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It is mediocre I agree, yet in my view it's Moore's best performance as Bond and I think it's him who carries much of the film. Lee is good and convincing as an egotistical hit man for hire, but Moore looks settled in the role, and hasn't slipped back in to Saint gear yet.
I found Britt to be alright and ordinarily I wouldn't kick her out of bed but her stupidity is just so overwhelming that it sucks up all her charm and beauty for me to want to be around her.
Even with Miss St John's collar and cuffs matching, I'd have to go for Claudine Auger. Always.
1) Connery looked really great in it.
2) Karin Dor was a totally stunning lady.
3) The action in it was amazing. It holds up perfectly to this day.
4) I hated the way Bond was all over Kissy so soon after Aki died.
5) The volcano erupting actual lava not only made no sense, it looked terrible. They should have just blown up a model of it.
My very first Bond film, and many nostalgic things come with that. Despite some of its faults, I've been a fan of the film and still am.
There's a great little moment at the end of the film right after Sanchez is killed and the tanker explodes. Bond kind of rests up against a rock and it almost looks like he's about to break down. As if he's thinking, "What the hell am I going to do now?" It is a very small moment, but I've always thought that little look Dalton gives was one of his best moments as Bond.
Goldfinger was a lot better this watch. It's still not one of my favorites though. As for Thunderball, it was my favorite viewing so far. Very fun. It's cemented as my favorite Connery Bond film.
I guess the better question is; which Bond girl would you reject if she threw herself at you? ;) That might be an idea for a htread actually...?
That's true @jobo. Probably the only one I'd have some difficulty with really is May Day. Bond was quite brave in that instance imho.
I concur! But then again the question is: Would I be able to? :)) That would take som bravery too!
She is really hot in Get Carter...and quite revealing...
Well he is only human after all. You can't expect him to be at his best each and every time...
That is true. It's not a bad performance as such. Just, not all that great either.
Oh, yes. I'd forgotten that. Brilliant scene, very funny when Terrence Rigby's character catches her 'at it'.
Irrespective of the quality of his Bond films thus far, Craig has consistently been at his best.
Yes, I believe he says something like that: "What's the matter? Are you ill or something?"
Now, I don't mean to be too hard on poor Thunderball. A good portion of the dialogue and Bondian sequences do work, although they're dragged down by the other sequences that don't quite measure up. Connery is still in top form here, and Fiona Volpe is fantastic. The girls in this movie are quite beautiful anyway, but we'll just focus on the best character for now. She is the only one of the villains to actually threaten Bond, which is an accomplishment here.
Finally, the movie has a lot of great Bondian set pieces and looks, although the ubiquitous water sequences are a black mark here. All in all, the weakest yet. I'll be curious if the manifestly sillier You Only Live Twice can beat it based on fun or if the illogic drags it down too.
1. Goldfinger
2. From Russia With Love
3. Dr. No
4. Thunderball
It's easily top 5 Bond for me and maybe even top 3. Agree on the babes (among the best in the series imho) but respectfully disagree on the wit (I think TB is one of the absolute wittiest Bond films - I only wish they could come up with something this good today...)
Some of the lines are genuinely funny, and I can't take anything away from this one. It just felt like they were trying too hard to make a "Bond movie"/capitalize on the success of Goldfinger rather than just make a good movie. This problem would haunt them to varying degrees for the next thirty/forty years. Just ask Pierce Brosnan.
True enough. There was definitely a feeling of trying to outdo Goldfinger, but I really thought Terence Young brought out more of Connery's best than Guy Hamilton was able to do in GF. I watched GF recently and felt that it was one of Connery's weaker performances. He just seemed to have more edge in TB. "Give it him...." "The gun I mean"
Drax has some absolutely fantastic lines in MR though imho ("You have arrived at a propitious moment, coinciding with your country's one indisputable contribution to Western Civilization:.... Afternoon tea.")
I love the lines, but I realize they're embarrassing. A guilty pleasure.
"Do you know how to disarm the weapon?"
"I suppose that depends on what type of weapon you're taking about disarming"
I will admit that's kind of goofy. The subtlety reminds me a bit of the dialogue from Leslie Nielsen's Spy Hard:
"Do you always take matters into your own hands?"
"Things often end up in my hands"
"and I bet your hands end up in a lot of things"
:))
I think they (kind of) get away with it in GE bar some expections.
I LOVE how Isabella delivers the next line "so...are there any other...standing operating procedures...I should be aware of...Commander?"