pecci embraced the character so fully that he acted like a total ass. Consistently eliciting a laugh from the audience, even when he was not speaking, Pecci played Bottom with hilarious complexity??simultaneously vain, insecure, and ridiculous...
...complete with plenty of less-than-kosher sex) to his incestuous third marriage, which produced several children, including Adolf (known here as “Adi”). As the family—of which each member, with the notable exception of Adolf, is portrayed with remarkable clarity and complexity??works and grows, the strong-headed eldest son rebels, the motherly sister matures, and young Adi lives a relatively normal life only occasionally punctuated by hints of his menace. Oh, and they raise a lot of bees.How did this result in one of the most evil...
...throw eggs in a frying pan. But it takes a certain experience to know which tomatoes, from where, and how thick to cut them, and how much basil, and where do you get such incredible mozzarella, and what kind of olive oil. Too often, restaurants compensate for ignorance with complexity??trying to make up for a bad piece of chicken by piling the poor sucker with as many pretentious ingredients as can fit on the plate...