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Brosnan oozes cool in every scene.
Boris is a great character. Completely obnoxious.
Again, Brosnan looks as cool as ever here.
And okay, it's Famke Janssen, so a tad sexy.
I've seen the actor in three other films. Two of them were comedies; he was good in those kinds of parts. The third film is NSNA.
Love Natalya! And I like that moment when the other workers stare at Boris and then they go back to what they were doing without saying anything. "Oh, it's Boris doing Boris things again."
Actually, Pierce's Bond is much more respectful and polite to Major Boothroyd.
You can see Pierce's admiration, love and respect for Desmond. He's sharing the screen with a true Bond legend and he knows it. These scenes are a delight.
Hey, that's one of our very few representations in the Bond films!
Makes their scene in TWINE that much more poignant.
Very true. I must admit I do get a bit choked up during the TWINE Q scene.
Pierce genuinely looks concerned as Coltrane fires between Bond's legs.
I imagine Pierce's first day nerves helped quite a bit.
"I-- it depends..."
"Silence!"
And they all laugh at Valentin's jokes, then they immediately turn serious.
As much as I love Timothy I do have a difficult time imagining him in this scenario.
Bond escapes using his belt. Great sequence.
Here comes the legendary tank chase ......................
Those little moments are great.
Dimitri is funny.
Perhaps it's the colors, the setting, but I always felt this scene evokes some of the wonderful Bondian comics/graphic novels from the '90's: SERPENT'S TOOTH, SHATTERED HELIX, etc.
I would have loved to have seen Brosnan in an adaptation of one of those comics.
GOLDENEYE is the more solid entry for me this time 'round. I enjoyed Serra's music score this time more than I have previously.
Like most Brosnan era characters, his backstory is fleshed out well. His MI6 profile goes into detail about his military rank progression both before and after the events of the PTS. Tying the fictional character of Ourumov into real life events, he was thought to be behind the Gorbachev coup in 1991.
A memorable scene is when, between taking a single bite out of one of Alec's delicious cut sandwiches, before throwing it away in favour of his own hip flask, he informs Alec that (once again) Bond has escaped.
'tis the season.
So I'm going back in time to 1985 and watching this old VHS copy for nostalgia's sake.
When I started collecting the Bond's on VHS I didn't originally have this edition, but the 1989 MGM/UA Home video version.
I should track that one down. That copy had a trailer for LALD followed by a PINK PANTHER cartoon.
Those were the days. The transfer of the film itself I remember being similar to this version, but a little crisper. Squeezed gunbarrel and titles.
Lazenby is great as Bond in any format.
The sound on this VHS version is pretty damn loud and big.
I've been pretty spoiled by the Blu-rays. Watching this in pan and scan does seem a little odd in the day and age.
Although the picture is a little soft, I do like the color timing here.
The first copy I ever had of this film was recorded in the summer/autumn of '87 on the ABC Sunday Night Movie. Wasn't the infamous re-edit, but a truncated version of the film. The red gunbarrel circle faded into the Universal Exports plaque rather than opening on it. Odd. I think that might have worked for SKYFALL . Looked kind of cool.
Back in the mid to late '80's full frame video editions were the norm and no one I knew seemed to think twice about pan and scan. I think we were all happy just to be able to watch the films uncut without commercials on our own accord.
Bond seems to have had time to change Grant's watch strap. I don't remember him lifting the watch off Grant's corpse, just the money.
Draco is easily one of my favorite Bond allies. Masterful performance.
Bond meets Blofeld before they became brothers.
Damn.
Losing out on a proper follow up to this film, you really feel as though you're missing out on Draco coming back and telling what could have been a fantastic, emotional story.
If I could have one wish for the Bond franchise, it would be to have You Only Live Twice as a follow up to OHMSS, with Lazenby, Savalas, and Ferzetti returning. The screenplay keeps creating itself in my mind.
Indeed. This film is such a masterpiece it's a shame we never had a faithful YOLT to follow.
This film has one of the best climatic action sequences in the series, IMO. Sadly, it's becoming a lost art . I hope NTTD's finale is nowhere near as limp as SPECTRE's. This bobsled sequence is truly exciting!
OHMSS is the only Bond film I also have on VHS, as it was the first I bought.
I have a few on VHS, @Thunderfinger. OHMSS, DAF and GE. I had an old copy of OP that was similar to the very first VHS copy my folks bought in '85. My machine ate it up. :(
I've been tempted to go back in time and collect a handful on VHS just to compare transfers. Oh, the things we do when the world is on lockdown.
Right now I'm watching
SKYFALL
which is back to being my favorite Craig outing. The pacing on this film is superb, IMO.
Also the overall look as a cooler palette. Love it.
MI6 HQ just got bombed and meanwhile Bond is enjoying a good shag, slacking off, and lazing about.
Would have been funnier had this been edited like DIE HARD and cut to Bond partying my himself in the back of his Aston Martin.
Bond hanging out at the bar. Craig looks great here. He's a s bad ass.
He should ask the bartender if the local band can perform "Jump Up".