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10. License to Kill (1989) - 7.5/10
11. Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) - 7/10
12. Octopussy (1983) - 7/10
13. For Your Eyes Only (1981) - 7/10
14. The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) - 7/10
15. Live and Let Die (1973) - 7/10
16. Quantum of Solace (2008) - 6/10
17. The World Is Not Enough (1999) - 6/10
18. Diamonds Are Forever (1971) - 5.5/10
19. Moonraker (1979) - 5.5/10
20. A View to a Kill (1985) - 5.5/10
It's as said before, a little too violent for the time and seems a bit out of place even, we went from some placid Bond adventures to the sight of Shark attacks, exploding heads, profanities unheard of at the time and all round nastyness that was simply out of sequence from what went before. Dalton merely goes from the Florida Keys to Mexico hunting sharks, snarling a lot etc but I did enjoy the revenge aspect of it and going renegade and Robert Davi is a very effective villain but it simply doesn't feel like Bond half the time
In my opinion, it's the wrinkles.
LTK is in a different league. Sharp, adventurous, edgy and original. The oil tanker chase through the mountains is better then the action scenes in all but one of the Brosnan films.
So...LTK.
I'll agree that View has a lot of charm and its a film I do enjoy (also because it was made the year I was born) however there's a reason for the so-called "ageism"
Look at the fight in the warehouse at around 0.30
Hardly the most convincing fight? Even the final plane climax in DAD had more excitement to it despite its stupidity.
I adore Sir Rog both as Bond and outside of Bond but even he felt he was too old to play the character in 1985 - I think he also considers AVTAK as his least favourite of the seven films he did.
There is nothing so-called about it. When a character/person is discriminated due to age thats "ageism"
There was nothing exciting about the plane climax in DAD. The special effects were shoddy and detracted from the action. It was like they were fighting insided a badly made cartoon.
The fact that he considers AVTAK his "least favourite" may be down to many factors including not liking Grace Jones very much. But that doesn't excuse the ageist remarks many "fans" make about his performance on the net.
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Ok maybe a slight exaggeration on my part. Still, not a particularly convincing fight. Luckily the GG climax kind of makes up for it.
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Agreed but I remember reading a quote from him in which he said in his typical self-mocking manner that he was "about 400 years too old in AVTAK". I like his performance in View but realistically he probably was a little too long in the tooth to play the part by '85 - he wasn't even playing an "older" Bond.
I don't mean to sound nasty or ageist but you can understand why some people feel he was too old to play the part in View. Especially when he has lines like "Drat I dropped the soap - THAT is not the soap".
I'll admit that those were some of the lesser fights in the Bond series but I think that in large part was due to John Glen not being very good at directing fight scenes.
I love how the thug just "lies down" on the conveyorbelt at 0.59 :))
Yeah, it seems like that's the case. I can recall Connery doing that in the fight with Red Grant, Moore in the fight with Sandor, Dalton, as you mentioned, in the fight with the jailer, and Brosnan in the fight with Gustav Graves.
Don't forget Moore grapping onto a fire escape ladder and kicking that thug in LALD. I refer to it as "the Bond Manuveur" lol.
Instead of the nonsense on the Golden Gate Bridge maybe they could of had a finish on The Eiffel Tower where Bond and Jones tussle, I would of liked to have seen that
It makes no sense, and looks stupid as shot. There really is no reason for it.
But then, despite his age, and the obvious use of stunt doubles, I do enjoy the fight in Stacy's house with those 'baboons'. For my money it's one of the better aspects of AVTAK.
Yeah sorry guys, my apologies! Also I'll be taking requests now if anyone ever has one, and I do believe that DoubleOhhSeven has one. Yes good sir, we'll do TLD vs. GE as you requested, that seems like an epic match!
As for AVTAK vs. LTK, LTK took the trophy!
All right, now we're on TLD vs. GE
Nah, GE it is.
Yes Brosnan's performance is a bit lightweight and stiff and the narrative is episodic but the characters are more memorable than those in TLD IMO.
Plus:
-Better title song
-Better MP
-Better opening stunt (yes I know the PTS in TLD is impressive and the freefall stuff in GE is silly but the bungee jump is one of the best stunts in the series. The way its filmed with the camera following the stuntman all the way down and then him getting his gun out all in one take is one of the best moments in the series for me).
-Better Bond girl ("go ahead...shoot him...he means nothing to me")
-Better M ("Because if I wanted sarcasm Mr Tanner I'll talk to my children thank you very much")
-Better use of Joe Don Baker (emphasis added!!)
-a tank chase
-Better bad guys
-more quotable dialogue ("I might as well ask if all the vodka martini's ever silenced the screams of all the men you've killed")
-A much slicker direction. As much as I like TLD it did feel a bit on the tired side.