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This is the series’ best soundtrack. I love Try.
I love the random black cat in the montage scene. A subtle counter to Blofeld’s white cat?
Irma Bunt - one of the great Bond villains. Often overlooked.
Sad I only have five more to go after this. At least they’re all good to great! I rewatch these more than any other movies.
I think OHMSS benefits greatly from being a standalone 'one-off' without any direct connectivity to other films in the series. Sadly, CR has declined a little for me precisely because of the connectivity which they have incorporated. Still a great film though.
It's true that they tried to connect OHMSS to Connery's first five, but it's still quite tenuous because the tone and approach is so different (to either YOLT or DAF which followed) and because the actor is different. To a degree, it always feels like a soft reboot when I view it. Like GE or TLD in a way.
All 3 feel pretty standalone to me. They each have slight connections to surrounding films, but no one needs to see other films to properly enjoy them. With QOS and SP, you’d be lost half the time. Especially SP. They need to go back to the standalone route. Also keeps the franchise fresh.
He's good but I still believe Blofeld has been poorly realized on screen (apart from the unseen one). He's not my favourite villain of the franchise, despite being Bond's arch nemesis.
- What terrific gunbarrel music! I love how the trumpet melody goes up an octave when played again.
- I enjoy that pause in the PTS when the helicopter enters the building. Everything goes quiet, then boom! Cut to the helicopter inside. There is no particular reason for that, but it's stylish and adds to the scene.
- It's interesting to look at all the little details put in by the set designers. Look at the diagram on a wall of the ATAC room aboard the St. Georges, to the left of the ATAC control board. There is a list of names there: Victor, Alto, Bannet, Merlin, Echo, Meridan, Lance, etc. Next to the list are a series of different geometric figures occuping spaces in a coordinate grid, representing submarines and other water vehicles, I imagine. Is this how the information is/was displayed in real life? I don't know, but it adds to the ambience and fleshes out the world of the film, and I enjoy the thought that people had to sit down and discuss these types of things while designing the set.
- There is some nice foreshadowing with Hector Gonzales. How he looks at Melina when they're in the plane; how the film cuts back to him preparing to take off once she's left the plane. You get the feeling the character is going to be more significant than he appears to be at the beginning.
- Melina looking at the camera. Very dramatic and theatrical, in a good way.
- The plot of the film is established in a very straightforward, effective way, I must say.
- Green suede jacket with white shirt and brown pants. Stylish but casual attire for Bond.
- I like how the woman along the pool is walking to the beat of Make It Last All Night.
- "Muchasz graciasz". Roger Moore's Spanish accent is pretty good.
To be continued when I continue watching the film.
I really like all of these bits too.
He means colurs.
My least favourite Craig film. Thought I give it another try.
Wasn't crazy about that change to the MGM logo. No gunbarrel and that opening music cue still grates.