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The dialogue is okay for me but the fight itself is incredibly bad.
The first 30 minutes are perfect?...NO! Bond SURFS! The dialogue is cringeworthy.
The sword fighting at Blades is good?... NO! For people who actually fence, it's embarrassing to watch.
The Cuba scenes are good?...NO! Have you been to Cuba? That is not Cuba, that's a badly dressed up Cadiz. But ok, most films do that, and I do enjoy those scenes a bit. But not enough. An outside small bandage for an internal bleeding.
Brosnan's at his best?...Best what? TV actor format? I was a fan. I WAS a fan. (he was able to make some emends, of course, with later films like Seraphim Falls and The Matador)
Hale Berry is sexy?...Is she, though? I wouldn't even have her on a Bond gi...women list.
There is nothing to like about that mess. Hey, I don't like DAF. For me it's Connery's worst. Much worst than, say, NSNA. But DUD is an insanely bad film.
So, I vote for Die Another Day. And I vote for never having a diamond plot in a Bond film ever again ;)
Bondie for best send-off of a secodnary character : Q's exit in TWINE. Classy !
Klebbie for worst send off of a secondary character : Moneypenny in DAD. The very thought... makes my skin crawl.
Klebbie for Mathis in QoS perhaps?
I absolutely agree with Q's exit as a sure winner of a Bond ;)
For a Klebbie, I'd say Mathis was wasted in the Craig era by exiting poorly in QOS. He was one of the best secondary characters in the entire franchise. Giannini is fantastic. They should've kept him for future entries. And the dumpster+code name thing was awful, IMO.
DAF: Not a good film, but an amusing one with some fun setpieces. Connery looks like he's having fun.
LTK: The best send-off film for a Bond actor!
DAD: Holds up relatively well until the ice palace, has Brosnan's best performance, and the direction has vitality.
AVTAK: Unlike all the above films, AVTAK is enervated in every way. Roger knows and shows he's too old for the role, the cast has no chemistry (aside from Moore and Macnee), the plot is warmed-over GF, Glen is in a mid-streak slump, the tone shifts are disastrous. A Bond actor should not go out with a film as tired as AVTAK--it deserves the Klebbie.
Haha! Great way of putting it :D
That 'never let them see you bleed' line always rankles with me though: it's nothing close to actually suiting Bond and Q's relationship that we've seen over the last thirty-odd years to the extent that I'm almost surprised Bond doesn't does say "No you didn't!". Plus he looks a bit scared as he's being lowered into that pit- I feel sorry for him!
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I'm in two minds about that one. It doesn't suit him as he's such a great character, but it is quite a shocking exit because of that, so as a scene it kind of works. He deserved more, but then that's the point.
It's never been my favourite, but I guess it is that rare thing of a Bond actor going while he's still at the top of his game, or at least about to reach it. Although I don't think Brosnan ever got worse or too old: his portrayal just reached the end of the line, which is a different thing.
He could've brought them a bottle of Bollinger in Matera ;)
I do not blame Pierce for the bad Effects that was the choice of EON & the Director, but it was an awful way to end your run with such bad shit. Even Berry in a bikini could not save those poor effects.
That's not the half of it!!!! I've traveled to Vegas several times over the years for business and then to see The Beatles "LOVE" show and IMO it's all style - no substance. Even George Harrison's widow remarked: "Vegas? Why Vegas!?"
DAF has some witty dialog - which saves it (and it has Jill St. John). So it was a toss up between AVTAK and DAD. LTK wouldn't be on this list at all if it weren't Dalton's final movie. It's not a movie that I watch a lot, but it is fairly good.
BTW: Let us hope that we don't have to amend this list with NTTD :-).
@SaintMark. I'm sure that she did. However, her statement was made in the spirt of Vegas not really being her style and hoping that the "LOVE" show (which is quite good BTW) couldn't have been staged in a place more to her liking.
She should accept the money and there are far more horrible moments to hear your husbands music like during a Trump rally, makes Vegas a class act.
I would say she can do what she likes.
Do you have her address I'll offer her the option of putting the dosh in my bankaccount then.
I'm not sure where this idea comes from that because you get royalties for something you likely had no choice in that means you're not allowed an opinion.
I expected that she got some royalties from her Husbands work unless she had no rights to the royalties.
I was just joking around how some people consider musicals or circus performances not their cup of tea when there is so much more in the world to worry about like poverty, starvation , war and disease.
Not sure most people consider poverty, starvation, war and disease to be terribly light banter subjects. Pre-dinner cocktails must be a hoot around your house!
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Connery can have all the fun he likes, but that's not the point, is it? He's doing a job FFS. The only credit I will give him is for not giving a damn about whether his flabby tits would be seen by half the world. The fact that he looked fitter ten years later in NSNA speaks volumes.