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You must try harder, Bazza!
Haha, at least you're trying. But you really are missing out! Top 3 Bond movie for me always. Dalton nailed it from the off.
Out of curiosity, Bazza, have you ever read Fleming's short story? Thought it was really excellent how the film makers used it as the springboard for the story. Maibaum and Wilson did a great job developing it.
When I read that particular story, in fact any of the Bond novels, it's Dalton who I always have in my mind!
Don't give up on TLD mate, there is so much to enjoy....best pts, great opening scene straight from the book, fight at the safe house, Saunders, terrific briefing scene with M, one of the best Q and gadget sequences, the Aston Martin chase, KARA!!!(sorry Bazza, but she has real chemistry with Dalts, makes more of an impression than a lot of Bond girls) Koskovs slimy villain, the brilliant encounter with Pushkin in the hotel, (one of THE best scenes in the series) Whitaker and Necros (The former for the great duel in his War Room, the latter for one of the greatest stunt sequences!) Barry's music, the battle at the airport! And more!!
Love it.
I keep trying and keep failing i'm afraid old chum.
It's occasionally quite refreshing to hear people who make valid arguments for disliking something I really like!
I enjoy watching all of them - even my lowest ranked ones like DAD or DAF have enjoyable moments in them, but man, do they have some elements that bug the hell out of me!
Haha, and I thought you were an old romantic!!
Its good that you like some of it though.
I never get tired of watching it. It has everything I want from a Bond movie.
But hey, it be a very dull site her if we all agreed.
I'll keep trying to get you to see more in it buddy. Keep up the funny comments, always worth reading. You've put me in a mood now to watch TLD again, maybe in a double bill with LTK. Haven't done that in a while!
Exactly...it does have its moments,as long as I fast forward when that dizzy tart comes on screen.
Aaaah now LTK is a different kettle of fish,i love it !!
As the years progress and we get fewer and fewer films per decade that all end up like SP, TLD may rise up to #1 spot.
I was going to pop in SP to see if it would rise in my rankings, but as soon as I got to the menu I realized I'm not in the mood for a film that looks like somebody peed all over it.
Instead I'm going to be team player........visit the Bond Meter Thread and see which is the least watched Bond film this year..........................
NEVER SAY NEVER AGAIN
it is. Here goes.............................
The Orion Logo sucks. The film originally had that cool late '70's red/orange Warners logo.
You walk in a rooooooooooom
Everyone sing along..............
long range plans.................blah blah
Maybe big trouble but thennnnnnnnn...............
blah blah
Never never say never again
Never , Never say never again....................
Listen to that bass lick...............
Bond kickin a$$ in the jungle.
I do like that bass.
I actually like Edward Fox's obnoxious M.
I think many people can relate to a work environment in which there's a new manager/supervisor who doesn't like the old way of doing things and mixes it up.
Usually staff tends to leave, at least in my experience..
Pierce's Bond kept his cool in that situation. Connery does for the most part but one gets the impression he secretly laughs at Fox's M behind his back.
I love Fatima Blush. My fave.
Connery pumping iron. The fight with Lippe is great.
I have a hard time getting past the gunbarrel. That "Dead are alive" caption ruins the moment for me.
I used to hide under there pretending I was Connery/Bond.
007 is getting his a$$ kicked until he throws pee all over Lippe. Some of it spilled onto the release prints of SP.
Ready to race to you
These days are ours......................
Wrong season. Gavin's Chuck appeared in season one...........
One, two, three o'clock, four o'clock, rock
Five, six, seven o'clock, eight o'clock, rock
Nine, ten, eleven o'clock, twelve o'clock, rock
We're gonna rock around the clock tonight
Put your glad rags on, join me hon'
We'll have some fun when the clock strikes one
and Chuck Cunningham is killed by Fatima.
I think they look pretty good. Today it would be CGI and a bit more elaborate, but this looks alright to me.
Bond, surfing porn on the internet, quickly clicks back onto the Largo link when Moneypenny walks into the office. That would have been funny if the internet had existed back then.
I love Connery's facial expression as M treats Bond like an idiot there.
Here's another great bass lick on Domino's dance record.
Quite repetitive and funny.
Bond's shoes make a weird sound as he walks toward Q.
I like Algy, actually. A great alternate universe Q, IMO.
The only film in which Connery's Bond has a squared haircut at the neck.
In all the others it's tapered. In DIAMONDS it's longer, tapered so much lighter that it might as well be squared.
Nigel Small Fawcett is a doofus. An idiot savant, minus the savant.
He's pretty funny, though.
The shark bit was pretty intense in the cinema as I remember.
According to On the Tracks of 007 this warehouse looks exactly the same now as it did in 1983.
"I was going to put you in my memoirs as number one."
I could see Jim Rockford saying that in a similar situation.
And he's given a bath robe that resembles his hotel suite furniture from DR NO.
I really like Brandauer's Largo. Great villain and performance. I don't find it fair to compare him with Celi, though. To me that's like comparing Savalas' Blofeld with Le Chiffre.
TBH, I have a feeling Dan Romer's score for B25 is going to be closer to this than John Barry.
In other words, I doubt were going to be hearing the Bond theme much and the overall sound may not be particularly Bondian. Just different.
Just a hunch.
So I'm trying to appreciate Legrand's score more.
Honestly, though I don't like this any less than any of the Bond endings since GOLDENEYE.
I like Domino's tiger swim suit, though.
Kim's Domino has grown on me over the years. Probably because I've compared her to Claudine. However on this viewing she's her own Bond girl.
Honestly her character is a bit more fleshed out here than Claudine. That said, Claudine still remains my favorite.
Controversially, I prefer the Shrublands sequence in NSNA to TB's
Klaus Maria Brandeur is a top shelf Bond villain for me. And Connery is enjoying the hell out of himself.
That death of Paula with her trapped in the waterbed always creeped me out when I was a youngin!
Yes, Sean does seem to be enjoying his comeback here. Considering how difficult a production it was, it certainly didn't affect his performance. Biggest difference, to me is by this point his voice had evolved into the iconic Connery voiecsh.
I often wonder if the current team at Eon are secretly huge fans of this film? So many elements have been borrowed for the Craig era, even the newest film with Bond coming out of retirement.
Perhaps Craig himself secretly considers NSNA the best and under their noses, uses his new found power to suggest plot points taken from this rival production?
Could be Michael and Barbara, having ignored this film for decades, have no idea Bond has already dealt with a new younger M, has had to get back into shape to be approved for an assignment, and has already come out of retirement.
Perhaps Craig has used his say in production to convince Cary to appoint Dan Romer to score after secretly listening to and dancing around his living room to the NSNA soundtrack?
Perhaps Craig himself finds the gunbarrel unnecessary because the lack of worked for this film? He then uses his authority to sandbag the sequence each and every time it's filmed, hence the fact it's been re-shot for all of his films.
Probably not, but that would be pretty amusing.
Don t forget the African-American Felix Leiter.
SPECTRE
Bond is getting reamed a new one by M from the get go,
I must say the yellow hue didn't bother me this time. A pretty solid teaser opening.
C is pretty slimy.
Bond's flat reminds me of mine. I should decorate it like Sean's instead.
Bond's flat is very noirish. I could see Mike Hammer living in this apartment.
Okay that's getting old now.
Bond is kicking it with his good buddy Tanner.
I must say I love this Q scene.
Bond crashing the SPECTRE board meeting.
He should have said "May I offer an opinion?"