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I think that element works fine. I'm no expert on the region by any means, but surely the Afghan resistance to Soviet occupation was not entirely Taliban? This always sounds to me like some kind of simplification so someone can make a "Hey, did you know Bond teamed up with al-Qaeda in the 80s?! lol" YouTube video or clickbait article.
The policy of supporting the resistance certainly made sense for the time. The wonderful "Charlie Wilson's War" (here you can see the shallowness of my background knowledge!) makes the argument that America's stupid mistake was to totally neglect the country in terms of aid after American goals were met vis-a-vis the USSR.
I agree, there was no reason to keep him alive till the end. Having the jeep explode would've been a satisfying demise for Koskov.
It is indeed an overly simplified assessment that all Mujahideen fractions became Taliban. It is in fact well-documented that that is a false assumption. The Afghan Mujahideen consisted of several groups, that were ideologically different from each other. When the Soviets eventually left, a civil war broke out in Afghanistan between these fractions. This conflict was won by those who later became the Taliban.
If you're interested, these are interesting reads:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghanistan_conflict_(1978%E2%80%93present)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghan_Civil_War_(1992%E2%80%931996)
So no, Bond didn't team up with the Taliban, I doubt Kamran Shah would have become one given his friendship with Bond and Kara ;)
Anyway, I'll be back later with our Number 4.
Yes, it usually gets a bad press around here! I love it. Its a well executed set piece, and love Whitakers laugh just before his demise!
Dont know why the villains get such a rough time. Koskov is not a physical foe, but he is is a slimy character, and makes an impression,Necros is one of the best henchmen and as for Whitaker, Joe Don Baker is far better here than as that moronic Jack Wade idiot!
I was the only one who put it top?? I discard the lot of you.
I did it put it 2nd, only marginally behind the glorious OHMSS!
Anyway, let's move on to our number 4.
STARRING
Sean Connery as James Bond 007
WITH
Honor Blackman, Gert Fröbe, Harold Sakata & Shirley Eaton
GF appears to be the eternal number 4 here, edging out all others except the eternal top 3.
GF recorded two 1st places, one 2nd place, one 3rd place, two 4th places and three 5th places.
Twelve additional top 10's were noted. Eight of those were within the top 7.
No bottom 5's for GF. Its worst ranking was one 16th place, that's quite impressive. Even more so because it's the highest lowest ranking of the whole contest.
In total GF managed to collect 189 points.
lately. Last few viewings haven't been good! Yes the classic scenes, pts, card game, Shirleys golden moment, the golf match, Q scene, aston chase, to name a few are all still superb..... but once we get to Kentucky, namely after the laser set piece, the film dips, and as someone said before, its no fun watching Bond sitting idly in a cell! Have never been fond of Honor Blackman either, I never found her attractive or alluring. The film picks up of course for the finale. Must give it another watch soon!
Still, a worthy place for this iconic Bond movie!
And in addition to starting my fascination with the series, I really think it has everything that makes the movies so good.
Sure it has some pacing problems, the Kentucky part isn’t nearly as good as the excellent first hour, the golf match goes on a little too long, and so on.
But all those iconic aspects presented easily overshines every possible downsides, at least for me. The PTS, the theme song, the whole miami part, Jill Masterson painted in gold, Oddjob and his hat, the DB-5, the battle of Fort Knox. It’s as good as it can get imo.
It’s the one Bond movie I would pick if I had to watch just one for the rest of my life.
It may not be the objectively best one filmwise in the series, that position may go to FRWL, OHMSS or CR. But it’s definitely my favorite one, and I don’t think that’s ever going to change.
When Boyle left Bond 25, we may have been spared this again!
Monday’s Homework Completed ✓
Sunday Diner Cleaned-up ✓
“jiffy pop” popcorn popped ✓
…..It’s time for BOND!!!!!
I had GF at #4.
https://www.mi6community.com/discussion/3952/the-first-bond-movie-was-shown-on-us-television-40-years-ago-today
1. TLD
2. GF
3. FRWL
4. OHMSS
5. CR
Today we move on to our bronze medalist:
STARRING
Sean Connery as James Bond 007
WITH
Daniela Bianchi, Lotte Lenya, Robert Shaw & Pedro Armendáriz
FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE
MUSIC BY John Barry
DIRECTED BY Terence Young
Strong showing from this fan favourite, with four 1st places, four 2nd places, one 3rd place, six 4th places and two 5th places.
Five more top 10 places were noted, all of them inside the top 7.
No bottom 5's for Sean the Second, allthough two members did rank it 20th.
We cross the line of 200+ points, with FRWL collecting 203 points in total.
I even like the helicopter chase, the boat chase and the final scenes in Venice. Don't have any problems with any of those whatsoever.
It's my number 4, behind personal favourites LTK, TLD and OHMSS.