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Moore in particular plays it quite straight and almost avuncular throughout.
A pity it doesn’t rank higher.
I’m thinking something like LTK or maybe LALD will be next. Possibly TB.
I’ll prefer LTK as the other two are top 10 for me.
There's very little wrong with it, and it's a welcome change of tack after MR. It's just not one of my favourites.
You’re right, it really needed more Max the Parrot ... :-?
Definitely.
Now it has grown on me to the point that I've put it in 6th. It could have been 5th as well to be honest. It's a tight Cold War thriller, with great locations, fantastic action, funky music and fun characters. Carole Bouquet is a firm favourite here btw.
The car chase and the ski chase are also outstanding action scenes and Columbo is one of the best allies. Topol plays him extremely likeable. Unfortunately, I can't say the same about Bouquet. She acts like a piece of ice (if this makes any sense
;)
I agree. QoS is...not great. The editing is the obvious problem but many of the characters (save Bond and Camille) are severely underwritten.
I am surprised that FYEO is so low because of all of its Fleming elements. But if I'm honest I enjoy OP a lot more than FYEO, as it appears that Roger did.
My appreciation for FYEO has consistently risen over the years and even the Bill Conti score – which I used to hate (with a passion!) now seems to work for me. I particularly like Moore’s performance here: mature and understated. And like many of you, I really like the character of Colombo (Topol: ♫ ….If I were a rich man ♫). BTW: its’ about time we have a real solid ally in a Bond film IMO.
And dare I say it…..but I really like Carole Bouquet.
….but to each his own. :))
I like her drive and motivation, instead of being the normal Bond girl.
Only when the mission and her own mission are complete, does she show any interest in Bond or letting down her guard.
I think it would’ve worked if Bond and Melina didn’t get romantically involved. But it was an 80’s Bond film and that would’ve been too shocking for audiences at the time. Even the ending we get works for me.
It’s got some great characters and a very good tense story. FYEO should be a top ten film IMO.
STARRING
Timothy Dalton as James Bond 007
WITH
Carey Lowell, Robert Davi, Talisa Soto & Benicio Del Toro
LICENCE TO KILL
MUSIC BY Michael Kamen
DIRECTED BY John Glen
Always thought LTK would appear to be more divisive, but with only three bottom 5's, of which one 23rd spot was its lowest finish, not many of our distinguished Academy seem to really dislike it.
It has a few very loyal fans too. It collected one gold medal, one bronze medal and came in 4th on one more occasion. Other than that, 8 more top 10 spots and 11 more top 15 finishes were noted as well.
LTK ended up with 154 points in total.
It's fascinating to watch Bond turn Franz 'all about loyalty' Sanchez against his own men. Not to mention Bond smoking cigarettes. This one usually hovers around 10th place on my list, but never right on, until now.
Dalton got two epic sniper scenes - something I hope to see again soon.
A very good and enjoyable Bond film .
One of the best in the series! A solid story, well told, Dalton and Davi are tremendous foils, Carey Lowell wonderful, great theme song from Gladys Knight and the best action sequences since OHMSS!
Disappointed it hasn't got into the top ten, though I suspected it the way things are going!
Hold on, now, no need to get personal. ;-)
I wouldnt be a massive fan of TB myself!
But still find it watchable and Connery is at the height of his powers! GE though...ugh...I'll save my rant until it comes up!!
In its’ favor is a great performance by Dalton and Kamen’s score is one of the best IMO. That said, I found some of the violence somewhat gratuitous (*), and the less said about Talisa Soto’s “Lupe” the better. While I can certainly appreciate LTK, it is rarely the Bond movie that I insert in the DVD player on a rainy Sunday afternoon.
That said, I think that a major factor in the film’s poor box office (US) was LTK misfortune to be released in a summer that brought us: “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade” (5/24), “Star Trek V: The Final Frontier” (6/9), “Ghostbusters II” (6/16), “Honey, I Shrunk the Kids” (6/23), and…oh yes…”Batman” (6/23) followed by “Lethal Weapon 2” (7/7). Poor LTK just got lost. Every other summer (since 1977) had seen the release of a Bond movie and I think that general audiences may have simply taken 007 for granted.
I’ve often wondered how the Dalton era would have played out if EON had taken “a year off” and done more to hype Dalton.
** “…well it was never made for six and seven-year olds…” - says me in my best Dalton voice!!!
I think it would have worked better as Dalton's third film though. It was a pretty big departure from the usual Bond fare, and as such, it might have been good for audiences to get to know Dalton in more than one conventional Bond film before twisting things as much as they did. Don't know how much that would have helped US box office, but it would feel more natural to do it that way.