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:)) How I wish he had a corn pipe as well.
I think most people do.
So what if somebody did?
It's a spy thriller, and so is allowed to have the occasional quiet moment, imo.
I would respect their ability to have and opinion while questioning their ability to rate spy films.
If you have FRWL then you might want to skip Hitchcock entirely.
Rate spy films? Doesn't that, in turn, depend on ones opinion? The Bond films are so diverse...Different interpretations of the spy genre...Why can't one live and let live?
I'm not sure what you mean. From Russia With Love is one of my favourite Bond films, and i've seen a handful of Hitchcock films.
Strong influence.
Yes, there are a lot of influences from this film in particular (crop duster sequence, train sequence, big setpiece finale, auction sequence, witty repartee with main villain prior to attempting to kill hero) in FRWL & in later Bond films, like OP. Fleming apparently wanted Cary Grant for Bond as his first choice after watching North by Northwest. They approached him, but he said he'd do only one....and the rest is history.
It's one of Hitchcock's best, and a true benchmark for its time.....legendary is not a suitable enough adjective for how good this film is.
I love watching this one with FRWL since they both are movie classics. I also like Grant's Charade, but to a much lesser degree.
Re: pacing - no doubt OP is faster paced, but that is a completely different discussion from which is better.
I am saying you can have good and very good films. Just because you recognise FRWL's greatness doesn't mean you have to mock OP.
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To stay on topic-Connery was just as good in DN and GF. TB even.
And I hate the Brosnan films.
Agreed on Connery. I liked him in DN, FRWL, & TB, with the last two being my favourite performances for some reason.
I thought he was good in GF as well, but something about it was off for me, only when compared to the other 3....can't put my finger on it....maybe it was the goofy stuff in the cell in Kentucky, or his interplay with Pussy, or because he kept getting beaten up/knocked out. Not sure.
Thought he wasn't quite on his game in either YOLT or DAF
Not hate one, but certainly be able to use critical thinking and see which one has more quality. Otherwise, there's no difference between Lawrence of Arabia and a mediocre picture, right?
Lawrence of Arabia was a mediocre picture; it was broadly disliked by the public & got terrible reviews.
Goldfinger, while being praised by almost everyone, being a huge box office success and all, I do love it to bits, but it certainly isn't Connery's best, regardless of having two of the best car chase sequences in the entire series, and that beloved DB5. I feel like Bond has been frequently outsmarted in that film, and he "almost didn't do anything" during the adventure.
In conclusion, FRWL gets my vote. :)