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That is From Russia With Love… But seriously, dude, watch the films and see for yourself! ;)
I think a combination of the two films would've resulted in the ultimate "Save the world/larger than life" Bond film.
3:-O
Very much agreed. The last time I saw MR properly was Christmas Day afternoon. The film may be dumb at points but it's made with class and acts as an easy, un-challenging watch.
I wonder how long Spectre would have been around if they did. Certainly in Moonraker, I think.
On one hand, it's absolutely ridiculous. This one really feels like the end of an "era" in the canon. You have Moore and Maxwell's final performance, the almost "self-aware" attitude would be removed in the next film and there's a certain touch to it that just makes it feel like the last old-school Bond film...I think TLD and LTK both feel like they are way ahead of their time when compared to some of the Moore films.
Still, there's a lot to enjoy: Walken and Jones' performances as Zorin and May Day are both great, the score is phenomenal, the excellent title song, I love the iconic-ness of the final scenes on the Golden Gate bridge, the scenes with Tibbett, Moore's refined and suave performance. However, when this film is bad, it's bad...which is my biggest issue with the film. The series at this time needed to be rejuvenated and it's very obvious: there's a scene at the horse track where it shows all of the series regulars and nobody is younger than fifty-five!
Not the worst film in the canon but definitely one of the weakest.
1. From Russia With Love
2. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
3. Goldfinger
4. Casino Royale '06
5. Dr. No
6. The Spy Who Loved Me
7. Quantum Of Solace
8. Octopussy
9. Thunderball
10. You Only Live Twice
11. For Your Eyes Only
12. Live And Let Die
13. A View To A Kill
14. Moonraker
15. The Man With The Golden Gun
16. Diamonds Are Forever
Terrific fun and may as of now be my favourite Brosnan Bond.If its all out Bond action you want then this is definetly the one to go to.Brosnan truly owns the screen as 007 here ( after appearing a little unsure of himself IMO in Goldeneye ) and here seems to really be having FUN ( despite the death of one of his great loves but heck, shit happens! ).The action is utterly fantastic in this film with the PTS, remote car chase, and bike chase being amongst the best action sequences in the entire series.Michelle Yeoh is gorgeous and kicks ass and of course David Arnolds first Bond score is a delight after the terrible Eric Serra effort of the previous film.
Jonathan Pryce really hams it up as the villain and you cant help but be entertained by this guy, really love the ''Empire WILL strike back '' gag and his karate impression in front of Wai Linn.
Anyways, I finished The Man with the Golden Gun. My thoughts on it haven't really changed, although I'm slowly appreciating it a bit more over the years. My complaints remain though, so i don't think it'll ever push out of that "bottom tier."
Still enjoy it overall for sure. Moore's scenes with Lee are outstanding. Special mention for Ted Moore's lush cinematography.
There is a lot of criticism of this kind relating to Bond movies. eg. starts off great with an interesting premise and finishes limply without sufficient development of plot/narrative or characters.
I personally think it's the format that creates this problem - trying to fit everything (including the action set pieces etc.) into a 2 hr or so format is quite difficult.
That's why I was all for the two parter that B24/25 was supposed to be. Hopefully we still get this.
I also think that's why trilogies work well - like BB/TDK/TDKR there is enough movie length to tell a strong narrative and develop characters and themes well.
What solidifies TND as a superior film to TWINE is that both succumb to the "tick the boxes" formatting issues you're mentioning, but the latter would have you think it doesn't.
Not to mention a vastly superior performance from Brosnan (I blame Apted, not Pierce for that regression in the role), vastly superior action sequences, and a sense of fun / pure entertainment sucked completely out of TWINE.
I find TND's second half entertaining, even the machine gun climax, but I definitely understand that it is the weaker half of the film. I do admire that Spottiswoode was committed to just delivering an action packed adventure film with a no-nonsense attitude, regardless of a few falters here and there.
What about a choice between TND and AVTAK, which do you take?
Isnt that a fair desciption of Craigs Bond? That of an unstoppable killing machine? For example in SF he gets shot twice, falls off a speeding train into a river and survives! In CR he wipes out a small army in Venice and pulls out a big fucking nail out of his back Rambo like, and in QOS he is at his most Terminatorish, killing everything in sight!