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Genius!
Some great exchanges from TB are below. Some of my absolute favourites. Heck, if I hadn't just watched it a few weeks ago, I'd put it on right now they're so darn good.
"Most girls just paddle around, you swim like a man.- So do you.- Well, I've had quite a bit of practice”
“Have some of my conch chowder.-You read the wrong books, Mr Bond.-About conch chowder?-Being an aphrodisiac.-It just so happens that I like conch chowder.”
“What sharp little eyes you have.-Wait till you get to my teeth”
IMO both YOLT & DAF have their crazy/ridiculous moments, but YOLT has that lingering vibe from the earlier excellent Bonds whilst DAF has the fragrance of a rat's handkerchief. ;)
B-)
outstanding score??? you're kidding right? There are a few tracks that i like, but few if any that were original for that film. The music during the action scenes at the end and in the middle is atrociously anti-climatic and, amoung other things, makes them
unwatchable. DAF has some good ideas that are wasted in a pretty bad film, although the first act is good. YOLT on the other hand is an amazing film, one of my favorites of all time.
@chrisisall Agree to disagree I suppose but I see a difference between those lines and several from the Brozzer era. There's a fine line that the 60's films stay on the right side of.
@Ottofuse8 While I don't think it is Barry's best score I don't think anyone on this forum is kidding when they say it's an outstanding score.
i dont mind the choice of Vegas - because you have to kind of look at it from the context of the time period.. today, shooting something like a Bond movie in Vegas would seem tacky - simply because it's VEGAS.... but back in the day, it was something new and exotic - there was nothing else like it in the world... it would be like a Bond film going to Dubai by today's standards... but now, Vegas is so overexposed and commercialized that it's become played out..
i think the US always getting a bad wrap for locations in a Bond film is all just dependent on where you film at... who wants to see New York, Miami or Los Angeles for the 5,000th time on film - i'll agree there... but there are some gorgeous "off the beaten path" locations that could be used in the right context - like Niagara Falls or Pike's Peak.
I think the score is outstanding. I've never said it's Barry's best but I think it's better than most of the action junk that's come since (including most of Arnold's scores save maybe one) and have had it in my car for over 6 months on rotation. DAF's score feels sharp, like a cut diamond (which is likely what Barry wanted - somewhat analogous to the dreamy/drowning feeling he evoked in TB), which is why I hold it in high regard, including the raised sax used to sarcastically reflect Wint & Kid's orientation. I also think the way the Bond theme is incorporated into the scene with the hovercraft in the Netherlands after Bond leaves MP is brilliant (there is a feeling of a hovercraft in the way it's delivered by Barry). Also absolutely love the organs used during the Slumber cremation scene to reflect an impending horrific death (used to such great effect even today by Zimmer in the Interstellar score). The music used during Bond's climb up Whyte's building is also suitably spy-like. No I definitely stand by my view that this score is outstanding but then Barry has several outstanding scores IMO. I don't dislike any of his work.
YOLT does not hold up for me on repeated viewing and seems extremely dated now (more so than the more pared down DN, FRWL & TB). I like the score very much but am not a fan of the slower Japanese sounding bits.
Agreed @ThighsOfXenia. I've always liked the lines in TB, but my recent rewatch of DAF surprised me, because I realized only now how good the lines are, and they are delivered effortlessly by a cool as a cucumber (but severely out of shape & greying) Connery.
I agree @haserot, I don't mean to give the US a bad rap as far as locations go. I did think it looked tacky in DAF though (by Bond's exceptionally high standards) but I liked the house where Bambi & Thumper were situated as an example (suitably Adamesque and yet very west coast with amazing views). I go back to North by Northwest, that used some amazing US locations, particularly in the finale at Mount Rushmore (although it probably was a set). Some inventiveness is required when filming in the US otherwise it just ends up like any other movie (since so many movies are filmed there).