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This PTS is one of the series’ best. One needs no background on Bond whatsoever to enjoy this one.
It’s nearly impossible for me to choose my favorite Connery performance from his first four, because he is perfect in all of them.
Now Bond at the factory. A great action sequence coming up here.
Ta very much,matey !!
I might have to move FRWL up more this time.
One of the great things about FRWL is all the night shots. It gives the film a sinister & suspenseful ambience befitting a thriller, and Barry's staccato style score complements that.
The whole thing is filled with suspense. Definitely the most Hitchcock-esque Bond film, as it’s been said before. Kerim is a great character too. GF remains my personal preference, but I could understand preferring FRWL. To me, they are both terrific Bond outings in different ways.
Hopefully. YOLT used to be in my Top 10, then fell to like 16, now it’s at 13. GF has always been in my Top 5. FRWL was outside of my Top 10 for a while, but it’s firmly there now. It will fall in the 6-8 range probably.
GF is sitting in 16th place in my rankings,i just dont get on with the 2nd half of it.
Bond does nothing and ,if it wasnt for Pussy,then he would have failed the mission.
He doesnt even seem bothered.
“if it wasnt for Pussy,then he would have failed the mission.”
Bond needs help from someone in all the Bond films. And there’s nothing wrong with that. Many great allies have come and gone through the series to keep things interesting.
As for Bond not doing anything:
A: He obviously tries as much as he can while imprisoned, and he’s only jailed for a quarter of the film.
B: What’s wrong with having Bond kidnapped for a while? I for one am glad for once he didn’t magically break out.
- I like how Bond, Wint and Kidd are not amused at Shady Tree's routine. Makes the scene feel a tad pathetic in a strangely satisfying way.
- Willard Whyte speaking but you see a Nehru jacket. Creating intrigue. Blofeld cannot be dead.
- Bond sure moves quickly to unzip Plenty's dress. Must be an unconscious reflex by now.
- "Will you give a rest, kid? All right, boys and girls, here we go!" Love that character.
- So how did Bond locate Tiffany, then? I wish the film had explained.
- Great shot with Plenty in the pool. Unsettling, strange, beautiful.
- I actually feel kind of sorry for the gas station attendant.
- The music when Bond is inside the van ("Following the Diamonds") is superb. Foreboding and mysterious.
- Klaus Hergersheimer, G section. Strangely memorable character. I wonder if he enjoys his job, checking radiation shields and replacing them. Sounds pretty dull, to be honest, but he doesn't seem jaded or anything.
- The laboratory set is pretty great. Love the walls made up from horizontal metallic stripes with windows on top and below. And the girders.
- I like how the scientist at the back of the satellite smiles when Metz tells Bond to get out. I imagine he is used to his grouchy behavior.
- Bond pushing every damn button on the moon buggy, just in case.
- I think Guy Hamilton requested lighter music for the chase scene, and John Barry had his doubts, but he made it work. It's as lighthearted as it can be without actually turning the scene into a joke.