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Remarkable how much we agree on, when we're not disagreeing! ;)
Agreed - it's more of an '80s love song, albeit a rather good one.
No. Stop assuming what "everyone" thinks.
I, for one, enjoy it very much and it makes my top ten.
Moore was excellent in it (although I've always thought he was super as Bond anyway, and deserves a lot more credit than what he gets - note my avatar - lol).
The opening scene with the little plane sets the right tone for the movie. He played that part brilliantly and was super smooth throughout up to the 'fill er up please' line. The aforementioned nuke part was great too and there was some real tension there. Loved the classic auction scene as well.
I too found the India scenes his weakest and he did appear older and sweatier in these scenes.
More than anything, I think the John Barry score for this movie is an underrated gem. He brings in some elements from the much lambasted MWTGG score but also updates his traditional style. "The Chase Bomb Theme", "Yo Yo Fight & Death Of Vijay", & "Bond Look-a-like" are all great but my favourite is "Bond at the Monsoon Palace". Chilling and suspenseful......if only David Arnold could have provided even a sliver of this quality during his tenure I would have been happy.
Also OP has one of my favorite Moore images in the title sequence with the arms wrapping around him.
Well put it this way, if I heard it for the first time on the radio I probably wouldn't associate it with the James Bond series.
Indeed not. Well said, @Birdleson.
And the Tarzan sequence is just inexcusable (although I actually enjoy the rest of hunt sequence).
And finally, the part where Octopussy's 'highly trained' gang of girls attack the palace at the end is pretty embarassing.
But apart from those (and which Bond film doesn't have one or two duff moments), I think it's excellent.
Rewatching it recently I actually thought Rog and Maud Adams were great together as well. She looks about the right age for him and there seems to be a genuine attraction. I can't stand it when they team Bond up with some 23 year old eye candy, who looks like his daughter and everyone has a faint look of disgust on their faces. I'm all for older Bond girls - it should be a rule that they're never more than 5-10 years younger than the guy playing Bond.
Someone is going to tell me Maud Adams was 20 years younger now.
A lot of this stuff is why I just took back on the Moore era as the completely wrong tone for Bond. There's that skater in FYEO that Moore was 'too old for'. That was when I really knew, in hindsight, that he was the wrong guy.
Yes, but you'll find that it was Bibi who wanted to snog Bond, and that it was Bond who rejected her advances.
I think not.
Perhaps because they were nearer her age when they were Bond though; I think that's the point with the older Moore Bond.
Just a total erosion of the character. Would have loved to have seen a Lazenby/Jaws fight, at least it would have been more of a fight. Too bad George was such a jerk, that tone from OHMSS would have been awesome throughout the '70's.
John Gardner did the same thing with having Bond work his friend Felix Leiter's daughter the CIA agent Cedar Leiter in his second Bond continuation novel For Special Services (1982) though.
What does the Gypsy fight from FRWL have to do with anything?
When it comes to age, I'd ague that Connery started to look old from Thunderball on! At least Moore didn't wear a wig!
Um, I was not referring to the gypsy fight, but rather what happened between the shootout and the, um, morning after.
Pretty much sums up his portrayal.
No one can doubt Rog himself is something of a national treasure. I've seen him do one man shows and even had my picture taken with him. BUT I'd be lying if I said I was always convinced by him as Bond. For me his portrayal, as I've said before, was the most hit and miss of the lot. When he was at the top of his game he was excellent (TSWLM, OP and FYEO). Confident, wordly-wise and gentlemanly. BUT I think he was capable of going too far with the Moore-ism's. Hence, while he never gave a bad performance as such there were times when I simply didn't believe he was playing anyone other than himself (Moonraker and parts of AVTAK).
Currently though he's third in my rankings. I enjoy him. He's always entertaining to watch if sometimes wince inducing.
To be honest, I think you're clutching at straws.