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"Hope you enjoyed the show....goodnight."
(BTW... The film is in my personal Top 10 Bond Films list, regardless.)
To be fair to TSWLM, that could be said of Moore's other Bonds, especially FYEO, OP & AVTAK, where it was getting to the stage where the stunt man should have got top billing as Bond.
There's a few shots in which it's I believe Martin Grace, but enough of Roger for it to work for me.
I've always liked Roger's fight sequences. TMWTGG dressing room is straight out of a typical SAINT episode, except, Simon Templar's pompadour usually gets messed.
Considering much of the time the fights are meant to be humorous, I don't fault Roger for never having a stairwell intense equivalent.
I viewed OP the other night and that fight at Octopussy's residence is particularly convincing imho.
I'll look for it the next time I see the film.
I love the fight with Kamal's thugs in Octopussy's palace. One of my favorite Roger-isms (apart from his nod) is he holds his opponent by the back of the head with one hand as he swings with the other. He did that on THE SAINT a lot.
I know the move you're referring to well. A Rog special.
Get it.
Is it really that much better ?
Whether it was a stuntman or Moore is moot at this point: it's a Moore Bond fight and this Bond is depicted as a capable fighter..They could have used Ray Harryhausen's clay model for all I care.
Mainly for the older films. DN, TB, YOLT, OHMSS etc all look breathtaking. The only film that could've looked better is GE.
How much are the discs now though ?
GE is in my bottom Three bond movies. I’d rather watch DAD.
I have that set, and I’m very happy with it. Simple but perfect whenever I want to just wath any of the Bond films.
This argument should be put to bed,along with Dalton and his androids (and his TLD android Kara).
Nah...the comment 'the things we do for frequent flier mileage ' creases me up every time...inspired.
After 6 years and 2 Dalton flicks to hear that with that delivery was brilliant.
I think we all need UA's battle for traditional Bond ,it had to work and boy did it work God bless it.
People who dont like GE as Bond fans puzzle me but each to their own.
It's well directed and cast but seriously schizoid. The film's characters constantly knock and belittle Bond, but the rest of the film plays like a calculated Bond pastiche that's desperate to combine the Connery and Moore eras and drape the result in generic 90s action film clothing. It's very much a Bond film for the 90s--postmodern, slick, and soulless. Hard to imagine Dalton in it.
Agree. soulless.
and the Bond character is almost unrecognizable. which previous iteration of Bond would have worn a cravatte? he's not bleedin' Terry Thomas in some 60s farce.
If I may add, I thought that it had a certain contemporary freshness & energy in 1995 when compared to the 80s films, while still retaining sprinklings of essential Bond DNA (the remnants of the Cold War angle certainly helped, and that was something which disappeared after this film).
Looking back on it now, it's definitely a transition film, incorporating elements of old and new.
But it did make a sh*tload of money, so what do I know.