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I agree. There was nothing wrong with the relationship or the chemistry. It was just the age difference, and the cheesy 'come-on' (which admittedly was when he was in disguise as St. John Smythe).
I really like the "Wine with Stacey" scene. Bond cooking eggs reminds me of Fleming. The dialogue and especially the score are great. I love Bond's disappointed expression after she's fallen sleep. He obviously took too long reconnecting the phone.
Really? The whole "Connecting box is outside my bedroom window" line plus the age difference always strikes me as sort of pervy...
Yeah. Bond isn't exactly trained as a telephone repair person. The age doesn't bother me that much in VIEW. To me he's still Roger Moore, though it certainly worked better in OP with Maud. I do like the way he says" Those ..........baboons....... could come back."
On the Suits of James Bond website , someone had posted that Roger, very early on was in talks for TLD and there was to be a much older female villain. With possibly Bette Davis or someone under consideration. I wonder if there is an ounce of truth to that? I do think he looked far better in 1987 than in VIEW, especially in the Happy Anniversary special.
It’s definitely acceptable, gives the film a distinctive touch. I would actually argue none of the Bond films, with the exception of the mediocre NSNA score, ever had a bad score untill they unleashed Thomas Newman.
Ugh.
I think your opinion that what you're saying is not controversial is controversial.
My main gripe is the ending..the fight starts really well with Kananga,with the close screen shots of each man,but it was all too short,and Kananga becomes a balloon.
It was a real anti-climax ,as was Bond fighting Baron Samedi,all that build up and one punch and he falls in a coffin full of snakes.
That's why LALD never breaks into my top 10..a lot of build up to serious 'is that it ?' moments.
I was just being a comedian. I totally agree with you. I'd place most everyone in the EON film series ahead of Newman in terms of distinctiveness: Barry, Martin, Hamlisch, Conti, Kamen, Serra, Arnold.
Amen to that,Q !!
I agree, when I think of any of the first 22 Bond films I can plat at least a few tunes of its soundtrack in my head. Not so much for the last two, if any at all.
Nevertheless, with Mendes gone I don’t think Newman will return.
FOr me Arnold's Brosnan films aren't very good score wise, allthough DAD is decently scored. But his work for CR and QoS is really good, I love it. Allthough i did get a bit fed up with him, Newman's hardly an improvement.
All of this I can agree with.
One of the better aspects of the film I think.
It does have the weakest score, that's for sure.
Can't agree it's the worse film overall
Definitely controversial but I tend to agree. I think his first two outings were his best.
Spy is a bit overrated in my book. Stromberg is one of the weaker villains, Anya is wasted due to the poor acting of Bach and Jaws is played for laughs even from the start.
Scaramanga and Baron Samedi alone make the other two more enjoyable.
Never really liked the overlong music-free tanker finale either.
Yes, but moreso LALD and TMWTGG had a sense of threat and inspite of their silliness. Spy is too comic book.
Moore's Bond kind of was the comic book Bond. That's why he was tailored to stuff like TSWLM and MR. They went the whole mile.
Valid criticisms of TSWLM but that hardly vindicates TMWTGG.
Ekland's acting is just as bad, Nick Nack is played more for laughs, at least Jaws kills some people (and he's only played for laughs from the pyramids onwards. He's deadly serious for Fekkesh and Kalba so not 'from the start').
The tanker finale is not my favourite either but it's a significant upgrade on the limp excuse for a climax that preceded it.
Can't argue with Scaramanga being better than Stromberg but on most other measurements TSWLM easily trumps TMWTGG.
TMWTGG just falls flat on every front.