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Octopussy Appreciation Thread
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In the untained cradle of the heavens
Well, I've preached about how underrated this film is a couple of times, now, but I realized that Octopussy doesn't have its own appreciation thread, sadly. I think it's a pretty damn good film, and I actually appreciate the tonal shifts and the fact that it just suited Moore so well (the only one that suited Moore as well or better would be The Spy Who Loved Me). It's got some great action sequences and stunts, some great scores, some pretty intense moments, and Moore's aging Bond synergizes well with Maud Adams' older Bond girl in Octopussy as well. After rewatching it today, in my opinion, this film might actually be better than FYEO (it's certainly more enjoyable) and is probably second only to TSWLM out of Moore's films.
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It's so difficult not to like this film. After seeing SP, I actually wanted to come home and get me a little bit of an OP fix. What makes it so great for me?
1. fantastic humour expertly delivered by a top form Moore (although there's too much silly stuff here and there as we all know)
2. great action sequences
3. absolutely phenomenal pacing. This film is like a rocket from start to finish. It just doesn't let up
4. realistic Bond 'woman' who works very well opposite Moore
5. over the top villains (so many great ones here: Khan, Gobinda, Orlov, Mishka, Grishka.......all superb)
6. great location work
7. An amazing Barry score. I really think it's some of his best work, although the OST is way too short
Ultimately, it's a no holds barred, let's have me some fun at the movies, Bond film. One of the most entertaining ones they've made.
FYEO is objectively better and more Fleminesque, but OP is damn good fun. Period.
It's the kind of a movie you might initially overlook when going through the Bond series. It doesn't instantly jump at you like Goldfinger, TSWLM or CR, but the more you watch the entire series, the more you appreciate it's existence.
Can't really argue with a word you say.
And I think most of it comes down to being pure vintage Rog on absolutely spectacular form. TSWLM might be the one where he got to grips with role and finally made it his own and MR might be the one where he polished his own personal take on the role close to perfection but this is the one where he truly is imperious and shows nobody does that type of Bond better.
Starts off with a class PTS and then a killer one liner that only Rog could deliver and then after a playful first hour (death of Vijay excepted) just as you have settled in for the ride and think we're off on a classic Moore romp the action shifts to Germany and suddenly we get, dare I say, the most dramatic and tense climax of the series? To see the usually unflappable Rog for once in a desperate panic trying to convince the general makes you worry that things might actually go horribly wrong here. Rog's best dramatic moment of the series and the best bomb countdown sequence.
Sheer entertainment and I'm sorry but the 'that'll keep you in curry for a few weeks' line kills me every time.
My favourite Rog film and one that is firmly in my top 10 and sometimes top 5.
Octopussy is probably the one Bond I have watched the most over the years. Don't really know why, it's not the best one but somehow one of my favourites.
The entire tense buildup from when the bomb is armed all the way from Bond racing against the clock to disarming it is one of the greatest moments in Bond history.
What always irks me is the constant bashing of Bond dressing up as a clown. How else was he going to get that close to disarm the bomb without being recognised!! Bond trying to convince the general and Octopussy in the tent just adds to the incredibly tense drama.
Amazing Bond movie.
Octopussy is pure entertainment. I rate it as the fourth best of Rog´s outings but that doesn´t mean it´s a bad movie. FYEO, TSWLM and LALD are just better. Maybe he was a bit too old in 1983 and I just can´t stand that Tarzan yell.
Overall a classic and criminally underrated movie. It´s always fun to watch OP and you can watch it so many times. It never gets boring. The humour, locations, action, villains... how can you not like it?
I´m proud to say that I like OP a lot!
I think people bash the fact that he manages to put on a clown costume and perfect makeup when he has only a few minutes until the nuke goes off. If it had been more slapdash, people would be more accepting.
I also think octopussy is a top tenner and one of Rog's best.
Yes, there are a few bad moments (mostly during the jungle escape) but these few complaints are far outweighed by all the great stuff.
I can't believe there are people who prefer NSNA to this, when for me, the PTS in OP has more excitement, more drama and more humour than NSNA has in it's entire 2 hours.
Plus, every single penny is up on the screen.
WOW. I was hooked for life.
Still today this is one of my all time favourites.
Roger Moore is great, Magda was so hot!!, the score from John Barry superb, the India environments were really something, the action always entertaining.. and i just feel that this movie has class, style, glamour (for this i compare it a lot with Thunderball).
This is my favourite Roger Moore JB movie and is the 5th in my ranking (SP is now ... 4!!)
Sir roger at his best.
I also love the ... "it goes by hot air!" "oh then you can!!! :))
I was 7 years old and it was simply amazing. I saw it in juxtaposition to TLD coming out on Vhs and for me Octopussy revealed to me what an amazing ride Bond movies can be.
OP will always be the movie that taught me the escapism of 007. Purists will always mock this movie and focus on its farcical aspects but just watch RM in the clown scenes and see how he plays the desperation of a man in trouble...he takes bomb disposal down to 0:00 and that is ultimately and ironically, thrilling stuff!!
"Gracias Carina, I'll see you in Miami"
It's not even that, it's the pure idea of him being in a clown costume, it's often used as a metaphor to describe the entire series at that point. BUT, it works, it works as a scene, it works as a scenario and it works with Roger Moore Bond. Too many people just concentrate on the superficial, especially these days when "goofy" and "lighthearted" are seen as bad things. I suspect things will change over the years.
If people want to take pot shots at a portion of this film, it should be at is the entire India street and jungle sequences, which admittedly have too many campy jokes imho.
"Up yours"?
Irina also does it to Zukovsky in GOLDENEYE.
It's called the 'Forearm Jerk'. It essentially does mean 'Up yours'
My favourite Moore Bond film,and always will be.
It sits happily at #8 in my rankings,and is very under-rated I feel.
Octopussy...Octopussy...Octopussy!
It's an all time high.
I didn't think it would take long before Octobenny showed up ! @Benny
I then got the Blu Ray box set but still was luke-warm towards it. It was around this time where the James Bonding and James Bond Radio podcasts appeared, both of which are hosted by big fans of OP.
So I gave the Blu Ray another spin and sadly it starts to glitch halfway through! I send it to 20th Century Fox home entertainment but they send it back with the same problem. Years pass.
Then, recently, I catch it on TV and end up really enjoying it! I end up buying a new copy of the Blue Ray, which comes with a digital download so I can watch it anywhere.
It's still not my favourite Bond movie, but it shows how tastes can change over time!