Could Stacey Sutton have had more stakes in the story?

I feel the only role she plays in helping Bond save the day, is that she doesn't want to sell her house and her land, after her father died, but I feel like there was a missed opportunity here. They could have wrote it so Zorin killed her father to try to get the land instead, which have been much better, rather than just have him die of natural causes, and the only thing at stake is her land instead.

Or am I wrong?

ironpony wrote:

Or am I wrong?

You are SO WRONG!



I think what makes Stacey so appealing to me is that she isn't motivated by revenge, like Tilly, Domino, Anya and Melina at the time. She's driven by her good character. Her land is meaningless when millions of lives are at stake, and she can help Bond in trying to prevent that. She doesn't need a death in the family to motivate her to do the right thing.

Well she doesn't need a death in the family but not wanting to sell her land is a weak motivation still I thought. You think that with Zorin's offer, she would have just taken the money, not knowing what he is up to. So it just seemed weak like she was way too proud of her house, rather than taking money and getting a better house.

Her not wanting to sell her estate isn't her motivation. It's the circumstance that forces her into Zorin's scheme but she's resisting his tactics.

Her motivation to greater involvement in the situation is stopping the deaths of millions.

But she didn't know the death of millions was going to happen until near the end of the movie though.  What's her motivation for getting involved and going all the way to France in the beginning and all that?  What's her motivation for getting a job at city hall to find out more about Zorin, since she has no idea that lives are at stake?

She's not "getting involved" by going to France. She's getting dragged into the situation. From what we know, Zorin is offering to buy her out. We otherwise don't know the arrangement, or how he lured her to France.

Yes, she gets a job because she's trying to hold onto her house. She's not going to just give it up. Would you? And she doesn't get a job to find out more about Zorin. She gets the job to make ends meet because Zorin has drained her funds.

Well asking me if I would sell a house Zorin is rich, so wouldn't he able to afford to buy me out for a lot more than the land is worth?  Or is Zorin not quite that rich?

But why would Stacey want to sell? Sentimental value can outweigh financial gain. Look to Ian Fleming's For Your Eyes Only, with the Havelocks unwilling to sell.

Actually, that just clicked. Did the filmmakers deliberately draw from Fleming's FYEO and Content for Stacey?

What were the Havelock's not willing to sell in For Your Eyes Only? I haven't read the novel, just saw the movie.

Yeah I guess it's sentimental value :).

Perhaps you should read the short story. Brand new material to nitpick.