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The comedy lowlights:
Protracted scene where two teenage girls take on a kung fu school while Bond stands and watches.
Hapless Hip - the most gormless ally Bond has ever had whether it be driving off and leaving Bond in the clutches of the villains or running in the road like a headless chicken trying to flag down a taxi he's staggeringly inept.
Hapless Goodnight - the most gormless Bond girl Bond has ever been lumbered with. Getting locked in a wardrobe/boot, bumping into things with her arse, setting off massive explosions. Her only saving grace is how much of the running time she spends in a bikini.
The return of JW - Whilst his scenes are still moderately funny thanks only to the glorious Clifton James watching him being pushed into a canal is possibly even worse than the double take pigeon to be honest.
The slide whistle - one of the greatest stunts of all time turned into a loony tunes joke.
John Barry also needs to shoulder a lot of the blame here for the stupid comedy music that accompanies JW into the canal, Nick Nack and the slide whistle, but I guess the guy is entitled to an off day once.
I actually think with the way the scene plays out, music is needed when JW Pepper is fooling around with the elephant. It also allows for that Live and Let Die quotation. I'm not crazy about it, but I think it was justified. The Nick Nack bassoon theme that plays while he adjusts his tie works perfectly.
The slide whistle is inexcusable. Big mistake there.
You think Barry burns in Hell for that?
The Devil made him do it.
Nah. In all seriousness, Barry is my favorite musician; not just film composer, but overall musician. But I don't know what was going through his mind when he made that choice. All the effort that went into that fantastic stunt and it's undermined with that whistle.
But Barry is terrific, and in fact, this score is terrific, and underrated.
His choice. Paraphrasing a bit, but he said something like "I took the liberty of poking fun at it (...) Even Cubby didn't like that".
each to his own, I really enjoy Roger a lot more than that navel staring crap we have been served recently. Saw FYEO in the cinema with a lot people actually enjoying themselves during a 007 flick. That was what Broccoli is about and the franchise as well.
And one of the goons gets hit by Bond (or Stacey, I don't recall), while trying to say something. In fact, he points a finger up, as if trying to say "let me explain", which makes no sense at all.
The FYEO Thatcher bit is okay by me, because it's at the end of the film, where it's a bit of light relief and not part of the main narrative. The same way the Connery wink at the end of NSNA is kind of okay, but wouldn't have been acceptable at all in the middle of the film.
My advice for those considering enjoying life is to ignore your advice. A world without Rog's Bond films is a very bleak place indeed and not somewhere I would wish to live.
That's a great shout actually. Absolutely awful. You wonder why Zorin only hired henchmen in their 50s rather than young guys at the peak of fitness? It couldn't have anything to do with the fact that a guy in his 20s would have battered an aged Bond and his decrepit companion?
You have to feel sorry for Dolph Lundgren too. He was probably gutted he didn't get the part of Warehouse Goon but took it philosophically and thought 'Well it's my first film and although I didn't get a fight scene at least I got a small part. As it's a Bond film I bet the guy they got was really built and a great fighter and actor. One day I'll get to his level.'
And then he saw the film and thought 'WTF? They cast Bill Maynard from TV's The Gaffer as a Bond henchman?'
Technically, Moore was still in his 50s but I get your point ;)
That is a very cringe-inducing scene. While that was bad, i'm not sure it was the "silliest" thing.
In terms of a specific "moment" I'd say this was the "silliest thing in the Moore era"
It wasn't Bill Maynard,Wiz ....
Was " Bloody hell, there's Big Ron !"
It made the scene even harder to watch once I knew it was him.
What I can't stand is badly planned and executed action, which is why I'm so ticked off with what we got in 2015. So for me, the worst stuff during the Rog era is definitely in AVTAK. The aforementioned barn fight is absolutely awful, no doubt. I didn't mind the encounter at Stacy's house that much (someone, most likely not Rog, did a somersault near the stair banisters which looked pretty cool).
What I really thought was bloody awful was that entire City Hall and subsequent fire truck sequence, including Rog hanging from the detached ladder. Cringe worthy stuff all round and more appropriate for a tv show. He looked embarrassed to be doing it too.
hah! Just what I thought at the time.
Because YOLT and TSWLM are terrible compared to that bastion of all things Bond Die Another Day. ;)
The advice of a soulless maniac.
Possibly the worst edited sequence in the entire series.
There is a moment later when Bond and Stacey are fighting off a couple of comedy goons in her home. Bond is standing in fighting pose, looking like he's considering throwing a punch, and it's clearly a stunt man. He doesn't do anything other than ward off a punch, but even that required a stuntman.
Still love you Rog.
Now I know exactly how Rachel feels:
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/jun/26/glastonbury-barry-gibb-bee-gees-covers-twitter-joke
I'm really wasting my time on here throwing out comedy gems for you peasants to ignore.