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I liked the idea of the disguise and he got the information he needed from it.
Seymour isn't literally 'Dame Jane', of course. She isn't quite in the Dame Judi Dench or Dame Diana Rigg league. At least not officially. She was a superb Bond girl, though.
I thought Jenny Flex was a greatly underused character (as was Valerie Leon's hotel recepionist in TSWLM - you've got Valerie Leon, give her more than two lines!). I found her to be potentially more interesting than Stacey.
Yes, it's a shame that Doody was relatively wasted in such a small role. She would've made a great main Bond girl at some point.
"Well we've got these two guys who had few lines and even fewer action, should we at least give them a memorable death scene?"
"Just blow them up in the blimp and put on Duran Duran."
I used dame you way you would call a woman you fancy a dame. Or, at least I would. I like noir films.
And what's with the shower scene? The only thing I find strange is Q watching them in his van. :0
That's interesting. I've never seen 'Dame' used in that context before, capitalised like a title. I'd be utterly lost in the world of noir. I've often thought I'd like to read more, though. One of my favourite quotes comes from Raymond Chandler: -
"She was a blonde. A blonde to make a bishop kick a hole in a stained-glass window"
Brilliant!
As for Moore's age in AVTAK, it doesn't really bother me as much as some people. Yes, he should have bowed out with Octopussy, and parts of AVTAK do indeed look a little tired. But it's Moore Bond's last time round the track, and I just quite enjoy one last adventure with the old boy. I would be quite intrigued with a future film with an ageing Bond who rolls back the years one last time for Queen and Country. Whether the box office would agree with me is entirely another thing, of course.
People seem to forget that 2 Bonds have been old men,not just Moore but Connery as well in NSNA.
Yes, exactly. That would be a valid reason to call the police.
It still happened and it's still Bond.
I think there's certainly the fancy in her there too. She liked him from the start 'I didnt know geologists could be so...' . But she also sees he's on a mission, dedicated, and that there's no way in for her.
QoS is a rather underestimated film if you ask me. There's much in there and the acting is rather good.
@Jones_The_Bond, I capitalized "dame" because I had to: it started the sentence off. You should definitely get into noir, and it's well worth the time. Far and away my favorite genre.
Seeing an old Roger, old Lois and Tibbet with wrinkles you could smuggle drugs underneath at the horse show is just an embarrassing moment for me to watch. It's probably the greatest visual example of that part of the franchise's history where so much emphasis seemed to be on stagnating and not growing.
A bit of an understatement, for me. But I'm glad it only took folks nearly a decade to catch on. ;)
"The last time that I trusted a dame was in Paris in 1940. She said she was going out to get a bottle of wine. Two hours later, the Germans marched into France."
- Sam Diamond (Peter Falk), Murder By Death (1976)
Not quite old chap, I've been a staunch defender of the film since it came out. The only two things I don't like are 1. that terrible noise they have during the titles, and the boat-launch mistake. Other then that it's actually in my top ten. Even 5 I think. I had to get used to the car chase, but now I think it's one of the finest chases ever filmed.
I'd make a bet you wouldn't say that about Q in TWINE.
For me, all of these actors add to the nostalgia of the films, so even though they are objectively too old for their respective roles, I enjoy seeing them. It's fascinating going back to the first few films and then watching AVTAK just to see how much time changed them.
Are they too old for their roles? I mean, yes Moore was too old, but Moneypenny was a secretary. Nothing wrong with an old secretary, I don't think.
It's still a Bond film. I prefer it to OP too.
+ 1
Agreed..way way better,and it is a special Bond film to me as well,so even more so !
Moreover, NSNA broached some of the themes (older and 'past it' Bond, irrelevant
'00' section, crazy femme fatale) well before the official series did & that's to be commended.
The 'men in the white coats' are on their way now @ClarkDevlin !!
Your turn, @barryt007, old chap! :))