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Yep, there is nothing wrong with his walk and stance. The gun might be visible, but that’s just some one-off oddity like Laz falling on his knee. It’s original and I like it.
The music however, and that damned quote. What a way to ruin the gunbarrel. Unfortunately more of the same was to come.
My favourite is Moonraker, followed by (in no particular order) You only Live Twice, OHMSS, TWINE, NDIB.
Controversially, I quite like Writing On The Wall
It should be mandated that the title song appear on the soundtrack album. I actually skipped buying the CR, SF and SP soundtracks because it was missing that important element. Why buy the song separately as a single? Makes no sense. Obviously, there are record company deals and label legalistics etc, That never stopped the filmmakers before?
Don't doubt that; this is just a different take on the same song. :-)
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I don't mind the song. Prefer it to For Your Eyes Only actually. It's a bit slow but suits the 'older Rog' era.
This sums up my day!
He’s written it as Alan sang it.
I would argue that if one's comfort zone is when alone on the beach...and not really anywhere else that I can see, then one's strength is dubious and one's independence seems precarious and fragile, since it disappears more-or-less as soon as others arrive.
Though I don't really need a character to be strong and independent to form a positive opinion. She could be strong, weak, good, evil, anything really...and I would credit the role if it works well in-story and is performed well by the actress. Honey/Andress is mediocre at best on these fronts.
Lupe, for example, is supposed to be too flawed, superficial, vapid, avaricious and opportunistic to really matter to Bond/us. Hence, we are supposed to enjoy her rejection by James as she gets to pursue the more-appropriate-for-her-tastes "el presidente Armendariz jr" while James gets to reward the "better" girl by getting her all wet as the credits roll. And it works. For what Lupe is, its a better result than Honey.
Anyways, of course you're not wrong. I'm trying to be controversial here; I don't expect many others to see the same things.
Great comment @mattjoes !
Personally I find Jobo's comments about how many 'langs' I should have used (to quote Mr Partridge again) "Just sa-ah-ad!!!!"
Fantastic scene!
The sets, the Barry score, the performances from everyone, particularly Lazenby and the editing.
This is James Bond to a tee.
Perhaps controversially, a scene which reminds me very much of this, and also captures Bond at his absolute best, is this entire 9.5 mins. A masterclass in how to pull it all together imho.
One of the best scenes in the entire series.
Mendes, Deakins, Newman, Craig and the rest really hit gold there.
Glad I'm not the only one who finds this scene great! Barry is top-notch here too, of course – adding that extra tension to the scene.
Although I've never been crazy about SF, I do enjoy this. My issue with Patrice (and one of the issues I have with SF), is how terribly wasted the casting of Ola Rapace is. He's too good an actor to have a non-speaking role.
This is one of the reasons I'm in favour of no-name (at least as far as Anglo Saxon audiences are concerned) actors. I find they are always the most memorable in Bond films, due to no expectations.
It's always interesting having unfamiliar actors/actresses cast in Bond films. Usually they tend to deliver (and then some), as well.
I really don't know what you can see Ola Rapace in that's been made outside Scandinavia. If available on Netflix, you might catch him in episodes of Wallander, Anna Pihl or the Crimes of Passion TV movies – a series of TV films based on the books of Maria Lang – a Swedish equivalent of Agatha Christie, sort of. The films have the same style as the recent Agatha Christie adaptations for BBC, etc.
Yes, I meant the Swedish version. Completely forgot about the UK one while writing that comment. Didn't know he starred in the Valerian film. It received mixed reviews from what I can see online, but it might still be entertaining.
@Torgeirtrap
Both of those are among my favorite Bond scenes in the series as well - particularly the whole Shanghai sequence in SF. I love almost all of SF, but the Shanghai sequence was untoppable for the rest.
I'm all in favour of such unknown actors as well. Especially as villains.
I’ve seen a lot of people using the Slate fight as an example of what EON should be aiming to replicate going forward. This scene blows it out of the water. Pacing, tension, cinematography, choreography, score. It’s brilliant.
Agreed. I find his two scores absolutely fine. Yes he re-uses some music in SP but it still fits the film and it's not like Barry didn't re-use stuff.
I would prefer Arnold back for Bond 25 but some of the rabid hate Newman gets on here really does border on the hysterical.
Some of the members on here seem to brainwash themselves to hate stuff.
I'm not as keen on the SP score, and it's not because of the recycling. Rather, it's because I think it needed a better action composer. I think Newman is better suited to a film like SF, which is less action heavy. He can create interesting romance and suspense cues, but is poor when it comes to action. From what I've read, they were very rushed at the end of production of this film, so he probably had limited time to pull it all together and be creative.
His SP score has a lot of interesting and unsettling ambient cues, which compliment the film.
I'd prefer David Arnold return, but Newman matches the action and locales and other marks just fine. Most important to me he's respectful of the franchise and its history, John Barry, and even Arnold.
I like a lot of Newman's action cues. The music for SF's PTS is beautifully done. It's in two parts on the soundtrack and i love listening to it.
I also think his music in the SP PTS is really good and exciting. I love the way it comes in halfway through the helicopter fight.
I think the Bond producers have always delivered great soundtracks to the series.
I know GE has some dodgy musical moments but theres also a lot of good stuff. I'm not a huge fan of Kamen's music in LTK but it's still a good soundtrack overall.
So yeah, i like all the Bond soundtracks to varying degrees.