The Moment: James Bond (Daniel Craig) and Madeleine Swann (Lea Seydoux) arrive at Franz Oberhauser aka Blofeld's (Christoph Waltz) Moroccan desert fortress, at which point Blofeld explains his motives for loathing Bond. When James was orphaned and taken in by his father, Franz felt that his father preferred James to himself, and so arranged his father's death as well as staging his own, adopting the Blofeld name and eventually creating the shady Spectre organisation. Why It's Stupid: Because Bond's most iconic adversary deserves a better motive than daddy issues. Considering how game and well-suited Waltz is for the part, it's ridiculously disappointing that he basically had the reasoning of a jealous child fighting for their dad's attention. It made Blofeld seem less menacing as a result, and will likely colour any future appearances he might have in his new iteration. The best thing the Bond filmmakers can do now is brush the backstory under the carpet and focus on the mano-y-mano aspect of their feud.
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