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Well, I'd put it like this: the first half of TND is classic Bond. There is precious little with which to find fault. And while the second half is a bit too "actiony" for my taste, the explosions and machine guns didn't bother me as much on this viewing as they had in the past.
Yes, the PTS is very good. A pity Miccoli tapped Cheryl Crow to sing that poor song, though. The title song and credits are the only truly bad things about TND's first half, IMO.
Yeah, it was ok.
Good performances from Louis Jordan ("Mr Bond is indeed a very rare breed, soon to be made extinct.") and Steven Berkoff ("The West is decadent and divided, it has no stomach to risk our atomic reprisals.").
Sir Roger is good in this one too. Actually features one of his (if not best) fight scenes - in the Octopussy palace.
Although I love the Roger-era humour, it's a little overdone in the jungle chase with the Tarzan-sound.
All in all, till this day, a nice and enjoyable film.
There seems to be a pattern with Brosnan's Bond movies in that, with each one, the quality seems to dip. Next up, Die Another Day. Eek!
Her head? Sorry, don't think I looked that far up ;)
I don't know if I could use one word - but lighter seems to suit best.
Thank you very much for your response, very helpful. I agree, Goldfinger can be ridiculous at times, like the army men falling down on cue or the women with the pointed, well you know...
I didn't like the scenes where the action suddenly went slow motion, quite annoying, the Aston "Vanish", just no and some of the CGI was just plain awful in my opinion.
DAD has very good intentions but good intentions do not make an enjoyable movie. It did have some good points that I enjoyed; the opening sequence in particular. I though Zoa was a worthy henchman and the flashback scenes when Bond put himself into cardiac arrest looked good and I wish we could have seen more of them.
Unfortunately, I can only see this going to the bottom of my ranking when I finish with it.
Moving on to watch Connery & Co. destroy the follow-up.
Side note, Max Williams of Den of Geek does supreme Bond reviews and he recently got round to CR. If anyone doesn't understand the hate for CR, read that review specifically the end bit about Venice. I have never seen my own thoughts on this said so clearly by another.
What does Fleming have to do with it? We're talking about the quality of the film, as was max. CR is overrated for many people, and this feeling is growing as Max's recent review shows.
Overall, I'd have to say I was remiss to have not seen it in so long, but better late than never. ;)
That's good to know, @chrisisall! Although my appreciation for AVTAK declined somewhat in my last Bondathon, it's always great to read people's growing fondness for the film.
It's funny because in my last Bondathon, TND shot up in my ranking from the bottom three to the middle of the pack.
Even Goldeneye?
But...
....but....
but...
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the tank chase is THE high point of GoldenEye :(
...and the beach scene is soooooooo romantic.....-melting my heart- ;;)
you are cruel Birdleson, cruel :((
I got MR five times :)) on LaserDisc, the original DVD, the Special Edition DVD, in the Bond 50 Blu-ray box and in the new James Bond Blu-ray Collection...but then I'm loco :))